KPMG Ends U.S. Gov't Audit Business After Losing Army Contract

KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, is winding down its federal government audit business after losing a $64 million-a-year U.S. Army audit contract, a major setback as the Department of War under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to bring in another accounting firm.

According to the Financial Times, the Army's shift to a new auditor comes as pressure intensifies on Hegseth to gain control of the DoW's finances after nearly a decade of failed independent audits.

The DoW, which oversees an annual budget of roughly $840 billion, has not passed an independent audit in eight years, and Washington lawmakers have set a deadline for the department to do so by 2028.

"We're ending the wasteful process of agency-by-agency opinions and slashing the number of disjointed separate audits by two-thirds," Hegseth said. "The mission is simple: break down bureaucratic barriers to get you, the taxpayer, concrete results."

FT sources said the Army was KPMG's largest federal audit client, and 450 U.S. staff who oversaw the federal audit work will be transitioning to other roles.

"Over the past few years, KPMG has prioritized advisory services for the federal government," KPMG said, adding, "We are transitioning out of federal audit roles through an orderly, multiyear process, meeting all client and regulatory obligations. As demand continues to grow across both audit and advisory, we will be redeploying our talented federal audit professionals across the firm to meet client needs."

Meanwhile, EY remains the prime auditor for the Air Force, Navy, and Marines. The Marines are the only military branch to have received an unqualified audit opinion.

The DoW says the new consolidated audit strategy will streamline the process toward full audit compliance by 2028.

Last month, Platte Moring, the Pentagon's inspector general, stated, "This new composite approach to auditing and its implementation reflect meaningful progress toward compliance with the statutory mandate for the department to achieve a clean audit opinion by 2028."

We have previously reported that DOGE has placed more than 400,000 DoW contracts under scrutiny, while Goldman has been bearish on government IT services for the same reason: the Trump administration is trying to clean up the financial mess inside the DoW.

The problem is that entrenched bureaucracy and swamp-like career DoW personnel appear more focused on preserving the status quo than fixing the department.

Whether Hegseth can fix the DoW remains an open question.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/kpmg-ends-us-govt-audit-business-after-losing-army-contract

How is this not TREASON?

U.S congress introduced a bill to extend veteran benefits to IDF service members…

US Congress introduced a bill to extend some veteran style protections to Americans who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces. The bill called H.R. 8445 treats their time in the IDF like US military service for things like job protections and financial relief.

It was pushed by Republican lawmakers and its been getting attention again lately.

article from 2023;

“Sally tells me he does not know how long the deployment may last. But, he tells me Metro is treating this as a U.S. deployment and he will have his spot back when he returns.”

It was happening unofficially now, they seek to officialize it.

SUMMARY PAGE:

H.R.8445 – To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the eligibility of United States citizens who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces for certain protections relating to such service.

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TEXT OF H.R. 8445

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https://citizenwatchreport.com/u-s-congress-introduced-a-bill-to-extend-veteran-benefits-to-idf-service-members/

Putin Presents Victory Day Truce In Ukraine During 90-Minute Trump Call

With things in the Persian Gulf and the Iran War 'stuck'… it's apparently time to pivot back to that other 'stuck' war, in Ukraine. President Trump on Wednesday spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, with the call reportedly lasting an impressive 1.5+ hours, and the talk centered on finding ways forward both with the Iran and Ukraine conflicts.

The most important item to emerge was that Putin reportedly proposed declaring a ceasefire in Ukraine on May 9, which is Russia's 'Victory Day' in World War II, and Trump endorsed the idea.

Russian Presidential Aide for Foreign Affairs Yury Ushakov told reporters that the call was initiated by the Moscow side - and according to him, "Vladimir Putin informed his American counterpart of his readiness to declare a truce for the period of Victory Day celebrations."

Here is some of the readout and Ushakov's remarks to the press in Moscow:

"At Trump's request, Vladimir Putin described the current situation along the line of contact, where our troops are holding the strategic initiative and pushing back the enemy’s positions," Ushakov told reporters.

"Both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump expressed essentially similar assessments of the behavior of the Kyiv regime led by [Volodymyr] Zelensky, which, incited and with the support of the Europeans, is pursuing a policy of prolonging the conflict."

