9/11
Preparing for the Next Biological Threat
by ANDY WEBER & NICOLE A. TERAN
Despite the threat, funding for some of our key biodefense initiatives overseas atrophied.
Ripon Profile of August Pfluger
The first-term Congressman from Texas’s 11th District discusses his service in the military, his new career on Capitol Hill, and how the attacks of September 11, 2001 affected both.
A Vigilant Nation
by CONGRESSMAN PETER KING
Five years after the attacks that changed our Nation, America remains on alert.
A Patient Enemy
by WALID PHARES
On 9/11, American entered a war that the terrorists had already begun.
A Challenge that Remains
by JAMES M. GASS
Our Nation’s first responders still have trouble communicating among themselves.
Never Forget
by JAMES J. LAYCHAK
The Pentagon Memorial broke ground on June 15th. This was a significant day — a day that marked the beginning of construction of the memorial and gave us a view of the finish line, which will be a ceremony to dedicate the completed memorial in the fall of 2008.
Reforming FEMA
by CONGRESSMAN DAVE REICHERT
We should focus more on what it does than where it goes.
Branding America
by LOUIS M. ZICKAR
After nearly five years, we no longer remember all their names. But we remember their faces. And we will never forget their eyes. They are the eyes of killers. They are the eyes of the 19 hijackers who commandeered four planes on September 11, 2001, taking the lives of over 3,000 people and taking us into a war which we continue to fight to this day.
Karen Hughes’ Challenge
by JOSEPH S. NYE
Since Sept. 11 , 2001, it has become commonplace to say that the United States is engaged in a war of ideas for the hearts and minds of moderate Muslims. Even Donald Rumsfeld has admitted that the metric for measuring success in a war against jihadist terrorism is whether the numbers we kill or deter are greater than the numbers that the jihadists recruit.
Intell’s Top Cop – Q&A with Mike Rogers
With the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks upon us, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee discusses the effort he is leading to keep America secure.