Lee Hamilton

Or, you know, it used to be called spent fuel, but I mandated that they call it used fuel.

And, uh, when Yucca Mountain went the way of all flesh, under the brilliant leadership of our late national security heroes, Lee Hamilton and Brent Scowcroft, we put together the, uh, Amer- Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.

We didn't wanna use waste in the title.

And great people like you and Susan Eisenhower and Ernie Moniz all served on it.

And soon afterwards, there's an investigation forming.

The important part of this is the House investigation is led by Lee Hamilton.

What does Lee Hamilton make of the Newsweek claim, assertion, articles, that it didn't happen?

Well, to me, the House investigation was one of the greatest disappointments.

It was a complete whitewash.

So the House of Representatives came up with yet another alibi, and Bob Perry punctured that alibi.

But not enough for...

Whatever it was, it seemed to me Lee Hamilton was one of these go along to get along guys.

And so they have a choice to make there.

or it's that anyone who's interested in studying the official version already has questions uh or is already doubting the official version but in any case like like you know i'm at indiana university right um our international relations school or our um our international study school is named the hamilton luger school uh the hamilton in that is the lee hamilton And Lee Hamilton is, you know, he was the chair of the Hamilton King Commission, also known as the 9-11 Commission, Mr. Coverup, also has

a

big role in

This is very surprising to me.

They have their own version that they've put out.

I think... lee hamilton and was and tom keen i think wrote a book together like inside the commission or something that is interesting gives us some information but isn't a primary source document in the same way that the the papers and the memos and the handwritten note generated during the actual commission would be so it's it's it's a major blind spot so it's good to see that What did he say? Vanderpeel?

Vanderpeel.

I think the polling numbers just over the weekend made it clear, uh, that it's not going to be accepted, and history will view it rather, uh, rather negatively, just as history views negatively the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

And Congressman Lee Hamilton evaluates the attacks against Iraq.

I think a person like Saddam Hussein, he's not dumb, he's not stupid, is very skillful in understanding when we do in fact have a credible use of force present.

In the past, he's often backed down, but not invariably.

The US military announced that they had successfully struck 85% of their targets.

Uh, the Iraqis are reporting numerous casualties, including both military and civilian victims.

Joining me now from Washington to assess the mission and the motives behind it, Congressman Lee Hamilton of Indiana, the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, who'll be leaving Congress after a 34-year run, and I am pleased to have him again on this broadcast.

Thank you very much, Congressman Hamilton, for joining us.

And the other star witness that day, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North.

He's joined by his star attorney from the law firm of Williams & Connolly, Brendan Sullivan, with this exchange with Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton.

Uh, Colonel North, um, did you make the decision to put some of the proceeds of the arms sales to Iran into an account for the use of the Contras?

Excuse me, uh, Congressman, I would hope that you would not ask a number of questions which simply, uh, elicit a repetitive assertion of the colonel's constitutional rights.

That work I'm very proud of and became a bit of a blueprint for my later next career move.

And then the second project that I will really treasure was the day Congressman Lee Hamilton walked in my office in about 2014, going on 2015, and said, shame on us if we celebrate Indiana's bicentennial anniversary.

only by looking backward and not looking forward.

And he knew a little bit about my background and said, would you consider helping craft a bit of a strategic plan to go forward? And he had me at the first word.

And so I think I had six or seven weeks, which is probably about right.

But I thought when I was sitting on that field and Lee Hamilton gave my commencement address, it was in the morning.

It was very hot.

And I remember it was long and I couldn't tell you what he said.