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>> vice president vance administer the oath of office as he swore in john radcliffe today be the new director of the cia. he previously served as the director of national intelligence during president trump first term in office. vice president vance: hello, everybody. i'm thrilled to be here and joined by john ratcliff as well as his lovely wife, michelle. john is a great patriot and has the trust of the president and really believes deeply in keeping americans safe but doing it in a way that ensures the american people have confidence in our national intelligent services and both those things really matter.

we're not having much safety and we're going to have a great intelligence services unless the american people actually trust that those intelligent services are doing their job and i have every confidence that john ratcliff will do that and why the president nominated him and the senate confirmed him with big margins. normally after i administer the oath i would actually invite the new guy to say a few words but given he's the leader of the c.i.a., anything he told you would have to -- well, you know how that goes. he won't give my remarks because every piece in his brain is classified and he'll head directly to langley to do what the american people want him to do. raise your right hand, i john ratcliff. >> do solemnly swear. vice president vance: i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. mr. ratcliff: i will support and

defend the constitution of the united states. vice president vance: that i bear true allegiance to the same and i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter. mr. ratcliff: the duties of the office i'm about to enter. vice president vance: so help me god? mr. ratcliff: so help me god. vice president vance: congratulations. see you guys, take care. in his letter to the

president, he says america's gold a has begun and the united states is already experiencing a resurgence of patriotism, unity, and hope for th future. to thatndit is my distinct honor an great privilege to invite youo dress a joint session of congress to share your america first division for our legislative future. we will have livcorage of that march 4 speech on c-span, on c-span.g,r with c-span now, our free video app. >> monday, house speaker mike johnson, steve scalise, and other republican leaders will speak at the annual party retreat at the trump natural golf club in -- national golf club in miami. later, trump is expected to

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