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Abdelnour, Ziad

Last Updated: May 11, 2010

A Lebanese-American investment banker closely tied to many neoconservative figures, Abdelnour wants the United States or Israel to “annihilate” Hezbollah.

Abrams, Elliott

Last Updated: January 27, 2011

The Iran-Contra veteran is a well-known neoconservative ideologue who works as a senior fellow on Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Abrams, Rachel

Last Updated: October 27, 2011

Vitriolic right-wing blogger Rachel Abrams, who comes from a well-established neoconservative family, is notorious for her vindictive, inflated, and sometimes childish rhetoric.

Addington, an author of the infamous “torture memos” who is now VP at the Heritage Foundation, has remained conspicuously silent as the debate over torture has heated up since the slaying of Osama bin Laden.

Adelman, Carol

Last Updated: May 01, 2012

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

Adelman, Kenneth

Last Updated: October 29, 2008

A longtime Washington insider closely aligned with neoconservatives, Ken Adelman has served several Republican administrations since the mid-1970s and was a vocal proponent of the invasion of Iraq.

Adelson, Sheldon

Last Updated: January 25, 2012

A Casino magnate and key backer of U.S. and Israeli right-wing groups, Sheldon Adelson’s support for Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has underscored the unprecedented power wealthy individuals have to influence the outcomes of elections since the Supreme Court’s controversial “Citizens United” ruling.

Agnew, Harold

Last Updated: July 12, 2006

Harold Agnew is a nuclear physicist who worked on both the creation of the first atomic weapons and on the project to build the hydrogen bomb. As a young member of the Manhattan Project, Agnew flew...

Ahmari, Sohrab

Last Updated: April 03, 2012

An Iranian-American writer who vocally supports a U.S. attack on Iran, Sohrab Ahmari has been described as “the neocons’ favorite Iranian” and likened to Iraq’s Ahmed Chalabi.

Akins, James (1926-2010)

Last Updated: May 04, 2011

Akins, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and advisor to the hawkish Iran Policy Committee, helped play a role forging elite Middle East consensus over Israel during the 1970s and foresaw the popular backlash in the region over U.S. policies.

Aldridge, Edward “Pete”

Last Updated: November 01, 2006

As Donald Rumsfeld's undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics from May 2001 to May 2003, Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge Jr. held the purse strings at the Pentagon,...

Allen, Richard

Last Updated: June 23, 2009

Ensconced at the conservative Hoover Institution, this former member of Donald Rumsfeld’s Defense Policy Board now seems to spend much of his time distressing over President Obama and venerating the memory of Ronald Reagan...

Amitay, Morris

Last Updated: February 06, 2012

Amitay has been a key “pro-Israel” lobbyist for decades, serving as head of American Israeli Public Affairs Committee and chair of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

Anderson, Martin

Last Updated: July 08, 2010

Anderson is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and a veteran foreign policy hawk whose career has included serving four Republican presidents.

Anschutz, Philip

Last Updated: October 28, 2009

The new owner of neocon mouthpiece the Weekly Standard is an Evangelical business tycoon whose media holdings provide a powerful voice for his rightwing views on taxes, national security, and family values.

Applebaum, Anne

Last Updated: February 16, 2012

American Enterprise Institute Fellow Anne Applebaum writes a column for the Washington Post in which she has revealed an on-again-off-again affinity for U.S. military interventions, including pushing the idea that President Obama must be prepared to go to war with Iran. .

Ashcroft, John

Last Updated: December 20, 2007

John David Ashcroft, a former Republican governor and senator from Missouri and high-profile member of the conservative judicial group Federalist Society, served as U.S. attorney general during...

Atri, Akbar

Last Updated: October 18, 2007

A self-styled member of the Iranian student dissident movement, Akbar Atri has, since fleeing Iran in 2005, become a favorite of the neoconservative faction in the United States, where he has...

Augustine, Norman R.

Last Updated: June 16, 2010

A former Lockheed Martin CEO and board member at the Center for a New American Security, Augustine recently led a defense acquisitions task force organized by Business Executives for National Security, a group that aims to help government do national security “faster,” “better,” and “cheaper.”

Bachmann, Michele

Last Updated: January 04, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is a right-wing evangelical congresswoman and former GOP presidential candidate who believes the United States must support Israel because of the Bible.

Bailey, Kathleen

Last Updated: June 05, 2009

Barr, William

Last Updated: October 05, 2010

Attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, William Barr has been a prominent conservative activist for decades.

Bauer, Gary

Last Updated: March 19, 2012

The Christian Zionist leader and former presidential candidate has been busy founding militarist pressure groups attacking President Obama and other Democrats for being soft on terrorism and not sufficiently supportive of Israel.

Bayefsky, Anne

Last Updated: March 29, 2012

Human rights specialist Anne Bayefsky has carved out a niche lambasting the UN Human Rights Council for not meshing with her “pro-Israel” politics.

Becker, Gary

Last Updated: October 17, 2007

Gary Becker, the winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economics, is a conservative writer and economist based at the University of Chicago and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. A well known...

Bell, Jeffrey

Last Updated: October 05, 2010

A longtime right-wing activist, Bell sees the Tea Party and social conservatism as being at heart a single movement based on what he terms “America’s founding values.”

Benador, Eleana

Last Updated: March 22, 2012

A publicist who helped promote a plank of neoconservative writers after 9/11, Benador argues that the United States is being invaded by Muslims, that President Obama “and his people” committed “high treason” in his response to the killing of Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier, and that Americans are suffering from an “endless deteriorating reality.”

Benador, Gabriel

Last Updated: December 03, 2010

Gabriel Benador is the associate director of Benador Public Relations, the successor firm to Benador Associates, a public relations company that served as a key promoter of neoconservative ideologues after the 9/11 attacks and during the run up to the invasion of Iraq.

Bennett, William

Last Updated: April 17, 2012

Former Reagan official and longtime conservative pundit Bill Bennett has used his radio program to hype the views of his former colleagues at the Project for a New American Century.

Bergner, Jeffrey

Last Updated: October 05, 2010

Jeffrey Bergner is a corporate lobbyist and longtime supporter of neoconservative groups like the Hudson Institute and the Project for the New American Century.

Berman, Ilan

Last Updated: January 25, 2011

Vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, Berman’s preferred strategy for pressuring Iran is to do a replay of the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, a cornerstone of neoconservative advocacy during the early 1970s which threatened trade relations with the Soviet Union if it didn’t allow Jewish emigration to Israel.

Black, Conrad

Last Updated: August 18, 2010

The erstwhile media mogul and conservative writer, Black was recently released from prison—after serving just over two years of his six-year sentence for fraud convictions—as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited the effect of a federal fraud law.

Block, Josh

Last Updated: December 12, 2011

Block, a former AIPAC spokesperson who defines himself as a progressive “pro-Israel” Democrat, has collaborated with neoconservatives and other hardliners to marginalize critics of Israel in the Democratic Party, in part by attempting to smear them as “anti-Semitic.”

Bolton, John

Last Updated: October 03, 2011

When he is not busy down playing President Obama’s military successes, the former ambassador to the UN and neoconservative wonk endorses Israeli use of nuclear weapons against Iran.

Bonazzi, Roberta

Last Updated: October 25, 2011

Bonazzi is the executive director of the neoconservative-aligned European Foundation for Democracy, based in Brussels.

Boot, Max

Last Updated: February 02, 2012

Boot, an adviser to the Mitt Romeny campaign, wants the United States to bomb Iran even though he admits such a policy would ultimately fail.

