Gary Hart

Gary Hart represented the State of Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987 and was a member of the Committee on Armed Services during his tenure. Senator Hart was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 1984 and 1988. Before retiring from public service, Senator Hart was co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security in the Twenty First Century, otherwise known as the Hart-Rudman Commission, an effort which warned of the danger of attacks on the U.S. homeland. He was Chair of the U.S. Department of State, International Security Advisory Board, as well as Chair of the U.S. Department of Defense, Commission on Threat Reduction, and the U.S. Envoy to Northern Ireland. Hart also co-chaired the Council on Foreign Relations task force on homeland security, which released a major report entitled “America – Still Unprepared, Still in Danger.” Senator Hart has been a visiting fellow and lecturer at Oxford University, is a regular contributor to news media, and best-selling author of multiple books.