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Washington Free Beacon List of 100 personnel recommendations including prominent anti-Semites and a former registered foreign agent Quincy Institute / YouTube Screenshot December 18, 2020 5:39 PM A host of progressive foreign policy groups has delivered 100 résumés to the Biden transition team in a move intended to pressure the incoming administration to include voices outside the mainstream of American foreign policy. The list, obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, includes a dozen scholars from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, the think tank bankrolled by Charle...

Among the most notable selections by this coalition—which includes the Progressive Change Institute, Common Defense, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and the National Iranian American Council (NIAC)—is Trita Parsi, whom the list endorsed to oversee Middle East affairs on the White House National Security Council. Parsi, NIAC's cofounder, now serves as vice president of the Quincy Institute, an isolationist think tank bankrolled by billionaires George Soros and Charles Koch. Parsi has been one of the most visible champions of diplomacy with Iran and played a critical role i...

Published date: 18 December 2020 21:14 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago Dozens of anti-war, environmental and human rights groups are promoting a 100-candidate roster for senior positions in the incoming US administration of President-elect Joe Biden, as part of an effort to guide US foreign policy in a more progressive direction. The list, sent to Biden's team on Friday, excluded individuals with corporate ties. It was backed by a range of advocacy organisations, including the Center for International Policy (CIP); Common Defense;...

Updated Dec 18, 2020 Meet The Progressives Joe Biden Could Put In Key Foreign Policy Jobs Activists sent the president-elect a list of 100 experts they say would help him craft a less hawkish U.S. approach — highlighting their diversity and lack of corporate ties. President-elect Joe Bidenhas now tapped his most important deputies on foreign policy: Tony Blinken for the State Department, Lloyd Austin for the Pentagon, Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence, and Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser at the White House. Next comes the crucial question of who their dep...

Dozens of progressive organizations will deliver a book to President-elect Joe Biden The book contains 100 profiles of left-leaning foreign policy experts and potential positions they could fill. The effort was led by Yasmine Taeb, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, and Alex McCoy, the political director at Common Defense. ADVERTISEMENT Of the 100 people included in the Progressive Foreign Policy Talent Pipeline, about two-thirds are women or people of color, and the overriding qualifier was that none of the candidates have corporate ties or backgrounds. The candidates ge...