Tom Donnelly

In the course of a puffy Politico profile of Nate Fick, the CEO of the  Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank with close ties to the White House, comes the snipe from the American Enterprise Institute:
“Think tanks develop into a more mature institution when they are willing to say unpleasant things [...]

You know what Tom Donnelly, an American Enterprise Institute defense analyst, didn’t like about President Obama’s Iraq speech? Well, the substance of withdrawal, sure. But he really didn’t like all the stuff Obama said about caring for Iraq veterans:
No doubt there is a genuine tenderness in the president’s feelings for soldiers. But there is little [...]

On the heels of Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ (R-Ga.) impassioned plea to Defense Secretary Bob Gates to consider production of the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor as part of a responsible stimulus package, check out this Website, passed along by an eagle-eyed friend. It urges readers to send President Obama and Congress this message:
Keeping the production line [...]

One of the things I most anticipate about the next four years is how the cohort that so massively proved that they can’t be trusted to run or assess U.S. foreign policy is going to lecture the Obama administration on doing so. I used to think they should just be ignored, but I simply lack [...]