Does anyone know if PNAC is still active?I am researching for future column...

[w8liftinglady]

I found these resources...if you can find anything more current,I'd appreciate it!

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century

Original 25 signatories


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

[Botany]

1. they changed their name but still work out of the A.E.I. offices

The American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Foreign Policy Initiative

Although they have moved to

The Foreign Policy Initiative
11 Dupont Circle, NW
Suite 325
Washington, DC 20036
[phone]
[e-mail]

about 6 blocks

[w8liftinglady]

19. more info on FPI

http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/profiles_on_the_foreign_policy_initiative_paul_wolfowitz_robert_kagan_and_m


FEATURED PROFILES

Foreign Policy Initiative
In a replay of the modus operandi of the Project for the New American Century, the newly enshrined Foreign Policy Initiative released an open letter to President Obama on human rights in Russia that included signatories from both the neocon camp and established human rights organizations.

Paul Wolfowitz
The former Pentagon number two and ex-head of the World Bank added his voice to the chorus of hardliners denouncing President Obama’s “weakness” in confronting the election crisis in Iran.

Robert Kagan
The neoconservative foreign policy guru recently cofounded a letterhead group that some see as a transparent attempt to rehabilitate neoconservatism.

Richard Allen
Ensconced at the conservative Hoover Institution, this former member of Donald Rumsfeld’s Defense Policy Board now seems to spend much of his time lambasting President Obama and venerating the memory of Ronald Reagan.

Otto Reich
The controversial Iran-Contra veteran who served as an assistant secretary of state under George W. Bush remains a divisive figure in U.S.-Latin American relations.

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[w8liftinglady]

4. this...featuring Bush

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/15/aei-bush-white-house/

[OHdem10]

3. The members, you can be sure, did not suddenly stop believing.

[w8liftinglady]

6. I'm sure...and AEI is pushing a co-invasion of Iran with Israel..

[spanone]

5. their website is still alive...

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

[w8liftinglady]

9. and how about this?Iran enterprise institute

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Iran_Enterprise_Institute

The Iran Enterprise Institute (IEI) registered online November 9, 2006, as a domestic non-profit corporation with the Government of the District of Columbia. (File No.: 263350)

The IEI is a "privately funded nonprofit drawing not just its name but inspiration and moral support from leading figures associated with the American Enterprise Institute," Laura Rozen wrote November 13, 2006, in The American Prospect.

The IEI "does have an application" in to the U.S. Department of State for funding, Rozen added.

"The Iran Enterprise Institute is directed by a newly arrived Iranian dissident whose cause has recently been championed by AEI fellow and former Pentagon advisor Richard Perle. Amir Abbas Fakhravar, 31, served time in Iran's notorious Evin prison before arriving in Washington in May <2006>, with Perle’s help. Fakhravar, who advocates U.S. intervention to promote secular democracy in Iran, now seeks Washington’s backing to lead an organization that would unite Iranian student dissidents," Rozen wrote.

[Kalyke]

35. Oh Goodie! The Iranian version of Ahmed Chalabi!

:eyes:

[w8liftinglady]

43. Pretty eye-opening,huh?

[elleng]

10. Not sure how 'alive.'

Latest entry at 'What's New' = 2006.

http://www.newamericancentury.org/whatsnew.htm

[spanone]

17. it opens...guess someone's paying the bills..?

[elleng]

7. Lasted from early '97 to 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

[Make7]

8. I believe they are calling themselves the 'Foreign Policy Initiative' now.

At least the two founding members are the same as for PNAC - William Kristol and Robert Kagan.

http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/

 

[w8liftinglady]

11. That's what I figured...same group,different name.Are any Cheneys members?

Dick and Lynne were both in PNAC

[Make7]

15. Not officially as far as I know. They are probably trying not to look like PNAC 2.0.

But it is the same two principal founding members and they are probably pushing the exact same bullshit (I haven't bothered to read the FPI website). I honestly have no idea why anyone even pays attention to Bill Kristol - he is invariably wrong on almost every major issue.
 

[w8liftinglady]

12. ahhh...here are the big guys

Eric Edelman

Robert Kagan

William Kristol

Dan Senor

[w8liftinglady]

13. Edelman

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eric_S._Edelman


Eric S. Edelman was appointed undersecretary of defense for policy by President George W. Bush in a recess appointment, August 9, 2005. Edelman can serve in that position until January 2007.

