National Homeland Security Agency?

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Report on how to face threats - Brief Article

The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, chaired by Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, has released its third and final report. The report makes numerous recommendations on how to address emerging threats. But the authors admit the recommendations are not readily convertible into policy. The commission offered "solutions that are best, not those that are necessarily feasible," said Warren Rudman, on the day of the report's release.

However, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Tex., told a recent defense conference that he plans...