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	Lieberman's 'War Cabinet'- by Justin Raimondo
		The kind of war we must fight against this sort of enemy is very different from what we faced in 1938, and yet the neocons, old soldiers all (albeit not of the uniformed type), are preparing to fight the last war.
		We "undermined" the war effort: we made the U.S. cut and run." But this is akin to a madman standing on the edge of a precipice, insisting on his power of flight.
		In any case, wars always rearrange the political landscape: liberals become conservatives and internationalists become "isolationists" (and vice versa), and people switch parties, break old allegiances, and craft new alliances.
	www.antiwar.com /justin/?articleid=8238 (1717 words)

	The War Cabinet and Advisory War Council
		The inaugural meeting of the War Cabinet was held on 27 September 1939 at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne, in a room at the rear of the first floor of the northern wing, which had been completed in 1916 as an addition to the main building (A Block) on St Kilda Road.
		It was agreed that the War Cabinet, which should include such Ministers as the Prime Minister should direct, together with such Ministers as from time to time were coopted, should deal with all matters in relation to the conduct of the war other than matters of major policy.
		War Cabinet meetings were held at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, and in the Cabinet room adjacent to the prime ministerial suite at Parliament House, Canberra.
	john.curtin.edu.au /behindthescenes/cabinet (652 words)

	The War Cabinet Secretariat
		The work of both the War Cabinet and the Advisory War Council was sustained through six hectic war years by a relatively small number of politicians and advisers.
		This continued throughout the war and the hours of work were tremendous and severe and everybody was imbued with the idea of doing the best for the country and the maintenance of the work of the War Cabinet was of the utmost importance.
		Whenever Shedden returned to his office from a War Cabinet meeting, or any other meeting, his personal assistant Sam Landau was responsible for making sure that at least one of the stenographers was present even if it was late into the night.
	john.curtin.edu.au /behindthescenes/secretariat (2375 words)

	British Cabinet Office Records on the Second World War
		The Chiefs of Staff Committee was composed of the chiefs of the three military services and was responsible for "advising the War Cabinet on any matters affecting, or affected by the military aspect of the conduct of the war." This included manpower, equipment, munitions, logistics, directives to commanders, strategy and relations with allies and neutrals.
		Its function was to advise the War Cabinet on the general conduct of the war, but the mechanics of the Committee did not operate well and its functions were finally absorbed by other committees.
		Copies were made for members of the War Cabinet, heads of major departments and the Chiefs of Staff in order to keep them informed of developments in the major battle areas.
	www.stanford.edu /group/Jonsson/pubvii4.html (1408 words)

	Politics \| Tony Blair's war cabinet
		He is expected to update the cabinet on domestic threats from extremist groups, as well as on likely protests from the anti-war movement.
		Persuaded to stay in the cabinet on the basis that she can make a contribution to the rebuilding of Iraq, the international development secretary can be expected to raise humanitarian issues.
		While he has not been named as an official member of the war cabinet, it is understood that the prime minister's director of communications and strategy will be able to attend if he so wishes.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4629522-111381,00.html (782 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 127 - War Cabinet records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although the War Cabinet was established as a standing committee of the full Cabinet to ensure that decisions were made quickly, as the war progressed the War Cabinet increased in importance and authority.
		The main decisions about the conduct of the war soon came to be taken by the War Cabinet, with the larger full Cabinet left to deal with more peripheral matters.
		The Council, which was known as the Advisory War Council, was chaired by the Prime Minister and consisted of members of the War Cabinet with the addition of the opposition leader and three other members of the opposition.
	www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/FS127.html (774 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Cabinet's secret war briefings
		Cabinet members were taken in groups of five or six over a period of four days, and were given personal briefings by senior figures in the foreign intelligence service, the SIS.
		The revelation that the security services were directly used to brief cabinet ministers indicates the extent of Tony Blair's fears of opposition to his Iraq policy even at the heart of his government.
		He also, unusually, rebuffed former cabinet minister Clare Short by name, deriding her claim that he had secretly made a pact with President Bush in September to go to war whilst pretending to the cabinet he was seeking to rein in the US president.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /iraq/story/0,12956,969310,00.html (786 words)

	Patricia A. Ferguson: Fighting on All Fronts Leo Amery and the First World War
		Although Asquith and his cabinet's liberal imperialism kept them from being direct heirs of Gladstone, the government's policy of free trade, their traditional views on the dangers of military preparedness and government by amateurs, and their tendency to "muddle through" in all areas seemed anachronistic and ill-suited to the quickened pace of the twentieth century.
		In fact, when the Cabinet became divided on the extent of the authority implied in the note which became known as the Balfour Declaration, Amery was asked to redraft the note to meet the objections of both the pro-Jewish and pro-Arab camps.
		At any rate, from early in the war Lloyd George was exasperated by the diverse strategies of the various Allied forces, the intransigence of the "Westerners," the veil of secrecy which the War Office inevitably threw over the generals' deliberations, and their implacable opposition to a civilian running the war.
	etext.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH35/ferg1.html (9459 words)

