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Brent Scowcroft

Cuba United Nations Vote Today: US Should Abstain

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Shultz, Susan Rice, Latin America, United Nations, Embargo, Brent Scowcroft, Israel, Cuba, Jim McGovern, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Increasing numbers of national security leaders of the likes of Brent Scowcroft and George Shultz have said that the US embargo of Cuba makes no sense and harms American interests.

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Chuck Hagel to Co-Chair Obama's Intel Advisory Board

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israel-Palestine, J Street, Middle East, Les Aspin, Brent Scowcroft, Israel, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, President's Intelligence Advisory Board, Thomas Foley, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Chuck Hagel will soon be officially announced as the new chair of the President's Federal Intelligence Advisory Board. He represents the brand of pragmatic Republican national security decisionmaking that Obama needs to hear.

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Paul Wolfowitz is Wrong on ForeignPolicy.com

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Brent Scowcroft, Iraq War, Paul Wolfowitz, Iraq, Stephen Walt, Kenneth Waltz, Barack Obama, World News
Sean Gilfillan

I just finished reading Paul Wolfowitz' article on ForeignPolicy.com titled, "Think Again: Realism" and concluded that he is completely wrong.

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Jimmy Carter, James Baker, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft on Israel-Palestine Conflict

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: James A. Baker III, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Landrum Bolling, Brent Scowcroft, Jimmy Carter, Palestine, Israel, Settlements, Hamas, Middle East Peace, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Israel, an ally of the United States, is testing Obama's strength and resolve as much as a number of American foes.

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Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, Henry Kissinger, Liberals, Clinton, Joseph Nye, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Brent Scowcroft, Neoconservatism, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Schultz, Center for American Progress, Foreign Policy, Jim Jones, Paul Farmer, State Department, John Podesta, Francis Fukuyama, Neocons, Strobe Talbott, Robert Gates, Foreign Policy Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy spee...

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Al Jazeera Special Report Covers Advance of Fundamentalism in US Military

Bruce Wilson | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Josh Rushing, Fundamentalism, Al Jazeera, Jim Ammerman, Bruce Wilson, Brent Scowcroft, Liars for Jesus, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Talk to Action, Mrff, Mikey Weinstein, Chris Rodda, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

A report from Al Jazeera expertly covers a topic the US media has been reluctant to address: an aggressive effort to advance a heavily sectarian, supremacist form of Christianity in the United States military.

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The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign" Part 2: Diplomacy is Neither Timid Nor an Apology

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: John McCain, Twitter, Hungary, Kimberly-Krautter, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Iranian Riots, Diplomacy, Mike Pence, Apology, Saber Rattling, Julie-Menin, Iran, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Middle East, Poland, Solidarity, Iranian Elections, Timid, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nancy Reagan, World News
Kimberly Krautter

Iranians have not asked for U.S. or other Western support other than a desire that our media continue to report their story.

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The New Realism of Arms Control

Joe Cirincione | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, David Miliband, Nonproliferation, Sergei Lavrov, Nuclear Weapons, Brent Scowcroft, William Perry, Barack Obama, Nuclear Policy, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Arms control is back, big time. And it is not just liberals -- conservatives who just a few years ago condemned treaties as "the illusion of security" are now embracing agreements to reduce nuclear arms.

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Top US Officials Urge Dialogue With Hamas

Boston Globe | Bryan Bender and Farah Stockman | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, State Department, Paul Vocker, Hamas, Brent Scowcroft, Politics News

Nine former senior US officials and one current adviser are urging the Obama administration to talk with leaders of Hamas to determine whether the mil...

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Obama's Opening Gambit

Michael Carmichael | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Shimon Peres, Susan Rice, Eric Holder Obama Cabinet, Robert Gates, Ehud Olmert, Brent Scowcroft, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Foreign Policy, World News
Michael Carmichael

The consensus in America is that US foreign policy is broken. To a great extent, Obama's political mandate is predicated on his promises to repair, refurbish and reconfigure American foreign policy.

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Obama's Republicans Almost All Tied To Scowcroft

wsj.com | YOCHI J. DREAZEN and SIOBHAN GORMAN | Posted 12.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama, Brent Scowcroft, Obama Republicans, President Obama, Home News

Many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former ...

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Obama Reaches Out To Bush 41 Veteran Scowcroft For Advice

NBC | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Brent Scowcroft, Obama National Security, Obama Transition, Obama Cabinet, Brent Scowcroft, Obama Scowcroft, Politics News

Democratic sources say that former Bush 41 National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft is one of the people whom Barack Obama has been consulting about ...

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My Vote Today: Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, John McCain, Richard Armitage, Joe Biden, Colin Powell, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I want a fresh run at getting America back on track to restoring health and solvency to its national security and economic portfolios. To my regret, McCain and Palin are not up to these challenges.

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McCain Puts Out Call for Interns

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Jack Danforth, Campaign Interns, Lincoln Chafee, John McCain, Tax Policy, Iraq War, Brent Scowcroft, Christine Todd Whitman, Jacob Champion, Human Rights Campaign, Chuck Hagel, Mary Cheney, Gay Adoption, Foreign Policy, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I am one of those who would like to see the best and brightest young people engage in either party, and campaign internships can be great ladders up.

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Seth Colter Walls

Brzezinksi: I Expect Powell To Endorse Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, John McCain, Colin Powell, Bill Kristol, Brent Scowcroft, Barack Obama, Powell Endorse Obama, Obama Powell, Brzezinski on Powell, Powell Endorsement Obama, Powell to Endorse Obama, Powell Obama, Powell Endorses Obama, Politics News

Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski tells the Huffington Post that he "expects" Gen. Colin Powell to endorse Barack Obama for preside...

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Hear This Barack --no Bush, no Baker, no Corporate War Maker. We've Had Enough!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Relations, Bill Clinton, Pandering, Colin Powell, George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, Jimmy Carter, Aipac, Change You Can Believe In, Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

If Barack Obama is to be the "change we can believe in," how can he seriously consider using men who represent failed administrations and failed policies in his own administration?

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Seth Colter Walls

Brent Scowcroft Neutral In Presidential Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brent Scowcroft, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News

Former Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, the onetime Bush 41 adviser, considers himself officially "neutral" in the presidential contest between Barack Obama ...

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Seth Colter Walls

Bush 41 Adviser Scowcroft Says He'd Tell Israel To "Calm Down" On Iran Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski, John McCain, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

Brent Scowcroft doesn't think the biggest problem with Iran getting a nuclear weapon is, well, Iran getting a nuclear weapon. "To me, whether or not ...

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Sam Stein

Brent Scowcroft Echoes Obama: We Need To Talk To Enemies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scowcroft Enemies, Scowcroft 2008 Presidential Election, Brent Scowcroft Obama, Brent Scowcroft Barack Obama, Scowcroft Iraq, Brent Scowcroft, Scowcroft Iran, Politics News

Brent Scowcroft, the national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, said on Monday that he agrees with the position, stated...

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