Bork, Ellen

Last Updated: January 17, 2011

Bork, a project director at the Foreign Policy Initiative and the daughter of former Supreme Court justice nominee Robert Bork, has used her perch at FPI to continue the time-honored neoconservative tactic of organizing elite public sign-on letters to pressure public figures.

Bork, Robert H.

Last Updated: April 18, 2011

Conservative legal scholar and former Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork is a long-time rightwing activist who has supported the work of several advocacy groups, including the neoconservative Hudson Institute.

Bradman, Solomon

Last Updated: September 09, 2009

Bremer, L. Paul

Last Updated: May 07, 2012

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.

Brooks, Linton

Last Updated: August 23, 2007

Linton Brooks, an experienced arms control negotiator and proponent of controversial strategic weapons programs, served as director of the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security...

Brownback, Sam

Last Updated: April 28, 2010

A frontrunner to replace Katherine Sibelius as governor of Kansas, Brownback has been one of the Senate’s leading domestic conservatives and foreign policy hawks.

Broxmeyer, Mark

Last Updated: February 03, 2012

The late Mark Broxmeyer, an erstwhile Long Island real estate mogul, was a major fundraiser for the neoconservative Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, along with a host of Republican Party initiatives.

Bryen, Shoshana

Last Updated: February 08, 2012

Following her acrimonious departure from JINSA, “pro-Israel” hawk Shoshana Bryen will carry on her advocacy efforts at the conservative Jewish Policy Center.

Bryen, Stephen

Last Updated: February 03, 2012

Stephen Bryen has played an important role forging connections between right-wing advocacy groups, conservative policy elites, weapons contractors, and the U.S. “pro-Israel” lobby.

Bush, Jeb

Last Updated: April 27, 2008

In January 2007, after eight years in office, Jeb Bush left the governorship of Florida as one of the most popular executives in the state’s history.1 The brother of President George W. Bush...

Cain, Herman

Last Updated: December 10, 2011

Herman Cain, a former GOP presidential nomination, has expressed a number of hawkish foreign policy positions, even if he tends to be rather hazy on the details.

Cambone, Stephen

Last Updated: March 12, 2008

In November 2007, Stephen Cambone, the controversial undersecretary of defense for intelligence in the Donald Rumsfeld-led Pentagon, became vice president for strategy of QinetiQ North America, a...

Carlucci, Frank

Last Updated: May 17, 2012

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.

Carney, Chris

Last Updated: October 05, 2011

The conservative Democrat from Pennsylvania who served two terms in Congress now works for the same defense contractor—BAE Systems—that he assisted in gaining Pentagon contracts while in office.

Chalabi, Ahmed

Last Updated: April 28, 2010

A favorite of the neocon crowd, Chalabi has recently been accused of unjustly marginalizing political opponents in Iraq while at the same time courting Iran.

Chao, Elaine

Last Updated: June 09, 2009

The former secretary of labor has returned to the Heritage Foundation, where she worked before being tapped by George W. Bush in 2001...

Chavez, Linda

Last Updated: April 30, 2004

George W. Bush's first choice for labor secretary, Linda Chavez is a right-wing pundit, anti-union demagogue, and foreign policy hawk. She has supported or worked for a string of rightist...

Cheney, Elizabeth

Last Updated: April 08, 2010

A standard-bearer for her father’s militarist agenda, Liz Cheney and her group Keep America Safe have resorted to McCarthy-esque tactics in attacking the Obama administration.

Cheney, Lynne

Last Updated: April 16, 2009

Lynne Cheney, the wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has been a high-profile supporter of rightist causes for decades, including from her current perch as senior fellow at the American...

Cheney, Richard

Last Updated: April 17, 2009

Dick Cheney is widely considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, having played an instrumental role in everything from expanding presidential war...

Chertoff, Michael

Last Updated: May 11, 2009

The former head of DHS and a key advocate of the Bush administration’s “war on terror,” Chertoff recently founded a risk management firm and joined the law firm of Covington & Burling...

Clawson, Patrick

Last Updated: May 12, 2010

In a recent paper for the “pro-Israel” WINEP, Clawson argues for cautious measures in approaching Iranian factions about that country’s nuclear program.

Cohen, Eliot

Last Updated: May 17, 2012

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.

Cooper, Henry F.

Last Updated: August 04, 2010

The former director of the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative and a key right-wing opponent of Obama administration arms control initiatives, Cooper was recently given the “Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Award” by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Defense Initiative.

Cowan, Bill

Last Updated: May 05, 2011

Cowan, a Fox News contributor and former military intelligence officer, is a member of the military committee of the Iran Policy Committee.

Cox, Christopher

Last Updated: January 12, 2009

Christopher Cox served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the second term of the George W. Bush administration; prior to that, he represented California in the House of...

Cropsey, Seth

Last Updated: April 25, 2012

Cropsey is a fellow at the neoconservative Hudson Institute, where he writes screeds accusing President Obama of “appeasing” America’s enemies and attacking his efforts at rapprochement with the Muslim world.

Crouch, J.D.

Last Updated: May 08, 2007

J.D. Crouch II is a former deputy national security adviser and assistant to President George W. Bush who resigned in early May 2007. Regarded as one of the administration's staunchest foreign...

D’Souza, Dinesh

Last Updated: October 05, 2010

D’Souza, recently appointed president of the Evangelical Christian King’s College in New York City, has made a splash with his new book, The Roots of Obama’s Rage, which makes the peculiar argument that the anti-colonialism espoused by Obama’s father is behind the president’s purportedly radical policies.

Daremblum, Jaime

Last Updated: March 12, 2011

The former Costa Rican ambassador to the United States, Jaime Daremblum now works as a rightwing pundit at the Hudson Institute, where he pushes the notion that Iran is using countries like Venezuela to threaten the United States.

Decter, Midge

Last Updated: September 19, 2007

Midge Decter is best known as a member of a leading neoconservative family, the Podhoretz clan. Her second husband, Norman Podhoretz, was editor of the neoconservative flagship magazine Commentary...

DeMuth, Christopher

Last Updated: March 17, 2009

Christopher DeMuth served as president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a key intellectual recruiting ground for the George W. Bush presidency and a preeminent think tank of...

Dershowitz, Toby

Last Updated: October 25, 2011

A neoconservative media consultant and former AIPAC spokesperson, Toby Dershowitz is vice president of the Likud-linked Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Diehl, Jackson

Last Updated: May 30, 2011

Since Diehl took over as the Washington Post’s deputy editorial page editor in 2001, the newspaper’s editorial slant has become increasingly hawkish and conservative.

Dine, Thomas

Last Updated: November 23, 2010

Thomas Dine, former director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has supported both moderate and hawkish Mideast policy campaigns.

Dobriansky, Paula

Last Updated: April 11, 2012

Dobriansky, a Bush administration undersecretary of state and supporter of the Project for a New American Century’s militarist advocacy campaigns, is a fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center and adviser to the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Donahue, Thomas R.

Last Updated: November 22, 2010

A major figure in U.S. organized labor, Donahue was an ardent anti-communist during the Cold War.

Donnelly, Thomas

Last Updated: November 29, 2007

Thomas Donnelly, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former deputy director of the now-defunct Project for the New American Century (PNAC), writes frequently on defense and...

Doran, Michael

Last Updated: December 05, 2010

A former Bush administration foreign policy adviser, Doran is a promoter of “soft power” strategies for overthrowing the Iranian government.

Eberstadt, Nicholas

Last Updated: December 30, 2007

Nicholas Eberstadt, a long-standing participant in hawkish U.S. advocacy groups dating back to the early 1980s, is an Asia scholar and demographer associated with the American Enterprise Institute...

Ebner, Stanley

Last Updated: December 03, 2010

A longtime defense industry executive, Stanley Ebner has also supported the hawkish Center for Security Policy.

