Before joining the Administration in 2009, Ambassador Mitchell served as Senior Fellow and Director for Asia in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

Stephen Flanagan, the Henry A. Kissinger chair in diplomacy and national security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, underscored the sense of uncertainty.

CNN: Early foreign policy tests await France's Hollande

Anthony Cordesman, an energy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former national security assistant to McCain, says trying to solve the problem by focusing on supply or demand won't help the U.S. achieve energy independence.

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Dr. ROBERT EINHORN (Senior Adviser, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies): Syria has a chemical weapons capability.

NPR: Mystery Surrounds Israeli Strike in Syria

Mr. DAVID McGINNIS (National Security Analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies): Thank you.

NPR: Critics Question Using Nat'l Guard Troops at the Border

"The problem is that everything you do in Afghanistan is now a risky strategy, " said Anthony Cordesman, a national security analyst at Center for Strategic and International Studies who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan.

WSJ: Role Reversal: Pakistan Fears

James Lewis, a national security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argues for a more traditional approach to battling terrorism, largely through law enforcement and the intelligence community.

NPR: Obama Refocuses Terror Threat To Pre-9/11 Level

"What's so surprising and remarkable to me is how much homeland security has not played in the discussion, " says David Heyman, who heads the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

NPR: Candidates Split On Homeland Security Spending

Last week's Center for Strategic and International Studies report disclosed that the departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Commerce all have had intrusions by unknown foreign entities.

WSJ: Internet Attacks Are a Real and Growing Problem