YOUR THOUGHTS ON BUILDING A NEW MOVEMENT FOCUSED ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

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I just wanted to write a quick note of thanks to all who e-mailed me privately or offered public comments on TWN regarding strategy, focus, and opportunities for collaboration as we try and build a new foreign policy vehicle in Washington.

BOXER PRODS CONDI WITH PETER BERGEN’S LUCID ANALYSIS

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During Condoleeza Rice’s confirmation hearings yesterday, Barbara Boxer relied on some thoughts penned by my colleague and friend, Peter Bergen. Here is the testimony, and I have put in bold Peter’s material: BOXER: Now, since 9/11, we’ve been engaged in a just fight against terror.

QUESTION TO <em>TWN</em> READERS: THOUGHTS ON BUILDING A MOVEMENT

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I am writing an article today, so regrettably don’t have time to post much. However, I have been inundated with emails and bits of advice and encouragement about something I noted in one of my comments regarding building a credible and compelling alternative to neoconservative foreign policy thinking.

. . .IN THE ERA OF DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL: A GAY SEX BOMB

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This notion of a “sex bomb” was conceived of by a U.S. military that apparently thought that gays in the military was so horrific that compelling gay behavior among the enemy might be a war-winning idea. The Clinton administration apparently canned the idea, and I don’t think it has come back during the Bush administration….

DUDES, WE DON’T WANT NO METRICS

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Sidney Blumenthal, who not only attended last Thursday’s luncheon with Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski but helped give it a bit of zest with this article on Scowcroft being shoved outside the door of Bush administration insiders just days before the meeting, wrote this in today’s Guardian.