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| name                = Lee Hamilton
| image               = Bio hamilton.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait for the 9/11 Commission
| office              = Vice Chair of the [[9/11 Commission]]
| president           = [[George W. Bush]]
| term_start          = December 11, 2002
| term_end            = August 21, 2004
| predecessor         = [[George J. Mitchell]]
| successor           = Position abolished
| office1             = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 1993
| term_end1           = January 3, 1995
| predecessor1        = [[Dante Fascell]]
| successor1          = [[Benjamin Gilman]]
| office2             = Chair of the [[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|House Intelligence Committee]]
| term_start2         = January 3, 1985
| term_end2           = January 3, 1987
| predecessor2        = [[Edward Boland]]
| successor2          = [[Louis Stokes]]
| state3              = [[Indiana]]
| district3           = {{ushr|IN|9|9th}}
| term_start3         = January 3, 1965
| term_end3           = January 3, 1999
| predecessor3        = [[Earl Wilson (politician)|Earl Wilson]]
| successor3          = [[Baron Hill (politician)|Baron Hill]]
| birth_name          = Lee Herbert Hamilton
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1931|4|20}}
| birth_place         = [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]], [[Florida]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Nancy Nelson|1954|2012|end=died}}
| education           = [[DePauw University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Indiana University, Bloomington]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| awards              = [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
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'''Lee Herbert Hamilton''' (born April 20, 1931) is an American politician and lawyer from [[Indiana]]. He is a former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] and a former member of the U.S. [[Homeland Security Advisory Council]]. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Hamilton represented the [[Indiana's 9th congressional district|9th congressional district]] of [[Indiana]] from 1965 to 1999. Following his departure from Congress, he has served on a number of governmental advisory boards, most notably as the vice chairman of the [[9/11 Commission]].

==Early life and education==
Hamilton was  born in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], and raised in [[Evansville, Indiana]]. He attended public schools and graduated from [[Evansville Central High School]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000114|title=Bioguide Search|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616134200/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000114|url-status=live}}</ref>  An outstanding basketball player, he led the Central Bears to the state title game in March 1948; he then continued his playing career at [[DePauw University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://libraries.indiana.edu/lee-hamilton-biography|title=Lee H. Hamilton: Biography|date=November 2, 2009|website=libraries.indiana.edu|access-date=September 7, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907222728/https://libraries.indiana.edu/lee-hamilton-biography|url-status=live}}</ref> where he played for Coach [[Jay McCreary]]. Hamilton graduated from DePauw in 1952, and from the Indiana University School of Law in 1956. He worked as a lawyer in private practice for the next ten years in [[Columbus, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=director.about |title=director |date=January 12, 2006 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112055000/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=director.about |archive-date=12 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Congress==
[[Image:U.S. President George W. Bush with Lee Hamilton, left, and former Secretary of State James Baker in the Cabinet Room, Dec. 6. 2006.jpg|thumb|left|300px| Lee Hamilton (left) and [[James Baker]] (right) presented the Iraq Study Group Report to President [[George W. Bush]] on December 6, 2006.]]
Hamilton was elected to the House of Representatives as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] as part of the national Democratic landslide of 1964. He chaired many committees during his tenure in office, including the [[U.S. House Committee on International Relations|House Committee on Foreign Affairs]], the [[U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]], the [[U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee|Joint Committee on Printing]], and others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee H. Hamilton: Committee Service |url=https://libraries.indiana.edu/lee-hamilton-committee-service |website=libraries.indiana.edu |date=October 12, 2009 |publisher=The Trustees of Indiana University |access-date=9 February 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209054918/https://libraries.indiana.edu/lee-hamilton-committee-service |url-status=live }}</ref>