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has devastated swathes of Ukrainian territory, killed thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee their homes.

Putin said he was ready "to declare a ceasefire for the duration of Victory Day celebrations. Trump actively supported this initiative, noting that the holiday marks our shared victory," Ushakov said.

The timing is interesting, given that the White House is clearly consumed with the Iran war, the Hormuz Strait crisis, and the expanding economic fallout globally and at home. Putin it seems is seeking the opportunity to soften Washington's stance toward Moscow's perspective of the Ukraine war.

But they did also heavily discuss Trump's Operation Epic Fury. Ideas for resolving the conflict were discussed - though few details on this have emerged. Putin as expected called for peace, and said that extending the ceasefire was the right move by Trump. According to some of the published statements:

"Vladimir Putin considers Donald Trump's decision to extend the ceasefire with Iran to be the right one, as this should give negotiations a chance and, overall, help to stabilize the situation."

But Putin also "highlighted the inevitable and extremely damaging consequences not only for Iran and its neighbors, but also for the entire international community, should the U.S. and Israel resort to military action once again," Ushakov said.

He added Russia was "firmly committed to providing every possible assistance to diplomatic efforts" on the Middle East war, and said the call was held at Moscow's initiative.

Despite that Iran remains a key regional ally of Russia's, it remains that Moscow has benefited from both the easing of sanctions on its oil exports at sea, and rising global oil prices - both the result of the Iran war.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-presents-victory-day-truce-ukraine-90-minute-trump-call

Want to know why they removed God from everything???

If your rights come from God the state can't take them away

If your rights come from the state the state decides who can have rights

Sixteen Individuals Indicted in Takedown of East Alabama Drug Trafficking Organization as part of a Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury has indicted 16 individuals in separate-but-related indictments for drug trafficking and illegal firearms’ possession, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Crosby.

Three indictments filed in U.S. District Court charge the following individuals:

Aumori Jaimon Willis, 22, Nasir Ahmad Fluker, 22, Jarek Ahmad Burroughs, 21, and Robert Blake Stovall, 33—all of Anniston, Alabama—and Edward Damon Wade, 32, of Jacksonville, Alabama, were charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. The alleged incidents occurred between September 2025 and March 2026, in Calhoun County, Alabama. The indictment also charges Stovall with using and carrying a firearm during and relation to a drug-trafficking crime and Willis and Burroughs with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

Logan Chase Turner, 28, of Boaz, Alabama, and Mary Ann Alexander, 60, of

Eastaboga, Alabama, were charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. The alleged incidents occurred in January 2026 in Calhoun County, Alabama. The indictment also charges Turner with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

Bradderick Dewayne Nolan, 52, Barry Eugene Nolan, 58, Cederick Lamon Woolverton, 57, Dantreas Thomas, 42, and Leiquore Tavera Crook, 42—all of Anniston, Alabama— Robert Jamiel David, 43, Toshi Maurice Holliday, 48, and Jermaine Jenkins, 51—all of Munford, Alabama—and Gregory Lee Burnett, 48, of Gadsden, Alabama, were charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. The alleged incidents occurred between June 2025 and March 2026, in Calhoun County, Alabama. The indictment also charges Bradderick Nolan with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. Bradderick Nolan, Barry Nolan, Holliday, Jenkins and David were also charged with use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

This operation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. The Alabama HSTF comprises agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service (USMS), and the Internal Revenue Service, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.

ATF and DEA investigated the case, with assistance from the United States Postal Inspection Service, USMS, HSI, the 7th Judicial Major Crimes Unit, Anniston Police Department, Oxford Police Department, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office, Talladega Drug Task Force, West Alabama Narcotics Task Force, Irondale Police Department, and Pell City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Allison J. Garnett and Brittany T. Byrd are prosecuting the cases.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/sixteen-individuals-indicted-takedown-east-alabama-drug-trafficking-organization-part

Joe Rogan Reacts to Ben Shapiro

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sCrOaqSWC00

Australia is run by foreign lunatics - the people are screwed and have no say while their tax pays for the countries destruction. This CIRCUS proves it. Sky Mossad news Aus with the spin

#RoyalCommisionsAreCoverUps

Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion hands down interim report into Bondi terror attack

The Antisemitism Royal Commission has delivered its interim report into the nation's counter-terrorism architecture, including information sharing gaps and oversight.

