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1998 PNAC Letter to President Clinton on Iraq
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Status
Draft
Country
United States
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Open Letter to President Clinton on Iraq PolicyPNAC Iraq Letter
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neoconservatismIraqregime changeSaddam HusseinIraq Liberation Act
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Publication Type
Memo
Publisher
Project for the New American Century
Published Date
1/26/1998
Authors
Elliott AbramsRichard ArmitageWilliam J. BennettJeffrey T. BergnerJohn BoltonPaula DobrianskyFrancis FukuyamaDonald KaganRobert KaganZalmay M. KhalilzadWilliam KristolRichard N. PerlePeter W. RodmanDonald RumsfeldHenry S. RowenPaul WolfowitzR. James WoolseyGeorge Weigel
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About
An open letter dated January 26, 1998, from the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) to President Bill Clinton, criticizing U.S. Iraq policy as ineffective and urging the removal of Saddam Hussein from power as a vital national interest. The signers called for a new strategy enunciating regime change as the objective, bipartisan Congressional support with dedicated funding, and readiness to use U.S. military force. It highlighted failures of containment, sanctions, and inspections, warning of Saddam's WMD threats. Signed by 18 prominent neoconservatives and future Bush officials, it foreshadowed post-9/11 Iraq policy debates and the 2003 invasion.
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Zalmay Khalilzad
authored
Zalmay Khalilzad was a signatory of the influential 1998 PNAC letter, which explicitly called for the use of 'diplomatic, political and military efforts' to remove Saddam Hussein. This letter is a key document articulating the neoconservative push for regime change in Iraq that preceded the 2003 invasion.
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2003 invasion of Iraq
The letter foreshadowed the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
1/1/2003
PNAC Letter to President Clinton on Iraq
An open letter from the Project for the New American Century to President Bill Clinton criticizing U.S. Iraq policy as ineffective and urging the removal of Saddam Hussein from power as a vital national interest.
1/26/1998