Introducing the Universal, All-Purpose Task Force Title Generator

The quick and easy way to create a title for your next U.S. foreign-policy report, initiative, or plan for spreading democracy.

On Thursday, I received an email informing me about the formation of the "National Security Leadership Alliance," a group of familiar Democratic Party VIPs who appear sincerely committed to defending all of the clichés that have infused discussions of U.S. foreign policy for decades. You will no doubt be shocked that Madeleine Albright, Tom Donilon, Leon Panetta, and the other worthy individuals who engaged in this effort believe in "American leadership" and don't want the country to "turn inward." They also favor "engagement," "liberty," "resolve," "strong alliances," and just about every other concept in the Official Foreign-Policy Speechwriter's Thesaurus. I can't wait to read their provocative, outside-the-box take on the world scene and the next president's foreign-policy to-do list.

I've come to accept the revolving doors in Washington that recycle former foreign-policy officials and their well-worn views. But lately it feels like every week brings a new task force or letterhead group offering up a shiny new blue-ribbon report on whatever national security or foreign-policy problem is bugging it....

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