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
You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence.
But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.
Now the difficulty with those warnings is that they were not specific.
U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter.
What's lacking here is a sense of urgency, a political will to get these things done.
There are so many competing priorities. And it's awfully hard to keep people focused on something like this.
We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.
I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.
Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.
The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.
The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.
This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.
Democracy fascinates me.
Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.