Third Time's a Charm [1]
Submitted by Diane Farsetta [2] on
"Cold War hawks are resurrecting a decades-old group to lobby for a harder line against terrorist organizations and rogue states," reports The Hill. The Committee on the Present Danger [3] will see its third incarnation (it was established in 1950 and re-formed in 1976) as a Washington DC-based lobby group, headed by PR pro and former Reagan adviser Peter Hannaford [4]. Other known members include Senator Joe Lieberman [5], former CIA director James Woolsey [6], and Reagan administration official and 1976 Committee founder Max Kampelman [7]. Past Committee incarnations advocated for tripling the defense budget and helped launch neoconservatives into government positions.