Edelman, Eric

Last Updated: September 13, 2011

An undersecretary of defense under Donald Rumsfeld, Edelman is a fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and serves on the boards of the neoconservative Foreign Policy Initiative and the congressionally funded United States Institute for Peace.

Ehrenfeld, Rachel

Last Updated: April 30, 2007

Rachel Ehrenfeld, a prominent voice in the rightist discourse connecting terrorism and transnational crime, is the founder of the American Center for Democracy (ACD), a Manhattan-based policy center...

Emerson, Steven

Last Updated: September 23, 2011

Despite his history of making questionable claims, self-proclaimed terrorism “expert” Steve Emerson has made a lucrative career warning about terrorist threats and condemning Islamists.

England, Gordon

Last Updated: May 09, 2012

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.

Etzioni, Amitai

Last Updated: August 04, 2010

The idiosyncratic social theorist and founder of the Communitarian Network thinks the United States should bomb Iran and “unshackle” the troops in Afghanistan.

Evans, Michael D.

Last Updated: September 08, 2008

Michael D. Evans is a prominent Christian evangelical author whose works promote a hardline Christian Zionist1 view of Middle East peace issues in which defending Israel is seen as a Christian duty...

Falcoff, Mark

Last Updated: March 02, 2012

Mark Falcoff, long an avid backer of U.S. intervention in Latin America, thinks Venezuela is headed for civil war if President Hugo Chavez dies.

Feith, Douglas

Last Updated: November 20, 2009

A former Pentagon official whose office generated information that was used to push the United States toward war with Iraq, Feith is now at the neoconservative Hudson Institute, where he advocates hawkish strategic weapons policies...

Feulner, Edwin

Last Updated: May 16, 2011

The Heritage Foundation president thinks that the Obama administration is losing it s way in what he terms “the long war against extremists.”

Finley, Julie

Last Updated: September 30, 2008

Described by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), where she served on the board, as “a prominent Republican Party activist,” Finley worked for many years as a Washington,...

Fleitz, Frederick

Last Updated: March 22, 2012

A little-known former CIA intel officer who served as an adviser to John Bolton, Fleitz edits the “global intelligence” website of the conservative Newsmax Media, where he promotes conspiratorial talking points about alleged Middle East nuclear weapons programs.

Fly, Jamie

Last Updated: January 17, 2011

Jamie Fly, a former adviser to the George W. Bush administration, is the executive director of the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) and blogs for the Weekly Standard, two premier neoconservative institutions.

Fogleman, Ronald

Last Updated: February 05, 2011

A retired U.S. Air Force general and defense industry executive, Fogleman has been a long time government adviser on defense and security policy.

Forbes, Steve

Last Updated: May 12, 2008

Malcolm Stevenson “Steve” Forbes Jr., head of the Forbes magazine empire, is an active supporter of a number of militarist policy organizations that have pushed for an expansive...

Forstmann, Theodore

Last Updated: August 04, 2010

Forstmann, a high-powered business executive who is considered a pioneer of modern corporate buyouts, has supported the work of various neoconservative groups.

Fort, Randall

Last Updated: January 19, 2009

Randall Fort, a former corporate officer with Goldman Sachs and program director at TRW's space and defense groups, served as assistant secretary for intelligence and research in the State...

Foster, John Jr.

Last Updated: September 12, 2007

John Foster Jr. is a distinguished scientist whose career working in the U.S. weapons complex dates back to the early years of the atomic era. Closely affiliated with a long line of hardline policy...

Fradkin, Hillel

Last Updated: July 10, 2007

Hillel Fradkin is a specialist in Islamic studies and a noted Straussian scholar with a long track record of working for or supporting major neoconservative and hardline pro-Israel outfits, including...

Friedberg, Aaron

Last Updated: April 16, 2011

Following a brief stint as Dick Cheney’s deputy national security advisor, Friedberg returned to Princeton, where he specializes in East Asian security issues.

Frum, David

Last Updated: April 08, 2010

Notorious for his argument that failure in the “war on terror” could lead to a new holocaust, Frum was ousted from the American Enterprise Institute after criticizing the Republican Party’s approach to healthcare reform.

Fukuyama, Francis

Last Updated: March 13, 2007

One of the most well-known U.S. academics due in large measure to his famous "end of history" thesis, Francis Fukuyama is a political scientist based at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced...

Gabriel, Brigitte

Last Updated: August 22, 2007

Brigitte Gabriel has made a post-9/11 career out of roundly denouncing Islam, decrying "political correctness," and promoting the concept of an existential clash of cultures. She founded...

Gaffney Cross, Devon

Last Updated: October 17, 2011

Devon Gaffney Cross, a longstanding neoconservative activist, has reemerged as a supporter of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign and member of the heavily criticized advocacy group Secure America Now.

Gaffney, Frank

Last Updated: August 29, 2011

Gaffney is a leading anti-Islam pundit in the United States who has helped foster a discriminatory discourse in the country aimed at marginalizing Muslims and outlawing the practice of their faith.

Garner, Jay

Last Updated: June 20, 2011

Garner, the erstwhile “mayor of Baghdad,” has capitalized on his experiences in Iraq to pursue oil deals in Kurdish areas of the country.

Gedmin, Jeffrey

Last Updated: April 17, 2007

Jeffrey Gedmin, a longtime supporter of neoconservative advocacy efforts aimed at pushing interventionist overseas foreign and military policies, was named the director of Radio Free Europe/Radio...

Gerecht, Reuel

Last Updated: September 08, 2011

Unlike some of his neoconservative brethren, Gerecht remains a fervent champion of imposing democracy in the Middle East, even if it requires U.S. covert action to do so.

Gershman, Carl

Last Updated: June 19, 2007

Carl Gershman is the longtime head of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and a former leading figure in U.S. sectarian politics, dating back to the mid-1970s when he was head of the Social...

Gerson, Mark

Last Updated: October 11, 2007

Mark Gerson, author of the 1996 book The Neoconservative Vision, an oft-cited sycophantic book about the roots and trajectory of the political faction, is CEO of Gerson Lehrman Group, a consulting firm of global experts.

Gerson, Michael

Last Updated: June 01, 2011

A conservative syndicated columnist who writes regularly for the Washington Post, Gerson’s track record includes coining the phrase “axis of evil” and developing the Bush administration’s messaging on the Iraq War.

Gingrich, Newt

Last Updated: May 04, 2012

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.”

Giuliani, Rudy

Last Updated: March 07, 2012

Lauded as “America’s Mayor” for his perceived public leadership in the aftermath of 9/11, Rudy Giuliani has used the terrorist attacks as a basis for his hawkish foreign policy views, like threatening to “bomb the hell out of” Iran.

Glassman, James

Last Updated: November 09, 2010

Conservative journalist and diplomat best known for his prediction, made just before the stock market dropped, that the Dow Jones was on the verge of a tremendous upsurge, James Glassman is a former American Enterprise Institute fellow who hosts the TV show Ideas in Action and directs the George W. Bush Institute.

Glick, Caroline

Last Updated: July 06, 2010

An editor for the right-wing Jerusalem Post and fellow at the neocon Center for Security Policy, Glick has recently gotten into the parody business, producing a video that makes light of the people killed during the Israeli raid on the Palestinian peace flotilla.

Goldberg, Jeffrey

Last Updated: March 08, 2012

A writer for The Atlantic who served in the Israeli military, Goldberg’s publications have often appeared to bolster hawkish U.S. policies in the Middle East, particularly with respect to Iran and Iraq.

