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Founded in 2001 by then-Bradley Foundation head Michael Joyce at the behest of Karl Rove, George W. Bush's personal adviser, Americans for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise (together with its sister organization, the Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise) was created to push for the president's faith-based initiatives.

According to a June 25, 2001 Washington Post article, "Michael S. Joyce, a proponent of school choice who has been developing the intellectual framework for faith-based efforts for 12 years, said Bush asked him at a Rose Garden ceremony May 10, 'Did Karl call you yet?' Joyce said Karl Rove, Bush's senior adviser, phoned later that day and asked Joyce 'to undertake a private initiative to help get this legislation through. Joyce said that he insisted on independence from the White House and that the specifics were left up to him. On June 1, Joyce opened Americans for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise with a stable of consultants and lobbyists and an office on Pennsylvania Avenue. ... 'For a lot of people, this conjures images of serpent-handlers and speaking in tongues,' Joyce said. 'We're busy convincing centrist Democrats that allowing equal access to public resources is not establishing a religion.'" (1)

According to the foundation's web site: "Our nation is ready to renew civil society.  This foundation stands ready to help make it happen--to help repair the damage inflicted upon our country by failed, top-down, Great Society style bureaucratic programs, and to dramatically assist in beginning to heal our communities, neighborhoods, families and citizens. We stand ready to remind citizens of what is truly unique about our self-governing republic. Achieving this goal, requires an effort to energize the private sector. President George W. Bush made this point forcefully in his commencement speech at Notre Dame, in May 2001, when he stated that: 'The War on Poverty (has) also turned too many citizens into bystanders, convinced that compassion had become the work of government alone.'” (3)



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    Right Web Connections

  • Jeffrey Bell, researcher/lobbyist, Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
  • William J. Bennett, Board of Visitors, Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
  • Michael Joyce, founder
  • William Kristol, Board of Trustees, Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
  • Richard John Neuhaus, Board of Visitors, Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
  • Karl Rove, proponent





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Right Web tracks militarists’ efforts to influence U.S. foreign policy.

Sources
(1) "Bush Aims to Get Faith Initiative Back on Track," Washington Post, June 25, 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A40943-2001Jun24&notFound=true

(2) Mediatransparency: Recipients: Americans for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipients/acfce.htm

(3) Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise
http://www.fcfe.org/

May 25 2012


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The Militarization of the Syrian Uprising

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As pressure mounts to arm rebels in Syria, there is need for a sober assessment of the costs and consequences of the increasing militarization of the conflict there. If history is any guide, a foreign-backed armed rebellion will likely not produce the kind of victory—or engender the kind of support—that the anti-Assad fighters will require to usher in a new Syria. Additionally, there is the very real possibility that many of the rebels—as we’ve seen in Libya—will turn out to be little better than the regime they seek to replace.

Obama to Pro-Israel Lobby Group: ‘Too Much Loose Talk of War’

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Before a skeptical audience of delegates from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, President Obama affirmed U.S-Israeli ties and challenged detractors to impugn his administration’s record of support for the Jewish state. However, while insisting that that the United States would consider military options in the event of Iran’s developing a nuclear weapon, he also warned Israeli allies of “loose talk” about war, which Obama said only empowers the Iranian regime and decreases prospects for a diplomatic solution.

Whither the Liberal Hawks?

Jim Lobe | January 31, 2012

Tehran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with mounting threats from hawks in Israel and the United States, has brought the possibility of war sharply into view. But a number of influential members of the U.S. foreign policy establishment—including several prominent liberal interventionists who supported the invasion of Iraq—are warning against further escalation.

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