President Obama delivers remarks before a meeting with the National Intelligence Advisory Board

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

DAVID BOREN

[*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS) OBAMA: ... Chuck Hagel and David Boren have agreed to serve as co-chairmen of my Intelligence Advisory Board -- Intelligence Advisory Board, otherwise known as PF (ph).

Since Dwight Eisenhower, presidents have relied on the advisory board for advice on intelligence matters. And under Chuck and Dave's leadership, I will be looking for the board to provide me with objective, independent and nonpartisan counsel as we work to strengthen our intelligence community and our national security.

And that's why we're joined today by my DNI, director of national intelligence, Denny Blair, and leaders from all 16 of our agencies involved with intelligence gathering. They represent countless men and women, uniformed and civilian, who work, often in obscurity, to keep our country safe.

Now, in recent months we've seen some of their successes in partnership with law enforcement and Homeland Security -- real progress against Al Qaida and its extremist allies. And we thank those behind these successes, and we pledge to continue to provide the utmost support to them.