Goldfarb, Michael

Last Updated: February 15, 2012

A neoconservative pundit and lobbyist who has advised a passel of hawkish “pro-Israel” groups, Goldfarb recently helped found the Center for American Freedom, a pressure group aimed at pushing back against the purported liberal domination of online media.

Gompert, David

Last Updated: June 28, 2011

Gompert, a former vice president of the RAND Corporation known for his hawkish views on defense, served briefly as President Barack Obama’s acting director of national intelligence before becoming a director at Pentagon contractor Global Integrated Security.

Gordon, J.D.

Last Updated: December 10, 2011

J.D. Gordon, a former Navy spokesperson and Pentagon PR officer, is a right-wing beltway lobbyist who served as foreign policy adviser to the Herman Cain campaign.

Gouré, Daniel

Last Updated: September 05, 2007

Daniel Gouré, a close associate of a number of George W. Bush administration hardline foreign policy figures and frequent commentator on defense issues, is vice president of the Lexington...

Graham, William

Last Updated: November 07, 2006

William R. Graham, a former science adviser to Ronald Reagan and an executive at a number of high-tech defense contractors, has been a key member of the missile defense lobby during the past two...

Hadley, Stephen

Last Updated: May 08, 2012

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.

Hagee, John

Last Updated: April 24, 2008

John Hagee is a controversial Christian Right leader who is the pastor of an evangelical “megachurch” in San Antonio, Texas. Hagee is also the founder of Christians United for Israel...

Hannah, John

Last Updated: March 27, 2012

John Hannah, an Iraq War booster who worked as an aide to VP Cheney, has become a leading neoconservative voice for regime change in Syria.

Hanson, Victor Davis

Last Updated: November 10, 2008

A Hoover Institution fellow, Hanson calls 9/11

Harison, Aaron

Last Updated: February 13, 2012

A controversial opponent of legal representation for “war on terror” detainees, Aaron Harison is now the president of the neoconservative Center for American Freedom.

Hascoe, Norman (1929-2007)

Last Updated: December 05, 2007

Before his death on October 24, 2007, Norman Hascoe served as president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a neoconservative-aligned advocacy outfit that strives to link...

Hiatt, Fred

Last Updated: May 30, 2011

Hiatt, the Washington Post’s “liberal hawk” editorial page editor, says that he is opposed to the efforts of some of his contributors—like neoconservative pundit Jennifer Rubin—to demonize opponents by referring to their “mental health,” but he apparently sees no reason to “censor” them.

Hill, Charles

Last Updated: January 03, 2012

Charles Hill is a former diplomat who has used his Foreign Service experience to craft a worldview friendly to neoconservatives.

Himmelfarb, Gertrude

Last Updated: November 19, 2003

Gertrude Himmelfarb, the wife of neoconservative godfather Irving Kristol and mother of William Kristol, is a scholar whose work has focused on issues of virtue, morality, Victorian society, and...

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan

Last Updated: June 20, 2011

Hirsi Ali, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who has a made a career denouncing Islam, argues that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood may be more dangerous than Al Qaeda precisely because it has given up armed struggle.

Hoeber, Amoretta

Last Updated: February 27, 2008

. Amoretta Hoeber, an advisor to the Frank Gaffney-run Center for Security Policy, runs a small Maryland-based defense consultancy firm. Hoeber is a former Reagan-era defense official who has been...

Horner, Charles

Last Updated: May 17, 2012

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

Horowitz, David

Last Updated: September 16, 2011

Horowitz, an ex-lefty known for making vitriolic attacks on his former comrades, has turned the demonization of Muslims into a lucrative enterprise

Horowitz, Rachelle

Last Updated: November 19, 2003

Rachelle Horowitz, the wife of longtime AFL-CIO principal Thomas Donahue, was a leader of the hawkish wing of the Socialist Party USA that splintered off from the party in 1972 to become Social...

Huntsman, Jon

Last Updated: January 19, 2012

Huntsman, the millionaire scion of the Huntsman chemical empire, is a former Utah governor who served as President Obama’s first ambassador to China and was a candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.

Iklé, Fred

Last Updated: March 16, 2008

Fred Iklé, a distinguished scholar at the Washington, DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a former defense undersecretary, is an erstwhile Cold Warrior who has...

Jackson, Bruce

Last Updated: January 11, 2011

A former military intelligence officer and defense industry executive with a track record of advancing hawkish U.S. defense policies and supporting neoconservative campaigns, Jackson now advocates reevaluating the former Soviet republics’ integration into NATO and Europe.

Jasser, Zuhdi

Last Updated: June 09, 2009

Zuhdi Jasser ,a physician and devout Muslim connected to various neoconservative groups, is the founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, which touts itself as "a leading voice for liberty-minded Muslims in America in the war on terror"...

Jeremiah, David

Last Updated: May 29, 2007

After a nearly 40-year career in the U.S. Navy, Adm. David E. Jeremiah retired and now serves on a long list of boards of defense-related companies and supports the work of a key right-wing...

Joseph, Robert

Last Updated: June 02, 2010

Robert Joseph, a controversial Bush administration arms control official, now peddles diatribes on the Obama administration’s efforts to reform strategic policies from his perch at the National Institute for Public Policy.

Joyce, Michael (1942-2006)

Last Updated: October 24, 2006

Michael Joyce, who passed away in early 2006, was once described by neoconservative guru Irving Kristol as the "godfather of modern philanthropy." Joyce was a key financial booster of the...

Kadish, Lawrence

Last Updated: July 06, 2010

A founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Lawrence Kadish has been a prominent backer of a number of neoconservative and right-wing “pro-Israel” groups.

Kagan, Donald

Last Updated: August 15, 2007

Donald Kagan, the father of neoconservative writers Robert and Frederick Kagan, is a historian and classics scholar at Yale University. Kagan, along with Victor Davis Hanson, serves as a sort of...

Kagan, Frederick

Last Updated: June 16, 2010

In a recently published book, Kagan, a neoconservative writer at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that the United States must remain committed to fighting “Long Wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kagan, Kimberly

Last Updated: December 09, 2011

A military historian, Kimberly Kagan heads the Institute for the Study of War, where she promotes the continuation of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kagan, Robert

Last Updated: April 29, 2011

From his perch at the Brookings Institution and the Washington Post, this veteran neoconservative writer has championed the new START Treaty, warned against cuts in defense spending, and called for a U.S. foreign policy based on idealism and not pragmatism.

Kaminsky, Phyllis

Last Updated: April 05, 2012

Phyllis Kaminsky is long-standing Republican Party insider who has been associated with several rightist “pro-Israel” groups in the United States.

Kampelman, Max

Last Updated: March 27, 2008

Max Kampelman is a retired diplomat and Cold War-era arms control negotiator who has supported the work of several neoconservative-led advocacy groups that have been instrumental in pushing...

Kansteiner, Walter III

Last Updated: April 25, 2011

Kansteiner is a long-standing Republican Party operative active in international business and policy initiatives.

Karako, Tom

Last Updated: November 08, 2010

Tom Karako is a visiting professor at Kenyon College, a fellow at the Claremont Institute, and a senior adviser for Americans for Victory over Terrorism.

Keane, Jack

Last Updated: December 09, 2011

A decorated former general credited with helping conceive the Iraq “surge,” Jack Keane has used his military experience to promote long-term U.S. engagements abroad—and to turn a profit in the private sector.

Kemble, Penn (1941-2005)

Last Updated: July 12, 2006

Penn Kemble, an influential organizer of an array of neoconservative-led causes for more than three decades who refused to join his ideological ilk in their move from the Democratic Party to the...

Kemp, Jack (1935-2009)

Last Updated: May 11, 2009

A former congressman and standout NFL quarterback who was associated with the hawkish wing of the Republican Party, Jack Kemp passed away in early May 2009...

