WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With President Bush's approval ratings in a swan dive, progressives -- for the first time since 9/11 changed U.S. politics -- finally have a chance to be heard on national security. What will they say? Instead of falling back on easy criticisms of the administration's blunders in Iraq, a new Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) book argues that progressives should seize the moment by proposing a comprehensive agenda for winning the war against jihadist terrorism -- an agenda rooted in the tough-minded, internationalist tradition of Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy.
The book, With All Our Might: A Progressive Strategy for Defeating Jihadism and Defending Liberty (Rowman & Littlefield), edited by PPI President Will Marshall, includes essays by 19 top Democratic foreign policy and national security experts. It was released at a National Press Club event on Tuesday, May 9, with featured speakers including Sen. Evan Bayh, former Gov. Mark Warner, and a panel of top Democratic foreign policy experts.
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Will Marshall, PPI president and editor, With All Our Might
Mark Warner, former governor of Virginia
Senator Evan Bayh, Indiana
"Idea of the Week: A Progressive Strategy For Defeating Jihadism,"
New Dem Dispatch, May 8, 2006
"Democratic Hawks Urge Foreign Policy First"
Ron Fournier, Associated Press Newswires, May 9, 2006.
"Democrats urged to challenge Bush on security,"
John Whitesides, Reuters, May 9, 2006.
"Centrist Democrats Urge Party Policy With Muscle,"
Dan Balz, The Washington Post, May 10, 2006.
Former Gov. Mark Warner addresses the audience.
PPI President Will Marshall looks on as Sen. Evan Bayh discusses the new book.
A panel of authors describe themes from With All Our Might.
