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iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:29 PM Jun 2013

Having a brain freeze moment.. need help.

Could somebody please tell/remind me what the name of the group was that Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz were all a part of in the 90s that called for the invasion of Iraq?

Having a 'discussion' with a republican who keeps going back to the old standard of me being a big spending liberal.. wanting to point out Bushs failed policies that drove us into where we are today .. but having a brain freeze on the name of this group!

PLEASE HELP!
LOL

EDIT :

Youre all right!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!

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Having a brain freeze moment.. need help. (Original Post) iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 OP
PNAC? nt justiceischeap Jun 2013 #1
Was it the project for the american century? hrmjustin Jun 2013 #2
PNAC Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #3
Project for the New American Century: PNAC. n/t Whisp Jun 2013 #4
"Asses of Evil" femmocrat Jun 2013 #5
ROFL nt okaawhatever Jun 2013 #9
DUzy! n/t winter is coming Jun 2013 #11
10 Years On: Where Are the PNAC Signatories polly7 Jun 2013 #6
The best part is that their website... RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #7
Well, actually the best part is that the PNAC website hasn't posted any new "news" since 2006. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #8
frankly im surprised iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #10
heres my favorite document from their site iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #12
I know what you are talking about...they did have a particular name Auntie Bush Jun 2013 #13
Project for the New American Century iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #14

polly7

(20,582 posts)
6. 10 Years On: Where Are the PNAC Signatories
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:53 PM
Jun 2013
http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/05/19/336276/-10-Years-On-Where-Are-the-PNAC-Signatories

Elliott Abrams- Deputy National Security Advisor.
Gary Bauer- current president of the conservative American Values organization.
William J. Bennett- May have a gig with CNN as a bloviator, and is riding high on the Air Force reading list. God help us.
Jeb Bush- Stole election for brother, served two terms as Governor of Florida, and currently serving on the board of Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Dick Cheney- Vice-President of the United States.
Eliot A. Cohen- US State Department Counselor, currently hopnobbing in places like Pakistan.
Midge Decter- When she isn't partying with Conrad Black she is busy being the wife of Norman Podhoretz and mother of John Podhoretz.
Paula Dobriansky- Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs.
Steve Forbes- offering Republican presidential contenders advice.
Aaron Friedberg- Teaching at Princeton University and writing editorials for the LA Times.
Francis Fukuyama- repenting. Sort of.
Frank Gaffney- Doing weird shit as Center for Security Policy president.
Fred C. Ikle- apologizing for his friend and protege Paul Wolfowitz's behavior.
Donald Kagan- Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His son, Fred, is the author of The Surge.
Zalmay Khalilzad- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He has already served as ambassador to Afghanistan and to Iraq.
I. Lewis Libby- awaiting sentencing for perjury, making false statements, and obstruction of justice.
Norman Podhoretz- getting awards from Scooter Libby fans and making the case for bombing Iran.
Dan Quayle- he's still alive? Well, yes. He's chairman of global investments for Cerberus Capital Management and he's working on that Chrysler deal.
Peter W. Rodman- recently left as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs to take a job at the Brookings Institute.
Stephen P. Rosen- the Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs at Harvard University.
Henry S. Rowen- appointed on February 12, 2004, by President George W. Bush to be one of the "final two members of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction." He's also a member of the Department of Defense's Defense Policy Board.
Donald Rumsfeld- the less said the better. He was fired as Secretary of Defense.
Vin Weber- serving as chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit organization designed to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. He's serving as Mitt Romney's policy chairman.
George Weigel- trying to convince Catholics that the Iraq War is just.
Paul Wolfowitz- shit-canned from the World Bank.


 

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)
7. The best part is that their website...
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:56 PM
Jun 2013

...is still live:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

You can even still go to this page:

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

And download the pdf "Rebuilding America's Defenses."
That's the "new Pearl Harbor" document.

Enjoy!

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
13. I know what you are talking about...they did have a particular name
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 08:40 PM
Jun 2013

But I can't remember it either. Damn! It was a rather small group of people...Mary Matalin was one of them.

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