Kennedy, Brian T.

Last Updated: November 08, 2010

Brian Kennedy is the president of the Claremont Institute and senior adviser to the Bill Bennett-founded Americans for Victory over Terrorism.

Keyworth, George II

Last Updated: February 10, 2011

A fellow at the Hudson Institute, Keyworth’s record includes working as an executive for defense contractors and serving as President Reagan’s science advisor, during which time he advocated for “Star Wars” missile defense.

Khalilzad, Zalmay

Last Updated: July 01, 2011

The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the Bush presidency, Khalilzad is president of the international consulting firm Khalilzad Associates and an outspoken supporter of aggressive U.S. support for toppling Mideast regimes caught up in the “Arab Spring” as part of an effort to contain Iran.

Kirchick, James

Last Updated: February 27, 2012

Kirchick argues that a “leftist McCathyism” has emerged in the United States targeting the loyalty of American Jews, thereby adding his voice to that ofjoining other neoconservative writers who have used reckless claims of anti-semitism to sideline legitimate criticism of one-sided U.S. support for Israel.

Kirk, Mark

Last Updated: September 12, 2011

Because of his close ties to the “Israel lobby,” this Republican Senator from Illinois has been dubbed “AIPAC’s Million Dollar Baby.”

Kirkpatrick, Jeane (1926-2006)

Last Updated: December 11, 2006

The first woman to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and an important intellectual leader of the neoconservative political faction, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick passed away on December 7, 2006....

Kohanloo, Peter

Last Updated: April 03, 2012

An Iranian-American activist and former intern at the American Enterprise Institute, Peter Kohanloo has harshly criticized fellow Iranian Americans who are opposed to regime change in Iran.

Kovner, Bruce

Last Updated: April 26, 2012

Neoconservative philanthropist and hedge fund entrepreneur Bruce Kovner is sometimes referred to as Geroge Soros’s right-wing twin.

Kramer, David J.

Last Updated: September 09, 2011

Kramer is a Russia hawk who has served as the executive director of Freedom House, a U.S. government-funded democracy advocacy group that has been closely associated with neoconservative advocacy for decades.

Krauthammer, Charles

Last Updated: May 31, 2011

Charles Krauthammer, a psychiatrist-turned-award-winning-columnist who writes for the Washington Post, has been an important architect of the neoconservative foreign policy agenda and promoter of U.S. military intervention in the Middle East.

Kristol, Irving (1920-2009)

Last Updated: September 28, 2009

The “godfather” of neoconservatism passed away in mid-September.

Kristol, William

Last Updated: July 22, 2010

Perhaps inspired by his success using pressure groups to help push the country to war in Iraq, Kristol has been involved in the establishment of a passel of new neocon groups in the past year, including Keep America Safe, the Emergency Committee for Israel, and the Foreign Policy Initiative.

Kupperman, Charles M.

Last Updated: May 06, 2008

Charles M. Kupperman, a longtime defense contracting executive, has been associated with a number of influential militarist think tanks and institutions including the Center for Security Policy...

Kyl, Jon

Last Updated: February 14, 2011

Senator Kyl, an advocate of extravagant weapons systems and militarist U.S. foreign policies, will not run for re-election in 2012.

Lagon, Mark

Last Updated: June 01, 2010

A State Department official during the Bush administration with a history of working for neoconservative groups, Lagon recently became a visiting professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Ledeen, Michael

Last Updated: November 20, 2009

In his obsession with getting the U.S. to force regime change in Tehran, Ledeen argues that the real enemy in Afghanistan is Iran...

Lehman, John

Last Updated: May 18, 2012

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.

Lenkowsky, Leslie

Last Updated: June 25, 2009

The former head of AmeriCorps and a long-time philanthropic supporter of neoconservatism, Lenkowksy accuses Obama of pushing policies that will hurt charitable giving...

Lewis, Bernard

Last Updated: April 02, 2007

Bernard Lewis, the renowned historian of the Middle East who celebrated his 90th birthday in 2006, has provided much of the ideological ammunition for the Bush administration policy of Middle East...

Libby, I. Lewis “Scooter”

Last Updated: September 08, 2010

Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff who was convicted in connection to the PlameGate affair is now senior vice president of the Hudson Institute.

Lieber, Robert J.

Last Updated: November 30, 2008

A professor at Georgetown University and member of the Committee on the Present Danger, Lieber is a leading academic apologist for the Bush Doctrine of preemption.

Lieberman, Joe

Last Updated: February 14, 2011

The neoconservative Democrat from Connecticut, one of the Senate’s fiercest hawks, has announced he will not run for re-election in 2012.

Liebson, Seth

Last Updated: November 09, 2010

Seth Leibsohn is a fellow at the Claremont Institute, executive director of Americans for Victory over Terrorism, and producer of Bill Bennett's Morning In America.

Lindberg, Tod

Last Updated: March 01, 2011

A research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Lindberg has supported a number of advocacy campaigns spearheaded by neoconservative groups, including the Project for the New American Century and the Foreign Policy Initiative.

Livingston, Robert Jr.

Last Updated: June 27, 2011

Robert Livingston is a former congressman from Louisiana who heads the lobbying firm the Livingston Group, and has served as a advisor to the neoconservative Center for Security Policy.

Loewenberg, Robert J.

Last Updated: August 22, 2011

Robert J. Loewenberg heads the quixotic Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, the Jerusalem-based right-wing think tank notorious for its more-hawkish-than-Likud take on Middle East peace.

Lopez, Clare

Last Updated: February 18, 2011

Lopez is a former CIA operations officer and long-standing conservative activist who helps lead a number of anti-Iran initiatives and claims that a shadowy “Iran Lobby” is working to shape Obama administration policy.

Loyola, Mario

Last Updated: May 08, 2007

A former consultant to the Donald Rumsfeld-led Pentagon, Mario Loyola is a visiting fellow at the neoconservative Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), an advocacy outlet created in the...

Luti, William

Last Updated: June 09, 2009

A former Bush administration foreign policy operative and veteran of the Pentagon’s controversial Office of Special Plans, Luti is now a VP at defense contractor Northrop Grumman...

Makovsky, David

Last Updated: April 06, 2010

A fellow at the “pro-Israel” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Makovsky has authored a number of books on Mideast policy, including the 2009 book cowritten with Dennis Ross, Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction in the Middle East.

Makovsky, Michael

Last Updated: April 04, 2012

From his perch at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Makovsky, a former Israeli soldier and George W. Bush administration adviser, has worked to push the United States into war with Iran.

Maloof, F. Michael

Last Updated: April 20, 2012

A contributor to the right-wing WorldNetDaily who touts his off-road driving abilities, F. Michael Maloof is perhaps best known for his alleged role in helping produce faulty intelligence while working at the Pentagon’s notorious Office of Special Plans.

Marshall, Will

Last Updated: November 18, 2007

Will Marshall, cofounder of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and head of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), has been a leading figure in the effort to push the Democratic Party toward...

May, Clifford

Last Updated: April 11, 2012

President of the neoconservative advocacy group Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former New York Times correspondent, Cliff May has been a persistent advocate of hawkish U.S. policies toward Iran and an Israel-centric view of the Middle East.

McCaffrey, Barry

Last Updated: May 22, 2008

Barry McCaffrey, a retired general and the top anti-drug official during the Bill Clinton administration, is a prominent military commentator for MSNBC and NBC’s Nightly News whose initial...

McCain, John

Last Updated: November 11, 2008

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, is a leading advocate in the U.S. Senate for aggressive foreign policies, including an interventionist “war on...

McCarthy, Andrew C.

