Two senators sent a letter to President-elect Trump on Thursday asking him to prioritize the nomination of a new director of national intelligence.

“As members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, we strongly encourage you to nominate an experienced DNI that can serve these functions and build an intelligence community leadership team that will put a high value on collaboration. Most importantly, if selected early, your DNI could advise on candidates for directors of the intelligence agencies he or she will work with most often,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., wrote.