SENATE INTEL VICE CHAIR WARNER ON CONFIRMATION OF JAY CLAYTON TO BE DNI

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON -U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement:

"The Director of National Intelligence has one of the most important jobs in government: providing the president and policymakers with objective, independent intelligence and coordinating the work of the 18 agencies that make up the Intelligence Community. As our country faces down growing threats from around the world, the country needs a DNI whose first loyalty is to the facts.

"Having known and worked with Jay for years, I was encouraged when he was first nominated for the position of DNI. Unfortunately,I came away from his...