Last Updated: April 15, 2012

A neoconservative pundit and former federal prosecutor, McCarthy argues that Islam is inherently radical and thus a threat to the United States.

McColm, Bruce

Last Updated: February 16, 2012

An erstwhile socialist activist who became part of the burgeoning neoconservative community in the 1970s, Bruce McColm is today a leading anti-Iran activist and supporter of the terrorist-designated People’s Muhajedin of Iran (MEK).

McInerney, Thomas

Last Updated: October 01, 2009

Tightly connected to military contractors and to several militarist advocacy groups, this retired general argues that President Obama is naïve about the threat from “radical Islam” and should increase troops in Afghanistan.

McKivergan, Daniel

Last Updated: December 30, 2007

Daniel McKivergan, former deputy director of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), is a policy analyst and writer closely associated with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), for whom he has served as...

Meese, Edwin III

Last Updated: June 02, 2010

The Reagan-era Cold Warrior recently re-emerged on the national scene when he cowrote an op-ed for the right-wing Washington Times that called for a return to the principles of “peace through strength” and warned that America’s very existence was in jeopardy because of a dizzying array of purported threats, including insecure borders, Shariah law, and unlawful combatants.

Meleagrou-Hitchens, Alexander

Last Updated: February 23, 2011

Meleagrou-Hitchens, a terrorism scholar based at London’s International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, thinks that even “soft” Islamism can lead to terrorism.

Mellon Scaife, Richard

Last Updated: February 26, 2009

Richard Mellon Scaife, owner of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and chairman of the Scaife Foundations, has been a key financier of the American Right for decades. In 2006, Scaife’s three major...

Merrill, Philip (1934-2006)

Last Updated: October 24, 2006

Philip Merrill, a minor media mogul and former president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, was found dead in the Chesapeake Bay in late June 2006, apparently the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot...

Moorman, Thomas Jr.

Last Updated: February 11, 2011

Retired General Thomas Moorman has represented defense industry interests at the same time as he served on government boards promoting weapons programs.

Morgenstern, Henry

Last Updated: September 16, 2009

Moskowitz, Irving

Last Updated: February 01, 2011

The bingo magnate and notorious backer of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories, Irving Moskowitz has also funded the campaigns of rightwing U.S. politicians like Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Muravchik, Joshua

Last Updated: January 17, 2012

Muravchik, a neoconserviative ideologue based at the School of Advanced International Studies, has longed pushed for a U.S. attack on Iran, including back in 2006, when he argued in Foreign Policy that Bush would have to bomb the country “before leaving office.”

Murawiec, Laurent

Last Updated: February 14, 2008

Laurent Murawiec is a senior fellow at the rightist Hudson Institute, a member of the Committee on the Present Danger, a former analyst for the Rand Corporation, and the ex-editor of the Executive...

Murdoch, Rupert

Last Updated: August 03, 2011

Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp and a long-time supporter of neoconservative campaigns, has been embroiled in scandal as former executives of his company are alleged to have hacked the voicemail of hundreds of politicians and celebrities, bribed British police, and attempted to illegally obtain the phone records of deceased 9/11 victims.

Nagl, John

Last Updated: September 10, 2009

One of the foremost U.S. experts on counterinsurgency, Nagl is president of the Center for a New American Security, an influential inside-the-beltway think tank with close ties to the Obama administration and neoconservatives...

Nash, Chuck

Last Updated: March 31, 2011

Nash is a Fox News analyst, executive for military contractors, and advisor to several rightwing advocacy organizations, including the Center for Security Policy.

Natsios, Andrew

Last Updated: May 22, 2012

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.

Negroponte, John

Last Updated: May 11, 2009

A controversial Reagan-era official who was involved in implementing counter-insurgency policies in Central America, Negroponte served as the first national intelligence director during the George W. Bush administration. Yale announced in January that Negroponte would teach grand strategy at the university...

Neuer, Hillel

Last Updated: December 01, 2011

Hillel Neuer has guided UN Watch’s evolution from a “pro-Israel” critic of the United Nations to an outfit closely aligned with U.S. neoconservatives.

Neuhaus, Richard John (1936-2009)

Last Updated: January 19, 2009

"Father Richard," as he was called by President George W. Bush and others, was a Catholic priest and the president of the neoconservative-aligned Institute on Religion and Public Life...

Noriega, Roger

Last Updated: March 07, 2011

Noriega, a former Bush administration policymaker now at the American Enterprise Institute, continues to push hardline U.S. security polices and a free market agenda for Latin America.

Novak, Michael

Last Updated: February 22, 2007

In a February 20, 2007 article for the right-wing National Review Online, Michael Novak, a prominent writer at the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and longtime player in the...

O’Hanlon, Michael

Last Updated: June 16, 2010

O’Hanlon, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, has a knack for getting invited on military-sponsored tours of war zones and then promoting the views of the generals in op-eds for major newspapers.

Ottolenghi, Emanuele

Last Updated: April 18, 2012

A Brussels-based neoconservative writer and senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Ottolenghi thinks that the United States must force “regime change” in Iran.

Palmer, Mark

Last Updated: November 10, 2010

A former diplomat and longstanding democracy promoter who has supported the work of several neoconservative advocacy groups, Palmer has been a vociferous critic of the Obama administration’s track record in supporting internet freedom in China and Iran.

Payne, Keith

Last Updated: March 03, 2012

The head of the National Institute for Public Policy, Keith Payne is an outspoken advocate of militarist U.S. strategic weapons policies.

Pearce, Stevan “Steve”

Last Updated: March 11, 2004

Congressman Steve Pearce (R-NM) is serving his first term in Congress. Shortly after being elected, Pearce joined a short list of other freshman members to be tapped as an assistant majority whip. He...

Perle, Richard

Last Updated: February 10, 2012

Although he has largely faded from public attention since his high-profile role promoting the invasion of Iraq during the first George W. Bush administration, Richard Perle, the neoconservative figurehead associated with the American Enterprise Institute, is again raising public alarm about a hypothetical nuclear weapons program—this time in Iran.

Perry, Rick

Last Updated: January 20, 2012

Rick Perry, George W. Bush’s successor as Texas governor who unsuccessfully campaigned for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has argued that his support for Israel is based on his Christian faith and pushed for U.S. military intervention in Mexico.

Phares, Walid

Last Updated: October 03, 2011

A self-styled terrorism “expert” who lends his name to hawkish U.S. policies in the Middle East, former right-wing Lebanese militia member Walid Phares is now advising Mitt Romney’s campaign for president.

Pipes, Daniel

Last Updated: November 29, 2011

Founder of the Middle East Forum, Daniel Pipes is an influential advocate of militarist U.S. policies in the Middle East and a controversial critic of “lawful Islamism” in the West.

Pipes, Richard

Last Updated: September 04, 2007

Richard Pipes, a historian of Russia and Communism at Harvard University, was a key anti-Soviet crusader in the 1970s and 1980s. He served as a consultant to Washington State Democratic Sen. Henry...

Pletka, Danielle

Last Updated: January 18, 2007

Danielle Pletka established herself as a foreign policy hawk while working as a reporter for Insight Magazine during the George H.W. Bush administration, and later as a member of the professional...

Podhoretz, John

Last Updated: October 29, 2007

John Podhoretz, the son of Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter, is a second-generation neoconservative. Like his father and mother, "JPod," as he is sometimes called, has been a vociferous...

Podhoretz, Norman

Last Updated: February 27, 2008

Norman Podhoretz has been a leading writer and ideologue of the neoconservative political faction since the group began to emerge in the late 1960s. Along with Irving Kristol, Podhoretz is widely...

