defining

progress
[n. prog-res]

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for·ward-think·ing
[fawr-werd-thing-king]
-adjective
planning or tending to
plan for the future;
forward-looking
di·verse
[dih-vurs, dahy-, dahy-vurs]
in·gen·ious
[in-jeen-yuhs]
-adjective
1: marked by especial
aptitude at discovering,
inventing, or contriving
2: marked by originality,
resourcefulness, and
cleverness in conception
3: adroit often implies a
skillful use of expedients
to achieve one’s purpose in
spite of difficulties
4: ingenious suggests the
power of inventing or
discovering a new way of
accomplishing something
cun·ning
2: ahead of the times;
advanced
3: of, characterized by, or
expressing a vision of the
future
4: being ahead of the times;
innovative or revolutionary
ad·vo·cate
1: showing or requiring a
fearless daring spirit
2: adventurous, free
3: standing out prominently
brains
[breynz]
-noun
understanding; intellectual
unyieldingly severe, strict, -verb foretaste or foresee
or harsh; unrelenting to work together, especially 2: to expect; look forward to;
in a joint intellectual effort be sure of
u·nique 3: to perform (an action)
[yoo-neek]]
[yoo-neek]
[yoo-neek cre·a·tive before another has had time
-adjective [kree-ey-tiv] to act
1: being without a like or equal -adjective
2: distinctively characteristic 1: marked by the ability or en·tre·pre·neur·i·al
power to create [ahn-truh-pruh-nur-y-al]
long-haul

progress [prog-res]
-adjective or execution [[v.
v. ad-vuh
ad-v -keyt, n. ad
uh-keyt,
ad-vuh-keyt, -vuh
ad-v -kit]
uh-kit]
ad-vuh-kit] power; intelligence 2: having the quality of -adjective
1: differing from one another [[kuhn-ing]
-ing]
kuhn-ing]
kuhn -verb [[lawng-hawl]
-hawl]
lawng-hawl]
lawng something created rather one who organizes, manages,
2: composed of distinct vi·sion -adjective 1: to speak or write in brawn -noun than imitated and assumes the risks of an
or unlike elements or [vizh-uhn] 1: dexterous or crafty in the favor of; support or urge [brawn] 1: a long distance enterprise
qualities -noun use of special resources by argument; recommend -noun 2: considerable period stra·te·gic
The act or power of 2: displaying keen insight publicly strong; well-developed of time [struh-tee-jik] in·cu·ba·tor
pro·gres·sive anticipating that which –noun -adjective [in-kyuh-bey-ter]
[pruh-gres-iv] will or may come to be: in·tel·lect 2: a person who speaks or an·tag·o·nist clev·er important in or essential -noun
-adjective prophetic vision; the [[in-tl-ekt]
-tl-ekt]
in-tl-ekt]
in writes in support or defense [an-tag--uh
[an-tag-uh-nist]
[an-tag -nist]
uh-nist] [[klev-er]
-er]
klev-er]
klev to strategy an organization or place
making use of or interested
in new ideas, findings, or
opportunities
vision of an entrepreneur

re·in·force
-noun
–noun
1: the capacity for knowledge
2: the capacity for rational
of a person or cause
3: a person who pleads for
or in behalf of another;
-noun
a person who is opposed
to, struggles against, or
-adjective
1: mentally quick and
resourceful
fu·tur·is·tic
[fyoo-chuh-ris-tik]
that aids the development
of new ventures

1: movement toward a goal

[ree-in-fawrs] or intelligent thought, intercessor competes with another; 2: clever stresses physical or -adjective bold
an·tic·i·pate -verb especially when highly opponent mental quickness, deftness 1: of or pertaining to [bohld]
[an-tis-uh-peyt] to strengthen by additional developed for·ward-think·ing or great aptitude the future -adjective
-verb assistance, material, or [[fawr-werd-thing-king]
-werd-thing-king]
fawr-werd-thing-king]
fawr in·gen·ious 3: adroit often implies a 2: ahead of the times; 1: showing or requiring a
1: to realize beforehand; support: make stronger or prag·mat·ic -adjective [in-jeen--yuhs]
[in-jeen-yuhs]
[in-jeen skillful use of expedients advanced fearless daring spirit
foretaste or foresee
2: to expect; look forward to;
be sure of
more pronounced

ef·fec·tive
[[prag-mat-ik]
-mat-ik]
prag-mat-ik]
prag
-adjective 2: advancement in general
1: of or pertaining to a
planning or tending to
plan for the future;
forward-looking
-adjective
1: marked by especial
aptitude at discovering,
to achieve one’s purpose in
spite of difficulties
4: ingenious suggests the
3: of, characterized by, or
expressing a vision of the
future
2: adventurous, free
3: standing out prominently

