WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel pledged Thursday to make the bureau’s mission “work on whatever budget we’re given,” striking a different tone from comments a day earlier in which he called for the agency to be funded at far higher levels than what the Trump administration had proposed.

FBI Director Kash Patel appears to be backtracking on comments he made earlier this week that the Trump administration’s 2026 budget request was insufficient for the agency, telling senators