As I know you understand, it's not possible to cover the full scope of worldwide threats in brief oral remarks, so I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight four broad areas of significant concern, focus and attention for U.S. national security and for the Intelligence Community.

Subject to your concurrence, we've submitted a longer Statement for the Record that reflects the collective insights of the extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Community. They're deeply committed to gathering intelligence and delivering analytical judgments to help the president, policymaker -- which very much includes the Congress -- our war fighters, first responders and our allies to understand the threats facing us and combat those who wish to harm our great nation.