Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, revealed in an interview that the Center supports Hillary Clinton’s views on the handling of Iraq over President Obama’s.
Tanden appeared on RealClearPolitics’ Carl Cannon’s show, "Changing Lanes," during which she made the admission.
"…It seems to me an independent voter could say… ‘Invading Iraq was a mistake, but leaving Iraq was a mistake.’ They could say both things," Cannon told Tanden.
She threw her support behind Clinton’s views about going forward, replying "My view of it is: we cannot stay in Iraq forever…But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have taken another course in Syria, or you shouldn’t be supporting Jordan, or you shouldn’t be taking steps now to support the Yazidis who are clinging to life on the mountaintops because of the kind of genocidal efforts of ISIL."
Tanden expressed her concern over the negative views of the Iraq war. "I worry that that has so colored our view that we want to retreat…I think the American public has become so isolationist that in the long-term it may create more chaos in the world, not less," she said.
It should be noted, The Center for American Progress’ founder, John Podesta, is now President Obama’s Chief of Staff.