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Lee Hamilton: “My personal preference would be to see a law enacted making it unambiguously clear that this man is in charge because…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
My personal preference would be to see a law enacted making it unambiguously clear that this man is in charge because somebody has to knock heads, to be blunt about it, within the intelligence community to get them to coordinate and integrate their activities.
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Lee Hamilton
Indiana

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Hamilton advocates for clearer leadership in the intelligence community for better coordination.

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