The 10 members and executive director of the bipartisan Sept. 11 commission, formally known as The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which was created by Congress in November 2002.

Thomas H. Kean, Republican chairman. President of Drew University in Madison, N.J., former governor of New Jersey. Appointed by President George W. Bush after Henry Kissinger resigned in December 2002 over potential conflicts of interest.
Lee H. Hamilton, Democratic vice chairman. Director of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, former U.S. representative from Indiana. Appointed by Democratic congressional leaders in December 2002 after former Sen. George Mitchell resigned, citing a reluctance to leave his law firm.
Richard Ben-Veniste. Democrat. Partner in law firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. Former Watergate prosecutor, co-author of "Stonewall: The Real Story of the Watergate Prosecution" (Simon & Schuster).
Fred F. Fielding. Republican. Senior partner at law firm of Wiley, Rein and Fielding. Former counsel to President Ronald Reagan and deputy counsel to President Richard Nixon.
Jamie S. Gorelick. Democrat. Partner at law firm of Wilmer Cutler and Pickering, former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration.
Slade Gorton. Republican. Attorney at Preston, Gates & Ellis, former U.S. senator from Washington state.
Bob Kerrey. Democrat. President of New School University in New York City, former U.S. senator from Nebraska. Appointed by Democratic congressional leaders in December 2003 to replace former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., who left to become director of the Export-Import Bank.
John F. Lehman. Republican. Chairman of J.F. Lehman & Co., a private equity firm, former Navy secretary under President Ronald Reagan.
Timothy J. Roemer. Democrat. President of the Center for National Policy, former U.S. representative from Indiana.
James R. Thompson. Republican. Chairman of the law firm Winston & Strawn, former Illinois governor.
Philip Zelikow, executive director. History professor and director of Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Co-author with Bush national security adviser Condoleezza Rice of 1995 book, "Germany Unified and Europe Transformed."