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Policy Editor at The Bulwark. Host of the Mona Charen Show podcast.
Senior Editor, The Bulwark. Editor of Casual Time.
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Writer-at-Large, The Bulwark Host of the Bulwark Podcast
Culture Editor
Writer, The Bulwark ... Author, SICK (2007) and THE TEN YEAR WAR (2021) ... Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines, Billy Joel ... Proud husband & dad
Senior Reporter at The Bulwark
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A political writer in New York. Defending the American system at home and the liberal order abroad.
Editor at Large, The Bulwark. Director, Defending Democracy Together. Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First.
Staff writer, The Atlantic.
Eric S. Edelman is counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and the co-host of The Bulwark’s Shield of the Republic podcast. He was under secretary of defense for policy from 2005 to 2009.
Andrew Egger is White House correspondent for The Bulwark. He previously covered politics for The Dispatch and The Weekly Standard.
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) (@MarkHertling) was commander of U.S. Army Europe from 2011 to 2012. He also commanded 1st Armored Division in Germany and Multinational Division-North during the surge in Iraq from 2007 to 2009.
John Avlon is an award-winning journalist and author. His books include Lincoln & the Fight for Peace; Washington's Farewell and Wingnuts. He is a former CNN senior political analyst & anchor and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast.
I’ve covered immigration and Latino voters over the last decade. Now: Author, Huddled Masses a brand new newsletter from The Bulwark. Having a blast doing this work. Bad Bunny aficionado in my free time.
Reporter at The Bulwark
Daniel B. Shapiro is a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council. He previously served a U.S. ambassador to Israel and deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East.
Professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where I created and directed our strategic studies program and served for a few years as dean. Author and writer at the Atlantic.
Franklin C. Miller, a longtime senior Pentagon official, served as special assistant to the president and senior director for defense policy and arms control on the NSC staff from 2001 to 2005, and is a principal of the Scowcroft Group.
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