3: to perform (an action)
before another has had time
to act
en·tre·pre·neur·i·al
[ahn-truh-pruh-nur-y-al]
-adjective
one who organizes, manages,
and assumes the risks of an
enterprise
in·cu·ba·tor
[in-kyuh-bey-ter]
-noun
an organization or place
that aids the development
[ih-fek-tiv] practical point of view or inventing, or contriving power of inventing or 4: being ahead of the times; brains
-adjective practical considerations di·verse 2: marked by originality, discovering a new way of innovative or revolutionary [breynz]
1: being or involving
the immediate agent in 3: growth or development;
2: dealing or being concerned
with facts or actual
[dih-vurs,
[dih-vurs
[dih- vurs,, dahy-, dahy
-adjective
-vurs]
dahy-vurs] resourcefulness, and
cleverness in conception
accomplishing something
ad·vo·cate
-noun
understanding; intellectual
producing an effect occurrences; practical 1: differing from one another or execution cun·ning [v. ad-vuh-keyt, n. ad-vuh-kit] power; intelligence
2: productive of desired
effects; especially:
productive without waste
sav·vy
[[sav-ee]
-ee]
sav-ee]
sav
continuous improvement
2: composed of distinct
or unlike elements or
qualities
vi·sion
[[vizh-uhn]
vizh--uh
vizh n]
uhn]
[[kuhn-ing]
kuhn -ing]
kuhn-ing]
-adjective
1: dexterous or crafty in the
-verb
1: to speak or write in
favor of; support or urge
brawn
[brawn]
-verb -noun use of special resources by argument; recommend -noun
un·con·ven·tion·al pro·gres·sive
4: development of an
1: to know; understand The act or power of 2: displaying keen insight publicly strong; well-developed
[uhn-kuhn-ven-shuh-nl] -adjective [pruh-gres-iv]
[pruh
[pruh--gres-iv]
gres-iv] anticipating that which –noun
-adjective 2: practical understanding; -adjective will or may come to be: in·tel·lect 2: a person who speaks or an·tag·o·nist
not bound by or conforming shrewdness or intelligence; making use of or interested prophetic vision; the [[in-tl-ekt]
-tl-ekt]
in-tl-ekt]
in writes in support or defense [an-tag-uh-nist]
to convention, rule, or
precedent
common sense
individual or society in a
3: shrewdly informed;
experienced and well-
in new ideas, findings, or
opportunities
vision of an entrepreneur

re·in·force
-noun
1: the capacity for knowledge
2: the capacity for rational
of a person or cause
3: a person who pleads for
or in behalf of another;
-noun
a person who is opposed
to, struggles against, or
of new ventures

bold
re·lent·less
[ri-lent-lis]
-adjective
informed; canny

col·lab·o·rate
more beneficial direction
an·tic·i·pate
[an-tis--uh
[an-tis-uh-peyt]
[an-tis
-verb
-peyt]
uh-peyt]
[ree-in-fawrs]
[ree-in-fawrs
[ree-in-
-verb
fawrs]]

to strengthen by additional
or intelligent thought,
especially when highly
developed
intercessor

for·ward-think·ing
competes with another;
opponent

[bohld] that which does not relent; [kuh--lab

-adjective
1: showing or requiring a
fearless daring spirit
2: adventurous, free
3: standing out prominently
[kuh-lab-uh-reyt]
[kuh lab--uh-reyt]
uh-reyt] 1: to realize beforehand; assistance, material, or [fawr-werd-thing-king] in·gen·ious
unyieldingly severe, strict, -verb foretaste or foresee support: make stronger or prag·mat·ic -adjective [in-jeen-yuhs]
or harsh; unrelenting
5: forward or onward
to work together, especially
in a joint intellectual effort
2: to expect; look forward to;
be sure of
more pronounced [[prag-mat-ik]
-mat-ik]
prag-mat-ik]
prag
-adjective
planning or tending to
plan for the future;
-adjective
1: marked by especial
u·nique 3: to perform (an action) ef·fec·tive 1: of or pertaining to a forward-looking aptitude at discovering,

