MoJo: The Jeb Bush Adviser Who Should Scare You

The Jeb Bush Adviser Who Should Scare You

By David Corn

Last week, Jeb Bush, the all-but-announced GOP presidential candidate, stirred up a fuss when he privately told a group of Manhattan financiers that his top adviser on US-Israeli policy is George W. Bush. Given that Jeb has tried mightily to distance himself from his brother, whose administration used false assertions to launch the still highly unpopular Iraq War, this touting of W.—even at a behind-closed-doors session of Republican donors—seemed odd. But perhaps more noteworthy is that Jeb Bush has embraced much of his brother's White House foreign policy team. In February, his campaign released a list of 21 foreign policy advisers; 17 of them served in the George W. Bush administration. And one name stood out: Paul Wolfowitz, a top policy architect of the Iraq War—for the prospect of Wolfowitz whispering into Jeb's ear ought to scare the bejeezus out of anyone who yearns for a rational national security policy. [READ MORE]

 

 

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THIS WEEK'S NEWS ROUNDUP

The Amtrak Crash Hasn't Stopped Republicans From Trying to Cut Its Funding

This week, an Amtrak train traveling from Washington, DC, to New York City derailed in Philadelphia while going 100-plus miles per hour, killing at least seven and wounding many more. The technology to stop the train hadn't been installed yet. But that didn't stop Republicans from cutting the increasingly popular railway's funding.

Marco Rubio touted his neocon bonafides, while his strict Cuba policy might be alienating young Cuban American voters.

And in other news, Alan Grayson called a reporter a "shitting robot." Happy Friday. [READ MORE]

 

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The US Military's Sexual-Assault Problem Is So Bad the UN Is Getting Involved

By Jenna McLaughlin

The US military has a problem with sexual violence. That's the conclusion of the Universal Periodic Review Panel, a UN panel that aims to address the human rights records of the 193 UN member states. This is the second time that the panel has scrutinized the United States; the first was in 2010, when the list of concerns included detention in Guantanamo Bay, torture, the death penalty, and access to health care. Its latest report came out Monday morning, and there was a surprising addition to the predictable laundry list of US human rights violations. [READ MORE]