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Opinion: The One 9/11 Fix Congress Failed to Make
AOL Blogosphere ^ | 7/1/10 | Sen. Bob Kerry

Posted on 01/07/2010 3:01:35 PM PST by Eleutheria5

.....Among the reforms we put forward:

– The budgets of the committee must be sufficiently large to compensate for the challenge of dealing with agencies whose budgets and actions are highly classified and to recruit the kinds of skilled, professional nonpartisan staff needed to get the job done.

– Leaders of both parties must commit to making assignments to this committee different from all others, with national security trumping all other considerations, including partisan politics and seniority.

– Expertise and a willingness to put the time on task -- which should be considerably more than any other committee -- should determine who is asked to serve.

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(Excerpt) Read more at sphere.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; congress; spendmoney; terrorism
I got that far, and couldn't take it any more.
1 posted on 01/07/2010 3:01:36 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

I couldn’t get past the blather either.


2 posted on 01/07/2010 3:04:08 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Eleutheria5

All I had to do was see the author and I had seen enough..


3 posted on 01/07/2010 3:04:10 PM PST by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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To: Eleutheria5

I don’t have to read this .
STFU KERRY.
the DUMOCRATS don’t want us to be at war with the Islamofascist...ergo...let the murderers travel freely in the U.S.

You have made America safe for the terrorist, now you are going to be held accountable.


4 posted on 01/07/2010 3:04:18 PM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: Eleutheria5

There were and are numerous 9/11 Commission findings and suggestions that not just Congress failed to impliment or fix, but more importatly, numerous Congressional Oversight Committees failed to impliment or fix.


5 posted on 01/07/2010 3:05:08 PM PST by cranked
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To: Eleutheria5
There's been at least 3 terrorist attacks on US soil since Obama took office so there is no more excuses. Bush kept us safe, Obama hasn't.
6 posted on 01/07/2010 3:05:34 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: Eleutheria5

blah...blah...blah...Impeach Princess B H Obama...Install Dick Cheney...Stop the BullPuckey


7 posted on 01/07/2010 3:17:45 PM PST by PoloSec (Note to Princess B H Obama: May PISS be Upon Mohammads Head...You Pervert)
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