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American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a think tank founded in 1943 whose stated mission is to support the "foundations of freedom - limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense." It has emerged as one of the leading architects of the Bush administration's foreign policy. AEI rents space to the Project for the New American Century, one of the leading voices pushing the Bush administration's plan for "regime change" through war in Iraq. AEI reps have also aggressively denied that the war has anything to do with oil.

Personnel

Richard Cohen penned a vociferous response to Congressman Dennis Kucinich's assertion that the war is about oil. He penned a lengthy op-ed piece in The Washington Post explaining the neoconservative idea of World War IV.
Richard Perle serves on the United States Defense Policy Board and the former deputy Secretary of Defense.
Michael Fumento works at AEI.
Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil, is the vice chair of AEI's board of trustees.
Michael Ledeen was previously involved in the transfer of arms to Iran during the Iran-Contra affair -- an adventure that he documented in his book, Perilous Statecraft: An Insider's Account of the Iran-Contra Affair.
Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy and Director of Social and Political Studies at the institute. He has written extensively about the role of faith in government.
Lynne Cheney, the wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, and an AEI senior fellow.
John Lott, Jr. is an opponent of gun control and the author of a book titled "More Guns, Less Crime."
Christina Hoff Sommers is a critic of the feminist movement. She is the author of Who Stole Feminism and The War Against Boys.

Funders

AEI has received more than $30 million in funding from sources including the following:

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
Castle Rock Foundation
Coors
Earhart Foundation
JM Foundation
Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc.
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
Sarah Scaife Foundation
Scaife Family Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation

Contact Information

American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5800
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: info@aei.org
http://www.aei.org

External Links

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Racism
The American Enterprise Institute finds profit in prejudice
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Referenced By

Bork | Christina Hoff Sommers | Robert Bork | Robert H. Bork

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