Lee H. Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamiltonis a former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party, Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999. Following his departure from Congress he has served on a number of governmental advisory boards, most notably as the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 April 1931
CountryUnited States of America
We want to understand what went wrong and what steps have been taken to make the American people safe and more secure.
The president needs to articulate very clearly again what the targets are of our war on terrorism, ... It is terrorism with a global reach, particular terrorist organizations? Is it countries that harbor or develop weapons of mass destruction? Is it only countries that harbor terrorists? What really are the targets that we're aiming at in this war on terrorism. I think there has been a loosening if you will of the objectives the president originally stated and it's become less clear just what are our targets. .... Now if you want to take on another whole objective, which is to stop weapons of mass destruction from being developed in countries, you better spell out exactly what you are planning to do and how you plan to get there. The administration is a long way from doing that.
Without question, women are leading the charge. Has sex appeal helped? Sure ... But we're going to maintain reasonable tastes.
wants to make it more difficult for national security officials to carry out their responsibilities.
When I get on an airplane, I am less worried about the passengers than what is going into the hole below. I worry about containers being shipped into this country. I worry more about rail security than I do air security.
The president has a lot at stake here. This is the first major test of his political clout after the election, ... He's said over and over again, 'I support this bill.' Now, if he fails to get that bill through, he has to be worried about the signal that sends about his own political clout with his own party. I think the Congress has a lot at stake. But aside from politics, what is really important here is the safety of the American people.
Had we learned of it obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation.
Reforms are at risk from inertia and complacency. Reforms must be accelerated or they will fail.
He certainly has kept his agenda in front of us,
There are so many competing priorities. And it's awfully hard to keep people focused on something like this.
I was personally kind of discouraged with that statement. This is not a new problem.
We have thought about what to do, a global strategy, and how to do it: A different way of organizing our government.
It is fair to ask how long the FBI will take to reform itself ... The terrorists will not wait,
I cannot remember a national security advisor testing in public, under oath, talking at length about policy matters, and that's an unusual event.