[humbletheFiend]

And then we come to the Bush years and, I've got to tell you, looking at the early months of the administration I saw a lot of talk about how we needed to cut this and restructure that.

I remember that, for some reason, some people thought that Keyes was questioning whether 9-11 resulted from any failings on the part of the Bush administration. However, as this quote makes clear, the truth is that Keyes has always acknowledged that Bush was in fact making important changes before 9-11.

Thanks for the ping. I've been wondering about all this.

[Keyes For President]

I don't know about the "cutting" part, although the restructuring of our security apparatus was indeed and remains an important priority.