Excerpt from op-ed by AL State Rep. Tim Wadsworth:

Recently, I attended a program sponsored by the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations, which is affiliated with the America Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington D.C. The committee is nonpartisan and therefore does not take sides in debates. The committee has guests on both sides of the political aisle who express opinions in a civil manner. Two individuals were the guests, one connected with the Bush administration and one with the Clinton campaign. Their freedom to express different opinions without attacks was refreshing. The question-and-answer session was content- oriented without improper tones from the audience.