War against Iraq boosts insurgency."Estimated number of insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. in April 2003: 2,500. Estimated number of insurgents in October 2004: 20,000." Brookings Institution Brookings Institution, at Washington, D.C.; chartered 1927 as a consolidation of the Institute for Government Research (est. 1916), the Institute of Economics (est. 1922), and the Robert S. Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government (est. 1924). senior research assistant Adriana Lins de Albuquerque and senior fellow Michael O'Hanlon Michael Edward O'Hanlon is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, specializing in defense and foreign policy issues. He began his career as a budget analyst in the defense field.[1] Education and early career Michael O'Hanlon earned an A.B. in 1982, M.S. . |
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