    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book I)]
    [February 2, 1995]
    [Pages 155-156]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Appointments to the Commission on the Roles and
    Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community
    February 2, 1995

        I am announcing today appointments to the congressionally mandated
    Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States
    Intelligence Community. The Commission will be chaired by the current
    Chairman of my Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Les Aspin. Former
    Senator Warren Rudman will serve as the Vice Chairman, and I have asked
    General Lew Allen, Jr., Zoe Baird, Ann Caracristi, Stephen Friedman,
    Anthony S. Harrington, Robert J. Hermann, and Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz
    to serve as well.
        These distinguished Americans will join the eight members appointed
    by the leadership of the 103d Congress. They are Tony Coelho, David
    Dewhurst, Representative Norm Dicks, Senator James Exon, former Senator
    Wyche Fowler, Representative Porter Goss, General Robert Pursley, and
    Senator John Warner.
        Intelligence remains a critical element of our national power and
    influence. For over 40 years bipartisan support for the work performed
    by U.S. intelligence has been essential to the creation of an
    intelligence capability that is second to none. While the world has
    changed in dramatic ways, our need to retain the advantage that U.S.
    intelligence provides our country remains constant.
        With the end of the cold war we must renew and reinvigorate this
    bipartisan support. The foundation for this support must begin with a
    thorough assessment of the kind of intelligence community we will need
    to address the security challenges of the future. Our objective is to
    strengthen U.S. intelligence, to ensure it has the management, skills,
    and resources needed to successfully pursue our national security
    interests through the next decade and beyond. It is an effort to which I
    attach the highest personal priority.
        I am confident that Les Aspin, Warren Rudman, and the other
    outstanding members of this Commission will work cooperatively with the
    leadership of the intelligence community and the Congress to ensure
    continued bipartisan support for this critical mission. And I know that
    their effort will ensure the continued trust of the American people in
    the outstanding and often unheralded work performed by the men and women
    of U.S. intelligence.

    Note: Biographies of the appointees were made available by the Office of
    the Press Secretary.

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