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Koch-affiliated policy advisor playing key role in isolationist Pentagon appointments

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the influence of Dan Caldwell, a Koch-affiliated policy advisor, on isolationist leaning Pentagon appointments during Donald Trump's administration. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastU.S. Foreign PolicyIranDonald TrumpPentagonElbridge ColbyDan CaldwellKoch NetworkMichael Dimino

Places mentioned

Iran
"Last year, he dismissed Irans second ballistic missile attack on Israel as a fairly moderate response and urged against bombing the Houthis in Yemen"
Israel
"fairly moderate response and urged against bombing the Houthis in Yemen, instead calling for U.S. pressure on Israel to tamp down regional conflict."
Yemen
"urged against bombing the Houthis in Yemen, instead calling for U.S. pressure on Israel to tamp down regional conflict."
Saudi Arabia
"Trump, who has indicated that he will actively engage in the Middle East seeking to build on the Abraham Accords by normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia"

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