It comes after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused to call the national inquiry for 25 days after the December 14 attack.

Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell delivered the interim report, containing 14 recommendations, to Governor General Sam Mostyn on Thursday.

The recommendations focus on addressing gaps exposed by the terror attack, including leadership and coordination at a federal level.

Mr Albanese will react to the initial findings at a 10.30am press conference.

Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek told Sky News the report would be "absolutely critical" for the government.

"Australians are still grieving the event and still searching for answers. I know Virginia Bell will have done a very thorough job," she said on Thursday.

"It will be a conversation in the Australian public, no doubt. And people will see the interim report later today. They'll have the opportunity to read it for themselves."

The report is expected to raise sweeping concerns about the nation’s counter-terrorism preparedness and coordination.

The recommendations are expected to focus on systemic weaknesses in counter-terrorism machinery, particularly intelligence sharing, and government preparedness.

The intelligence sharing concerns relate to the overseas travel by the alleged terrorists, who visited the southern Philippines, a known terrorist hotspot.

Sky News understands the trip taken by the Akrams to the southern Philippines was not for military training but to seek a spiritual blessing for the Bondi attack.

Despite Border Force and the AFP being alerted to the trip, it is not clear that this intelligence was passed on to ASIO or NSW Police.

The first block of public hearings in the Royal Commission will be held from next Monday, May 4.

The hearings, which will run until May 15, will focus on defining and exploring the nature of antisemitism in its historical and contemporary manifestations.

The Royal Commission is expected to hear from witnesses sharing their lived experiences of antisemitism and its impacts on Jewish Australians.

Ms Bell will also probe the metrics for assessing the prevalence of antisemitism in institutions and society, including through incident reporting and survey data.

The final report will be delivered by the one-year anniversary of the attack on December 14, 2026.

Shadow education minister Julian Leeser said the report is expected to scrutinise Australia's intelligence and security agencies' knowledge of the attack.

"This part of the report is going to look at what our intelligence and security agencies knew and what level of cooperation there was across the different policing forces, both federal and state," he said.

"And will hopefully make some recommendations along those lines to make sure this doesn't happen again."

Mr Leeser encouraged all Australians to make a submission to the commission.

"My plea to Australians this morning, whether they are Jewish or not, is please make a submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism - you don't have to be Jewish to do it," he said.

"But if you don't like the way our country has changed and the way our country has failed to deal with the growth of antisemitism… it's really important that the Royal Commission hears from you."

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/royal-commission-on-antisemitism-and-social-cohesion-hands-down-interim-report-into-bondi-terror-attack/news-story/c5b457994ab83a90856b799d16d9d7b0

(Left, Jimmy Savile, 1926-2011, was the Jeffrey Epstein of his day.)

King Charles declines meeting with Epstein survivors due to 'ongoing investigation'

"King Charles III declined a request to meet with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his visit to the United States this week, according to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA).

Khanna's office sent a letter to the British monarch earlier this year requesting the meeting during his tour of America. The California Democrat's office told the Washington Examiner that lawyers for the king said the meeting would not take place due to an "ongoing investigation." It was unclear which investigation they were referring to."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4546073/king-charles-declines-meeting-epstein-survivors/

'All (justice) forces in the UK, not just in London, are riddled with secret Freemasonry–with damaging results': former senior Met police officer

"Fewer than 5 per cent of Met employees have completed the survey asking about membership. The Masons' governing body, the United Grand Lodge of England [UGLE], has launched legal action, claiming they are the victims of discrimination.

That's grimly ironic. As I discovered, almost from the start of my police career, it's the coppers who refuse to join the Brotherhood who risk discrimination.

No one should have an unknown allegiance that could conflict with their public duty. As a former senior officer in the Met, I know that all forces in the UK, not just in London, are riddled with secret Freemasonry – with damaging results.

