Early yearsAbrams was born into a Jewish family in New York. His father was an immigration lawyer. He attended Harvard College in the late 1960s and was a roommate of Steven Kelman, founder of the Young People’s Socialist League campus chapter. Together they penned an article on the 1969 Harvard strike for The New Leader, “The Contented Revolutionists.”.[9] Abrams received his bachelor of arts from Harvard College in 1969, a master’s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics in 1970, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1973.
He practiced law in New York in the summers for his father, and then at Breed, Abbott and Morgan from 1973 to 1975 and with Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard and McPherson from 1979 to 1981.
Abrams worked as an assistant counsel on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 1975, then worked as a staffer on Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson’s brief campaign for the 1976 Democratic Party presidential nomination. From 1977 through 1979, he served as special counsel and ultimately as chief of staff for the then-new senator Daniel Moynihan.
Through Senator Moynihan, Abrams was introduced to Rachel Decter, the stepdaughter of Moynihan’s friend Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary. They were married in 1980. The couple has three children: Jacob, Sarah, and Joseph.[10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Abrams
Has East Coast HACK written ALL over HIM!
bttt
Abrams is the typical, classic Neo-Con. He was a hardcore Leftist (even Communist) who saw the light about Socialism and underwent a conversion. They almost always have blind spots or areas where they retain some weird hybrid theories. You just have to allow them to be wrong some of the time. Reagan did.
“Has East Coast HACK written ALL over HIM!”
The term usually makes me yawn, but he sounds like the sort that made “neoconservative” a bad name.
so reagan put this guy in his state department?...so reagan was a fool..is that what you are saying...or does that only matter when he blasts newt....think hard now
“Heritage Foundation: Alumnus of Heritage Foundation Resource Bank
Francisco Marroquin Foundation: Former chairman
Hudson Institute: Senior Fellow, 1990–96
Independent Task Force on Colombia: Former member
Middle East Forum: Signatory of 2000 report urging military action against Syria
Nicaraguan Resistance Foundation: Former chairman
Project for the New American Century: Signatory of 1997 Statement of Principles and various other statements
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: Former member”
You forgot to put the above in.
He’s a patriot who put his career on the line for this country.
... or, a liberal Democrat until he married Podhoretz's step-daughter.