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[2] Council on Foreign Relations, “Elliott Abrams,” http://www.cfr.org/bios/1567/elliott_abrams.html.



[3] Jim Lobe, “Neocons Defend Saudi Arabia,” LobeLog, January 6, 2016, https://lobelog.com/neocons-defend-saudi-arabia/



[4] Jim Lobe, “Neocons Defend Saudi Arabia,” LobeLog, January 6, 2016, https://lobelog.com/neocons-defend-saudi-arabia/



[5] Elliott Abrams, “Meanwhile, Back in Iran…” Council on Foreign Relations, October 29, 2013,http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2013/10/29/meanwhile-back-in-iran/.



[6] Elliot Abrams, “Reagan and the Iran Talks,” Council on Foreign Relations, June 30, 2014,http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2014/06/30/reagan-and-the-iran-talks/.



[7] John Robertson, “That misery pales in comparison to the suffering to come if Abrams, Netanyahu, and their ilk succeed in torpedoing negotiations with Iran,” Your Middle East, November 7, 2013, http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/opinion/elliott-abrams-and-hasan-rouhanis-siren-song_19249.



[8] Elliot Abrams, “Iran Got a Far Better Deal Than It Had Any Right to Expect,” National Review, July 15, 2015,http://www.nationalreview.com/article/421223/iran-nuclear-agreement-john-kerry-mohammad-javad-zarif



[9] Matthew Yglesias, “I looked at the leading Iran hawks’ cases against the deal. They’re utter nonsense.,” Vox, July 16, 2015,http://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8978439/case-against-iran-nuclear-deal



[10] Elliot Abrams, “Obama and the ‘Amen Corner,’” The Weekly Standard, August 8, 2015,https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-and-amen-corner_1007346.html?page=1.



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[12] Jonathan Chait, “Conservatives Play the Anti-Semitism Card Against Obama,” New York Magazine, August 11, 2015,http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/08/conservatives-play-anti-semitism-card-vs-obama.html.



[13] Elliot Abrams, “Unraveling the Iran Nuclear Deal on ‘Day One,’” Newsweek, July 21, 2015, http://www.newsweek.com/unraveling-iran-nuclear-deal-day-one-355901.



[14] Zach Beauchamp, “Ryan Adviser Calls On Congress To Authorize War With Iran,” ThinkProgress, August 21, 2012,http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/21/719611/ryan-adviser-abrams-iran-war/.



[15] Elliott Abrams, “Four More Years,” January 7, 2011, http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2011/01/07/four-more-years/#more-210.



[16] Elliot Abrams, “Bombing Syria: Better Late Than Never, or Too Little Too Late?” Council of Foreign Relations, September 23, 2014, http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2014/09/23/bombing-syria-better-late-than-never-or-too-little-too-late/.



[17] Elliot Abrams, “Bombing Syria: Better Late Than Never, or Too Little Too Late?” Council of Foreign Relations, September 23, 2014, http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2014/09/23/bombing-syria-better-late-than-never-or-too-little-too-late/.



[18] Elliot Abrams, “Bomb ISIS. Topple Assad,” National Journal, June 13, 2015, http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/isis-us-foreign-policy-experts-20150612.



[19] Elliot Abrams, “Bombing Syria: Better Late than Never, or Too Little Too Late?” Council of Foreign Relations, September 23, 2014, http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2014/09/23/bombing-syria-better-late-than-never-or-too-little-too-late/.



[20] Elliott Abrams, “Cutting Off Aid Honors American Values and Law,” Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2013,http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324108204579020851738125392.



[21] Elliot Abrams, “The Man Who Broke the Middle East,” Politico, June 22, 2014,http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-man-who-broke-the-middle-east-108140.html#.VFhpq_nF-1d.



[22] Isaac Chotiner, “You’re Not Going to Believe Who’s Claiming Obama Destroyed the Middle East,” New Republic, June 23, 2014,http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118318/elliott-abrams-politico-says-obama-destroyed-middle-east.



[23] Elliot Abrams, “What the President Thinks He’s Doing,” Mosaic, February 9, 2015,http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2015/02/what-the-president-thinks-hes-doing/.



[24] Elliott Abrams, “Mr. Hagel and the Jews,” Weekly Standard, January 7, 2013, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/mr-hagel-and-jews_693993.html?nopager=1.



[25] Edward Schumacher-Matos, “Allowing Hagel To Be Called ‘Anti-Semitic’ On NPR,” NPR.org, January 27, 2013,http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2013/01/27/170398305/allowing-hagel-to-be-called-anti-semitic-on-npr.