brains
[yoo-neek]
-adjective
1: being without a like or equal
cre·a·tive
[kree-ey-tiv]
[kree-ey-tiv]
[kree-ey
-adjective
-tiv] movement before another has had time
to act
[ih-fek-tiv]
[ih-fek
[ih- -tiv]
fek-tiv]
-adjective
1: being or involving
practical point of view or
practical considerations
2: dealing or being concerned
di·verse
[dih-vurs, dahy-, dahy-vurs]
inventing, or contriving
2: marked by originality,
resourcefulness, and
[breynz] 2: distinctively characteristic 1: marked by the ability or en·tre·pre·neur·i·al the immediate agent in with facts or actual -adjective cleverness in conception

6: forward course of action

-noun power to create [ahn-truh-pruh-nur-y-al]
[ahn-truh
[ahn-tr -pruh
uh-pr uh--nur-y-al]
nur-y-al] producing an effect occurrences; practical 1: differing from one another or execution
understanding; intellectual long-haul 2: having the quality of -adjective 2: productive of desired 2: composed of distinct
power; intelligence [lawng-hawl] something created rather one who organizes, manages, effects; especially: sav·vy or unlike elements or progress
-noun than imitated and assumes the risks of an productive without waste [[sav-ee]
-ee]
sav-ee]
sav qualities [prog-res]
brawn 1: a long distance enterprise -verb -noun

7: promotion
[brawn] 2: considerable period stra·te·gic un·con·ven·tion·al 1: to know; understand pro·gres·sive 1: movement toward a goal
-noun of time [struh--tee
[struh-tee-jik]
[struh -jik]
tee-jik] in·cu·ba·tor [uhn-kuhn-
[uhn-kuhn-ven-shuh-nl]
[uhn-kuh n-ven -shuh
ven-sh -nl]
uh-nl] -adjective [pruh-gres-iv] 2: advancement in general
strong; well-developed -adjective [[in-kyuh-bey-ter]
-kyuh
in-ky
in -bey-ter]
uh-bey-ter] -adjective 2: practical understanding; -adjective 3 : growth or development;
clev·er important in or essential -noun not bound by or conforming shrewdness or intelligence; making use of or interested continuous improvement
an·tag·o·nist [klev-er] to strategy an organization or place to convention, rule, or common sense in new ideas, findings, or 4: development of an
[an-tag-uh-nist] -adjective that aids the development precedent 3: shrewdly informed; opportunities individual or society in a
-noun 1: mentally quick and fu·tur·is·tic of new ventures experienced and well- more beneficial direction
a person who is opposed resourceful [fyoo-chuh-ris-tik]
[fyoo-chuh
[fyoo-ch uh--ris-tik]
ris-tik] re·lent·less informed; canny an·tic·i·pate 5: forward or onward
to, struggles against, or 2: clever stresses physical or -adjective bold [ri-lent-lis]
[ri-lent-lis]
[ri-lent-lis] [an-tis-uh-peyt] movement
competes with another; mental quickness, deftness 1: of or pertaining to [bohld] -adjective col·lab·o·rate -verb 6: forward course of action
opponent or great aptitude the future -adjective that which does not relent; [kuh-lab-uh-reyt]
[kuh
[kuh--lab
lab--uh -reyt]
uh-reyt] 1: to realize beforehand; 7: promotion
Defining and Achieving
Progress in Our Era
progress. This is what progressives have worked
to achieve for more than a century in order to build
a more perfect union. At the Center for American
Progress and its sister affiliate CAP Action, we’ve
taken up that great progressive tradition and built a
unique capacity for defining and achieving progress
in this new and challenging era.
Achieving real progress is like running a race with-
out a finish line—continuous improvement has no
end. That’s why Americans need an institution like
ours to succeed over the long haul.
While there are respected institutions in Washington
that offer singular contributions to the debate, we
built CAP and CAP Action to be different. CAP and
CAP Action combine intellect and action as part of a
comprehensive approach to making change happen.
I am proud of our role in anticipating new directions
in policy, setting the terms of the debate, and devis-
ing solutions before others.
We define progress by convening talent, drawing
policymakers to our table, and developing precisely
the kinds of policies our country needs to keep mov-
ing in the right direction.
With a cutting-edge commitment to traditional and
new media, and through lasting contributions and
rapid response that keep us a constant presence in
the debate, we persuade policymakers and citizens
that progressive ideas will create a better future for
all Americans.
The results are clear. At a time of economic chal-
lenge unseen in our country for eight decades and
amid unparalleled tests for the natural environment,
technology, and national security, our vision and
our program are roadmaps for progressive action.
Our imprint can be seen on the landmark changes in
policy enacted over the past few years. From the pas-
sage of health care reform to ending Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell, CAP and CAP Action were at the center of the
debate, providing the most articulate and compelling
ideas and voices for progressive achievement. In these
and many other areas, CAP and CAP Action proudly
played an often pivotal role in designing policies and
messages—and crafting political support that made
these groundbreaking initiatives a reality.
But progressives have a lot left to do, both at home
and around the world. We must secure a full and
equitable economic recovery for all Americans to
help restore the American dream so everyone can
find opportunity and make a better life for them-
selves and their families. We must work to address
climate change with new clean energy policies to
create new industries and jobs. And we must ensure
that governing by progressive political values is a
success by implementing vital reforms in areas key
to our economic future, including health care, edu-
cation, and technology.
We have our work cut out for us. A newly embold-
ened conservative movement presents a tough, orga-
nized opposition to our definition of progress.
We can’t let their ideas prevail. And we need a strong
CAP and CAP Action to ensure they will not.
Progressives want to make sure that we look back on
this era as a time of promise fulfilled, not of hope
denied. CAP and CAP Action’s broad reach, deep
bench, and dynamic approach will make our dreams
a reality.
Our work has just started, and we want you to be a
part of all we do to complete it.
John Podesta
CAP President and CEO
CAP Action Chair and Counselor
September 2010
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progress
1: movement toward a goal
progress [prog-res]
Health
Care
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

