Remarks by President Obama in Announcement of James R. Clapper Jr. as Director of National Intelligence

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2010 – 10:44 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  As President, I have no higher priority than the safety and security of the American people.  And in an interconnected world where dangers can emerge suddenly, we have to protect ourselves against the full range of threats —- from a terrorist network bent on striking our homeland, to nations and violent extremists seeking weapons of mass destruction, to transnational threats such as…