The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. that lasted from early 1997 to 2006. It was
co-founded as a non-profit educational organization by neoconservatives William Kristol and Robert Kagan. The PNAC's stated goal was "to promote
American global leadership."[1] Fundamental to the PNAC were the view that "American leadership is both good for America and good for the world"
and support for "a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity."[2] The PNAC exerted influence on high-level U.S. government officials
in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush and affected the Bush Administration's development of military and foreign policies,
especially involving national security and the Iraq War.[3][4]
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By the end of 2006, PNAC was "reduced to a voice-mail box and a ghostly website", with "a single employee" "left to wrap things up", according
to the BBC News.[24]
"New Pearl Harbor"
Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force", includes the sentence: "Further, the process of
transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new
Pearl Harbor" (51).[13]
Persons associated with the PNAC
[edit] Project directors
[as listed on the PNAC website:]
William Kristol, Co-founder and Chairman[1]
He is the founder and editor of the political magazine The Weekly Standard, a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel, and a former op-ed
columnist for the New York Times.
William Kristol
Born December 23, 1952 (1952-12-23) (age 57)
New York City, NY, U.S.
Alma mater Harvard College
Occupation Publisher, Author, Columnist, Analyst, Political commentator
Religion Jewish
Spouse(s) Susan Scheinberg
Children 3
Robert Kagan, Co-founder(Jewish)[1]
Bruce P. Jackson[1] -Lehman brothers,Council Foreign Relations,office secretary of defense
Mark Gerson[1]
..............Randy Scheunemann[1]-advisor to Donald Rumsfeld on Iraq
Project staff
Ellen Bork, Deputy Director[1]
Gary Schmitt, Senior Fellow[1][50]
Thomas Donnelly, Senior Fellow[1]
........Reuel Marc Gerecht, Senior Fellow[1]-middle east specialist CIA
Mitch Jackson, Senior Fellow
Timothy Lehmann, Assistant Director[1]
Michael Goldfarb, Research Associate[1]
Former directors and staff
Daniel McKivergan, Deputy Director[51]
Signatories to Statement of Principles
Elliott Abrams[5]
Gary Bauer[5]
William J. Bennett[5]
..............................John Ellis "Jeb" Bush[5]
.................................................. ........(Dick)Richard B. Cheney[5]
Eliot A. Cohen[5]
Midge Decter[5]
Paula Dobriansky[5]
Steve Forbes[5]
Aaron Friedberg[5]
Francis Fukuyama[5]
Frank Gaffney[5]
Fred C. Ikle[5]
Donald Kagan[5]
Zalmay Khalilzad[5]
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby[5]
Norman Podhoretz[5]
J. Danforth Quayle[5]
Peter W. Rodman[5]
Stephen P. Rosen[5]
Henry S. Rowen[5]
...................................Donald Rumsfeld[5]
Vin Weber[5]
George Weigel[5]
..........................Paul Wolfowitz[5]
Signatories or contributors to other significant letters or reports[14]
Elliott Abrams[8][10]
Kenneth Adelman[52]
Richard V. Allen[18]
Richard L. Armitage[10]
Gary Bauer[18][52]
Jeffrey Bell[18][52]
William J. Bennett[8][10][18][52]
Jeffrey Bergner[8][10][18]
John R. Bolton[8][10]
Ellen Bork[52]
Rudy Boschwitz[18]
Linda Chavez[52]
Eliot Cohen[13][18][52]
Seth Cropsey[18]
Midge Decter[18][52]
Paula Dobriansky[8][10]
Thomas Donnelly[13][18][52]
Nicholas Eberstadt,[18][52][53]
Hillel Fradkin[18][52][54]
Aaron Friedberg[18]
Francis Fukuyama[8][10][18]
Frank Gaffney[18][52]
Jeffrey Gedmin[18][52]
Reuel Marc Gerecht[18][52]
Charles Hill[18][52]
Bruce P. Jackson[18][52]
Eli S. Jacobs[18]
Michael Joyce[18]
Donald Kagan[13][18][52]
Robert Kagan[8][10][13][18][52]
Stephen Kantany
Zalmay Khalilzad[8][10]
Jeane Kirkpatrick[18]
Charles Krauthammer[18]
William Kristol[8][10][13][18]
................................John Lehman[18][52]
I. Lewis Libby[13]
Tod Lindberg[52][55]
Rich Lowry[52]
Clifford May[18][52]
.................................John McCain[56]
Joshua Muravchik[52]
Michael O'Hanlon [57][58]
Martin Peretz[18][52]
...............................Richard Perle[8][10][18][52]
Daniel Pipes[52]
Norman Podhoretz[18][52]
Peter W. Rodman[8][10][18]
Stephen P. Rosen[13][18][52]
.................................Donald Rumsfeld[8][10]
Randy Scheunemann[18][52]
Gary Schmitt[13][18][50][52]
William Schneider, Jr.[8][10][18][52]
Richard H. Shultz[18][59]
Henry Sokolski[18]
Stephen J. Solarz[18]
Vin Weber[8][10][18]
Leon Wieseltier[18]
Marshall Wittmann[18][52]
................................Paul Wolfowitz[8][10][13]
R. James Woolsey[8][10][52]
..............................Dov Zakheim[13][60]
.................................................. ...........Robert B. Zoellick(Current World Bank pres)
Associations with Bush administration
After the election of George W. Bush in 2000, a number of PNAC's members or signatories were appointed to key positions within the President's
administration:
Name Position(s) held
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)
Shouldn't be hard for to figure out who those people are working for behind the scenes at Americas expense.
Red Shields with Blue Stars ring a bell or how about a sach of gold?
I wonder if there is any thermite dust on their shoes?
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