for All
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction
Americans
5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action

7: promotion

Clockwise from top left

Former CAP Senior Fellow Dean of the House of Repre- CAP Distinguished Senior Fel- President Barack Obama
and now Director of the sentatives Rep. John Dingell low Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) signs the health care bill on
Department of Health and (D-MI) discusses the history speaks at the launch event March 23, 2010. The bill has
Human Services Office of of efforts to reform health for his book Critical, which many key features in com-
Health Reform Jeanne Lam- care at a CAP Action event. outlines ways to solve some mon with the plan CAP first
brew moderates a CAP panel of the most difficult obstacles published in 2005.
on health care quality and to health care reform.
the delivery system.

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1: movement toward a goal
From idea…
After a decade of inaction, in 2010 our
country took the historic step of reforming
the American health care system. With the
passage of the Affordable Care Act, 32 million
Americans will gain health insurance, and
families and small businesses alike will gain
new consumer safeguards from the economic
burden of growing health care costs. This
historic moment fulfills a longtime goal of
American progressives from the Roosevelts to
the Kennedys to the Clintons. This legislation,
if implemented wisely, will be a towering
achievement of progressive governance.
CAP and CAP Action played a key role in
helping this bill get to President Obama’s desk.
Plan for a Healthy America
CAP’s 2005 blueprint for extending and
improving health coverage reignited
efforts to reform the health care system.
6 Center for American Progress www.americanprogress.org
When CAP’s 2005 Plan for a Healthy America
was published in the influential Health Affairs,
we bucked the then-conventional wisdom that
reforming health care was politically impossible
to pass. CAP and CAP Action advocated for the
long-held progressive goal of ensuring that every
American has access to quality, affordable health
care, and we offered a blueprint for how to
achieve it. We took an early stand in this highly
contentious debate and never wavered.
We were engaged in every step of this debate
short of casting an actual vote. We demon-
strated a path to success for policymakers. We
brought together key players in the debate.
We successfully linked economic growth to a
The Health Care Delivery System:
A Blueprint for Reform
CAP and the Institute on Medicine as a Profession
lay out a pathway and provide a policy guide for
making fundamental changes in the performance
of the health care system.
reformed health care system. And we made the
public case against a decade of conservative
opposition and demagoguery.
Our work on reforming our nation’s health care
does not end with the passage of this important
legislation. Looking ahead, CAP is dedicating
staff and resources to continued work on the
array of issues around efforts to lower costs in the
health care system and make certain that the new
coverage opportunities work for all Americans.
We will lead efforts to ensure that the promise
of the new law is realized through the critical
months and years of its implementation and
fight back the efforts of critics bent on repealing
this historic accomplishment.
Critical
This book, co-authored by CAP Distinguished
Senior Fellow Sen. Tom Daschle, then-Senior
Fellow and now Director of the Department of
Health and Human Services Office of Health
Reform Jeanne Lambrew, and Scott Greenberger,
tackles ways to solve some of the most difficult
obstacles to health care reform.
 Health Care for All Americans

_ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

walks with John Podesta on his
way to speak at a CAP event on
AP PHOTO/ROBERT F. BUKATY
how information technology can
foster health care improvement.

aParticipants march during a

rally for health care, urging a fast
pace for reform. “CAP began pushing a universal health care plan well before the 2008
`Senate Finance Committee presidential race began—commissioning polls, staging local town
Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
speaks at a CAP Action event hall events, and, most importantly, devising a substantive proposal
urging that “now is the time for
action” on health care reform.
that became the model for ones eventually released by Hillary Clinton,
John Edwards, and Obama.”
– The New Republic, November 19, 2008

The Two Trillion Dollar Solution Confronting America’s Childhood

Obesity Epidemic
David M. Cutler and Melinda Beeuwkes

Buntin’s CAP report, “The Two Trillion Dollar
Solution,” offers specific strategies for achiev-
ing federal savings in the health care delivery
system—an issue that was critical to passing
the final health reform bill.
…to reality
CAP’s Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell
examine how the health reform bill will
address childhood obesity with a long-term
commitment that pairs individual responsibil-
ity with community-based approaches.

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progress
2: advancement in general
progress [prog-res]
Security
Through
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

Global
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction
Engagement
5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action

7: promotion
Clockwise from top left

Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) CAP Senior Vice President
gives opening remarks for National Security and
at a CAP Action event on International Relations Rudy
renewing and reviewing the deLeon and former Defense
PATRIOT Act. Secretary William Cohen
discuss CAP’s report on
strategy and a new agenda
for U.S.-Russia policy.
The late Rep. Jack Murtha
(D-PA), speaking in at a CAP
Action event in May 2008, was
a critical voice on the rethink-
ing of U.S. policy in Iraq.
Then-Senator and now Vice
President Joe Biden speaks
at the very first CAP event in
October 2003 on “New Ameri-
can Strategies for Security
and Peace.” CAP anticipated
from the start the need for
new policies to address mod-
ern problems such as terror-
ism and the need for smaller,
more strategic forces.

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“On Iraq, CAP first unveiled a “strategic redeployment” plan in
September 2005—calling for a 16-month withdrawal of most U.S.
troops, with a relocation of some to Afghanistan—back when many
congressional Democrats, including Obama, were still cautioning
against a hasty exit. Now CAP’s position is essentially Obama’s.”
– The New Republic, November 19, 2008

