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This is a threat daily and directly impacting the U.S. homeland, and we need to treat it as a national security imperative.

Many of us voted for this terrible mechanism in the naive hope the President and Congress could put our politics aside.

I applauded the President's decision to take out Osama bin Laden. However, this tactical success did not end what former CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid called the long war against Al Qaeda.

The QDR is meant to be a useful tool for Congress to understand the longer-term strategic challenges and opportunities facing the Department.