[26] Stephen Walt, “On Hagel, Abrams, and Haass: Why Richard Haass should tell Elliott Abrams to apologize,” Foreign Policy, January 14, 2013, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/13/on_hagel_abrams_and_haass?wp_login_redirect=0.



[27] Stephen Walt, “On Hagel, Abrams, and Haass: Why Richard Haass should tell Elliott Abrams to apologize,” Foreign Policy, January 14, 2013, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/13/on_hagel_abrams_and_haass?wp_login_redirect=0.



[28] Hayes Brown, “Facing Backlash, Elliott Abrams Clings To Charge That Hagel Is Anti-Semitic,” Think Progress, January 14, 2013,http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/01/14/1441891/abrams-hagel-anti-semitic/.



[29] Elliot Abrams, “Obama and the ‘Amen Corner,’” The Weekly Standard, August 8, 2015,https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-and-amen-corner_1007346.html?page=1.



[30] Elliot Abrams, “Castro, Cuba, Obama—and Iran,” The Weekly Standard, December 17, 2014,http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/castro-cuba-obama-and-iran_821771.html.



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[32] Zach Beauchamp, “Ryan Adviser Calls On Congress To Authorize War With Iran,” ThinkProgress, August 21, 2012,http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/21/719611/ryan-adviser-abrams-iran-war/.



[33] Zach Beauchamp, “Ryan Adviser Calls On Congress To Authorize War With Iran,” ThinkProgress, August 21, 2012,http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/21/719611/ryan-adviser-abrams-iran-war/.



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[35] Philip Weiss, “Neocon meteor Sen. Cotton is funded by Abrams, Adelson and Kristol and loves war a little too much,” Mondoweiss, March 11, 2015, http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/militaristic-adelson-kristol.



[36] Jordan Michael Smith, “Can Elliott Abrams be stopped?” Salon, February 2, 2013,http://www.salon.com/2013/02/02/can_elliott_abrams_be_stopped/.



[37] Steven Weisman, “Abrams Back in Capital Fray at Center of Mideast Battle,” New York Times, December 7, 2002.



[38] Quoted in Jim Lobe, “Elliott Abrams’ Repeat Performance,” Right Web, April 17, 2007.



[39] White House Office of the Press Secretary, “Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Elliott Abrams,” May 14, 2008,http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080514.html.



[40] White House Office of the Press Secretary, “Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Elliott Abrams,” May 14, 2008,http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080514.html.



[41] Tom Barry, “The Foreign Policy Diaspora,” Right Web, February 8, 2005, https://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/707.html.



[42] Helene Cooper, “Rice’s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home,” New York Times, August 10, 2006,http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/washington/10rice.html?_r=0.



[43] Seymour Hersh, “Watching Lebanon,” New Yorker, August 21, 2006, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/21/watching-lebanon.



[44] Seymour Hersh, “Watching Lebanon,” New Yorker, August 21, 2006, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/21/watching-lebanon.



[45] Helene Cooper, “Rice’s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home,” New York Times, August 10, 2006,http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/washington/10rice.html.



[46] Connie Bruck, “Back Roads: How Serious Is the Bush Administration about Creating a Palestinian State?” New Yorker, December 15, 2003.



[47] Connie Bruck, “Back Roads: How Serious Is the Bush Administration about Creating a Palestinian State?” New Yorker, December 15, 2003.



[48] Jim Lobe, “All in the Neocon Family,” Alternet, March 27, 2003, http://www.alternet.org/story/15481/all_in_the_neocon_family.



[49] David Corn, “Elliott Abrams: It’s Back!” The Nation, July 2, 2001.



[50] For an account of Abrams’s role in Iran-Contra, see National Security Archive, “The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years On: Documents Spotlight Role of Reagan, Top Aides,” November 24, 2006, http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm.



[51] Philip H. Burch REAGAN, BUSH AND RIGHT-WING POLITICS: ELITES, THINK TANKS, POWER AND POLICY. PART A: The American Right Wing Takes Command: Key Executive Appointments. PART B: The American Right-Wing, at Court and in Action: Supreme Court Nominations and Major Policy Making, Paul Zarembka, pp. 442 (Part A), 305 (Part B), 1997.



[52] Tom Barry, “Hunting Monsters in Jerusalem,” Asia Times, August 26, 2006,http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HH26Ak01.html.



[53] Connie Bruck, “Back Roads,” New Yorker, December 15, 2003, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/12/15/back-roads.



[54] Jim Lobe, “Neoconservatives Consolidate Control Over Middle East Policy,” Foreign Policy In Focus, December 6, 2002.



[55] Elliott Abrams in William Kristol and Robert Kagan, eds., Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy (PNAC, 2000).



[56] Elliott Abrams, Faith or Fear: How Jews Can Survive in a Christian America (Free Press, 1997).