Partnership for a Secure America

The Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) is a policy center in the United States. It describes its mission as "recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy."

PSA was launched in 2005 by the Co-Chairs of its Advisory Board, former U.S. Senator Warren Rudman (Republican of New Hampshire) and former U.S. Representative Lee H. Hamilton, Democratic of Indiana). PSA's founding Directors, now Board of Directors Co-Chairs, were former Clinton Administration official Jamie Metzl and Charles N. Andreae, former Chief of Staff to Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN). PSA's Executive Director is Matt Rojansky.

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Advisory board

The PSA Advisory Board is chaired by former Rudman and former Hamilton and consists of 24 foreign policy officials from previous presidential administrations:

History

On August 3, 2005, Rudman and Hamilton launched PSA in an event at the National Press Club. In conjunction with this event PSA issued its first public statement—also printed as a full-page ad in The New York Times, which outlined a series of principles underlying a bipartisan foreign policy.

In September 2005 PSA co-sponsored a major foreign policy conference in Washington, D.C., "Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose: Towards a More Comprehensive Strategy." Over 1,000 people in the foreign policy field attended the conference, which examined centrist approaches to combating terrorism at home and abroad. During the conference, PSA released its second statement, which set forth bipartisan principles to guide the struggle against terrorism.

Since that time, PSA has issued half a dozen additional bipartisan statements on the most pressing issues in national security and foreign policy, including cruel treatment of detainees, weapons of mass destruction, reform of the United Nations, the crisis in Darfur, the US-Russia relationship, and energy and climate change. Each has been accompanied by a publicity campaign.

In June 2006, PSA launched its blog, Across the Aisle, as a public forum for discussion of foreign policy and national security issues in a bipartisan context. Across the Aisle has succeeded in generating thoughtful, provocative arguments on these important issues, while identifying common ground between Democrats and Republicans. Its regular contributors include senior think tank fellows, professors, and former government officials, whose views span the political spectrum.

The future

PSA is focused on identifying the most pressing national security and foreign policy challenges our next President will face. PSA will seek to inform the American electorate about the importance of a moderate, bipartisan approach to these challenges, and help voters demand that candidates commit to restore this country’s proud tradition of leaving partisan rancor “at the water’s edge.”

Official website

http://www.psaonline.org/