WASHINGTON - Just over a month after losing his Senate seat, Max Cleland was tapped Wednesday to join an independent commission charged with examining the events leading up to the September eleventh terrorist attacks. <br>
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Cleland will be one of ten members of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, established by Congress in November as a nonpartisan panel that will hold hearings and be granted subpoena power. <br>
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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former House member Lee Hamilton will lead the commission, and other members are appointed by Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. Former Republican Senator Slade Gorton of Washington was appointed Tuesday. <br>
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The commission, which will be activated by Sunday, is expected to issue a report within 18 months.
