An Intelligent Choice for A Key Panel

By Terence J. Anderson
No one can reasonably question Alcee Hastings's qualifications to serve as chairman of the House intelligence committee. For seven years he has been one of the committee's hardest-working members. In 1996 he was selected to represent Congress as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and two years ago he became the first American elected president of the assembly. He is highly intelligent, a fact acknowledged by friend and foe alike, and during his seven terms in the House he has been an effective politician and consensus builder.

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