Lee Hamilton
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Want to Help the World? Resolve ConflictsApr 13, 2018 1:00 am - In a world riven by tension, there's one skill that stands above all others: the ability to resolve conflict. It is the paramount challenge of our time. I've seen firsth...
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Congress is giving up; will anyone step up for change?Mar 21, 2018 1:00 am - We're at a watershed moment in American political history. Our Congress - I'm talking about the people's body, the institution created by our founders, and not just the ...
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Where to start? Fix the budget processMar 06, 2018 12:00 am - Too often we don't work together to solve problems. Each party demonizes its adversary; respectful deliberation and civil discourse come to a halt. The President and the...
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Signs of hope in a new era of realismFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - We are beginning to see, I hope, what it means to be an American citizen: you can't be too dogmatic, and we need to accept differences and extend to everyone the opportu...
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We need strong Congress as well as strong presidentJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - Presidents need oversight and scrutiny; they need a Congress that will press them and insist on consultation. They get very little of that pressure today. Because we liv...
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It's what we do that countsOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - Our political system appears dysfunctional and occasionally on the verge of breakdown. But however dire things appear in Washington, I believe we have it within us to se...
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Restoring faith in representative democracyJul 26, 2017 1:00 am - There's no shortage of threats to our democracy. Russian meddling in elections, the vulnerability of state voting systems to hacking, politicians' assaults on the media ...
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Encourage good mediaJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - I'll be the first to admit that when it comes to journalism, I'm a traditionalist. Old-fashioned, even. But I don't think it's a coincidence that even while confidence i...
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Congress needs to reassert itself on use of forceJun 09, 2017 1:00 am - The Trump Administration, like its predecessors, has shown an apparent appetite for the use of force overseas. The "mother of all bombs" dropped on Syrian troops, saber-...
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Bolstering the system: We've got to learn to talk to the other sideMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - I've had a number of conversations recently that convince me our country is divided into two political camps separated by a deep and uncomfortably wide gap. No, I'm not ...