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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:03 AM
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Bipartisan think tank formed - The Hill (lots of powerful names involved)
A new, bipartisan think tank aims to develop national-security policies by harkening back to an era when there was broad consensus on U.S. foreign policy.

A group of 23 foreign-policy luminaries representing both sides of the aisle will launch the Partnership for a Secure America (PSA), dedicated to bridging the deep ideological divide that dominates current foreign-policy making. Jamie Metzl, one of the group’s chairmen, will announce the new think tank today at the National Press Club.
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The 12 Republican board members are former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger; ex-Sens. Warren Rudman (N.H.), Howard Baker (Tenn.), Nancy Kassebaum Baker (Kan.) and Jack Danforth (Mo.), who served as Bush’s U.N. ambassador and envoy to Sudan; former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean; former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld; former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills; former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane; Rita Hauser, chairwoman of the International Peace Academy; and John Whitehead, a former deputy secretary of state.

The 11 Democratic board members are former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Warren Christopher; former Defense Secretary William Perry; former National Security Advisers Samuel Berger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Tony Lake; former Ambassador Richard Holbrook; former Sen. Gary Hart (Colo.); former Rep. Lee Hamilton (Ind.); former U.N. Ambassador Donald McHenry; and lawyer Ted Sorenson.

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/080305/bipartisan.html
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:04 AM
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1. I hope this is not just one more forum
where progressives can defer to the fascist agenda
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:06 AM
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3. progressives?
There are no progressives in this forum.. all are members of the BP (Business Party) to one extent or another. It's only minor differences in the extent that distinguishes Dems from Reeps.

Sue
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CWebster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:04 AM
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2. Oh, there is a divide? nt
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:08 AM
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4. Just another PNAC spinoff
:puke:
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:08 AM
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5. Here's another thread on the subject
Edited on Wed Aug-03-05 10:16 AM by rocknation
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:14 AM
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6. Maybe good. Lots of nasty people on that list
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:43 AM
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7. Is this Robert McFarlane the one involved in Iran-Contra and
pardoned by Poppy Bush? If so - he is an illegimate member. Also, Lawrence Eagleburger is a psycho.
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:36 PM
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8. Danforth's the only R on there who I'd trust with my lunch money
He has spoken with great scorn against the theocratic wing of the gop
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:50 PM
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9. True that, but he is stilled just another corporate whore
As are all the rest. However it is rumored that Jacky boy is at least honest about it, having had the Ralston Purina Checkerboard Square tatooed on his ass back in the seventies.

This whole panel is just more of the two party, same corpoate master BS. All of these people belong to the same party after all, the Corporatista party.
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:57 PM
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11. Isnt Danforth
also an Episcopalian minister?
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 01:07 PM
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12. Didn't he smear Crisco on Clarence Thomas for his swearing
in at the SC. Really - he was the main supporter for Thomas.
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:52 PM
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10. There can be no "bipartisan" solutions to foreign policy
with the current right-wing cabal running the show in the Republican Party.
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