As chairman of the [[United States House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran|House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran]] (1987), Hamilton chose not to investigate President [[Ronald Reagan]] or President [[George H. W. Bush]], stating that he did not think it would be "good for the country" to put the public through another impeachment trial.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Feldmann |first1=Linda |title=Reluctantly, Rep. Hamilton Begins Investigating 1980 Hostage Deal |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0809/09091.html |journal=Christian Science Monitor |date=August 9, 1991 |publisher=The Christian Science Monitor |access-date=9 February 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209054523/https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0809/09091.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Hamilton was later chair of the [[House October Surprise Task Force]] (1992).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pincus |first1=Walter |title='OCTOBER SURPRISE' STORY UNFOUNDED, REPORT SAYS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/24/october-surprise-story-unfounded-report-says/2c0ed858-f45c-4f79-98a1-86e626330a54/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=9 February 2022 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226002512/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/24/october-surprise-story-unfounded-report-says/2c0ed858-f45c-4f79-98a1-86e626330a54/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He remained in Congress until 1999; at the time he was one of two surviving members of the large Democratic freshman class of 1965 (the other being [[John Conyers]]). He was viewed as a potential Democratic vice-presidential running mate in 1984, 1988, and 1992, due to his foreign policy credentials and Indiana's potential to turn toward the Democratic Party due to economic concerns.

==Life after Congress==
In November 2002, George W. Bush nominated Hamilton as the vice-chairman of the [[9/11 Commission]], officially titled The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States. On March 15, 2006, Congress announced the formation of the [[Iraq Study Group]], organized by the [[United States Institute of Peace]], of which Hamilton was the Democratic co-chairman, along with the former Secretary of State (under President George H. W. Bush) [[James A. Baker III]]. Hamilton, like Baker, was considered a master negotiator.

Since leaving Congress, Mr. Hamilton has served as a member of the Hart-Rudman Commission, and was co-chairman of the Commission to Investigate Certain Security Issues at Los Alamos. He sits on many advisory boards, including those to the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the President's [[Homeland Security Advisory Council]], and the [[United States Army]]. Hamilton is an Advisory Board member and Co-Chair for the [[Partnership for a Secure America]], a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. He is previously the president and director of the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]], and was appointed to serve as the vice chair of the [[9/11 Commission]]. In 2000–2001, he served as the American member of the [[International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty]], which prepared the U.N policy of [[Responsibility to Protect]], adopted in 2005. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of [[Albright Stonebridge Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albrightstonebridge.com/team/lee-hamilton|title=About Us – Albright Stonebridge Group|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=June 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617144916/http://www.albrightstonebridge.com/team/lee-hamilton|url-status=live}}</ref> He was appointed Co-Chair of the [[Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future]] from 2010 to 2012 alongside [[Brent Scowcroft]]. He is also a member of Washington D.C.–based think tank, the [[Inter-American Dialogue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedialogue.org/experts/lee-hamilton/|title=Inter-American Dialogue {{!}} Lee Hamilton|website=www.thedialogue.org|access-date=2017-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413072906/http://www.thedialogue.org/experts/lee-hamilton/|archive-date=April 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hamilton serves as a co-chair of the National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) at the [[Bipartisan Policy Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/homeland-study-group|title="National Security Preparedness Group"|access-date=August 23, 2011|archive-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715023931/http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/homeland-study-group|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hamilton is a co-chair with [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civicmissionofschools.org/the-campaign/campaign-steering-committee|title=Campaign Steering Committee|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024064553/http://www.civicmissionofschools.org/the-campaign/campaign-steering-committee|archive-date=October 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also serves as an Advisory Board member for the [[Partnership for a Secure America]] and for [[America Abroad Media]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americaabroadmedia.org/user/49/Lee_Hamilton|title=Lee Hamilton &#124; AMERICA ABROAD MEDIA|access-date=2014-06-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716154236/http://americaabroadmedia.org/user/49/Lee_Hamilton|archive-date=July 16, 2014}}</ref>

In 2004, Hamilton released the book "How Congress Works and Why You Should Care", in which he explains the role, workings and the importance of Congress to everyday Americans, drawing on reflections of his time as     House Representative. He also suggests improvements to Congress.

