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Gil Troy: Obama and McCain should employ a muscular centrism

September 29, 2008
US News & World Report

Gil Troy, the author of Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents (Basic Books), a visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and professor of history at McGill University, writes an op-ed on 'sexy centrism'.

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AP: BPC Task Force Releases Report on Iran

September 18, 2008
Associated Press - Barry Schweid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The next president would be wise to make contingency plans for a military attack against Iran, but even a successful strike might not stop Tehran's development of nuclear weapons, a bipartisan study group has concluded.

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Mitchell tackles health care at forum

September 11, 2008
Bangor Daily News

PORTLAND, Maine — Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, a native of Waterville, has accomplished a lot in his high-profile career, including sponsoring landmark federal environmental legislation, helping to bring peace to war-torn Northern Ireland and overseeing a comprehensive investigation into the use of steroids by Major League Base-ball players.

September 1, 2008
Bipartisan Policy Center

Daschle Reaches Across the Aisle
The former Senate Majority Leader on the need for bipartisan cooperation

August 26, 2008
Shawn Zeller, CQ Staff

In the midst of two of the most intensely partisan events of the year, Jason Grumet and Cameron Lynch will go against the grain, preaching bipartisanship to the party faithful gathering in Denver and St. Paul.

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Michael Makovsky, "Iraq's Oil Progress"

August 25, 2008
The Weekly Standard

In this article for The Weekly Standard Michael Makovsky, foreign policy director of the Bipartisan Policy Center, writes about the progress made in Iraq's post-war oil sector and the challenges it faces from U.S. politicians. The article appears in the August 25, 2008 edition of the publication.

August 22, 2008
Western Michigan University News

Western Michigan University Trustee and Alumni Dennis Archer joined the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Transportation Policy Project in August. Archer will co-chair the project with former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton of Washington and former Congressmen Sherwood Boehlert of New York and Martin Olav Sabo of Minnesota.

August 20, 2008
MarketWatch.com

BPC Praises Former Governor Mark Warner for Project Service

August 12, 2008
The American Interest

The Chairs of the National Security Initiative’s lead project -- Professors Ernest May, of Harvard University, and Philip Zelikow, of the University of Virginia -- have published their recommendations for a new American foreign policy framework in the September/October issue of the American Interest.

August 11, 2008
Kansas Public Radio

Health care reform has been a political hot potato for decades. But in the highly-charged atmosphere of the political arena, compromise can be risky. Now, four former majority leaders of the U.S. Senate have come together to try and bridge the political gap, and break the impasse.

August 8, 2008
Ronald Brownstein - National Journal

John McCain has the right idea when he urges an "all of the above" strategy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. So does Barack Obama when he talks about an "all hands on deck" approach. Neither man has produced an agenda that actually meets that standard, but both are moving in the right direction.

August 6, 2008
Lawrence Journal-World Editorial Board

At age 85, former Sen. Bob Dole could write the book on active aging. The former Kansas senator was back in Lawrence on Monday to oversee a discussion on behalf of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Leadership Project on Health Care. The venue was the Dole Institute of Politics, a facility that not only honors Dole’s life and political career but strives to inspire others to follow his example of public service.

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KNSS-AM: Dole: Health Care a Huge Issue

August 5, 2008
KNSS-AM

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole says the next president will have to deal next year with reforming the health care system. Dole, a Russell, Kansas, native who was the Republican presidential nominee in 1996, told a health care forum Monday that, "I really believe the American people are ready. It's going to be on the front burner in January. Whether it's President McCain or President Obama, the time for health care is next year."

August 5, 2008
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Panelists discuss various ideas for reform LAWRENCE — Former Sen. Bob Dole believes one of the first issues Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama will have to address after a fleeting honeymoon as president will be the nation's health care system.

August 5, 2008
KAKE-TV

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole says the next president will have to deal next year with reforming the health care system. Dole told a health care forum Monday: "The time for health care is next year."

August 4, 2008
American Medical News

Washington -- There is no shortage of national health reform plans this year, but only one will come from four former Senate majority leaders.

August 4, 2008
The Kansas City Star

Former senator Bob Dole of Kansas will be back in the state Monday — to listen. He’ll hold an afternoon-long hearing on health-care reform in Lawrence, part of his work for a group called the Bipartisan Policy Center.

August 4, 2008
FOX 4 Kansas City

Bob Dole, the former Senator from Kansas and GOP Presidential nominee, is tackling health care reform. He's doing it with three other former Senate leaders.

Senator Dole came to Lawrence to hear what others say about reviving a health care system on life support. Senator Dole said at the Dole Institute that he thinks in this election year, health care is the hidden issue.

