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The '''Aspen Institute''', founded in 1950 by businessman [[Walter Paepcke]], is a neoconservative think tank. One of its activities is to foster young zionists who are then mentored and placed in policy positions. It also funds zionist activities around the US.  
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The '''Aspen Institute''' is a think tank founded in 1950 by businessman [[Walter Paepcke]] in Aspen, Colorado.
  
 
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The Aspen Institute also has funded travel by US policy makers to conferences, events, where neocons propound their policy wishes.  Several US Congressmen have been sponsored to attend conferences on "terror" and related topics.<ref>Kimberly Geiger, Chronicle Washington Bureau [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/15/MNGA4LPP3B1.DTL&type=printable Steep drop in travel spending after congressional scandals, $1.34 million this year, down from $3.9 million in 2003], Sunday, October 15, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle
 
The Aspen Institute also has funded travel by US policy makers to conferences, events, where neocons propound their policy wishes.  Several US Congressmen have been sponsored to attend conferences on "terror" and related topics.<ref>Kimberly Geiger, Chronicle Washington Bureau [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/15/MNGA4LPP3B1.DTL&type=printable Steep drop in travel spending after congressional scandals, $1.34 million this year, down from $3.9 million in 2003], Sunday, October 15, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle
 
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==Don't mention Israel==
 
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[[Anatol Lieven]] relates about the Aspen Institute:
 
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:The writer Anatol Lieven says he reluctantly took on the issue after 9/11 as a matter of "duty"--when the Carnegie Endowment, where he was a senior associate, asked him to. "I knew bloody well it would bring horrible unpopularity.... All my personal loyalties are the other way. I've literally dozens of Jewish friends; I have no Palestinian friends." Lieven says he was a regular at the Aspen Institute till he brought up the issue. "I got kicked out of Aspen.... In early 2002 they held a conference on relations with the Muslim world. For two days nobody mentioned Israel. Finally, I said, 'Look, this is a Soviet-style debate. Whatever you think about this issue, the entire Muslim world is shouting about it.' I have never been asked back."<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060515&s=weiss Ferment Over 'The Israel Lobby'] by PHILIP WEISS, from the May 15, 2006 issue, The Nation </ref>
 
  
 
==People==
 
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*[[Charles Powell]]
 
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* [[John  P  Mascotte]] is reported in 2008 to be Trustee Emeritus of The [[Aspen Institute]]<ref> Wyeth [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=78193&p=irol-govBio&ID=40913 John P Mascotte] Accessed 6th February 2008</ref>. He also serves on the Board of Directors for [[Wyeth]] pharmaceutical company, is a Director (and Chairman of the Audit Committees) for [[Hallmark Cards Inc.]] and [[Crown Media Holdings Inc.]] He is Chairman of [[Common Cents Inc.]] (a non-profit organisation focused on the social development of children in U.S. primary schools)  and is a Trustee of the [[Hall Foundation]]. Mascotte is also the Vice Chairman of the [[Aspen Community Foundation]] and is a member of the Board of the <i>[[National Catholic Reporter]]</i>. Mascotte's previous involvements include serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] of Kansas City (1997-2001), prior to this he served as Chairman of [[Johnson and Higgins]] of Missouri (from 1996) and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The [[Continental Corporation]] (1983-1995). Mascotte is also a former Trustee of The [[New York Public Library]] and the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]] in New York City.
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* [[John  P  Mascotte]] is a Trustee Emeritus of The Aspen Institute<ref> Wyeth [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=78193&p=irol-govBio&ID=40913 John P Mascotte] Accessed 6th February 2008</ref>.  
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* [[Vin Weber]] - Chief Executive Officer of lobbying firm [[Clark & Weinstock]] is on the Board of the Aspen Institute (where he serves on the Institute’s Middle East Strategy Group)<ref>Clark & Weinstock [http://www.clarkandweinstock.com/vin_weber.html Vin Weber] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>.
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* [[Vin Weber]] - Chief Executive Officer of lobbying firm [[Clark & Weinstock]] is reported to be on the Board of the [[Aspen Institute]] (where he serves on the Institute’s Middle East Strategy Group)<ref>Clark & Weinstock [http://www.clarkandweinstock.com/vin_weber.html Vin Weber] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. Vin is also Chairman of the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], serves on the Board of The [[Council on Foreign Relations]], is a member of the U.S. Secretary of Defense’s [[Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee]], serves on the U.S. Secretary of State’s [[Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion]], is a senior fellow at the [[Humphrey Institute]] at the [[University of Minnesota]] (where he is co-director of the Policy Forum) and is on the Board of [[ITT Educational Services]] and The [[Lenox Group]]. He is also Policy Chairman of [[Romney for President Inc.]] (overseeing all policy development for Governor [[Mitt Romney]]).
 
