Résumé:

Chairman of the Project for the Republican Future, a conservative think tank; chief of staff for Secretary of Education William Bennett during the Reagan administration and for Vice President Dan Quayle during the President George H.W. Bush administration. Recipient of a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, Kristol taught politics at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

William Kristol McClean, Va.

Co-founder and editor of the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard; Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times.

Power/Influence:

A consistent and unequivocal supporter of a hard line in the war on terror, including advocating victory in the Iraq war. Kristol also works behind the scenes with several conservative organizations and think tanks, becoming a prime mover in shaping GOP policy in the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Role in Campaign ’08:

A foreign policy adviser to McCain’s campaign.

Who Knew: Steered the unsuccessful 1988 U.S.
Senate campaign of Alan Keyes — his former graduate school roommate.

 

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