Changing the Culture of Pentagon Contracting
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Over the past five years, the ongoing U.S. military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought to the fore a host of challenges affecting America’s armed forces.
A Constructive “New Social Contract” with Joe Lieberman
Last night, I had a round with the smartest anchor on air, Rachel Maddow, about Joe Lieberman and what his future in the Senate could look like. I have heard Joe Lieberman state on many occasions that “our children’s education is a national security issue.
G20 Should Focus on Solutions, Without Obama
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Imagine your country is suffering from the worst financial crisis in nearly a century (as in the UK) or that your export market is collapsing along with the promise of prosperity you’ve made to hundreds of millions of peasants (as in China).
PNAC is BACK? McCain’s Neocons May be Breathing Life Back into the Organization
This is interesting. The Project for a New American Century — the lilly pad for the neoconservative movement — is back online. For nearly a year, perhaps more, the site has been down. No one seems to have paid the bill to the internet site host. But it’s back up.
Bailouts, Bubbles, Boils, and Trouble
Today, my colleagues at the New America Foundation are having a half day forum titled “Recipes for Recovery: From Washington to Wall Street” at the Hyatt Regency on Capital Hill. It’s free, open to the public and starts at 10 am EST.
DEVELOPING: Hillary Rodham Clinton Could Be Next Secretary of State
I just received some surprising news — like, really surprising. The deal is not done — but at the moment — Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the lead to be Secretary of State. I thought she wouldn’t take it if offered.
Remove Lieberman from ALL Domestic Security and National Security Roles
Joe Lieberman wants to keep his status and committees and caucus with the Democrats. He has been a fear-monger and someone who has promoted a dangerous, reckless false choice between American relations with Israel and other parts of the Middle East.
Who Wasn’t On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?
I’m not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.
Debating Who Obama Picks is Relevant to What His Administration Will Do
I’ve been saying for some time that the day after Obama’s election, all sorts of policy and personality battles would unfold around him.
Will Obama’s First Term Really Just be a Hybrid of Clinton III and GW Bush III?
There is a strong chance that Lawrence Summers is going to be returned to the post of Secretary of the Treasury. If so, he’s pulling a “Donald Rumsfeld” who served as Secretary of Defense twice — the first stint under Gerald Ford and then of course under George W. Bush.