"Sound national security policy requires first that the proper questions are asked. What are our real national interests, and what are extraneous? What are the real threats and which may be exaggerated? What can be done by government and the private sector to make a real difference, and what is mostly a waste of time?"
 

Michael Sheehan,
Executive Director,
Madison Policy Forum.

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