Lee Hamilton: “I don't think we're losing. I don't think we're winning. I just think we're engaged right in the middle of the war.”

I think American policy increasingly will focus on the question of: What pace do we withdraw from Afghanistan?

The only really effective independent oversight of the intelligence community can come from the Congress.

This is a no-brainer. The people at the site of a disaster... all have to be able to communicate with one another.

Political leadership from both parties at all levels of government should renew their focus on completing implementation of the 9/11 Commission recommendations.