Edelman replaced Douglas Feith in the No. 3 position in the Pentagon. "Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee led by Carl Levin of Michigan, their ranking member, stalled Edelman's nomination to force the release of documents related to a specialized intelligence unit Feith set up before the conflict."

http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Edelman_Eric

Eric S. Edelman, a career U.S. diplomat and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, is a distinguished fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

snip

Edelman also serves as a corporate adviser. In February 2010, Edelman became a member of the “strategic advisory firm,” Avascent International, a group that aims to help “corporations, financial institutions, and governments identify and capture strategic opportunities around the world.”

[w8liftinglady]

14. Kagan

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Kagan

Robert Kagan is a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a co-founder of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC letter sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.<1> He is considered to be one of the leading neo-conservatives.

snip

The Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) is a neoconservative think tank begun in 2009 by William Kristol and Robert Kagan, two founders of the Project for the New American Century. FPI is, according to its website, "intending to qualify as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code: and "that promotes continued U.S. engagement -- diplomatic, economic, and military -- in the world and rejection of policies that would lead us down the path to isolationism; robust support for America’s democratic allies and opposition to rogue regimes that threaten American interests; the human rights of those oppressed by their governments, and U.S. leadership in working to spread political and economic freedom; a strong military with the defense budget needed to ensure that America is ready to confront the threats of the 21st century; and, an international economic engagement as a key element of U.S. foreign policy in this time of great economic dislocation." <2>

[w8liftinglady]

16. kristol

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_Kristol

William (Bill) Kristol is the neo-conservative editor and publisher of the political magazine The Weekly Standard. He is the chairman and co-founder of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC).<1> He is a board member of the Emergency Committee for Israel. <2>

Kristol is the son of Irving Kristol, who is "often called the 'godfather' of the neoconservative movement"<3>, and Gertrude Himmelfarb<4>.<5>
Kristol also signed the September 20, 2001, PNAC letter<10> endorsing President George W. Bush's "admirable commitment to 'lead the world to victory' in the war against terrorism."

Kristol said in a January 14, 2003, PBS Frontline interview "that the significance of President George W. Bush's State of the Union address in 2002 (the 'axis of evil' speech) is too easily forgotten -- that it was a rare moment, 'the creation of a new American foreign policy' -- and that Bush deserves credit for realizing very quickly after Sept. 11 that his presidency would be judged by how he handled the post-9/11 threat of weapons of mass destruction."<11>

[w8liftinglady]

18. senor

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Senor

Daniel Samuel "Dan" Senor<1> was a foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney in his campaign for the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election.<2>

In 2009 Senor co-founded The Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), a neoconservative think tank begun with William Kristol and Robert Kagan, two founders of the Project for the New American Century

On July 12, 2007, Senor and Ari Fleischer appeared together on Fox News's Hannity & Colmes regarding the passage of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives which "ignored the president's veto threat" and "call for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops in Iraq by April of 2008."<6>

Senor, spokesman in August 2006 for the pro-war in Iraq Republican front group Vets for Freedom, and Fleischer, a founding board member and spokesman for the pro-war in Iraq White House front group Freedom's Watch which emerged in August 2007, were introduced by their former Bush administration functions: "former Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman in Iraq" and "former White House press secretary" respectively.

[w8liftinglady]

20. more PNAC contributors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalmay_Khalilzad
Zalmay Khalilzad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Libby
I. Lewis Libby<13>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain
John McCain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton
John Bolton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Bauer
Gary Bauer

[w8liftinglady]

21. and members who were also part of Bush Administration

Elliott Abrams Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and International Operations (2001–2002), Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs (2002–2005), Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy (2005-2009) (all within the National Security Council)

Richard Armitage Deputy Secretary of State (2001-2005)

John R. Bolton Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2001-2005), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006)

Dick Cheney Vice President (2001-2009)

Eliot A. Cohen Member of the Defense Policy Advisory Board (2007-2009)<61>

Seth Cropsey Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau (12/2002-12/2004)

Paula Dobriansky Under-Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001-2007)

Francis Fukuyama Member of the The President's Council on Bioethics (2001-2005)