August 3, 2008
KCUR-FM

Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator, will be at the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence today to hear what Kansans have to say about health-care reform. KCUR's Elana Gordon reports.

August 2, 2008
Bill Roy - The Topeka Capitol-Journal

The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics will present a program entitled "Reforming the U.S. Health Care System: Supporting the Role of Individuals." The invitation-only event runs from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Monday, and former Sen. Dole will preside over a series of panels consisting of mostly Midwestern academics, foundation gurus and health administrators.

August 1, 2008
Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Former Sen. Bob Dole is returning to his home state for a forum on health care that's part of a search for bipartisan proposals.

July 31, 2008
Kansas Public Radio

Former Senator Bob Dole will be back at the institute that bears his name for a forum on health reform Monday afternoon. Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has more

July 31, 2008
Lawrence Journal-World

What exactly does health care reform mean?
More accessible doctors? Cheaper treatment?
If nothing else, former Sen. Bob Dole hopes Monday’s health care forum gives political leaders an idea what people think about when they worry about the country’s health care system.

July 29, 2008
Middle East Times

There are very few silver linings to current record-high oil prices — but a more stable future for embattled Iraq may be one of them.

July 25, 2008
Lawrence Journal-World

Former Sen. Bob Dole wants to know what Kansans think about the health care system.

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In Praise of Moderate Presidents

July 14, 2008
US News & World Report

When historian Gil Troy began writing his latest book, Leading From the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents, he feared the American idea of playing to the center was being lost in an age of polarizing, "my way or the highway" politics.

July 11, 2008
The National Journal

Congress has had its hands full with the mad dash to wrap up major legislation, but proposals to revamp health care and make it more accessible and affordable are taking shape as lawmakers and their staffs gear up for a healthcare overhaul in the near future.

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Iraq's Complicated Oil Fields

July 10, 2008
The Washington Independent

In mid-June, Iraq's oil minister, Husain Shahristani, announced that he would grant no-bid development contracts for Iraq's oil fields to Western oil giants.

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American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot

July 6, 2008
The New York Times

JUST three years ago, with oil trading at a seemingly frothy $66 a barrel, David J. O’Reilly made what many experts considered a risky bet.

June 18, 2008
Financial Times

Devoid of American participation, the international market in carbon dioxide emissions is a partly formed creature whose health remains uncertain.

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Health care: Choice or mandate

June 17, 2008
Dividedwefail.org

The event addressed the question - health care: choice or mandate? - moving past rhetoric to real solutions to our health care crisis.

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Climate Security Act- Nightly Business Report

June 2, 2008
NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT

A discussion on the Climate Security Act. Paul Bledsoe and John Rowe are featured.

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McMenamin in the National Journal

May 31, 2008
National Journal

Eileen McMenamin is the new communications director for the Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank and advocacy organization that pursues nonpartisan policies.

May 31, 2008
Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers could reap a $24.5 billion paycheck every year from low-carbon practices like collecting methane from livestock and using low-till crop methods if the U.S. Congress passes a bill to cut U.S. emissions of heat-trapping gases, according to a report to be released on Monday.

May 22, 2008
Energy Daily

A revised version of greenhouse gas cap-and-trade legislation set for Senate floor debate in early June includes a new provision aimed at containing industry compliance costs...

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Mentions of Eileen McMenamin

May 21, 2008
Bipartisan Policy Center

Mentions of Eileen McMenamin joining the Bipartisan Policy Center in Politico, Media Bistro, Potomac Flacks, and Hotline's Wake-up Call.

May 12, 2008
Send2Press

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Eisenhower Fellowships has announced that it will present the 2008 Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service to former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell.

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Mitchell tackles U.S. health care

May 7, 2008
Bangor Daily News

If ever there were a time for high-level intervention in the debate over reforming the American health care system, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine says, this is it.

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Former senators tackle health issues

April 16, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Between them, they helped negotiate peace in Northern Ireland, investigated the extent of steroid use in baseball and instigated broad changes in veteran's health care.

April 16, 2008
The Hill

Four former Senate majority leaders have joined forces to form the latest bipartisan group taking aim at healthcare reform — a movement they expect to be led by the next president.

April 7, 2008
Paul Bledsoe

(Washington, D.C.) – The Wildlife Management Institute joined by eight of the nation’s leading hunting and fishing membership organizations, today released a new report – Seasons’ End; Global Warming’s Threat to Hunting and Fishing – detailing the predicted impacts of climate change on the fish and wildlife habitat and the future of hunting and fishing in the United States.

