Lexington Inst

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute</a>

The Lexington Institute was founded by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Merrick_Carey" title="Merrick Carey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Merrick Carey</a> in 1998.

According to its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">web site</a>, the goal of the Lexington Institute is "to inform, educate, and shape the public debate of national priorities in those areas that are of surpassing importance to the future success of democracy, such as national security, education reform, tax reform, immigration and federal policy concerning science and technology. By promoting America's ability to project power around the globe we not only defend the homeland of democracy, but also sustain the international stability in which other free-market democracies can thrive.

"The Lexington Institute believes in limiting the role of the federal government to those functions explicitly stated or implicitly defined by the Constitution. The Institute therefore actively opposes the unnecessary intrusion of the federal government into the commerce and culture of the nation, and strives to find nongovernmental, market-based solutions to public-policy challenges. We believe a dynamic private sector is the greatest engine for social progress and economic prosperity," it states.

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute#Leadership" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Leadership</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute#Others" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Others</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute#Relation_with_the_Alexis_de_Tocqueville_Institution" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Relation with the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute#Contact_details" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Contact details</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute#Other_Related_SourceWatch_Resources" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Other Related SourceWatch Resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lexington_Institute#External_links" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 External links</a></li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_Andrew_Courter" title="James Andrew Courter" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">James Andrew Courter</a>, Chairman</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Merrick_Carey" title="Merrick Carey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Merrick Carey</a>, Chief Executive Officer</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Loren_B._Thompson" title="Loren B. Thompson" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Loren B. Thompson</a>, Chief Operating Officer</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/soiferbio.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Don Soifer</a>, Executive Vice President</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philip_Peters" title="Philip Peters" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Philip Peters</a>, Vice President</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Daniel_Goure" title="Daniel Goure" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Daniel Goure</a>, Vice President</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Holland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Holland (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Robert Holland</a>, Senior Fellow</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/finneganbio.asp" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Kerry Finnegan</a>, Program Director</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/rheinbio.asp" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Andrew Rhein</a>, Research Analyst</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Clifford_Sobel" title="Clifford Sobel" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Clifford Sobel</a> was is a trustee of the Lexington Institute <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/immigration/cspraid.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[1]</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bonner_Cohen" title="Bonner Cohen" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bonner Cohen</a> was in 1998 a Visiting Fellow <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010306071730/www.lexingtoninstitute.org/environment/mtbe.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[2]</a> and from January 1999 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000823110441/www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/cohenbio.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[3]</a> to 2003 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://epw.senate.gov/108th/Cohen2_040203.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[4]</a> a Senior Fellow of the Lexington Institute</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_F._Steidler" title="Paul F. Steidler" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Paul F. Steidler</a> was from 1998 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/education/morteach.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[5]</a> to 2000 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010716082331/www.lexingtoninstitute.org/corpgov/antisocial.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[6]</a> Senior Fellow of the Lexington Institute</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Severns" title="Robert Severns" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Robert Severns</a> was involved in the start-up of the Lexington Institute and received posthumously the 'Lexington 2003 Leadership Award'. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.severnsfoundation.org/lexleader.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[7]</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Russell_G._Redenbaugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russell G. Redenbaugh (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Russell G. Redenbaugh</a>, director since 1999 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.usccr.gov/cos/bio/redenbau.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[8]</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Strickberger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Strickberger (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Daniel Strickberger</a>, director since 1999</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Adrienne_J._Murphy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adrienne J. Murphy (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Adrienne J. Murphy</a> joined the Lexington Institute in October 1998 as Program Coordinator, became the Director of Operations in August 1999, and she was Vice President from August 2000 to summer 2001. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010303075709/www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/murphybio.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[9]</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nancy_J._Limauro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nancy J. Limauro (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Nancy J. Limauro</a> joined the Lexington Institute in September 1999 as a Program Coordinator until the end of 2000. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000823110504/www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/limbio.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg==) 100% 50%;">[10]</a></li>

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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Many people involved in the Lexington Institute were before active at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alexis_de_Tocqueville_Institution" title="Alexis de Tocqueville Institution" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alexis de Tocqueville Institution</a> (AdTI).

