Joe Biden

“ Leon, it's going to be your challenge -- but great opportunity -- to harness the energy and idealism and capacity of a whole new generation of intelligence professionals. This new generation comes in the intelligence community has experienced considerable change in the last few years. A law enacted in 2004 established the Office of National Director -- Director of National Intelligence, and requires greater cooperation among all intelligence agencies.
We all know that bureaucratic conflicts, when they occur, distract us from the core mission that we have as a nation or as an agency. ”

“ Al Qaeda continues to pose a serious threat to the United States and to our friends. We remain at war in two faraway countries. The global economic situation, as the agency has pointed out, could make the world considerably more unstable. The proliferation of dangerous weapons and technologies threatens our security. New challenges to the established order, such as climate change and other not yet known to us challenges, will emerge. ”

“ Although the intelligence community is now a broad constellation of 16 agencies, this agency remains America's premier national security agency. And we deeply appreciate the risks and the sacrifices that so many in the past and in the present continue to take for this country. ”