CARL LEVIN, Michigan
DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois

ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey
MAX CLELAND, Georgia
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
JEAN CARNAHAN, Missouri
MARK DAYTON, Minnesota

FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee
TED STEVENS, Alaska
SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine
GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio
PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
JIM BUNNING, Kentucky

JOYCE A. RECHTSCHAFFEN, Staff Director and Counsel

HOLLY A. IDELSON, Counsel

MICHAEL L. ALEXANDER, PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER
HANNAH S. SISTARE, Minority Staff Director and Counsel
ROBERT J. SHEA, Minority Counsel

JANA C. SINCLAIR, Associate Counsel to the Minority
JAYSON P. ROEHL, Minority Professional Staff Member
JOHN T. DAGGETT, Minority Professional Staff Member
DARLA D. CASSELL, Chief Clerk

Opening statements:

Senator Lieberman

Senator Thompson

Senator Cleland

Prepared statements:

Senator Akaka

Senator Voinovich

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2001

Hon. Warren B. Rudman, Co-Chair, U.S. Commission on National Security/

21st Century

Hon. Gary Hart, Co-Chair, U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Cen-
tury

Hon. James S. Gilmore, III, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

and Chairman, Advisory Panel to Assess the Capabilities for Domestic

Response to Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction

Hon. L. Paul Bremer, III, Former Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-ter-

rorism, U.S. Department of State and Member, Advisory Panel to Assess

the Capabilities for Domestic Response to Terrorism Involving Weapons

of Mass Destruction

Hon. David M. Walker, Comptroller General, U.S. General Accounting Office.

New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century, Major Themes

and Implications, The Phase I Report on the Emerging Global Security

Environment for the First Quarter of the 21st Century, by the United

States Commission on National Security/21st Century, September 15, 1999

Seeking a National Strategy: A Concert For Preserving Security and Pro-

moting Freedom, The Phase II Report on a U.S. National Security Strategy

for the 21st Century, by the United States Commission on National Secu-

rity/21st Century, April 15, 2000

Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change, The Phase III Report

of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, by the United

States Commission on National Security/21st Century, January 31, 2001 ....

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