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Madeleine K. Albright
Principal, The Albright Group LLC

Leslie H. Gelb
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations

William Marshall
President, Progressive Policy Institute

William J. Perry
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute

John D. Podesta
President and CEO, Center for American Progress

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Principal, The Albright Group LLC

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Fighting at home ... losing abroad

02/05/10
The current political acrimony over the legal status of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber, and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a key 9/11 planner, suggests that we are failing to heed the advice to stop domestic politics "at the water's edge" and doing harm to our effort to combat terrorism.

Repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell - Jon Powers on MSNBC

02/04/10

Truman Project COO Jon Powers joins Chris Matthews on Hardball to discuss the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

 

Getting Past the First Cup of Tea

02/04/10

Washington DC is in the midst of a fierce debate over the future of US policy in Afghanistan. The pundits debate whether a surge in troop numbers is the wise course. The White House weighs the merits of a counter terrorism strategy vs. a counter insurgency strategy and the troop levels each would require.  Congress tallies the costs of the conflict and is nervously watching public opinion. Yet no matter where troop levels end up, no matter what our strategy, we cannot succeed in Afghanistan until we fix what‘s wrong with the following scenario

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Selling Weapons to Taiwan Was the Right Decision

02/03/10
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the approval of a major arms sales package for Taiwan. The $6.4 billion deal includes 114 Patriot advanced capability (PAC-3) missiles, 60 Blackhawk helicopters, and two Osprey-class mine-hunting ships, among other items.

NBC Quotes Fellow Rob Diamond

02/02/10

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s delivery of the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address launched the newly-minted GOP governor into the national spotlight.

Let the controversy begin.

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