On February 25, 2011, Hamilton wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to commute [[Jonathan Pollard]]'s sentence to time served. Pollard was serving a life sentence for providing Israel with classified information, without the intent to harm the United States, a crime which normally carries a sentence of two to four years. In his letter, he stated, "I do believe that he has served a disproportionately severe sentence." He also stated, "I have been acquainted for many years with members of his family, especially his parents, and I know how much pain and anguish they have suffered because of their son's incarceration." He contended that "commuting his sentence is a matter of basic compassion and justice."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2011/030111.htm|title=Text: Congressman Lee Hamilton's letter to President Obama|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044003/http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2011/030111.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/ex-rep_lee_hamilton_appeals_to_obama_for_pollard_20110302|title=Ex-Rep. Lee Hamilton appeals to Obama for Pollard – Nation|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919233147/http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/ex-rep_lee_hamilton_appeals_to_obama_for_pollard_20110302|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/International/Congressman-who-saved-Pollard-pleads-with-Obama|title=Congressman who 'saved Pollard' pleads with Obama|date=March 2011 |access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818122222/http://www.jpost.com/International/Congressman-who-saved-Pollard-pleads-with-Obama|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.indystar.com/article/20110302/NEWS05/103020334/Former-Rep-Lee-Hamilton-makes-plea-spy-Jonathan-Pollard-s-release |title=Former Rep. Lee Hamilton makes plea for spy Jonathan Pollard's release |access-date=March 27, 2014 |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327222418/http://archive.indystar.com/article/20110302/NEWS05/103020334/Former-Rep-Lee-Hamilton-makes-plea-spy-Jonathan-Pollard-s-release |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/uri-ariel-us-keeps-pollard-in-jail-and-demands-we-free-killers/2013/07/21/|title=Uri Ariel: US Keeps Pollard in Jail and Demands We Free Killers|first=Tzvi|last=Ben-Gedalyahu|date=July 21, 2013|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821015157/http://www.jewishpress.com/news/uri-ariel-us-keeps-pollard-in-jail-and-demands-we-free-killers/2013/07/21/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pollard was granted parole on July 7, 2015, and released on November 20, 2015.

On August 11, 2012, Hamilton's wife Nancy died in an auto-related accident; no one else was injured. Prior to her death, Mrs. Hamilton was an accomplished artist. In 1981 her oil paintings and watercolors were featured in an exhibit at The Commons and in 1984 she had a one-woman show at a [[Seymour, Indiana|Seymour]] art gallery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Nancy-Hamilton-a-woman-who-mad_1345209381 |title=Nancy Hamilton, a woman who made her own mark |access-date=2012-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101337/http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Nancy-Hamilton-a-woman-who-mad_1345209381 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Mrs. Hamilton also contributed thousands of hours at the INOVA Alexandria Virginia Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/indystar/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-a-hamilton&pid=159183172&fhid=10871|title=Nancy A. Hamilton's Obituary on The Indianapolis Star|website=[[Legacy.com]]|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813160212/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/indystar/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-a-hamilton&pid=159183172&fhid=10871|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/13/13258608-wife-of-former-us-representative-dies-after-being-run-over-by-her-own-car?lite|title=Wife of former US representative dies after being run over by her own car|publisher=NBC News|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231508/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/13/13258608-wife-of-former-us-representative-dies-after-being-run-over-by-her-own-car?lite|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hamilton endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>Associated Press, "[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23910422 9/11 panel vice chair endorses Obama] ," ''NBC News'' April 2, 2008.</ref>

Hamilton is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of [[Issue One]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issueone.org/projects/reformers-caucus/|title=ReFormers Caucus|website=Issue One|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605040850/https://issueone.org/projects/reformers-caucus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lee H. Hamilton serves as an honorary co-chair for the [[World Justice Project]], an organization that works to strengthen the [[rule of law]] worldwide.

