New America in the News: 2008

New America staff and fellows appear regularly on radio and television, and are frequently quoted in media outlets of all types. A selection of that coverage is available below.

Obama's National Security Team | WABC's 'Curtis Sliwa Show'

December 2, 2008

Brian Till appeared Dec. 1 on WABC's "Curtis Sliwa Show" to discuss President-elect Obama's decision to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as his Secretary of State. Till also discussed Obama's other national security team picks; an MP3 recording of the interview is available below.

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US takes ‘War of Ideas’ to Social Networking Websites | Daily Times

December 2, 2008
... to follow productive paths that lead away from terrorism,” Glassman said in a speech at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think-tank. ...
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Stable Job Hoppers | California Job Journal

December 1, 2008
... even those at the top, are at much greater risk of economic reversals than they used to be," wrote Jacob Hacker, professor of political science at Yale. ...
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Obama National-Security Team 'Covers the Bases' for New Policy | Bloomberg

December 1, 2008
The activists needn't worry, said Steve Clemons, an analyst at the Washington-based New America Foundation. Obama retains the final say, and appointing ...
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US to Use Web 2.0 to Win "War of Ideas" | AFP

December 1, 2008
... to follow productive paths that lead away from terrorism," Glassman said in a speech at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think-tank. ...
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Bloggers Split on National Security Team | NationalJournal.com

December 1, 2008
Steve Clemons thinks that Clinton is "going to push women's rights, democracy, human rights, poverty reduction and the like -- but I think she is going to ...
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Clinton Joins Obama's Team of Rivals | BBC News

December 1, 2008
... as a way to define who she is, or what her tenure in the state department will look like," says Steve Clemons ...
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Could Consumers Own Their Internet Connections? | CBC.ca

December 1, 2008
Tim Wu, the Columbia Law School professor and Toronto native who first coined the term, has a simple suggestion: customer ownership of internet connections. ...
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A World of Trouble Awaits Obama | Politico

December 1, 2008
“There been no unifying strategy,” said Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation. “NATO operates its own way, every country operates its own way, ...
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Best Nonfiction Books of 2008 | Christian Science Monitor

December 1, 2008

Overtreated by Shannon Brownlee included in Christian Science Monintor's list of best nonfiction books this year.

Quote Christian Science Monitor: "Award-winning science journalist Shannon Brownlee analyzes another phase of the US healthcare crisis: patients who are overtreated."

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Governor's Legacy Still Open Question | San Diego Union Tribune

November 30, 2008
Joe Mathews, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation who wrote a book about Schwarzenegger's 2003 campaign, envisions the governor becoming “climate ...
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California Fiscal Crisis Spurs Push for Reform | Sacramento Bee

November 30, 2008
Such groups as the New America Foundation's California branch and the Bay Area Council, a consortium of corporate executives, are more aggressive than ...
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He Wrote the Book on Health Care | CQ Weekly

November 30, 2008
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Economic Rescue Could Cost $8.5 Trillion | Los Angeles Times

November 30, 2008
Analysts say next year's budget deficit could easily bust the $1-trillion barrier. "I didn't think we'd see that for a long time," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...
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Mumbai Terrorist Attacks | CNN's Late Edition/CQPolitics.com

November 30, 2008
BLITZER: And they’ve also been accused of having links, Peter Bergen, to al Qaeda itself. And there have been suggestions over the years. ...
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Google’s Gatekeepers | New York Times

November 29, 2008
“To love Google, you have to be a little bit of a monarchist, you have to have faith in the way people traditionally felt about the king,” Tim Wu, ...
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Google's Schmidt: An Economic Solution Is Within ... | InformationWeek

November 29, 2008
Speaking at the New America Foundation in Washington on Nov. 18, Schmidt called for bold government-supported R&D and infrastructure programs, starting with ...
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Too Early to Assess Blame for Mumbai Attacks | Toronto Star

November 29, 2008
... run the operation," said Peter Bergen, a senior fellow at Washington think-tank The New America Foundation, who has written extensively on Al Qaeda. ...
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The Custodians of Empire | CBS News

November 28, 2008
The essence of the matter is simple enough, as Frida Berrigan, arms expert for the New America Foundation and TomDispatch regular, indicates in her latest ...
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Managing Risk in an Unstable World | Human Events

November 28, 2008
Which is my answer to those, like Yale Professor Jacob Hacker, who advocate public policies to reduce risk for individuals. In his book "The Great Risk ...
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