Leaders of '9/11 Commission' recommend new U.S. approach to extremism

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Source: Reuters

U.S. FEBRUARY 26, 2019 / 8:27 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Leaders of '9/11 Commission' recommend new U.S. approach to extremism

Patricia Zengerle
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the commission that recommended changes in U.S. counterterrorism strategy after the Sept. 11 attacks called on Tuesday for another shift, saying the country still falls short in preventing, rather than striking back at, extremism.

“The hope is that if we do this right, the military will always be the last resort, rather than the first resort,” Thomas Kean, co-chairman of the “Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States,” told a news conference.

Kean, a former New Jersey governor, led the task force with former Representative Lee Hamilton. The two also chaired the 9/11 commission, which released the 2004 report delving into security failures before al Qaeda’s 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon that killed almost 3,000 people.

Task force members and foreign policy heavyweights from Congress discussed the report’s recommendations for using foreign aid to stabilize fragile states, developing their economies to create jobs, fight corruption and alleviate underlying causes of extremism.

The report was presented weeks before President Donald Trump is due to release his budget request to Congress. In his past two annual requests, Trump proposed - and Congress largely rejected - cuts of up to 30 percent in the amount of money sent abroad.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-extremism/leaders-of-9-11-commission-recommend-new-u-s-approach-to-extremism-idUSKCN1QG05F

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1. can the US be classified as a 'fragile state'?

...report’s recommendations for using foreign aid to stabilize fragile states, developing their economies to create jobs, fight corruption and alleviate underlying causes of extremism...

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