In 2005, former Senator Olympia Snowe and I, in response to a lot of concerns about the law, put together an NCLB task f...
The task force identified several unintended consequences of the law's requirement for annual tests.
Talking about history. Would you all agree--and I don't need lengthy answers--that leaving Afghanistan prematurely would...
Our task force concluded that States needed greater flexibility, and they recommended allowing States to measure student...
On January 6, 2015, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN), along with Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and...
It is at the heart of our democracy and our system, and public confidence is so important.
Matt Olsen has told me that when the decision was made to exchange what have become known as the Taliban 5 for the relea...
There shouldn't be any doubt in our mind that there are nation states and groups out there that have the capability to f...
in my view, with the terrorist threat intelligence is the first line of defense.
Again, I want to thank you for your willingness to serve in what is a 24-7 very demanding job, and I think we're very fo...
We've got to put out the fires, but we also have to be thinking long-term, it seems to me.
I remember from the fifties we had the containment strategy of George Kennan, that really worked with the Soviet Union.
There's no doubt that information-sharing is far superior to what it was prior to the passing of the law in 2004, and th...
One of the findings of the 9-11 Commission was that border security and immigration were not seen as national security c...
I just want to be clear on this. So the normal process is for NCTC to be involved in putting together the package that i...
ISIL has shown a pretty good capability with the Internet.
We cannot simply kill these people and call that the solution to the worldwide terrorism problem.
I appreciate very much that the President chose to put a career expert in this vital position