Pollak, Noah

Last Updated: March 15, 2012

An apparent rising star In the neoconservative firmament, Emergency Committee for Israel spokesman Noah Pollak wants “a pro-Israel group representing every pro-Israel person on earth.”

Prager, Dennis

Last Updated: June 20, 2007

Dennis Prager is a conservative radio talk show host, a syndicated columnist with the Creators Syndicate, and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal editorial page and the Weekly Standard, among...

Prince, Erik

Last Updated: August 02, 2010

Erik Prince and his company Blackwater Worldwide have been besieged with criminal allegations and a badly tarnished image, spurring the Christian-right billionaire to ramp up his anti-government rhetoric.

Quayle, Dan

Last Updated: February 27, 2011

Before there was Palin there was Quayle. The former vice president and long-standing supporter of various neoconservative groups is now an investment banker.

Reich, Otto

Last Updated: June 17, 2009

The controversial Iran-Contra veteran who served as an assistant secretary of state under George W. Bush remains a divisive figure in U.S.-Latin American relations...

Rhode, Harold

Last Updated: February 09, 2011

Harold Rhode, a controversial former Pentagon adviser now based at the neoconservative Hudson Institute, thinks that while Turkey and Iran battle each other for the hearts and minds of the Arab street they are “working together against the non-Muslim world.”

Rice, Condoleezza

Last Updated: May 11, 2009

The former secretary of state has returned to Stanford, where she was provost before joining the Bush administration, to teach political science and work as a fellow at the hawkish Hoover Institution...

Roche, James

Last Updated: August 01, 2009

James Roche, a Navy veteran and former secretary of the Air Force, is a defense industry executive and long time supporter of a number of hardline Israel-centric policy groups, including the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Center for Security Policy.

Rodman, Peter

Last Updated: August 24, 2008

Peter Rodman, who passed away August 2, 2008, was an assistant secretary of defense for international security under Donald Rumsfeld in the George W. Bush administration; he joined the Brookings...

Romney, Mitt

Last Updated: March 08, 2012

The former Massachusetts governor and leading Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney has pushed a militarist foreign policy agenda that includes threatening war with Iran based on inaccurate assertions about that country’s nuclear program.

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana

Last Updated: March 12, 2011

Supported in part by rightwing donors from the “Israel Lobby,” Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) has used her perch as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to push hawkish policies in the Middle East and Latin America.

Rosen, Steven J.

Last Updated: January 06, 2012

Now based at the right-wing Middle East Forum, Rosen is a former pioneering AIPAC lobbyist who was indicted for passing Pentagon secrets to the Israeli government.

Ross, Dennis

Last Updated: January 26, 2012

Since stepping down from his NSC post and returning to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Ross has written on a number of issues close to his heart, like getting tough on Iran.

Rove, Karl

Last Updated: April 06, 2012

Ever the election strategist, Karl Rove is pushing a 2012 GOP line on foreign policy that bears little relationship to reality.

Rowen, Henry S.

Last Updated: March 11, 2011

George Bush Senior’s assistant secretary of defense, Rowen is a fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution, where he focuses on U.S and Asian security and development issues.

Rubin, Jennifer

Last Updated: May 30, 2011

Jennifer Rubin uses her perch at the Washington Post to attack Republicans and Democrats whom she perceives to be weak on U.S. defense and insufficiently supportive of her militarist views of Israeli security.

Rubin, Michael

Last Updated: July 01, 2011

Rubin, a “scholar” at the American Enterprise Institute who has attacked what he call’s Right Web’s “fake, conspiracy riddled biographies,” views the revolt in Egypt through the lens of Iran’s Islamic revolution.

Rumsfeld, Donald

Last Updated: March 09, 2012

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has kept a low profile since leaving office in the midst of the unpopular Iraq War, but he has periodically reemerged to champion torture, defense appropriations, and an expansive war on terror.

Santorum, Rick

Last Updated: April 16, 2012

Rick Santorum, a former GOP presidential candidate and senator from Pennsylvania, has championed starkly right-wing social programs as well as a militarist overseas agenda.

Scheunemann, Randy

Last Updated: December 06, 2010

A well-connected lobbyist and political insider who advised the McCain-Palin campaign, Scheunemann’s clients have also included Tea Party politicos, defense contractors, and George Soros’ Open Society.

Schlesinger, James

Last Updated: February 05, 2011

The former defense secretary thinks that the United States should consider extending its “nuclear umbrella” to the Middle East in order to keep other countries in the region from going nuclear in the event Iran develops the bomb.

Schmitt, Gary

Last Updated: January 18, 2007

A resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and author of numerous texts on intelligence reform and national security, Gary Schmitt helped found and direct the Project for the New...

Schneider, Bill

Last Updated: September 19, 2007

Bill Schneider is a well-known media personality based at CNN; he has been described as "one of the country's leading political commentators" (by his employer, CNN), "the...

Schneider, William Jr.

Last Updated: March 07, 2007

William Schneider Jr., a longtime proponent of controversial weapons programs and hardline advocacy groups like the Center for Security Policy (CSP), has worked as a defense adviser to the George W....

Schulz, Nick

Last Updated: May 06, 2011

Nick Schulz is the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute, where he serves as editor of AEI’s in-house magazine The American.

Sembler, Melvin

Last Updated: April 08, 2010

A high-powered Republican Party donor and real estate magnate, Sembler has supported a number of hawkish advocacy groups, including most recently Liz Cheney’s Keep America Safe.

Senor, Dan

Last Updated: May 02, 2012

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

Sharansky, Natan

Last Updated: September 15, 2009

Sharon, Ilan

Last Updated: March 07, 2011

Ilan Sharon, executive director of Minnesotans Against Terrorism and a member of the advisory board of the Clarion Fund, frequently lectures on the rise of radical Islam.

Shea, Nina

Last Updated: March 07, 2007

Nina Shea, a longtime supporter of interventionist U.S. policies dating back to the Contra wars in Nicaragua, is vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF). CIRF is a...

Showalter, Dennis

Last Updated: January 06, 2011

A well regarded expert on military history who is not typically associated with rightist political causes, Dennis Showalter has advised the neoconservative-led Institute for the Study of War and Center for Security Policy.

Shulsky, Abram

Last Updated: July 01, 2010

A former Pentagon advisor and well known Leo Strauss scholar, Shulsky uses his perch at the neocon Hudson Institute to criticize Obama's arms control efforts.

Silberman, Laurence

Last Updated: April 18, 2007

Laurence Silberman is a senior U.S. circuit court judge in the District of Columbia, regarded as one of the most important courts in the country, second only to the Supreme Court. He is also a...

Smith, Lee

Last Updated: April 25, 2012

Lee Smith, a writer at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is perhaps best known for accusing critics of hardline Israeli policies—and U.S. support for them—of being “Jew-baiters.”

Sokolski, Henry

Last Updated: October 09, 2009

This longtime foreign policy hardliner is one of a chorus of rightist voices criticizing the recent agreement between Iran and the U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members (plus Germany) regarding its nuclear program...

Spencer, Robert

Last Updated: April 26, 2012

One of the leading purveyors of anti-Islamic rhetoric in the United States, Robert Spencer has been at the forefront of theatrical efforts to ban sharia law from U.S. courtrooms.

Steinmann, David

Last Updated: February 03, 2012

As a principle at the rightist William Rosenwald Family Fund and a board member for a host of neoconservative and “pro-Israel” outfits, David Steinmann has worked for decades to channel money to right-wing pressure groups.

Stelzer, Irwin

Last Updated: April 30, 2012

American economist and Rupert Murdoch confidant Irwin Stelzer has a history of neoconservative activism on both sides of the pond.

