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List of people described as neoconservatives

This is a list of prominent public figures frequently referred to as neoconservatives. Classifications of this sort are often disputed (see the neoconservative page for a discussion of the terms' controversies), so any listing here should not be taken as definitive.

Public Sector

  • Elliott Abrams, Senior director, National Security Council; son-in-law of Norman Podhoretz.
  • Kenneth Adelman , member of Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, former member of Reagan administration as hawkish arms control expert.
  • John Bolton, Undersecretary of State. Candidate to be U.N. Ambassador. Accused during confirmation process of abusing subordinates and politicizing intelligence reports.
  • Stephen Cambone, first Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence, Rumsfeld protege.
  • Linda Chavez, Hispanic Republican Cabinet Appointee.
  • Eliot Cohen, member Defense Policy Board.
  • Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy since 2001, responsible for planning the occupation of Iraq. Resignation announced in January 2005.
  • Larry Franklin, Feith lieutenant being investigated for passing government secrets to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Israeli Embassy Officials.
  • Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History and Our Posthuman Future, advocate of cautious and regulated approach to bio-technology on the President's Council on Bioethics. Critic of the Iraq war and some fellow neoconservatives - including Charles Krauthammer.
  • I. Lewis Libby, a.k.a Scooter Libby, Chief of Staff to the Vice President. Suspected of revealing the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame as a political reprisal against her husband.
  • William J. Luti , Deputy Undersecretary of Defense.
  • Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Former Democratic Senator, controversial U.N. Ambassador, and advisor to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Associated with the early days of the movement.
  • Harold Rhode , Foreign Affairs Specialist, Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  • Abram Shulsky , Director Office of Special Plans.
  • Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank as of June 2005. Deputy Secretary of Defense 2001-2005, a major advocate for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • David Wurmser , Office of the Vice President, Middle East Adviser.
  • Dov Zakheim, former Comptroller, Department of Defense.

Private Sector

External Links

  • Conservative National Review Online essays on Neoconservatism, Part One and Part Two.
Last updated: 05-23-2005 05:51:06