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Advisory Board
Robert Abernethy
Chairman, American Standard Development Company
The Honorable Dr. Madeleine K. Albright
Principal, The Albright Group LLC
Coit Blacker
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Gregory Craig
Partner, Skadden, Arps
Dr. Leslie H. Gelb
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
The Honorable Dr. Gary Hart
Scholar in Residence, University of Colorado
Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick (Ret.)
US Army & Former Deputy National Security Advisor
William Marshall
President, Progressive Policy Institute
The Honorable Dr. William J. Perry
Professor and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University
John D. Podesta
President & CEO, Center for American Progress
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Executive Board
Stephen Bailey
Senior Vice President, Frontier Strategy Group
Pierre Chao
Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors
John P. Driscoll
President, New Markets, Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
Rachel Kleinfeld
President and CEO, Truman National Security Project
Sally Painter
Chief Operating Officer, Blue Star Strategies
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Four Ways the U.S. Could End Up at War with Iran Before the Election
Most political analysts in Washington believe that war with Iran is unlikely, especially before the November U.S. elections. Politically it would be hard for President Obama to engage in another Middle Eastern war given the war weariness of the U.S.
Signer: Defending Obama on defense
There's a great scene in Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" where a novice gunfighter loudly proclaims his toughness. "I'm a killer myself," he boasts to the grizzled old bounty hunter Eastwood portrays. Eastwood's character takes a long, slow look at the braggart.
Susan G. Komen's Decision to Pull Funding from Planned Parenthood Creates Dangerous Health Environment for Women
The pink ribbon symbolizing breast cancer awareness represents something else this week: betrayal.
Israel's New Political Star
Israeli journalist Yair Lapid's decision to leave his spot as one of Israel's most popular broadcasters to enter politics has the potential to dramatically alter the Israeli political system.
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