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Weber served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993 and according to his biography,
 
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:'Vin is one of the most prominent and successful strategists in the Republican Party and enjoys strong bipartisan relationships across the Legislative and Executive branches of government. He serves as a trusted advisor to senior officials in the Administration and on Capitol Hill, and has counseled numerous Presidential campaigns'.
 
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Weber previously co-chaired a major 'independent' task force on U.S. Policy Toward Reform in the Arab World with former U.S. Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]]. Prior to 1994, Vin was president and co-director of [[Empower America]] a public policy advocacy group alongside other co-directors [[Jack Kemp]], [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] and [[Bill Bennett]]. He was a member of the [[Appropriations Committee]] and an elected member of the [[House Republican Leadership]] and prior to this was campaign manager and chief Minnesota aide to Senator [[Rudy Boschwitz]] (1978-1980)
 
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Weber is a contributing columnist to <i>The Hill</i> newspaper and was the publisher of The [[Murray County Herald]] from 1976-1978. He has featured in numerous national publications, including The <i>[[New York Times]]</i>, The <i>[[Wall Street Journal]]</i>, The <i>[[Washington Post]]</i>, The <i>[[Los Angeles Times]]</i>, the <i>[[Associated Press]]</i>, <i>[[National Journal]]</i> and The <i>[[New Republic]]</i>. He has also appeared on [[NBC’s Nightly News]], The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on [[PBS]], [[ABC]]’s This Week, the [[CBS]] Early Show, [[Fox News Channel]], [[CNN]] and [[MSNBC]].
 
  
 
==Related organisations==
 
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*[[Aspen Strategy Group]]
 
*[[Aspen Institute Berlin]]
 
*[[Aspen Institute Berlin]]
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*[[Aspen Institute Italy]]
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*[[Aspen Institute India]]
  
 
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[[Category: Think Tanks]]

Latest revision as of 12:09, 22 November 2011

The Aspen Institute is a think tank founded in 1950 by businessman Walter Paepcke in Aspen, Colorado.

Activities

The Aspen Institute organizes lectures on the preferred topics currently in vogue among neocon circles: relationship between Islam and terror, Iran and nuclear weapons, etc.

Travel

The Aspen Institute also has funded travel by US policy makers to conferences, events, where neocons propound their policy wishes. Several US Congressmen have been sponsored to attend conferences on "terror" and related topics.[1]

People

Presidents

Members

  • John P Mascotte is a Trustee Emeritus of The Aspen Institute[3].
  • Vin Weber - Chief Executive Officer of lobbying firm Clark & Weinstock is on the Board of the Aspen Institute (where he serves on the Institute’s Middle East Strategy Group)[4].

Related organisations

Contact, Resources, References

Contact

Website: www.aspeninstitute.org

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Kimberly Geiger, Chronicle Washington Bureau Steep drop in travel spending after congressional scandals, $1.34 million this year, down from $3.9 million in 2003, Sunday, October 15, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle
  2. ↑ The Aspen Institute: Milestones.
  3. ↑ Wyeth John P Mascotte Accessed 6th February 2008
  4. ↑ Clark & Weinstock Vin Weber Accessed 20th March 2008
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