Dean Announces Foreign Policy & National Security Advisors

[deutsey]

In all the hullabaloo about stopping Dean or stopping those who want to stop Dean, I didn't see this posted here (sorry if it's a dupe):

Governor Dean today announced the team of distinguished experts who will advise his campaign on national security and foreign policy. Dean will deliver a major address on national security today in Los Angeles at 1:30 pm ET (10:30 am PT). We will post a transcript as soon as it is available. The advisors are:

Benjamin R. Barber is Kekst Professor of Civil Society at the University of Maryland and is the author "Strong Democracy," "Jihad Vs. McWorld," and "Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism And Democracy." He has been an informal advisor to former President Bill Clinton.

Ashton B. Carter is Co-Director (with former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry) of the Harvard-Stanford Preventive Defense Project and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy in the Clinton administration.

Ivo H. Daalder is a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution and served as Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration.

Morton H. Halperin served as Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State.

Elisa D. Harris is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland and former Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration.

General Joseph Hoar (USMC, Ret.) served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Central Command.

Major General Randy Jayne (USAF, Ret.) is currently a Senior Partner with Heidrick & Struggles in McLean, VA. Prior to retiring from the Air Force and the Air National Guard, he served on the National Security Council staff, in the Office of Management and Budget. He was also the President of a major aerospace and defense operating company.

Franklin D. Kramer is Of Counsel to the law firm of Shea & Gardner and served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for President Clinton.

Anthony Lake is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He served as National Security Advisor to President Clinton.

General Merrill McPeak (USAF, Ret.) served as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff during the first Persian Gulf War.

Clyde Prestowitz is President of the Economic Strategy Institute and served as Counsel to the Secretary of Commerce during the Reagan Administration. He is the author of "Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions."

Susan E. Rice is Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and Governance Studies at The Bookings Institution and served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.

Jeffrey Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and has served as an advisor to many developing nations.

Admiral Stansfield Turner (USN, Ret.) formerly served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

William Woodward is former Deputy Director Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State.

The new team of advisors adds to the group that has been informally advising the governor. For over a year and a half, Danny E. Sebright, Associate Vice President of the Cohen Group, has been Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Governor Dean. In addition to helping the campaign develop national security and foreign policy, he has spearheaded the process of recruiting the team of advisors.

Colonel Richard L. Klass (USAF, Ret.), a Washington area international security and business consultant, has conducted outreach to the military community for the campaign for nearly a year. A Rhodes Scholar and former White House Fellow, Colonel Klass was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for combat in Vietnam during his Air Force career. Lionel Johnson, Vice President and Director of International Government Relations of Citigroup Inc., is also assisting with the campaign's outreach efforts to the foreign policy community. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Johnson served in the Departments of State and Treasury, and was formerly a foreign service officer.

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[Droopy]

1. A lot of Clinton people

I wonder how close ideologically Clinton and Dean are?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. Clinton said last week he'd have voted for IWR

so there's one important thing they disagree on.

[janx]

4. Closer, apparently, than the RW wants us to believe.

That much is very obvious now!

[Kolesar]

7. Your question presumes these advisors were ideologically close to Clinton

I would expect that these were the best people Clinton could get and that there would be ideological and policy differences between these advisors and Clinton. They were not necessarity Clinton-followers, but strong individual contributors. So I would posit that there is no proof of a strong ideological bond between Dean and Clinton, or even a "proof by association".

[janx]

3. Holy Schmoly Rocky!!

What a team!!!!

And a generous handful of Clintonites to boot!!

This should quell the "rift" rumor. Thank God.

[mrgorth]

5. Can you say

shadow government?

[janx]

6. I don't know about shadows, but this is incredible!

To say I'm impressed is an understatement.

[ajacobson]

8. Interesting list

There's some people I like and some I don't, that doesn't matter. My question is, if Clark released this same exact list, there are a number of people on this board who would go apeshit, call it a cabal of consultants, lobbyists, etc., etc., etc.

So, any comments?

on edit: clarified that it's this list.

[Paulie]

9. I think it's bad taste

He hasn't even got one Primary win under his belt, but he puts a list of people together.

If someone else gets the nod, I'm sure these people, even if awesome, are going to be on the "only if we can't find anyone else" list. :)

Another problem is now Dean has to control all these people with the same message. Or he'll have the same problem Arnold had when he said these people would advise him, then they started contradicting him.

Oh well, Dean will do what Dean will do. ;)

[chocolateeater]

10. No.

All he is doing is releasing a list of all his foreign policy advisers and their field of expertise. He is not appointing them to any positions.

[Eloriel]

17. These are his advisors, not his appointees

Doesn't your candidate have any advisors? He should.

[KittyWampus]

11. Dean Is Simply Too Late- He's Already Gaffed Big Time

His campaign skimped and Dean has already shown his ineptitiude.

The Chris Matthews interview is the Prime Example where Dean couldn't say whether or why Osama should be tried in the Hague and called Russia the Soviet Union FOUR times.

It's obvious everything Dean is going to "know" about Foreign Policy will be what his advisors cram into him.

And his Presidency would be vulnerable to his own reliance on Advisors... Junior is a good example.

No matter how good your Advisors... they will have policy differences and power struggles.

Without a Head of State who has experience or a facile command not only of information but of context... there WILL be serious problems.

Dean is suited for President of the SENATE.

But his "growth" on so many CORE Liberal issues means he needs to solidify his own CORE.

At this point he seems like a Medicore Governor who's found a gimmick to appeal to 20% of the voters and is simply looking to sell himself on merits that he really does not have.

[realFedUp]

18. From Bush's circle of advisors

I'd say we could use some new ones eh?

[janx]

12. Saw part of Dean's foreign policy speech a few minutes ago!

He was GREAT!

[janx]

13. This is quite a group.

It'll be fun to find out even more about them.

[Duder]

15. Read the bio's...

...here:

http://dean2004.blogspot.com/

[HuckleB]

14. Thanks. Looks like a good bunch.

[killbotfactory]

16. Dean's done an excellent job of learning from them

His speech today was fan-friggin-tastic.