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1992 Draft Defense Planning Guidance

Last Updated: March 12, 2008

The 1992 draft Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), crafted by then-Defense Department staffers I. Lewis Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, and Zalmay Khalilzad, is widely regarded as an early formulation of the...

Deterrence Concepts Advisory Panel

Last Updated: November 21, 2003

About . The Deterrence Concepts Advisory Panel (DCAP) was established by the Bush administration to oversee production of the president's Nuclear Posture Review, which is a classified study...

EMP Commission

Last Updated: October 19, 2009

Despite many challenges to its credibility, the work of this Congressional commission continues be cited by hardliners to revive Cold War-era fears of nuclear annihilation and justify aggressive policies toward Iran and North Korea.

Foster Panel

Last Updated: November 21, 2003

About The so-called Foster Panel--after its head, John S. Foster, Jr.--was established at the urging of Sen. Jon Kyl by the fiscal year 1999 Defense Authorization Act to report on the safety and...

Immigration Reform Caucus

Last Updated: March 12, 2007

The Immigration Reform Caucus, established in May 1999 by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), a leading conservative in Congress who promotes a far-right agenda in both domestic and foreign policy, has grown...

Office of Iranian Affairs

Last Updated: July 25, 2007

The Office of Iranian Affairs (OIA) was created in early 2006 within the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs, apparently as part of an effort to channel funds to groups that could...

Office of Special Plans

Last Updated: April 04, 2011

The Office of Special Plans was a controversial Pentagon policy outfit that was widely accused of providing the George W. Bush administration with inaccurate, skewed intelligence linking Iraq and al-Qaeda in an effort to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Rumsfeld Missile Commission

Last Updated: November 01, 2007

The Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, commonly called the Rumsfeld Commission or the Rumsfeld Missile Commission after its chair Donald Rumsfeld, operated from...

Rumsfeld Space Commission

Last Updated: November 01, 2007

The Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, frequently called the Rumsfeld Space Commission or simply the Space Commission, was established in 1999 by...

Team B Strategic Objectives Panel

Last Updated: November 01, 2007

Arguably the most notorious attempt by right-wing figures to challenge the authority of the CIA ("Team A") over intelligence—similar to the effort by the Pentagon's Office of...

U.S.-China Commission

Last Updated: November 29, 2006

Congress established the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, or U.S.-China Commission as it is commonly known, in October 2000, as part of the 2001 Defense Authorization...

New Profiles
Natsios, Andrew

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

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

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

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

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

From the Wires
Setbacks for Congressional Iran Hawks

May, 22 2012

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

Tea Party Loses in Fight with Big Business

May, 16 2012

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

May, 16 2012

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

America the Serial Killer

May, 15 2012

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

May, 15 2012

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.

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