9/11 Family Steering Committee

History

The now-defunct group was an offshoot of the Coalition for an Independent 9/11 Commission, which advocated the creation of an independent commission to investigate the failures that made 9/11 possible. The coalition represented a wide array of 9/11 families' organizations, including Families of September 11, Sept. 11 Advocates (also known as "The Jersey Girls"), and Voices of September 11. Although the call for a commission was initially resisted by the Bush administration, the coalition eventually prevailed in the creation of the 9/11 Commission.

The Washington Post stated:

"Would we be here except for those two? I don't think so," Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), one of the legislation's sponsors, said after thanking Fetchet and Ashley. "It was impossible for a member of Congress to face the family members and say they wouldn't do something."

"I agree," said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the co-sponsor. "They had the moral conviction."

The family members' public complaints pressured President Bush to drop his initial opposition to a Sept. 11 commission}}

Monitoring of the 9/11 Commission

However, the Family Steering Committee was unsatisfied with the commission created and its mandate.

They stated:

It further created a list of questions they argued was unanswered by the official commission.

On January 11, 2005, the committee made the following statement:

The group ceased operations on January 11, 2005. Some of the research and advocacy of members of the Family Steering Committee is featured in the documentary "9/11: Press for Truth" premiered September 2006.

Media coverage

• PBS NOW
• Scoop
• From The Wilderness
• Indymedia
• The Washington Post
• The Christian Science Monitor
• CBS News
• New York Daily News, written by the two members Kristen Breitweiser and Bill Harvey
• CNN
• The Washington Times
• Peter Lance
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• USA Today
• Zogby poll
• The Village Voice

Members

The member list include all the Jersey Girls

• Carol Ashley
• Kristen Breitweiser
• Patty Casazza
• Beverly Eckert
• Mary Fetchet
• Monica Gabrielle
• Bill Harvey
• Mindy Kleinberg
• Carie Lemack
• Sally Regenhard
• Lorie Van Auken
• Robin Wiener

Notes

References

• The Family Steering Committee
• Fox news - Congress Fails to Pass Intelligence Overhaul
• Fox news - 9/11 Families Continue to Push Congress
• Fox news - 9/11 Families Urge Action
• Govexec.com - Groups call for the resignation of Sept. 11 commission director (03/22/2004)
• Govexec.com - Sept. 11 families question Bush's role in terrorist attacks (02/20/2004)
• Govexec.com - 9/11 families lobby Congress to act quickly on intelligence overhaul (10/14/2004)
• Govexec.com - Bush, Cheney, Rice agree to meet with Sept. 11 panel (03/30/2004)
• Govexec.com - Rice: Red tape hindered pre-9/11 efforts (04/08/2004)
• Govexec.com - 9/11 commission scolds government over attacks, calls for major reforms (07/22/2004)
• Govexec.com - House Government Reform chairman not among intelligence overhaul conferees (10/15/2004)
• Govexec.com - Election Day deadline failing to motivate intelligence reform conferees (10/18/2004)
• Govexec.com - Passage of intel bill may rest on speedy accord, aides say (11/15/2004)
• Families of 9/11 are 'the rock stars of grief' says sister of Pentagon pilot

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