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The Recorder
April 14, 2018
“Albert Gore is a proponent of a plan that has been praised by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, a plan that would reduce the likelihood of a first strike,” she said. “It involves changing from multiple-warhead missiles to single warhead missiles,Ãâà...
Lynchburg News and Advance
April 3, 2018
"Brent Scowcroft defined the role of the National Security Advisor," wrote Stephen J. Hadley, former National Security Advisor under George W. Bush."The only person to hold the job twice [under Ford and George H.W. Bush], Brent established the 'Scowcroft Model' for all who followed him in the job: Be anÃâà...
POLITICO.eu
April 2, 2018
... charming, and good-humored as anyone I know” despite his pugnacious Fox News persona, insists he is a “truly class A intellect” and will run Trump's National Security Council with a combination of the best principles learned from master national security advisers Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft.
The Hill
April 2, 2018
Brent Scowcroft, who was a solid national security adviser for both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. Scowcroft's model will serve Bolton well in dealing with Secretary of Defense James Mattis Ãâ÷ James Norman MattisPentagon braces for John Bolton Pentagon's new transgender policy:Ãâà...
Seattle Times
March 30, 2018
I have served closely with three presidential administrations, both Democrat and Republican, in the national-security arena. The model White House national-security advisers were public servants like Condoleezza Rice, Steve Hadley, and Brent Scowcroft. Thoughtful, neutral umpires of competing policyÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
March 27, 2018
My own personal favorite for national security advisor is probably Brent Scowcroft, counselor to President Ford and then of course President George H.W. Bush, who combined elements of the first three models (though certainly not the last) in ways that confound my attempts to categorize him anywhere onÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
They include Brent Scowcroft, a former national security adviser; Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency; former Senators Richard G. Lugar and Sam Nunn; Adm. Eric T. Olson, former commander of Special Operations Forces; and Adm.
Rasmussen Reports
March 24, 2018
"Brent Scowcroft defined the role of the National Security Advisor," wrote Stephen J. Hadley, former National Security Advisor under George W. Bush."The only person to hold the job twice [under Ford and George H.W. Bush], Brent established the 'Scowcroft Model' for all who followed him in the job: Be anÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
March 13, 2018
Bonding at the top is important and, ideally, will continue. But the Trump presidency should not run its course without the benefit of a fully functioning national security apparatus.” Alexander Vershbow, distinguished fellow, Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. He served as theÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
March 9, 2018
In the backdrop of this war of words, North Korea conducted a series of missile tests, and even one nuclear test, while the United States led the international community in imposing unprecedented comprehensive sanctions on Kim's regime. These sanctions aim to choke off the financing and fuel that haveÃâà...
Defense One
March 6, 2018
James Joyner is a security studies professor at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow with the Brent Scowcroft Center on Security and Strategy at the Atlantic Council. Full bio; Butch Bracknell is a retired career Marine officer, national security attorney, and member ofÃâà...
WTOP
December 31, 1999
The most classic example of that approach is Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser for George Bush, who saw his job as clarifying agency options, but studiously avoided intruding with his own views. Some saw Scowcroft as the exemplary adviser: “Brent's concept of the national security advisor…wasÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
December 31, 1999
A model is George H.W. Bush's adviser, Gen. Brent Scowcroft, who was honest, measured and respected. Bolton, an ideological bully, is the anti-Scowcroft. There also have been moments when Graham stood out for his candor about Trump. After a private White House meeting in January at which TrumpÃâà...
The Atlantic
December 31, 1999
Even many of those who made their careers in academia, law, or government, like McGeorge Bundy, Henry Kissinger, Frank Carlucci, Brent Scowcroft, and Stephen Hadley, served in the military for a time. Walt Rostow, Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Scowcroft, Anthony Lake, Condoleezza Rice, SusanÃâà...
NHK WORLD
December 31, 1999
US national security experts have urged President Donald Trump to keep the nuclear deal with Iran, in response to his appointment of hardliners to key posts. 118 people from the Republican and Democratic parties issued a statement that cites 10 reasons why the United States should maintain the 2015Ãâà...
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