so i ask for a round of applause for david ellison. niu is becoming worldwide respected institution with a dynamic and visionary plan. it is not all pie in the sky. you are integrating intelligence, which is a big thing to me, one student at a time, and that is what the i.c. needs from you as graduates. i salute you for that. as they say -- this is an exciting time to be in the intelligence community. most of us would prefer a more boring time, i know i would, but that is not an option. we live with threats from terrorism, nuclear proliferation, cyber, and competition over natural resources. i would go so far to say that as a nation we face more diverse threats now than at any time during my 50-year career in intelligence. shrinking budgets have added to the danger, because it is not realistic to think we can ever do more with less. we are going to do less with less. we will just have to identify and manage risks were closely than before. there have been challenges throughout my career. in my first combat experience was in vietnam, and

so i ask for a round of applause for david ellison.orldwide respected institution with a dynamic and visionary plan. it is not all pie in the sky. you are integrating intelligence, which is a big thing to me, one student at a time, and that is what the i.c. needs from you as graduates. i salute you for that. as they say -- this is an exciting time to be in the intelligence community. most of us would prefer a more boring time, i know i would, but that is not an option. we live with threats from terrorism, nuclear proliferation, cyber, and competition over natural resources. i would go so far to say that as a nation we face more diverse threats now than at any time during my 50-year career in intelligence. shrinking budgets have added to the danger, because it is not realistic to think we can ever do more with less. we are going to do less with less. we will just have to identify and manage risks more closely than before. there have been challenges throughout my career. in my first combat experience was in vietnam, 1965 and 1966, and i

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