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CIAO DATE: 02/04
Foreign Policy
Revenge of the Clintonites
If a Democrat ousts U.S. President George W. Bush in November's election, what would the nation's new foreign policy look like? Take a glance back to the Clinton White House for a clue.
Top hands from former President Bill Clinton's ship stand out among the leading candidates' foreign-policy advisors. According to the names FP obtained from several campaigns, former U.S. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger is one of the most prominent gurus, simultaneously advising four candidates.
Some presidential hopefuls, such as retired Gen. Wesley Clark, whose campaign struggled to provide the names of even three advisors, seem to prefer keeping their kitchen cabinets small. Sen. John Kerry, on the other hand, coughed up more than a dozen names, many of whom are regional experts who meet weekly in what one Kerry advisor calls "a mini or shadow NSC [National Security Council]."
Of course, these associations do not necessarily imply formal endorsements. See the complete list of all names released to FP by each campaign below:
Wesley Clark
Sandy Berger — national security advisor under President Bill Clinton
Richard Holbrooke — ambassador to the United Nations under Clinton
Jamie Rubin — assistant secretary of state under Clinton
Howard Dean
Madeleine Albright — secretary of state under Clinton
Dan Benjamin — National Security Council counterterrorism official under Clinton
Sandy Berger — national security advisor under Clinton
Ashton Carter — assistant secretary of defense under Clinton
Jimmy Carter — 39th president of the United States
Ivo Daalder — director for European affairs at the National Security Council under Clinton
Leon Fuerth — national security advisor to Clinton's vice president, Al Gore
Gen. Joseph Hoar (ret.) — former commander of U.S. Central Command
Lionel Johnson — deputy assistant secretary of the treasury under Clinton
Frank Kramer — assistant secretary of defense under Clinton
Anthony Lake —national security advisor under Clinton
Susan Rice —assistant secretary of state for African affairs under Clinton
Dennis Ross — special Middle East representative under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Clinton
Danny Sebright — former director of the policy executive secretariat at the Department of Defense
Wendy Sherman — special advisor to Clinton on North Korea
John Edwards
Ron Asmus — senior trans-atlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Sandy Berger — national security advisor under Clinton
Kurt Campbell — deputy assistant secretary of defense under Clinton
Larry Diamond — senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Richard Holbrooke — ambassador to the United Nations under Clinton
Michael McFaul — senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Dick Gephardt
Graham Allison — assistant secretary of defense under Clinton
Lee Hamilton — director Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and former U.S. representative
Rep. Jane Harman — ranking member, House Intelligence Committee
Richard Holbrooke — ambassador to the United Nations under Clinton
Swanee Hunt — U.S. ambassador to Austria under Clinton
Robert Hunter — U.S. ambassador to NATO under Clinton
Martin Indyk — U.S. ambassador to Israel under Clinton
Rep. Tom Lantos — ranking member, House Foreign Relations Committee
Michael O'Hanlon — senior fellow for foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution
Felix Rohatyn — U.S. ambassador to France under President Clinton
Rep. Ike Skelton — ranking member, House Armed Services Committee
George Soros — philanthropist
Rep. John Spratt — member, House Armed Services Committee
John Kerry
Rand Beers — former special assistant to President George W. Bush for combating terrorism
Rand Beers — former special assistant to President George W. Bush for combating terrorism
Nelson Cunningham — special advisor to Clinton for Latin American affairs
Dan Feldman — member of the National Security Council under Clinton
Gary Hart — former U.S. senator
Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy — former deputy Army chief of staff for intelligence
William Perry — secretary of defense under Clinton
Joe Wilson — member of the National Security Council under Clinton
Jonathan Winer — deputy assistant secretary of state under Clinton
Jon Wolfsthal — former nonproliferation policy advisor, Department of Energy
Lee Wolosky — former director for transnational threats at the National Security Council under Clinton and George W. Bush
Joe Lieberman
Sandy Berger — national security advisor under Clinton
Mark Brzezinski —member of the National Security Council under Clinton
Ashton Carter — former assistant secretary of defense under Clinton
William Danvers — National Security Council's senior director for legislative affairs under Clinton
Martin Indyk — U.S. ambassador to Israel under Clinton
Steven Nider — director of foreign and security studies at the Progressive Policy Institute
Adm. William Owens (ret.) — former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Foreign policy advisors to the leading 2004 Democratic presidential contenders
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