==Honors and awards==
A nine-mile stretch of [[I-265]] and Indiana 265 in [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd]] and [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark counties]], part of Hamilton's former House district, was designated the "Lee H. Hamilton Highway" shortly after his retirement from the House in 1999. The [[moniker]] is largely symbolic, as locals generally do not refer to the road by that name, although the name is used frequently by the traffic reporter for the area's largest radio station, WHAS 840-AM in nearby [[Louisville, Kentucky]].

In 1982, Hamilton was inducted into the [[Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame]], in honor of his outstanding prep basketball career; he led the [[Evansville Central High School|Evansville Central Bears]] to three deep runs in the [[Indiana High School Athletic Association|IHSAA]] tournament.  In 1946, the Bears made the state semi-finals, in 1947, they made the state quarter-finals; as a senior, he led them to the championship game.  He was selected All-State his senior season and was awarded the Trestor Award for mental attitude.  He later starred for the [[DePauw Tigers]], leading them in scoring average in 1951 and rebounds in 1951 and 1952.

In 2001 Lee H. Hamilton was presented the Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award by the [[American Foreign Service Association]].

In 2005, Hamilton received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|title=National – Jefferson Awards Foundation|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|archive-date=November 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2007, Hamilton was elected as an honorary fellow in the [[National Academy of Public Administration (United States)|National Academy of Public Administration.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Incorporated |first=Prime |title=National Academy of Public Administration |url=https://napawash.org/fellow/15245 |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=National Academy of Public Administration |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329113634/https://napawash.org/fellow/15245 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, Hamilton received the [[Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site]] Advancing American Democracy Award.

In November 2015, Hamilton was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Barack Obama]] in a ceremony at the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |date=November 16, 2015 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128065413/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Phil Helsel, [http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/24/obama-honoring-spielberg-streisand-and-more-with-medal-of-freed/21272337/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-40526639 "Obama honoring Spielberg, Streisand and more with medal of freedom,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125221354/http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/24/obama-honoring-spielberg-streisand-and-more-with-medal-of-freed/21272337/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-40526639 |date=November 25, 2015 }} ''NBC News'', November 24, 2015; retrieved May 22, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, [[Indiana University Bloomington]] announced that the School of Global and International Studies will be renamed the [[Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies]] in honor of Hamilton and former U.S. senator [[Richard Lugar]], describing both as "two immensely accomplished Indiana statesmen and two of the nation's most distinguished and influential voices in foreign policy."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/10/iub/releases/03-school-of-global-and-international-studies-renamed-for-hamilton-and-lugar.html|title=School of Global and International Studies named for Hamilton, Lugar|work=News at IU|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-US|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224626/https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/10/iub/releases/03-school-of-global-and-international-studies-renamed-for-hamilton-and-lugar.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and the Congress'', with Jordan Tama, Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2003.
*''How Congress Works and Why You Should Care''. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004.
*''Without Precedent, the Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission,'' with T. H. Kean, New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 2007.
*''Strengthening Congress''. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2009.
*''The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States''. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.afsa.org/foreign-service-journal-julyaugust-2001#page=35 Foreign Service Journal article on his Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award.] 
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* [http://www.wilsoncenter.org Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars] wilsoncenter.org
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060112055000/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=director.about Lee Hamilton Biography and Resources] wilsoncenter.org
* [http://www.usip.org/isg/ Iraq Study Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105214325/http://www.usip.org/isg/ |date=January 5, 2007 }} usip.org
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060315005844/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h000114/ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post] washingtonpost.com
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02kean.html Stonewalled by the C.I.A.] Op-Ed piece co-authored with [[Thomas Kean]] in the edition of January 2, 2008 of the [[New York Times]] (accessed January 2, 2008)
* Hamilton, Lee H. [http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=21671 How Congress Works and Why You Should Care]. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
* Hamilton, Lee H. [http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=150537 Strengthening Congress]. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
* {{C-SPAN|185}}
** [http://www.c-span.org/video/?190582-1/qa-lee-hamilton C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Hamilton, January 8, 2006]
* [http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/general/VAB9930 A Legacy of Honor:The Congressional Papers of Lee H. Hamilton]. [[Lilly Library]], Bloomington, IN

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