Thomas A. Daschle is a former U.S. senator and Senate majority leader from South Dakota. He is a special policy advisor at the law firm Alston & Bird LLP, visiting professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University, and a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Mr. Daschle was the first U.S. senator to be a full-time economic development director. In 1994, he was chosen by his colleagues to serve as Democratic leader, and as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Selected writings and statements from Mr. Daschle:

• Statement Before the House Oversight Reform Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [2], congressional testimony, Dec. 20, 2007
• The Need for Reconciliation is Immediate [3], statement made in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 27, 2005