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<th> (former) function at AdTI</th>

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<td> James Andrew Courter</td>

<td> former chairman of the '<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Committee_for_the_Common_Defense" title="Committee for the Common Defense" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Committee for the Common Defense</a>' (an AdTI defense program) and in 1998 consultant at AdTI</td>

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<td> Merrick Carey</td>

<td> Former President AdTI</td>

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<td> Dr. Loren B. Thompson </td>

<td> Senior Fellow</td>

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<td> Philip Peters</td>

<td> staff (1998)</td>

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<td> Clifford Sobel</td>

<td> director (1996)</td>

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<td> Paul F. Steidler</td>

<td> director of the AdTI's Education Reform Project</td>

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<td> Robert Severns</td>

<td> member of the first board in 1989</td>

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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gregory_Fossedal" title="Gregory Fossedal" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gregory Fossedal</a> (chairman of AdTI) wrote about Merrick Carey (who founded the Lexington Institute in 1998)

"... a bright and well-organized fellow who helped give me my start in politics in 1982, as I later gave him a start in the think tank business in 1993." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.adti.net/Severns062703.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[11]</a>

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The Lexington Institute is a conservative policy institute seeking to "inform, educate, and shape the public debate of national priorities in those areas that are of surpassing importance to the future success of democracy, such as national security, education reform, tax reform, immigration, and federal policy concerning science and technology."<a id="ednref1" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn1" name="_ednref1" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[1]</a>

Lexington advocates limited government and strong libertarian principles, as laid out in its mission statement: "The Institute … actively opposes the unnecessary intrusion of the federal government into the commerce and culture of the nation, and strives to find nongovernmental, market-based solutions to public-policy challenges. We believe a dynamic private sector is the greatest engine for social progress and economic prosperity."<a id="ednref2" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn2" name="_ednref2" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[2]</a>

But unlike other libertarian-leaning outfits like the CATO Institute, the Lexington Institute takes a generally favorable view of military spending. Because of its general advocacy in favor of Pentagon spending (if not always specific programs), and because it receives substantial support from military contracting companies, Harper's magazine has called the institute "the defense industry's pay-to-play ad agency." The magazine quoted Loren Thompson, the Institute's chief operating officer, as saying, "I'm not going to work on a project unless somebody, somewhere, is willing to pay. This is a business."<a id="ednref3" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn3" name="ednref3" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[3]</a> A June 2008 report from the Mobile Press-Register noted that "almost all funding for … the Lexington Institute comes from the same defense contractors who frequently have a stake in the programs that [Thompson] writes about."<a id="ednref4" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn4" name="ednref4" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[4]</a>

Thompson has written in opposition to defense cuts by sequestration, or the automatic cuts to both military and domestic programs triggered by Congress' inability to reach an agreement on the balance of cuts to each in 2011. In a June 2012 entry on the Institute's "Early Warning" blog, Thompson cited an industry report claiming that substantial job losses would occur in a handful of presidential swing states if sequestration were to go through. "[O]bscure issues like sequestration of the military budget could be decisive in a tight November race," he wrote. "That argues for doing something now to avert sequestration, rather than waiting for action by a lame-duck session of Congress after the election."<a id="ednref5" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn5" name="_ednref5" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[5]</a>

In other recent publications, the institute has proposed ways to maintain an aggressive defense posture even if sequestration cuts go through. "Achieving market-level labor costs, engaging public-private competition, moderating red tape, using appropriate contracting approaches and sensible contract lengths can meet both currently planned costs cuts and sequestration-level cuts without impacting procurement, sustainment, readiness, manning, or strategy," said an April 2012 Lexington report. Echoing several advisers to <a href="http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/romney_mitt" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Mitt Romney</a>'s 2012 presidential campaign, the report added, "First priority in defense must be keeping ships, aircraft, and tanks ready to support a long-term strategic posture and foreign policy driven by the global threat rather than by budget limitations."<a id="ednref6" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn6" name="_ednref6" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[6]</a>

Staff

Merrick Carey and Don Soifer founded the Lexington Institute in 1998 to concentrate on eight topics: defense, homeland security, alliance relations, education, Cuba, immigration, international economics, and postal reform.<a id="ednref7" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn7" name="ednref7" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[7]</a> The institute has eight core staff members. James Andrew Courter serves as Chairman, with Merrick Carey as CEO, Loren B. Thompson as Chief Operating Officer, Don Soifer as Executive Vice President, Philip Peters and <a href="http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Gour_Daniel" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Daniel Gouré</a> as Vice Presidents, and Constance Baroudos and Monica Kern as Program Directors.<a id="ednref8" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn8" name="ednref8" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[8]</a>

Trained as a lawyer, Courter is a former Republican congressman from New Jersey and the CEO and vice chairman of the IDT Corporation. In the House, Courter was a member of the House Services and Iran-Contra committees. He co-edited a 1986 document entitled "Defending Democracy," which his bio says is "a collection of speeches and essays on matters of national security."

