Lee Hamilton
Lee Hamilton
proved
We're getting better at this. But we still haven't proved we are safe.
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It is a glaring error four years after 9/11. Still exists. Not resolved. There are bills pending in Congress but they're far from enactment,
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was sent to Iraq several times in the late 1990s for help in acquiring poisons and gases.
fits
That's just not something that fits in here.
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Now he's making a lot of assumptions there as far as almost instantaneous communication, and it's almost a hypothetical -- it is I guess a hypothetical question. But I heard that statement with some surprise,
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Just because we cannot accept what's going on in East Timor, that doesn't necessarily mean that we're the ones that charge in there. I think others can probably do that better than we -- the Australians (or) the New Zealanders, for example.
final intended solution
Our recommendations are good, and they're urgent, ... they are not intended to be a final solution and they need to be deliberated.
congress
He hasn't got much of what he wanted. But on the other hand, Congress hasn't done much of anything this year.
act chose
He chose not to do that. He chose to act by himself.
historic occasion
That's an extraordinary occasion and an historic one,
people
that most people would back away from. I know I would.
committees community control goes intelligence robust
The intelligence community goes around the authorizing committees because they don't have control over the money. You need a subcommittee that focuses exclusively on intelligence to have robust oversight.
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I hope Indiana and a lot of other states now move to begin to focus not just on the putting together of a voter registration list but maintaining the quality year after year.
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You want to disavow labels and project centrist attitudes. Hoosiers pride themselves on being people of moderation and common sense.