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Name: William Kristol, PhD

Title: Co-founder and Chairman, Project for the New American Century

Position: Pro to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"

Reasoning:

"It is fashionable to sneer at the moral case for liberating an Iraqi people long brutalized by Saddam's rule. Critics insist mere oppression was not sufficient reason for war, and in any case that it was not Bush's reason. In fact, of course, it was one of Bush's reasons, and the moral and humanitarian purpose provided a compelling reason for a war to remove Saddam."

"The Right War for the Right Reasons," Project for the New American Century, Feb. 27, 2004

Credibility
Ranking:
 Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.

Involvement:
  • Co-founder and Chairman, Project for the New American Century, 1997-present
  • Co-founder and Editor, The Weekly Standard, 1995-present
  • Chief of Staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, 1988-1992
  • Chief of Staff to Secretary of Education William Bennett, 1985-1988
  • Faculty, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1983-1985
  • Faculty, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-1983

Education:
  • PhD, Political Science, Harvard University, 1979
  • AB, Harvard University, 1973

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Political Corespondent, FOX News
  • Board Member, Manhattan Institute
  • Board Member, John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs
  • Board Member, Shalem Foundation

Contact Info:
Phone: 202-293-4983     Fax: 202-293-4572
E-Mail: project@newamericancentury.org
Web Site: www.newamericancentury.org/williamkristolbio.htm

Other: Select Publications:
  • "Inside Iraq," TIME, Aug. 9, 2007
  • Cowritten with Robert Kagan, "A Perfect Failure: The Iraq Study Group Has Reached a Consensus," The Weekly Standard, Dec. 11, 2006
  • Cowritten with Lawrence F. Kaplan, The War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission, 2003
  • Co-edited with Robert Kagan, Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign Policy, 2000
  • The Neoconservative Imagination, 1995
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