And it’s not only the police. Membership of the Masons is embedded in every branch of the judiciary, including solicitors, barristers and judges, as well as the lawmakers themselves – MPs, civic assembly members and councillors.

So I welcome Met chief Sir Mark Rowley’s insistence that all officers and staff should declare whether they are Masons as part of an anti-corruption drive.

But he is meeting tough resistance. Fewer than 5 per cent of Met employees have completed the survey asking about membership. The Masons’ governing body, the United Grand Lodge of England [UGLE], has launched legal action, claiming they are the victims of discrimination.

That’s grimly ironic. As I discovered, almost from the start of my police career, it’s the coppers who refuse to join the Brotherhood who risk discrimination.

As a young constable in the late 1970s, I attended several Lodge meetings, at the urging of colleagues. I decided against joining – chiefly because I’m a non-drinker and the social side didn’t appeal to me.

But I was under no illusions that I could easily advance my career by being ‘on the square’, as the jargon has it.

At one police station in south London, we joked that four groups ran the Met: the Freemasons, the Roman Catholic guild, the ‘Scottish mafia’ and – a very feeble fourth – the top brass. (The Scottish mafia were expats from the other side of Hadrian’s Wall, who all looked out for each other.)

On at least one occasion, my refusal to roll up my trouser leg and become a Mason cost me dear.

After months of hard study, as a sergeant in the Met, I sat my Inspectors’ exams. The first was known as ‘knowledge and reasoning’, with long, written answers. The second consisted of dozens of multiple-choice questions, constructed so that bluffers had no chance of scraping through with guesswork.

https://fitzinfo.net/2026/01/20/all-justice-forces-in-the-uk-not-just-in-london-are-riddled-with-secret-freemasonry-with-damaging-results-former-senior-met-police-officer/

Australia gun control to defeat antisemitism

CCP drugs pouring in via Darwin Port - giving the CCP the most northern port is TREASON

Wastewater data suggests meth use is at a record high. Here’s why we don’t need to panic

Data from Australia's wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use, also known as speed, ice or crystal meth, is at a record high.

Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off. Heroin is fluctuating.

At first glance, these findings from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission this week sound alarming.

But before we draw big conclusions about worsening drug use, it's worth taking a closer look at what this data can and can't tell us.

What wastewater data actually measures

Wastewater testing works by analysing sewage for traces of drugs people have used. Researchers test samples from treatment plants to estimate how much of a drug has been consumed by the population connected to that system.

It measures metabolised drugs. So it's able to tell the difference between drugs that have been flushed down the toilet and drugs that have been excreted.

It's a clever method that avoids some of the issues of self-report surveys, where people may under-report illegal behaviour.

It also gives close to real-time data unlike population surveys that are only conducted every few years.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/the-conversation-wastewater-data-suggests-meth-use-record-high/106623894

Poor donny Gas Prices Rising While Markets Swing Wild - LEGO

https://youtu.be/RcWe4jMbzuI

They Think We Are CATTLE!

Jake Shields

https://youtu.be/FQrlehblwJc

Iran War Cost $25 Billion in First 2 Months, Pentagon Says

Combat operations against Iran have cost the U.S. military about $25 billion in two months, a top Pentagon accounting official told House Armed Services Committee members on April 29.

The Wednesday hearing marked the first time Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine have testified publicly to Congress since U.S. and Israeli forces commenced attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged fire for about five and a half weeks before the parties entered into a ceasefire agreement on April 8.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking member on the committee, asked the Pentagon to account for the costs of U.S. munitions expended as well as for equipment destroyed in the course of the fighting.

Jules Hurst, the acting War Department comptroller, estimated those costs at about $25 billion.

Hurst said munitions accounted for most of it, but said he also factored in operations and maintenance and equipment replacement costs. Hurst joined Hegseth and Caine at the hearing, as Congress weighs military funding requests for fiscal year 2027.

The Trump administration has been working on submitting a supplemental funding request to Congress to cover the war’s costs, but has yet to finalize it or settle on an exact figure.

“We will formulate a supplemental through the White House that will come to Congress once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict,” Hurst said.

