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Setbacks for Congressional Iran Hawks

2012-05-22T20:06:29+00:00

Hawks in the U.S. Congress are finding it difficult to ratchet up the U.S. military threat against Iran.

Natsios, Andrew

2012-05-22T14:09:52+00:00

Andrew Natsios is a Romney foreign policy adviser and fellow at the neoconservative Hudson Institute who opposed the distribution of AIDS drugs in Africa as the Bush administration’s USAID director.

Lehman, John

2012-05-18T22:56:55+00:00

John F. Lehman heads a private equity firm whose investment interests dovetail with his hawkish political advocacy, which has included supporting the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Mitt Romney, as well as the work of numerous neoconservative pressure groups.

Cohen, Eliot

2012-05-17T22:00:28+00:00

A neoconservative academic based at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Cohen served as an adviser to President George W. Bush as well as to the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign.

Carlucci, Frank

2012-05-17T21:25:24+00:00

President Reagan’s Pentagon chief and an alleged conspirator in the assassination of former DRC Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, Frank Carlucci now serves as an attack dog for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

Horner, Charles

2012-05-17T18:54:40+00:00

China scholar Charles Horner, a fellow at the neoconservative Hudson Institute, see a looming conflict between China and the Islamic world.

Tea Party Loses in Fight with Big Business

2012-05-16T18:00:15+00:00

The battle over the future of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) has been a humbling experience for the Tea Party.

Arab Autocrats Aiding Resurgence of Terrorism

2012-05-16T14:15:12+00:00

Arab autocrats in Syria, Bahrain, and elsewhere are indirectly contributing to the resurgence of terrorism in their societies.

America the Serial Killer

2012-05-15T19:08:07+00:00

With its expanded drone program, the Obama administration has encouraged the view of a America as serial killer who keeps suffering from blowback.

Bullying, Leadership, and the Presidency of the United States

2012-05-15T13:17:42+00:00

The 1965 bullying incident at Michigan's elite Cranbrook School that came to light this week has kicked off a series of conversations about bullying and about the extent to which we should hold our nation's leaders accountable for past behavior.

FreedomWorks

2012-05-14T15:33:22+00:00

FreedomWorks, one of several establishment Republican Party groups that have endeavored to claim the mantle of the Tea Party, has emerged as an influential force in U.S. electoral politics working to oust moderate Republicans.

U.S. Committee on NATO

2012-05-10T14:40:36+00:00

Founded to push for the expansion of NATO after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Committee on NATO was a neoconservative-led initiative closely tied to key Republican Party figures.

England, Gordon

2012-05-09T16:04:11+00:00

Former weapons contractor executive Gordon England, Paul Wolfowitz’s replacement at the Pentagon in the second George W. Bush administration, has spent his years out of government stumping for costly weapons systems.

Hadley, Stephen

2012-05-09T02:59:33+00:00

Stephen Hadley, a former Bush administration official notorious for his role in peddling faulty intelligence about Iraq, is an adviser at the U.S. Institute for Peace.

US Should Forge “New Partnership” With Turkey, Report Says

2012-05-08T21:48:40+00:00

A new report by the influential Council on Foreign Relations urges Washington to develop a stronger strategic partnership with Turkey.

Bremer, L. Paul

2012-05-07T15:46:26+00:00

Best known for his role as head of occupation authorities after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Bremer is a former career diplomat who has promoted hawkish U.S. military agendas as well as security contractors.

Gingrich, Newt

2012-05-04T14:25:23+00:00

The former GOP presidential candidate and Speaker of the House has been a vociferous proponent of the idea that the America faces an existential threat from “Islamofascists.”

Will Israeli Dissent Halt the March towards War?

2012-05-03T16:41:34+00:00

Tensions have been reaching near fevered pitch over Iran’s nuclear program as Israeli leaders and their supporters in the United States have pressed for military action to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. However, a number of factors have been working against the hawks, including recent progress at the P5+1 talks and the lack of enthusiasm for another conflict among a war-weary U.S. public. In recent weeks, a new force has emerged that seems to have made the threat of war even less imminent—the unprecedented wave of dissent from current and former top Israeli officials.

Senor, Dan

2012-05-02T15:26:08+00:00

Former Iraq war spokesman Dan Senor has brought his Bush-era foreign policy views to the Romney campaign.

Adelman, Carol

2012-05-01T16:16:33+00:00

Although favorably inclined toward philanthropy, Carol Adelman has offered misleading assessments about the magnitude of U.S. charitable giving and foreign aid.