Epstein Secrets

orward to formulate the nation's strategic path. The memorable strategists include George Marshall for President Truman, Henry Kissinger for Nixon, James Baker for George H.W. Bush. But for almost two decades now, policymaking power has been concentrated increasingly in the White House-under George W. Bush

esident Truman, Henry Kissinger for Nixon, James Baker for George H.W. Bush. But for almost two decades

enate Foreign Relations Committee. Almost certainly, however, Romney's possibles include Robert Zoellick, the outgoing president of the World Bank; Stephen Hadley, national security adviser to George W. Bush; and Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations (an organization familiar to this au

ce," Kingon wrote. "We can only keep track of 20 or 25, concentrate on a mere handful and hope to have legislative success in a fraction of that." James Baker, Reagan's chief of staff preceding Regan, wrote to the President after the election and made a similar point. "Unlike the campaign in 1980, you hav

" theme had not been burdened with detailed policy proposals.) "There are very many items that any right-thinking president would want to achieve," Baker wrote. "But frankly, there are too many. You must set priorities." A key challenge for a second-term President lies in managing the delicate balan

with extreme views of how to handle post-9/11 foreign affairs. After the election, Cheney saw the influence of his principal ideological opponents—Stephen Hadley, the new national-security adviser, and Condoleezza Rice, the new Secretary of State—rise, especially on issues such as Syria, North Korea, and the

ily Beast reported "last year that the FBI was investigating Kolomoisky for possible financial crimes, including money laundering." Bloomberg (8/4, Baker, Farrell, 4.73M) reports Optima, which "has been accused of participating in an international fraud scheme was raided by the FBI in two locations on

y two speakers include Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, former National Security Advisors Tom Donilon and Stephen Hadley, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsoakis, Robin Hood Foundation CEO Wes Moore, U.S. Special Repre