February 26, 2008
Bipartisan Policy Center

Former Senator Slade Gorton, Former Congressmen Sherwood Boehlert and Martin Sabo and Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner to Discuss Road Map to Transportation Policy Reform

February 15, 2008
Michael Makovsky

IT HAS BEEN WIDELY reported since Super Tuesday that John McCain has effectively sewn up the Republican nomination for president but must still convince enough American conservatives that he stands as heir to Ronald Reagan. This poses an obstacle to his election in November.

January 16, 2008
Tennessean.com

The evening began with a definition of civility, and it ended with a question: "Can someone win a national election without attacking his or her opponent's character?"

January 16, 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press

NASHVILLE -- Former U.S. Senate leaders Bob Dole and Tom Daschle and Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen agreed Tuesday that American political discourse has become less civil, but they expressed hope that the national dialogue soon may change.

January 15, 2008
knoxnews.com

NASHVILLE - Gov. Phil Bredesen and two former U.S. Senate majority leaders voiced general agreement Tuesday that the modern media can be faulted for an apparent decline in the civility of political discourse.

January 5, 2008
Bipartisan Policy Center

WASHINGTON DC: Former Senate Majority Leaders Baker, Daschle, Dole and Mitchell today announced that the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) - a policy driven organization the four leaders founded last year - is establishing the National Transportation Policy Project which will focus on creating a new, pragmatic vision for U.S. transportation policy.

December 17, 2007
David Makovsky, Simon Henderson, and Michael Makovsky

By: David Makovsky, Simon Henderson, and Michael Makovsky

Source: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Date: 12/14/07

On December 17, a donor conference will convene in Paris with the goal of bolstering Palestinian governance in the West Bank -- the first such meeting since the 2006 Stockholm conference.

December 12, 2007
Bipartisan Policy Center

January 13-15, 2007 - Emil Frankel, BPC’s Director of Transportation Policy will be participating on three panels during the 87th Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to be held in Washington, DC. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, Panelist in a workshop titled, “Emerging Debate About New Systems for Transportation Finance and Funding Approaches for the Future,” 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Washington Hilton, Lincoln East Room; Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, Moderator for a panel on “Reauthorization and Climate Change: Federal, State, and Local Roles,” 1:30 PM to 3:15 PM, Washington Hilton, Lincoln West Room; Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, Discussant for a panel on “Goods Movement: Using Economics,” 8 AM to 9:45 AM. Washington Hilton Frankel served as the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy for the U.S. Department of Transportation from 2002 to 2005 under...

December 11, 2007
Bipartisan Policy Center

January 15, 2007 - Joshua Schank, BPC’s Director of Transportation Research for the National Transportation Policy Project, will be speaking at the Transportation Research Board’s 87th Annual Meeting. His presentation titled, “Freight Transportation Planning: Benchmarking and Best Practices,” will take place from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Hemisphere Room at the Washington Hilton. He will also be presenting a poster session on that same topic from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Monday, January 14th in the International Center of the Washington Hilton. Schank served as Transportation Policy Advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton. He previously worked as a consultant with Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the world’s largest transportation planning and engineering firms.

October 31, 2007
21st Century Agriculture Policy Project

Presentations and reports from the Sept. 24 meeting on Agricultural Carbon Markets

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Commentary: Protecting Iraq's Oil

August 16, 2007
Wall Street Journal

Author: Michael Makovsky

Source: Wall Street Journal

Date: 08/16/07

The expected withdrawal of British forces from southern Iraq highlights a critical but little discussed aspect of the conflict: The security of the southern oil sector, which is essential to Iraqi stability and important to the international oil market.

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Oil's Not Well in Iraq

March 19, 2007
Michael Makovsky

By: Michael Makovsky

Source: Weekly Standard

03/19/07

Volume 012, Issue 22

On March 27, 2003, Paul Wolfowitz, then deputy secretary of defense, predicted that Iraq's oil revenue would "finance" its reconstruction and do so "relatively soon." With wise investment and management, Wolfowitz might have been right. Even though its oil sector accounts for 95 percent of the Iraqi state's revenue and is essential to the country's ability to one day pay its own way, the United States has yet to make a serious effort to boost the Iraqi oil industry, which controls the second or third largest reserves (mostly undeveloped) in the world. President George W. Bush's recent Iraq plan is no better in this regard.

March 6, 2007
Ernest R. May

By: Ernest May
Source: Bipartisan Policy Center

Reminiscing about Gerald Ford, Washington veterans marveled at how much less acrimonious were relations between Republicans and Democrats during his presidency, despite the Vietnam War and Watergate.

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