Steve Clemons
Clemons is a senior fellow and the founder of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, a centrist think tank in Washington, D.C., where he previously served as executive vice president. He writes and speaks frequently about the D.C. political scene, foreign policy, and national security issues, as well as domestic and global economic-policy challenges.
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Menendez Blows Smoke on Syria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Robert Menendez denies that his Committee is overstepping bounds in trying to dictate the direction of U.S. involvement in Syria -- but he is wrong.
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McCain's Benghazi Fishing Trip Lands Gregory Hicks
John McCain has persisted on Benghazi to the point of seeming off his rocker -- until he uncovered someone whom we should have heard from long ago.
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Passion and Book Sales: 'Israeli Apartheid Week' Meets Palgrave
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How Opposition Should Behave: After Chuck Hagel and John Bolton
The nomination fight is done. It's time to move on to challenges that matter and get beyond personality politics.
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Strange Days in the Senate: Could Ted Cruz Do What He Is Asking of Hagel?
Don't all senators make off-the-cuff speeches?
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The Scene at the Hagel Hearing (Updating)
Former Senator Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for secretary of Defense, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
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Here Are 112 Pages of Chuck Hagel's Foreign-Policy Answers for the Senate
The nominee for secretary of Defense gives his views on China, Iran, nuclear weapons, and more.
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Officials: Chuck Hagel Was a 'Gift From God' for the Israeli USO
As CEO of the USO, Hagel moved the US service member support organization from bankruptcy well into the black and had to close many USO missions, but despite some critics' claims, he saved and expanded the USO mission in Haifa, Israel.
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Reading Tea Leaves of Political Appointments Not Yet Made
Is the White House side-stepping the Senate confirmation process in favor of letting a messy, sometimes ugly popularity contest drive its potential nominations?
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Khalilzad: Hagel a Courageous Patriot Who Deserves SecDef Consideration
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Former National Security Advisers Defend Chuck Hagel
Allies are pushing back at the character critique leveled at the former senator from Nebraska.
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Washington Roundup, Part 2: Arguments for and Against Chuck Hagel's Nomination
Even more views on Chuck Hagel's potential -- and challenged -- nomination to serve as President Obama's Secretary of Defense
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Washington Roundup: Arguments for and Against Chuck Hagel's Nomination
More views on Chuck Hagel's potential -- and challenged -- nomination to serve as President Obama's Secretary of Defense
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Chuck Hagel, John Kerry: Is Obama Too Reliant on Senate Talent?
If Hagel is nominated, President Obama would have three of his Senate Foreign Relations Committee colleagues close at hand.
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The Chuck Hagel I Know: A Staunch Defender of Gay Rights
As his comments about an "aggressively gay" ambassador nominee come under scrutiny, it's important to look at his recent record -- and keep communication open.
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Remember When Chuck Hagel Voted for AIPAC-Supported John Bolton?
The idea that the former Nebraska senator is implacably anti-Israel isn't just irresponsible, it's plainly contradicted by history.
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Mohammed Morsi: Abe Lincoln in Disguise or Another Mubarak?
At this point, we don't really know if Morsi is on a path to installing himself as a "new pharaoh" or whether he is genuinely trying to build a more inclusive Egypt.
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Ed Gillespie's Absurd Bluster
It is most likely that neither Obama nor Romney will beat the other decisively. A close race has been brewing for a long time -- and Gillespie knows it's tight.
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GOP Presidents Have Been the Worst Contributors to the Federal Debt
Republican presidents have added far more to federal debt levels than Democrats, as a percent of GDP. But Obama's joined Reagan, the Bushes and Ford in the debt-raising camp.
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VP Debate: Where Was the Gay-Marriage Question?
Same-sex marriage is a hot-button political issue and one on which the division between the two tickets is vast. So why hasn't it come up in either debate so far?
