Robert Kagan

Counter-Factual History: McCain Is President and Bono Wins the Nobel Prize

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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Leon T. Hadar

"I have to admit that I'm beginning to miss George W. Bush," is the way former Republican Senator "Chuck" Hagel responded when being asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer to assess the foreign policy record of the administration of Republican President John McCain.

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The Night Of The Living Neocons: Salon

Salon | Gary Kamiya | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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Like Rasputin, the unhinged "Mad Monk" whom they sometimes seem to have adopted as an intellectual role model, the neoconservatives who brought us the...

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Open Letter to Robert Kagan

Matthew Duss | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Iran, Neoconservatives, Iraq, War on Terror, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Robert Kagan, Media News
Matthew Duss

You can't actually believe that Obama is "siding with the Iranian regime" against the Iranian people, or that his outreach to Iran depends upon keeping hardliners in power, can you?

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The New Neocon Alliance with Obama

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

This morning leading neoconservatives such as William Kristol and Robert Kagan held a meeting at the Mayflower Hotel -- in support of President Obama's Afghanistan policy.

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"Mission Accomplished" Bush Gets the Last Laugh in Iraq and Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.

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Sam Stein

Newest Neocon Outfit Hosting Afghanistan Forum With Sen. McCain And Rep. Harman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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Largely under the radar, some of the major neoconservative figures who fashioned the rationale for the Iraq war have set up a shop for shaping future ...

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McCain Foreign Policy Adviser: Bush Administration Falsehoods About Iraq Just "Conspiracy Theories"

Think Progress | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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n a recent interview with Der Spiegel, Robert Kagan, a leading member of John McCain's war cabinet, dismissed wrongdoing by the Bush administration in...

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John McCain Channels Reagan: Both the Good and the Troubling

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Tonight, McCain gave us a big dose of Reagan's national greatness flourish in a dignified, genteel and pleasant manner. His speaking style was reminiscent of Reagan -- without the memorable lines.

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