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| − | '''Foundation for Defense of Democracies''' is an “aggressive neoconservative think tank”<ref> Daniel McCarthy, [http://www.amconmag.com/article/2003/nov/17/00017/. The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies goes on offense.], ''The American Conservative'', 17-November-2003, Accessed 01-April-2009</ref>. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization was founded two days after the September 11th attack in 2001.<ref>DefendDemrocacy.Com, [http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=516504&Itemid=374 About Us], Accessed 01-April-2009</ref>Bush used FDD as a platform for the launch of his National Security Strategy 2006, putting to rest all the speculations about a break with neoconservatives in the aftermath of the Iraq war.<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8703 Bush Reaffirms Ties With Leading Neocons], 15-March-2006, Accessed 01-April-2009</ref>.
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| − | In its own words, it “uniquely combines policy research, democracy training, strategic communications, and investigative journalism. We focus our efforts where opinions are formed and, ultimately, where the war of ideas will be won or lost: in the media, on college campuses, and in the policy community, at home and abroad.”<ref>DefendDemrocacy.Com, [http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=516504&Itemid=374 About Us], Accessed 01-April-2009</ref>
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| − | Founding members and advisors include prominent conservatives such as [[Steve Forbes]], [[Jack Kemp]], [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], [[Newt Gingrich]], and former [[CIA]] director [[James Woolsey]]. The group also includes prominent Zionist Democrats such as [[Frank Lautenberg]], [[Charles Schumer]], [[Joseph Lieberman]] and [[Donna Brazile]].<ref>www.DefendDemocracy.com, [http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_fddbios&Itemid=326 Our Team], Leadership Council, Accessed 01-April-2009</ref>
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| − | *Rightweb, [http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1475.html Foundation for Defense of Democracies]
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| − | *Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Foundation_for_the_Defense_of_Democracies Foundation for Defense of Democracies]
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| − | *Spinprofiles [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Foundation_for_Defense_of_Democracies Foundation for Defense of Democracies]
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| − | ==Notes==
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