Frances Townsend
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Frances Townsend served as assistant to President George W. Bush for homeland security and counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council from May 2004 until January 2008. She previously served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism from May 2003 to May 2004. She is now a CNN contributor.

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(Another) Act of War and What We Can Do About It

Posted October 28, 2011 | 10:03 AM (EST)

The revelation that Iran was planning to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States by blowing up a restaurant he frequented in Washington, D.C. should finally put to rest any hopes that the regime in Tehran is a credible partner for peace. This brazen attempt to carry out a...

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