The Pentagon is already seeking a $1.5 trillion military and defense spending budget for fiscal year 2027. The request amounts to a 42 percent increase over fiscal year 2026 military spending, which totaled approximately $1.03 trillion.

Among other items, the Trump administration’s 2027 military budget request seeks $52.9 billion to boost procurement for 12 weapons systems that the Pentagon has classified as critical munitions.

In March, President Donald Trump announced he had met with the CEOs of BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon parent RTX Corp., Boeing, Honeywell, and L3Harris Technologies to discuss boosting their munitions production levels. Weapons produced by the companies—including the Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense systems and offensive weapons like the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile—have featured heavily in the Iran war.

Beyond the immediate material costs to replace weapons and equipment, the Iran war has also disrupted global oil and gas flows out of the Middle East, leading to rising prices for consumers.

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/iran-war-cost-25-billion-first-2-months-pentagon-says

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Congress SHUTS DOWN Hegseth?! $1.5 Trillion War Budget Chaos 😳🔥 Flow Lego | pete hegy hegy

https://youtu.be/_1QVWS4SyUo

Tucker Carlson

Why do neocons consistently act against the interests of the United States?

https://youtu.be/kRPvE8CPub0

>>24556090

Your deflection is lame af

Canadian Education Minister Says Parents Have No Rights Over Their Children

Canada is losing its collective mind. During a recent debate in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Education Minister Brendan Maguire (Progressive Conservative MLA for Halifax Atlantic) responded angrily to concerns about school policies on gender transitioning (without parental notification in many cases) and provincial funding for gender-related medical interventions for minors.

His argument? Parental rights are not a factor and, essentially, do not exist in the eyes of the Canadian government.

The debate was sparked by concerns raised by another MLA about provincial funding for gender-reassignment surgeries for minors, school policies on social transitioning without parental notification, and reporting by groups like the Citizens’ Alliance of Nova Scotia (CANS). Since 2014, Canada has instituted an ever expanding far-left initiative to encourage gender ideology in public schools and prevent parents from knowing about or interfering with this indoctrination.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2048911491814887585

Fox News Media Vice President Fired After Getting Caught on Hidden Camera Bragging About Charging ‘$4,000 Strip Club Bills’ to Fox Corporate Cards

James O'Keefe

@JamesOKeefeIII

CAUGHT ON HIDDEN CAMERA: Fox News Media VP Jason Hermes Brags About Charging ‘$4,000 Strip Club Bills’ to Fox Corporate Cards, Admits to a Stranger, “We Would Just…Lie on the [Fox] Expense Reports—No One’s Gonna F***ing Say a Word to Me,” in Direct Violation of Fox Corporate’s Standards of Business Conduct

“You could take this [Fox Credit Card], walk into a strip club, literally, and spend $4,000…on Fox! Go into your corporate manager and they would sign it and pay it off…it's still like that.“We would just…lie on the [Fox] expense reports—no one’s gonna f***ing say a word to me.”

“It’s the best job, because I'm a celebrity around all of it, but no one knows me. It's like winning the lottery.”

@foxweather

https://x.com/i/status/2049179580980953373

More than 30 guns stolen from Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico Zorro Ranch — but staff stonewalled police probe

Dozens of guns were reportedly stolen from Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in 2018 — but his staff refused to cooperate when police tried to investigate.

Much of the 32-weapon arsenal was stolen from a “very large gun safe” in a garage at the pedo’s mysterious New Mexico property, while some were also snatched from two other buildings on the grounds in August 2018, a New Mexico State Police report obtained by the Santa Fe New Mexican showed.

The buildings had apparently been broken into, with at least one window smashed in the garage. Tire tracks were also found cutting across the desert grounds and leading to a slashed-open fence.

Epstein simply replied “Wild” when informed over email about the break-in.

Reports about the break-in come as New Mexico investigators are in the midst of the first extensive investigation into Zorro Ranch — located south of Santa Fe — which was largely sparked by anonymous allegations that Epstein and his cohorts strangled women to death during “rough fetish sex” on the property and buried their bodies there.

Survivors of Epstein’s abuse have also told tales about hearing talk of bizarre human breeding experiments being conducted on the isolated property.

The burglary happened at Zorro almost a year before Epstein’s suicide in a New York City jail after being arrested for sex trafficking.

