ORGANIZATION

Neo-Conservative think tank.

"The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is the only nonpartisan policy institute dedicated exclusively to promoting pluralism, defending democratic values, and fighting the ideologies that drive terrorism... FDD was founded shortly after 9/11 by a group of visionary philanthropists and policymakers to engage in the worldwide war of ideas and to support the defense of democratic societies under assault by terrorism and Militant Islamism."

In February 2008, all Democratic Party members simultaneously resigned from the foundation after it created an affiliate organization, "Defense of Democracies", to run a political attack advertisement supporting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that broke wiretapping laws.

Official Website:
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary Bauer	Government	4-May-1946		Family Research Council
Donna Brazile	Author	15-Dec-1959		Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager
Eric Cantor	Politician	6-Jun-1963		House Majority Leader, 2011-15
Richard W. Carlson	Diplomat	1941		US Ambassador to the Seychelles, 1991-92
Eliot Engel	Politician	18-Feb-1947		Congressman, New York 17th
Mark Foley	Politician	8-Sep-1954		Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006
Steve Forbes	Business	18-Jul-1947		Owner and publisher of Forbes magazine
Louis Freeh	Government	6-Jan-1950		FBI Director, 1993-2001
Foster Friess	Business	2-Apr-1940		Friess Associates
Frank Gaffney	Columnist	5-Apr-1953		Prominent neocon
Newt Gingrich	Politician	17-Jun-1943		Speaker of the House, 1995-99
Cheryl F. Halpern	Government	?		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
J. D. Hayworth	Politician	12-Jul-1958		Congressman from Arizona, 1995-2007
Max Kampelman	Diplomat	7-Nov-1920	25-Jan-2013	US Ambassador to the CSCE
Paul X. Kelley	Military	11-Nov-1928		28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87
Jack Kemp	Politician	13-Jul-1935	2-May-2009	American politican, football player
Jeane Kirkpatrick	Government	19-Nov-1926	7-Dec-2006	Reagan's UN Ambassador
Charles Krauthammer	Columnist	13-Mar-1950		Washington Post columnist
Bill Kristol	Columnist	23-Dec-1952		Editor of The Weekly Standard
Richard Lamm	Politician	12-Sep-1935		Governor of Colorado, 1975-87
Frank Lautenberg	Politician	23-Jan-1924	3-Jun-2013	US Senator from New Jersey
Joseph Lieberman	Politician	24-Feb-1942		Former US Senator from Connecticut
Jim Marshall	Politician	31-Mar-1948		Congressman from Georgia, 2003-11
Clifford D. May	Activist	c. 1951		Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Andrew C. McCarthy	Pundit	?		National Review Online
Bud McFarlane	Government	12-Jul-1937		Iran-Contra figure
Zell Miller	Politician	24-Feb-1932		US Senator from Georgia, 2000-05
Richard Perle	Government	16-Sep-1941		Prince of Darkness
Chuck Schumer	Politician	23-Nov-1950		US Senator from New York
Victoria Toensing	Pundit	16-Oct-1941		Washington lawyer
Frances Fragos Townsend	Government	28-Dec-1961		White House Homeland Security Advisor 2004-08
James Woolsey	Government	21-Sep-1941		CIA Director, 1993-95
Robert Zubrin	Engineer	c. 1952		Mars Direct

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