Lee H. Hamilton
 Lee H. Hamilton    (politician) | |
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| Born | April 20, 1931 |
| Member of | 9-11/Commission, Albright Stonebridge Group/Team, Brookings Institution, CIA/External Advisory Board 2009, Council on Foreign Relations/Members, Eurasia Foundation/Board and Trustees, Homeland Security Advisory Council, House October Surprise Task Force, National Endowment for Democracy/Board, PIAB, Trilateral Commission, United States House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran |
Having chaired some key house committees, Hamilton appears to have established himself as a safe pair of hands for handling potentially damaging information, explaining his choice as fallback vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission. | |
Hamilton was elected to the House of Representatives as part of the national Democratic landslide of 1964.
Hamilton remained in Congress until 1999; at the time he was one of two surviving members of the large Democratic freshman class of 1965 (the other being John Conyers).
Contents
Congressional committee chairs
He chaired many committees during his tenure in office, including the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Joint Committee on Printing and others.
Iran-Contra
- Full article: “Iran-Contra”
- Full article: “Iran-Contra”
As chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran (1987), Hamilton chose not to investigate President Ronald Reagan or President George H. W. Bush, stating that he did not think it would be "good for the country" to put the public through another impeachment trial.
October surprise conspiracy
- Full article: October surprise conspiracy
- Full article: October surprise conspiracy
During the 1980 US presidential election the campaign of Ronald Reagan sought to negotiate a solution to the Iran hostage crisis in competition to the US government of Jimmy Carter in order to prevent the successful resolution of the crisis giving Jimmy Carter an electoral boost. After years of investigation, reporters were close to proving this conspiracy. As a response, in 1992 the deep state set up a United States House of Representatives task force to settle upon an official narrative and take the wind out of the investigators' sails. Hamilton was chosen to chair the House October Surprise Task Force. In 2013, after new evidence continued to surface, he claimed that he was having "second thoughts" about his claim that "there was virtually no credible evidence to support the accusations."[1]
9/11 Commission
- Full article: 9/11 Commission
- Full article: 9/11 Commission
Hamilton was vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission after the resignation of the initial chair and vice chair.
A Quote by Lee H. Hamilton
| Page | Quote |
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| Foreign aid | “Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.” |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1997 | 12 June 1997 | 15 June 1997 | US Lake Lanier Georgia (State) | The 45th Bilderberg meeting |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:How They Get Away With It | essay | 28 June 2006 | Michael B. Green | The mechanics of a cover-up |