His ranch staff reported the break-in to police and catalogued the stolen weapons’ serial numbers — but when police asked for the list and tried to press the investigation, they were suddenly stonewalled.

Staff then refused to provide further details on the break-in over weeks of follow-up from authorities. The investigation was closed after a month due to the staff’s refusal to cooperate, the New Mexican reported.

It remains unclear if Epstein told the staff to not speak to police, but emails released in the FBI’s Epstein Files showed he directed ranch managers to a lawyer.

“Please advise if we are to forward the list of stollen weapons to Office Byrd of NM State Police, so serial numbers extra can be sent to pawn shops, gun shows etc, in the hope that something will turn up,” the manager wrote, with Epstein then referring them to his lawyer.

The stolen weapons included rifles, handguns and antique guns, according to the New Mexican.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/28/us-news/more-than-30-guns-stolen-from-jeffrey-epsteins-new-mexico-zorro-ranch-but-staff-stonewalled-police-probe/

The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) "Statement of Principles" (1997) was signed by prominent neoconservatives and future Bush administration officials, including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Elliott Abrams, Jeb Bush, and William Kristol. Other key signatories included John Bolton, Richard Perle, and Zalmay Khalilzad, advocating for increased military spending and global American leadership

other members list

https://www.reasoned.org/e_PNAC2.htm

Abramowitz, Morton - Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation.

Abrams, Elliot - National Security Council – top advisor on the Middle East. Alumnus of the Heritage Foundation.

History: As Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs under Reagan, was responsible for covering up war crimes committed by the U.S. backed Contras. Was charged in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, and pled to lesser charges. Was later pardoned by Bush Sr. The British media reported Elliot was behind the attempted Chavez coup in Venezuela.

Allen, Richard V. - member: National Security Advisory Board, and the Defense Policy Board. President of the Richard V. Allen Company (consulting firm). Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute.

History: founding chairman for the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. Founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger. Former board member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Assistant to the President for National Security affairs during the Reagan administration, but forced from office over suspected financial misconduct.

Anderson, Mark A. - unable to verify biographical information from multiple sources (other than PNAC involvement).

Armitage, Richard - Deputy Secretary of State.

History: Former board member of CACI, the private military contractor whose employees were responsible for torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration. Named by the government as one of the people guilty of supplying weapons in the Iran Contra Affair, but never charged.

Au, Andrew Y. - unable to verify biographical information from multiple sources (other than PNAC involvement).

Bang-Jensen, Nina - executive director of the Coalition for International Justice.

Bao-Lord, Bette - member of the Council on Foreign Relations (director until 2003). Chairman of Freedom House. Wife of ex-ambassador to China Winston Lord, who is Co-chairman of the International Rescue Committee.

Barnett, Roger - professor at the Naval War College (a government facility).

History: Vice President of the National Institute for Public Policy. Professor at Georgetown University.

Bauer, Gary – founder of the Campaign for Working Families, president of American Values.

History: past president of the Family Research Council. Under Secretary of Education in the Reagan administration.

Bennet, William J. – co-director of Empower America, co-director of Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Distinguished Fellow of the Heritage Foundation. Writer.

History: Secretary of Education under Reagan.

Bergner, Jeffrey - study group member of the Commission on National Security 21st Century. Member of the board of trustees for the Hudson Institute, and the Asia Foundation. His lobbying company represents a number of weapons contractors, among other major corporations.

History: Staff Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the Reagan administration.

Bernstein, Alvin - unable to verify biographical information from multiple sources (other than PNAC involvement).

Bernstein, Robert L. - Professor at the National Defense University (a government facility).

History: worked at the Naval War College (government facility), and in the Defense Department.

Biddle, George - member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Senior Vice President of the International Rescue Committee (allegedly a relief organisation).

Bolton, John R. - Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

History: Senior Vice President of the American Enterprise Institute. Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs for the Department of State under Bush Sr. Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice under Reagan.

Boot, Max - Senior Fellow of the National Security Studies. Contributing Editor for the Weekly Standard.

History: editor of the Wall Street Journal, writer and editor for the Christian Science Monitor.

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