Zalmay Khalilzad U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (11/2003 - 6/2005), U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (6/2005 - 3/2007) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2007-2009)

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States (2001-2005) under Dick Cheney

Richard Perle Chairman of the Board, Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee (2001-2003)

Peter W. Rodman Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security (2001-2007)

Donald Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense (2001-2006)

Randy Scheunemann Member of the U.S. Committee on NATO, Project on Transitional Democracies, International Republican Institute

Paul Wolfowitz Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005)

Dov S. Zakheim Department of Defense Comptroller (2001-2004)

Robert B. Zoellick Office of the United States Trade Representative (2001-2005), Deputy Secretary of State (2005-2006), 11th President of the World Bank (2007-Present)

[Agony]

22. FDD

lot of 'em show up here--->http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_fddbios&Itemid=326

[w8liftinglady]

23. Thanks...very enlightening!

[w8liftinglady]

24. oops...2 fer...delete

[PufPuf23]

28. That is a pro-war slime pit that

includes Neo-liberals (Democrats in Party).

[valerief]

42. That's one friggin' rogues gallery. "A rogue by any other name..." nt

[valerief]

25. Are they looking for another "Pearl Harbor" to get what they want?

Oh, silly me. They ARE getting what they want! WAR WAR WAR WAR HEROIN WAR WAR WAR WAR.

[w8liftinglady]

27. I am looking into Iran...see articles from several years ago ABOVE.Who do they have left to send?

[mmonk]

26. AEI.

Foundation For the Defense of Democracies is another. Also, they can be found scattered in many organizations of power and think tanks.

[w8liftinglady]

29. ...how wealthy they have become thanks to Iraq and the MIC-what about Iran?

that remains to be seen

[bananas]

32. Project for the Old American Century is still there

Doesn't look like it's been updated in a while: http://www.oldamericancentury.org/

[mmonk]

36. Iran

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG502A.html

http://www.irantracker.org/

http://www.thinktankedblog.com/think-tanked/2010/08/aei-iran-continues-to-creep-into-afghanistan.html

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/09/aei-iran-and-free-press.html

I think it is funny about their talking about Iran's influence in Afghanistan. Iran was an orginal supporter of the Northern Alliance and their war against the Taliban.

[w8liftinglady]

37. thanks for those...that's the focus of my article

[mmonk]

39. You're quite welcome.

[xchrom]

30. kick for exposure. nt

[court jester]

31. Don't forget the pre-bush chapter

http://newamericancentury.org/balkans.htm

[w8liftinglady]

33. Cheney,Rumsfeld et al were for Gulf War 1/Hussein

[glitch]

34. Don't forget "neolibs" like Peter Beinart, Paul Kennedy, Will Marshall, Michael O'Hanlon, and

http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

On January 28, 2005, PNAC issued its final open letter. Addressed to congressional leaders, it requested that they "take the steps necessary to increase substantially the size of the active duty Army and Marine Corps." At least 25,000 troops a year would be needed to meet what Condoleezza Rice called the country's "generational commitment" to fighting terrorism in the greater Middle East. Turning on some of its erstwhile allies in the Bush administration, like Rumsfeld, the letter stated: "The administration has been reluctant to adapt to this new reality.… We understand the dangers of continued federal deficits and the fiscal difficulty of increasing the number of troops. But the defense of the United States is the first priority of the government."34 This letter was notable for the many liberal hawks and liberal internationalists—Peter Beinart, Paul Kennedy, Will Marshall, Michael O'Hanlon, and James Steinberg—who joined the neoconservatives in signing.

[w8liftinglady]

38. wow...thanks for pointing that out!

[glitch]

40. Really highlights the bi-partisanship of the "neos" doesn't it?

Of course I prefer the term collaboration over bi-partisan, but that's just me.

[w8liftinglady]

41. hmmm... "Bi-Partisan" or "Selfish B@st@rds".. tough choice.

[stuntcat]

44. kickity

I went to Bush's 2nd inauguration parade (by myself, to give him the finger in person) and across the street from where I stood was a big PNAC banner with a lot of happy retardicans standing around it :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[w8liftinglady]

46. wow-you are BRAVE...seriously

these guys are tough....in groups

[w8liftinglady]

45. kick-kagan has joined "our" side?