Author Archives: Lexington Institute
Issue #10 “Transition” With the world’s attention focused on political change in Iraq, the Bush Administration is making plans for a transition closer to home, in Cuba.
The Administration has created a commission to devise methods to hasten a transition to democracy in [Read More...]
Submarines – Weapons of Choice in Future Warfare Research StudyThe cover of the ninth and last edition of “Soviet Military Power,” published by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1990, featured a picture of a Delta IV ballistic missile submarine. This formidable weapon system epitomized the profound [Read More...]
Robert Severns Receives Lexington Leadership Award for 2003 Rare for an engineer, Robert Severns had a real nose for politics and policy. And rare for a retired businessman, he was extremely ambitious politically.
From 1993 until his death in 2003, he launched a frontal attack on two of [Read More...]
Issue #9 President Bush Courts Old Miami The Cuba policy remarks President Bush delivered last Friday were more notable for their embrace of Miami’s most hard-line, first-generation segment of the Cuban exile community than for their relatively modest substance.
First-generation exiles, grouped today in organizations such as [Read More...]
India: The Potential Ally Issue BriefIt would be an overstatement to call India an ally of the United States, although they have flirted with that status. At least, India is not the kind of ally that we can currently rely upon to put [Read More...]
Australia: The Proven Ally Issue BriefU.S. Deputy Secretary Rich Armitage put it best back in July, when he said “Australia punches above its weight.” For decades Australia has been a proven and reliable American ally. They are the only country to have fought [Read More...]
Issue #8 Miami Counterpoint The Cuba debate permeates South Florida every day, but it took an unusual turn last Saturday when the Bush Administration, having learned that a summit of pro-engagement groups would take place at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, convened its [Read More...]
Eleven Former BRAC Commissioners Endorse Plan to Close Unneeded Postal Facilities Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release – October 1, 2003
Arlington, Virginia – In a letter to Congressional leaders, eleven former Commissioners who served on the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission endorsed a new plan to apply the BRAC model [Read More...]
Issue #7 Testimony to Senate Finance Committee Statement of Philip Peters
Vice President, Lexington Institute
before the Committee on Finance
United States Senate
September 4, 2003
Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee:
Thank you for inviting me to testify on a subject of great importance to American [Read More...]
Choice Plan Would Benefit All Washington, DC Schoolchildren Issue BriefA plan proposed by President Bush, and developed with the support and guidance of prominent District of Columbia leaders, would offer up to $7,500 to low-income Washington, DC parents to choose a school for their children. Recent surveys [Read More...]