COMMITTEE ON THE PRESENT DANGER REVIVED TO HELP FIGHT TERRORISM
Former Director of Central Intellilgence R. James Woolsey discusses the new Committee on the Present Danger during a news conference on July 20, 2004, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Woolsey, the chairman of the committee, said the cold war-era concept has been revived to help advocate strong policies against the war on terrorism. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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