sentences:  In 2017, Morell was appointed to serve on National Defense Strategy Commission, a congressionally created body designed to give Congress an independent view of America's defense needs.The group's final report was sobering, painting a picture of US defense capabilities eroding relative to those of China and Russia.In early 2019, Morell, along with the also former Acting and Deputy Director of the CIA John McLaughlin, brought together a group of former CIA, NSA, and FBI officers to produce a briefing book on a dozen or so key national security issues facing the nation.