Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abramsis a former American diplomat, lawyer and political scientist who served in foreign policy positions for U.S. Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Abrams was convicted for withholding information from Congress about the Iran-Contra affair while serving for Reagan, but pardoned by President George H. W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth24 January 1948
CountryUnited States of America
egypt rights democracy
During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.
mean winter years
Today's status symbol is the Palm Pilot; tomorrow's is not having one, because you have a whole staff keeping track of you. It's like a winter coat in Washington: The ultimate status symbol isn't cashmere, it's no coat at all on the snowiest day of the year - because that means you have a car and driver waiting for you, so why do you need a coat?
way states palestinian
The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it.
egypt anchors long
The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.
christian attention world
Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.
effort united-states should
When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.
mean white giving
What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.
gaps analyzing pundits
Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require.
order israel decision
There is no way around the contradictions and dangers inherent in Israel's decision to free over 1,000 prisoners in order to liberate Gilad Shalit.
government people firsts
Moammar Gaddafi, who has called himself the 'Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,' should go down in history with the Emperor Bokassa and Idi Amin as a grotesque reminder of why people have the right to change their government.
depicted extended relations
U.S.-Israel relations are often depicted as an extended honeymoon, but that's a false image.
There are no Muslim ghettos in the U.S.
amuse apparently attacking european history people
Scandinavia is boring. People living there apparently have little to do. And as European history teaches, when there is nothing much to do, you may as well amuse yourself by attacking the Jews.
congress gone individual members private pushed thousands unnoticed
Thousands of members of Congress have come and gone over the years, their individual achievements hidden in committee reports, private compromises, amendments pushed through or blocked, and innumerable, unnoticed meetings.