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Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.

Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping the money flows or whatever, but the really difficult part is integrating all aspects of the policy, and I think she put a lot of emphasis on that.

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.

Lee H. Hamilton

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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.

Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.