 The virus did not determine if one was a liberal or a conservative. It struck with vengeance and upended all of our lives. With that in mind, we asked Director John Ratcliffe to serve as chairman of the commission and then invited eight Americans with extraordinary experience to join. They all accepted immediately and without hesitation and we're grateful. In addition to John Ratcliffe, the commission includes former Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Ambassador Robert O'Brien,