	PM gathers cabinet for war talk after Bush call - theage.com.au
		He said another cabinet meeting would be held to approve a war and set rules of engagement for Australian troops.
		Mr Howard said he believed there was a compelling legal and moral authority to support war without a new UN resolution, but he refused to release legal advice supporting that stand.
		But those opposed to war under any circumstances rose from 30 to 35 per cent while support for a war with UN support fell from 62 to 41 per cent.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/17/1047749725511.html (668 words)

	Cabinet Magazine Online - The Floating Island
		After the war, his freelance genius helped propel the creation of the National Health Service.
		During the war, he appeared at the office of the Chief of Combined Operations with a simple recommendation for his hiring.
		Land-based aircraft were attaining longer ranges, U-boats were being hunted down faster than they could be built, and the US was gaining numerous island footholds in the Pacific — all contributing to a reduced need for a vast, floating airfield.
	www.cabinetmagazine.org /issues/7/floatingisland.php (1814 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Maurice Hankey
		Maurice Hankey (1877-1963) effectively instigated Cabinet government as it is recognised today during his long tenure as secretary of the War Cabinet (and subsequently of the regular Cabinet).
		The CID was not in fact called upon a great deal once war arrived in August 1914; nevertheless its Secretary, Hankey, served on numerous ad hoc committees, the War Council and the Dardanelles Committee.
		Hankey was retained with the arrival of David Lloyd George as Prime Minister (succeeding Asquith) and was appointed by the latter as Secretary of the War Cabinet (where he remained until its dissolution with the armistice).
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/hankey.htm (376 words)

	Bush convenes war cabinet [Is this true?]
		Gen Franks told the cabinet how he plans to capture Iraq, either with or without stationing a large number of ground troops in Turkey to open a northern front against President Saddam Hussein's forces.
		President Bush yesterday convened his war Cabinet on the U.S. plan for invading Iraq, and his field commander emerged to say that American forces are now ready to capture Baghdad and oust President Saddam Hussein.
		Franks told the war Cabinet how he plans to capture Iraq, either with or without stationing a large number of U.S. ground troops in Turkey to open a northern front against Saddam's forces.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/858776/posts (1912 words)

	CNN.com - Mugabe appoints 'war cabinet' - August 26, 2002
		He added: "The new Cabinet will be as close to the ground as possible.
		Mugabe, who dissolved his cabinet on Friday, faces mounting international opposition to his forced transfer of white-owned commercial farms to landless fls.
		About 2,900 farmers -- employing an estimated 230,000 workers -- were ordered off their land, although some 60 percent have refused to comply.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/08/26/zimbabwe.reshuffle (533 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Alfred Milner
		Lord Alfred Milner (1854-1925), having already enjoyed a successful career as a colonial administrator, was brought into David Lloyd George's War Cabinet as Minister of War in the final seven months of the war.
		Tasked with the post-war settlement and regeneration of South Africa, Milner brought with him to South Africa his celebrated 'kindergarten', a group of ambitious young administrators whose careers throve both in South Africa and in later life (and included the young author John Buchan).
		With the end of the First World War Milner was appointed Colonial Secretary and attended the Paris Peace Conference.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/milner.htm (708 words)

	The Cabinet
		The Cabinet is the committee at the centre of the British political system and is the supreme decision-making body in government.
		The Secretary of the Cabinet is responsible for preparing records of its discussions and decisions.
		The modern history of the Cabinet began in the 16th Century with the Privy Council, a small group of advisers to the Monarch.
	www.pm.gov.uk /output/Page19.asp (520 words)

	Lincoln's War Cabinet
		Left to right: Edwin McMasters Stanton,Secretary of War, Salmon P Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, President Abraham Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair and Attorney General Edward Bates.
		The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet is an exact replica of the original painting by Carpenter, done in 1864 in the White House.
		The members of the cabinet had strong opinions of the painting and let them been known.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/4678/lincoln.html (415 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Blair's War Cabinet
		That war cabinet was dissolved in November 1919 amid optimism that the Great War was the last war.
		Churchill, conscious of the mistakes of the Great War, kept the war cabinet size to a manageable eight and combined his job as prime minister with that of minister of defence.
		Gradually, and boosted no doubt by the entry of the United States into the war in 1941, the war cabinet was able to turn the tide.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2866043.stm (872 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Cabinet at war over Iraq?
		Almost as soon as MPs left Westminster for the summer recess, opponents of a war with Iraq began demanding that Parliament be recalled to debate the prospect of British involvement.
		Given the level of parliamentary unease, not to mention the lack of public support for a war, it's hardly surprising that some members of the Cabinet are reported to be unhappy at the prospect of British involvement in a US led campaign against Saddam Hussein.
		No one is yet talking seriously about Cabinet resignations, but the International Development Secretary, Clare Short, has expressed concern in the past and the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, is reported to have voiced reservations about the possible cost of any military action.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2202665.stm (549 words)

