Thomas Kean & Lee Hamilton

In an election year filled with low blows, 9/11 commission chairman Kean, right, and vice chairman Hamilton stood tall-- cajoling testimony from Condoleezza Rice and President Bush, accessing key high-level documents and pushing Congress to pass sweeping intelligence reform. Along the way, their 567-page report about the day the Twin Towers fell became a best seller.

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