Stephens, Bret

Last Updated: August 22, 2011

The neoconservative editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page apparently thinks that President Obama is too stupid to be a neocon.

Stern, Sarah

Last Updated: February 20, 2011

Sarah Stern is the founder and president Endowment for Middle East Truth  and an adviser to the Clarion Fund.

Tancredo, Tom

Last Updated: October 05, 2011

Tom Tancredo, the former House Republican notorious for his anti-immigrant activism, has become a leading promoter of Islamophobic rhetoric in the United States.

Tanter, Raymond

Last Updated: May 27, 2010

Tanter, founder of the hawkish Iran Policy Committee, recently revived his arguments for why the U.S. should support the People's Mujahedin Organization (MEK), an Iranian opposition group classified as a terrorist organization by the State Department.

Thiessen, Marc

Last Updated: May 30, 2011

A speechwriter for President George W. Bush who is now a columnist at the Washington Post and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Thiessen is an enthusiastic defender of “enhanced interrogation techniques” and the “war on terror.”

Thompson, Fred

Last Updated: January 25, 2012

Failed 2008 presidential candidate and Iraq war booster Fred Thompson has become one of the latest GOP notables to endorse Newt Gingrich for president in 2012.

Thompson, Tommy

Last Updated: December 01, 2011

Thompson, a former Wisconsin governor who served as secretary of Health and Human Services during the George W. Bush administration, is a candidate for the U.S. Senate.

Timmerman, Kenneth

Last Updated: January 26, 2012

Conservative author and sometime congressional candidate Kenneth Timmerman has a long history of pushing regime change in Iran and, more recently, a “clash of civilizations” narrative between Christendom and the Muslim Middle East.

Tkacik, John Jr.

Last Updated: December 11, 2003

John Tkacik is a Heritage Foundation China scholar and a signatory to the Project for the New American Century's 2002 letter to President Bush on Hong Kong, which warned of increasing...

Traiman, Alex

Last Updated: February 10, 2011

Alex Traiman is a filmmaker and writer from a rightwing Israeli settlement in the West Bank who directed the controversial Clarion Fund film, Iranium.

Vallely, Paul

Last Updated: May 12, 2008

Retired Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely is a former military analyst for Fox News and is the host of the conservative radio show, “Stand Up America.”1 Vallely, who serves on the boards of a...

Van Cleave, William

Last Updated: March 31, 2011

Van Cleave is a former Pentagon official who has been closely associated with hawkish advocacy campaigns for decades, including efforts to derail the Obama administration’s passage of a new START Treaty with Russia.

Waldron, Arthur

Last Updated: August 03, 2010

A long-time China hawk, Arthur Waldron claims that the United States must be willing to rollback Chinese influence in Asia or be prepared to sacrifice allies and its reputation.

Waller, J. Michael

Last Updated: October 25, 2010

Waller, a neoconservative academic at the Institute of World Politics, uses his blogs to hype purported threats about sharia law and to promote the argument that the United States should “snatch” the founder of WikiLeaks and pursue espionage charges against him.

Wallop, Malcolm

Last Updated: April 16, 2011

Retired Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) is an old-school Cold Warrior who continues to promote rightwing defense and foreign policy initiatives as chair of Frontiers of Freedom.

Walters, John

Last Updated: February 07, 2011

The former U.S. “Drug Czar,” John Walters continues to worry about “narcoterrorism” from his perch as an executive at the Hudson Institute.

Walworth, Andrew

Last Updated: November 08, 2010

Andrew Walworth is TV producer who served as executive producer of Ideas in Action, a weekly TV program hosted by James Glassman and produced by the George W. Bush Institute and Grace Creek Media.

Wattenberg, Ben

Last Updated: August 01, 2007

Ben Wattenberg, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and moderator of PBS's Think Tank, was a member of a core group of Democratic Party hawks who, in the 1970s, shifted to the...

Weber, Vin

Last Updated: January 04, 2012

The track record of former Rep. Vin Weber, a policy adviser to Mitt Romney, includes supporting a number of pro-war advocacy campaigns, including those spearheaded by the Project for the New American Century.

Wedgwood, Ruth

Last Updated: July 25, 2007

Ruth Wedgwood is an international law expert specializing in human rights who is based at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She is a former member of ex-Pentagon...

Wehner, Peter

Last Updated: September 27, 2011

A former adviser to President George W. Bush, Wehner has used his perch at the neoconservative Ethics and Public Policy Center to promote militarist U.S. foreign policies and a conservative Christian domestic agenda.

Weigel, George

Last Updated: February 27, 2008

Called by some critics a “Catholic neocon” or a “theocon,” George Weigel is a Catholic theologian based at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) and a...

Weldon, Curt

Last Updated: October 11, 2011

Since losing his bid for reelection while under investigation for his ties to an arms contractor, former Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) has been able to lobby more openly for defense industry interests, including in Libya.

Weyrich, Paul (1942-2008)

Last Updated: January 12, 2009

Paul Weyrich, a key strategist of the New Right, passed away on December 18, 2008. He was 66 years old. Sometimes referred to as a “pillar of the modern conservative movement,”...

White, Thomas

Last Updated: November 21, 2003

After series of high-profile clashes with Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz over Iraq planning and army modernization issues, White resigned from his post as army secretary in early 2003. During his...

Wieseltier, Leon

Last Updated: March 22, 2012

Leon Wieseltier, the hawkish literary editor of the New Republic and a harsh critic of Obama administration’s Middle East policy, has pushed for U.S. military intervention in Syria.

Williams, Christopher

Last Updated: August 29, 2007

Described as Donald Rumsfeld's "right-hand man" in the early years of the George W. Bush administration by the Weekly Standard's William Kristol and Robert Kagan (Weekly Standard,...

Wilson, Heather

Last Updated: February 29, 2004

Heather Wilson has represented the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico since June 23, 1998. . Wilson is the first woman veteran in U.S. history to serve in Congress. A graduate of the U.S. Air...

Wilson, Pete

Last Updated: April 14, 2008

Pete Wilson, the former governor of California and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, has been an important Republican Party figure for more than three decades, having also served as a U.S....

Wittmann, Marshall

Last Updated: November 18, 2007

Marshall Wittmann is a Washington insider who has worked for two of the Senate's more hawkish figures: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), for whom Wittmann currently serves as communications director,...

Wolfowitz, Paul

Last Updated: July 10, 2009

The former Pentagon number two and ex head of the World Bank added his voice to the chorus of hardliners denouncing President Obama’s “weakness” in confronting the election crisis in Iran...

Woolsey, James

Last Updated: April 20, 2011

Woolsey, a former CIA director who views the “War on Terror” as the “Long War,” is board chairman of the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and chair of Woolsey Partners LLC.

Wurmser, David

Last Updated: March 23, 2012

A “pro-Israel” hawk and former Dick Cheney adviser who once championed taking the “war on terror” to Latin America, David Wurmser now promotes Israeli natural gas interests and supports a strike on Iran.

Wurmser, Meyrav

Last Updated: March 21, 2012

Longtime neoconservative activist Meyrav Wurmser has spoken out against a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East and worked with organizations that have contributed to the spread of Islamophobia in the United States and abroad.

Yerushalmi, David

Last Updated: August 23, 2011

David Yerushalmi, a hardline anti-Muslim activist and the founder of the Society of Americans for National Existence, has been described as a “white supremacist” and a “Jewish fascist.”

Yoo, John

Last Updated: June 08, 2011

Yoo, the former deputy assistant attorney general who is known for his extreme views on executive wartime powers and for helping author the infamous “torture memos,” is one of many former Bush figures who has cited the death of Osama bin Laden as vindication of their support for “enhance interrogation techniques.”

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