Christopher Shays: “What was stunning about the 9/11 Commission was it was Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives all trying…”

“What was stunning about the 9/11 Commission was it was Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives all trying to find common ground for addressing what was really a frightening sea change in our society, and that was the recognition that there was a real threat. And they called it 'Islamist terrorism,' which the Islamist community needs to deal with as well. I mean, it is not Islamists, it is these radical Islamist terrorists. But the Iraqi Study Group had that same approach, Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives making an assessment of the problem, and then recommending what needed to happen. I would like to suggest something. And I would be interested, Mr. Israel, how you would react to this, and that is, Mr. Petraeus and our ambassador are going to make a report in September. And I was thinking, you know, there could be a view they have a vested interest. So one of the things that I would like to promote is that this same Iraqi Study Group go back to Iraq and say, okay, this is what we found then, this is what we recommended.”