Merrick Carey served as press secretary for Courter and <a href="http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/kemp_jack" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Jack Kemp</a>, and as an intelligence officer for the Naval Reserve, which included involvement in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.<a id="ednref9" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn9" name="_ednref9" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[9]</a>

Loren Thompson, a former military strategy professor at Georgetown University, is a frequent media commentator on national security and weapons issues, and the head of the Source Associates consulting firm. At Lexington he "oversees security studies, the institute's largest project."

Daniel Gouré has primary responsibility over the Institute's national security program. A past member of the Pentagon transition team for the George W. Bush administration, he has had corporate affiliations with Science Applications International Corporation, SRS Technologies, R&D Associates, and System Planning Corporation. Gouré was previously deputy director of the <a href="http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Center for Strategic and International Studies</a>' International Security Program.<a id="ednref10" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn10" name="_ednref10" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[10]</a>

Of Lexington's eight members, Thompson and Gouré write most extensively on defense issues. Gouré complements his written treatises on weapons systems with his work as a senior analyst for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a company that the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) has accused of war profiteering.<a id="ednref11" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn11" name="_ednref11" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[11]</a>

Both Thompson and Gouré have also argued for dissolving NATO and relying solely on U.S. preemption, primarily because of "different values" between Americans and Europeans.<a id="ednref12" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn12" name="_ednref12" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[12]</a>

Lexington's Philip Peters defies conservative thinking with his views on Cuba.<a id="ednref13" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn13" name="ednref13" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[13]</a> On this issue, the Lexington Institute has established connections with more left-leaning groups like the Latin America Working Group, the Center for International Policy, and the Washington Office on Latin America.<a id="ednref14" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn14" name="ednref14" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[14]</a> Peters frequently advocates lifting the embargo on Cuba and allowing Americans to freely travel to the country.<a id="ednref15" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn15" name="ednref15" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[15]</a> He has praised the Obama administration's reforms with respect to U.S. Cuba policy but noted that they are incomplete and limited. "It is clear that the Obama Administration is not seeking a major Cuba initiative, and is far more likely to act through incremental steps than bold strokes," he wrote in March 2010.<a id="ednref16" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn16" name="ednref16" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[16]</a>

Peters has also been a prominent advocate for a more lenient immigration policy. He criticized the Bush administration for the drop in the number of refugees allowed in the country and argues that the fear that some of these refugees might be future terrorists is unfounded due to the amount of time and bureaucratic hurdles refugees face in order to gain entry.<a id="ednref17" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn17" name="_ednref17" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[17]</a>

Funding

The Lexington Institute claims an annual revenue of approximately $2.5 million.<a id="ednref1" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn1" name="ednref1" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[18]</a> Media Transparency reports that between 1998 and 2010, the Lexington Institute received $646,000 from the <a href="http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Smith_Richardson_Foundation/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Smith Richardson Foundation</a>. ExxonMobil donated $10,000 in 2002.<a id="ednref2" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Lexington_Institute#edn2" name="ednref2" title="" style=" box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(209, 16, 16); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">[19]</a>

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The Lexington Institute is a small public-policy think tank headquartered in Arlington, Virginia that focuses on national security, education reform, energy policy and logistics.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> It is organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which means it is a tax-exempt, non-profit foundation that may not lobby.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a>The institute does not receive money from the federal government. Its main sources of funding are corporations, foundations, and individuals.

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The Lexington Institute was founded in 1998 by former Congressman James Courter (R-NJ), former congressional aide Merrick Carey, former Georgetown University professor Loren Thompson, and policy analyst Donald Soifer. As of September 2015 they are respectively the chairman, chief executive officer, chief operating officer and executive vice president of the institute.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>

The institute's political philosophy, as reflected in its publications, is center-right, emphasizing a strong national defense, education reform, and market-driven solutions to energy and logistic needs. Although the organization's mission statement does not describe it as "conservative" or "libertarian,"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> it tends to oppose big government, tax increases and federal intervention in the daily lives of citizens.