	Great Britain. Public Record Office. War Cabinet Minutes, 1939-1945
		The Cabinet was the highest organ of the British government during the war, and consisted of the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, three Service Secretaries, Lord Privy Seal, Minister for the Coordination of Defence and Minister without Portfolio, as well as non-War Cabinet ministers who attended discussions related to their departments.
		The War Cabinet was established at the outbreak of World War II.
		This collection includes the Confidential Annexes, War Cabinet reports and minutes that contain records of discussions from the first meeting of 's War Cabinet in 1939 to the 17th meeting of Churchill's Caretaker Cabinet in 1945.
	www.library.utoronto.ca /robarts/microtext/collection/pages/grbrtpr2.html (294 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| War cabinet meets for first time
		The UK's war cabinet met for the first time on Tuesday morning in the wake of a second wave of air attacks on targets in Afghanistan.
		One of the war cabinet team, however, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was absent because he was in Moscow for talks about military co-operation with his counterpart Sergei Ivanov.
		The war cabinet is a streamlined decision-making body traditionally brought in during times of conflict.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1588000/1588277.stm (748 words)

	Guardian \| Mowlam speaks out over war cabinet
		In comments to be aired tomorrow night in a BBC documentary, Cabinet Confidential, the former Northern Ireland secretary said Tony Blair is running Britain's involvement in the attack on Afghanistan through "a small coterie" of advisers rather than in the war cabinet.
		The programme shows the prime minister meeting with his colleagues in the war cabinet, shortly after the news of the liberation of Kabul.
		Her comments will be supported by prime ministerial critics who claim that his aim is to bring in a presidential style of government.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4300839-110243,00.html (245 words)

	Still 'war cabinet' for Zim
		"It's still a war cabinet," Mugabe told reporters shortly after a ceremony to swear in the newcomers to the cabinet at State House, his official residence.
		"The war is getting less and less political, that is vis-a-vis the British and vis-a-vis the Americans, those I think we have defeated now," he said referring to the political differences his government has with the West, particularly over Harare's controversial land reform programme.
		"It is now the internal war to fight the evils within our system, to fight corruption, to fight tendencies to amass wealth at the expense of the nation, to fight indiscipline, to fight crime," he said.
	www.news24.com /News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1481752,00.html (395 words)

	Guardian \| Blair forms war cabinet
		A war cabinet has been formed by the prime minister and will meet regularly during military action, Downing Street announced today.
		The cabinet - comprising the prime minister, the foreign, home and defence secretaries and others - will convene at No 10 each day during the crisis, in one of the most concrete symbols that Britain is now at war.
		Tony Blair has also convened an emergency meeting of the full cabinet at 4pm today, to brief them ahead of a full statement to parliament.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4272741-108952,00.html (295 words)

	Welcome to the Imperial War Museum : Imperial War Museum
		The wars of the twentieth century have affected each and every one of us in some way, and the Imperial War Museum is here to tell all our stories, covering all aspects of life in wartime.
		The Churchill Museum is the first national museum dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill. It is housed in the unique setting of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground complex where Churchill and his government met as bombs rained down on London in 1940.
		War memorials are a familiar sight in the landscape of the UK (United Kingdom). They provide insight into not only the changing face of commemoration but also military history, social history and art history.
	www.iwm.org.uk /server/outputRegister/lowhtml (354 words)

	A War Cabinet
		The media are absorbed with the zigzags, but they are not important, the destination is. The zigzags included the futile peace talks, which were never serious, the simultaneous hectic building of settlements, the demand for the "end of the conflict" and the beginning of the war.
		Perhaps we are condemned to remain in the valley of darkness until we are fed up with the path of war and phony "national unity", and are ready to pay the price of peace.
		The government of the generals is a recidivist relapse into a malady, which we believed we had overcome.
	www.gush-shalom.org /archives/article132.html (754 words)

	Michael Ledeen on War & Bush Administration on National Review Online
		Some of these are Deaniacs and Mooreons who are unalterably opposed to the war itself, but many are disgruntled supporters who see the frightening specter of political micromanagement in the ascendancy over military requirements.
		But we're at war now, and the civilian/military relationship has to be much better.
		Instead, this NSC has repeatedly tried to find compromises that would satisfy the Cabinet secretaries, and that has slowed things down, and sometimes — as in the case of Iran policy — led to outright stalemate.
	nationalreview.com /ledeen/ledeen200411090750.asp (1170 words)

	MPs to vote on war, but cabinet to make the call - theage.com.au
		The proposed compromise emerged after France and Russia, both with veto powers in the UN Security Council, said they would not approve a US-backed resolution authorising war on Iraq until weapons inspectors were given one more chance to disarm President Saddam.
		Dr Blix told reporters yesterday that it was a pity that Iraq had not done more to avoid war, but he hoped it was not too late because Iraq has recently started to demonstrate real disarmament.
		Dr Blix said Iraq's decision to destroy its al-Samoud 2 missiles was a "spectacular, important and tangible" sign of new willingness to co-operate.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/06/1046826483315.html (707 words)

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