"In 1999 while I was governor of Virginia I was asked by the federal government to chair the National Commission on Homeland Security (The Gilmore Commission). The Commission issued five annual reports, three of which were completed prior to the 9/11 attacks. In 1999 the first sentence of our first report described terrorism as a "genuine threat." We stated that a national strategy to address the threat was "urgently needed." In 2000, we said the danger of a terrorist attack in the United States was "a serious emerging threat." Our third report was essentially completed before the 9/11 attack and set out the major initiatives necessary to protect the country."
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