The institute's employees – there are fewer than ten, supplemented by outside experts and interns – are frequently quoted in national media. One survey of think tank visibility rated the institute as number-two in the nation relative to its budget size.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> Loren Thompson is a longstanding contributor to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/home_usa/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Forbes.com,</a> and other staffers such as Daniel Goure and Don Soifer are cited regularly in national media.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-7" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>

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The Lexington Institute has been called the "defense industry's pay-to-play ad agency", reflecting that it receives funding from military contractors and issues stream of reports, usually favorable, about the performance and status of key weapons programs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-harpers.org-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> However, institute staffers are frequently critical of particular weapons or policies, assailing among other things the Navy's next-generation destroyer, the Army's future troop carrier, a proposed joint replacement for the Humvee light tactical vehicle and most of the acquisition reform measures proposed during the Obama Administration.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">citation needed</a>] Media citations frequently note that Lexington staffers have ties to military contractors. Thompson stated, "I'm not going to work on a project unless somebody, somewhere, is willing to pay. This is a business. My bottom line is that if what I write and say is true, it doesn't really matter what my motives are."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-harpers.org-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>

Daniel Goure and Thompson are two Lexington defense analysts. Goure was formerly associated with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies" title="Center for Strategic and International Studies" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Center for Strategic and International Studies</a> and holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Thompson was deputy director of Georgetown University's Security Studies Program and taught there for two decades, during which time he received a Ph.D. from the university. Thompson argued in favor of continued <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">C-17</a> production in 2009 and against this production in 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-9" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a> He also taught briefly at Harvard. Thompson has said that the United States is likely to engage in war against Vietnam again and so needs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFV" title="EFV" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">EFV</a> to storm their beaches.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-10" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> He has also called for a shift in American defense spending towards items such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_Combat_Ship" title="Littoral Combat Ship" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Littoral Combat Ship</a> and the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</a> that can be exported to allies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-11" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> Thompson has said that "The United States cannot continue to spend, especially on defense, the way it has been over the past decade.”<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-12" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> Despite being funding by defense contractors, Goure has argued that the use of these contractors is a sign of an army in decline.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-13" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a>

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In 2015, the institute launched the Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) fellowships, the first national fellowship for personalized learning. The inaugural cohort of fellows included ten school district superintendents and assistant superintendents from around the country, participating in a six-month fellowship program. In November 2015, the institute announced 30 semifinalists for the second cohort of fellows.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-14" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a>

In February 2014, the Institute published a report, "Updating Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-15" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a>

In February 2014, an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by Lexington analysts Doug Mesecar and Don Soifer called for broader implementation of performance-based funding models for public education.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-16" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a>

Lexington's research on successful strategies for structured English immersion programs was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2009 Horne v. Flores opinion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-17" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a>

Bob Holland and Don Soifer, policy analysts with the Lexington Institute, have argued that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">multiculturalism</a> has fostered a decline in the teaching of US History and the rise of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Islamic extremism</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-18" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-19" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a>

As a result of his writings, Soifer's 2012 reappointment to the board of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia" title="District of Columbia" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">District of Columbia</a> Public Charter School Board was delayed,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-20" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> but Soifer was reconfirmed to serve a second four-year term on the board on December 4, 2012, by a 7-2 vote of the DC Council. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-21" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a>

An April 2013 education paper, "Why Blended Learning Can't Stand Still", analyzed best practices at several of the nation's highest performing blended learning public charter and traditional schools.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-22" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a>

As one Education Week writer described their findings, "Constant, real-time data monitoring streamlines the formerly arduous task of analyzing student results, giving teachers more time to plan and individualize lessons to accelerate and enhance learning." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-23" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a>

Soifer has also published articles arguing that Virginia needs more charter schools, state takeovers of failing schools, and other ways to foster innovation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-24" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a>

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The Institute also covers purely political topics. For example, Thompson wrote that most of the candidates in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)presidential_primaries,_2012" title="Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012</a> are "unsuited to high office".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-25" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a>

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The institute published a 2014 white paper, “Keeping the Lights On: How Electricity Policy Must Keep Up With Technology.”<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-26" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[26]</a>

Lexington operates the policy website, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.energytrends.org/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">EnergyTrends.org</a>, that focuses on energy use and renewable energy in the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-27" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[27]</a>

A 2013 Lexington report, "Ensuring the Resilience of the U.S. Electric Grid," argued for strategies to minimize the impact of disruptions to the power grid.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_note-28" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[28]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Courter" title="Jim Courter" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jim Courter</a>, Chairman</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Merrick Carey, CEO</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Loren B. Thompson, Chief Operating Officer</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Don Soifer, Executive Vice President</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Goure" title="Dan Goure" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dan Goure</a>, Vice President</li>

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<li id="cite_note-17" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Institute#cite_ref-17" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" -webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/08pdf/08-289.pdf" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 18px; background: url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[1]</a> "Supreme Court of the United States", 25 June 2009 (Page 24, Note 10)</li>

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