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2: advancement in general
From military might alone…
The Iraq war, one of the worst national security
blunders in U.S. history, laid bare conservatives’
overreliance on military might and their relega-
tion of economic and diplomatic power to an
afterthought. Years later, we are still picking up
the pieces from the damage done to America’s
power and long-term interests.
CAP and CAP Action led the way in offering an
alternative to conservative policies with ideas
and blueprints for action to address our greatest
national security challenges. We believe that suc-
cess will require using all aspects of American
power—pursuing tough diplomacy with adver-
saries, remaining vigilant on homeland security,
and investing in intelligence—to complement
our overwhelming military strength.
From their inception, CAP and CAP Action have
worked to restore U.S. global leadership. CAP’s
first conference, convened in October 2003 with
Strategic Redeployment
CAP was first to go beyond broad
strategic objectives to provide a detailed
and up-to-date operational plan for
the repositioning and withdrawal of all
troops and equipment in the battlefield.
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The Century Foundation, examined some of the
national security challenges of this century—ter-
rorism; stopping the spread of nuclear, biological,
and chemical weapons; and projecting power
with smaller, more strategic forces. At this con-
ference, CAP became the first major think tank
to challenge the Bush administration’s “global
war on terrorism” framework and demonstrated
that progressives—center and left—concurred
that the Bush doctrine left us less secure.
In 2005, CAP and CAP Action were first to call
for a strategic redeployment of our troops from
Iraq with a clear timeline, shaping congres-
sional and presidential campaign proposals
for completing the unaccomplished mission in
Afghanistan and Pakistan. CAP today is a lead-
ing and informed voice on the intersection of
security and civil liberties, including the closing
of Guantanamo Bay. CAP helped reshape how
America debates national security by shining a
Global Warning
CAP’s national security and energy
departments work closely together to
develop policy solutions that address
the growing threat of climate change.
bright light on the global economic and environ-
mental threats crossing national borders, among
them pandemic disease, the destabilizing effects
of climate change, the competition for declining
energy resources, and the fallout from fragile
states on America’s interests. And we developed
policies to focus our military and diplomatic
assets on addressing these dangers.
CAP and CAP Action will continue to bring the
best new ideas to the center of the debate.
Over the next few years, we will remain out in
front of the debates, offering smart and effective
defense policies and ideas to create a more sus-
tainable defense budget. We will lead the discus-
sion about how best to balance America’s security
leadership in the world with its economic chal-
lenges at home. And we will promote strategic
collaboration with other countries to reform inter-
national institutions and make them stronger.
In Search of Sustainable Security
Leading in today’s world will require a
fundamental shift away from our outdated
notion of national security to a more mod-
ern concept of sustainable security, defined
by the contours of a world gone global and
shaped by our common humanity.

AP PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH
A Global Imperative
CAP Senior Fellow Nina Hachigian
lays out a progressive approach to
U.S.-China relations in the 21st cen-
tury in this report, co-authored by
Michael Schiffer and Winny Chen.
Security Through Global Engagement
a CAP partnered with Project Billboard in 2004 to
install a billboard in New York’s Times Square that
featured a constantly updating clock counting the
cost of the Iraq war.
CAP Action Senior Fellow Lawrence J. Korb
testifies before the House Armed Services Com-
mittee hearing on two bills regarding troop
deployment policies in one of his many appear-
ances on Capitol Hill.
`General James Jones, national security advisor
to President Obama, discusses the administra-
tion’s strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan at a
CAP event.
_Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
speaks at a conference co-sponsored by CAP and
The Century Foundation on how the United States
can forge a new vision for its foreign policy and
international leadership.
Building a Military for the 21st Century
The United States is contending with two wars, a
military readiness crisis, recruitment and retention
…to global
leadership and
problems, mounting equipment shortages, and
an out-of-control defense acquisition process. This
report lays the foundation for CAP’s pivotal work
sustainable security
guiding the Obama administration in reconfigur-
ing our military to meet contemporary realities.
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progress
3: growth or development;
continuous improvement
progress [prog-res]
Building
a Clean
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

Energy
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction
Economy
5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action

7: promotion Clockwise from top left

CAP Action has led the creation of the CAP Senior Fellow and Green Opportu- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and
National Clean Energy Project, bring- nity Initiative leader Van Jones speaks Director of the White House Office of
ing together leaders such as former at an event to release the joint CAP Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol
President Bill Clinton and Vice President and Green Jobs NY report, “Green Jobs/ Browner discuss the path to energy
Al Gore, Senate Majority Leader Harry Green Homes New York.” independence at a CAP Action event.
Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,
Bobby Kennedy, Jr., Rep. Ed Markey
(D-MA), energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens,
SEIU President Andy Stern, Energy Sec-
retary Steven Chu, New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Ambassador to
China Jon Huntsman, and former New
York Governor George Pataki.

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3: growth or development; continuous improvement
From dirty fuels…
Two disasters taking place weeks apart—the
BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico and
the Upper Big Branch Mine collapse in West
Virginia—are chilling reminders of our nation’s
long failure to confront its energy problems.
Phrases like “clean coal” and “error-free deepwa-
ter drilling” are aspirational rhetoric, not reality.
Extreme weather events globally are happen-
ing with greater frequency and with greater
intensity, evidenced by record temperatures,
catastrophic rains, wildfires, and hurricanes,
providing the most tangible evidence yet that
climate change is here. Every aspect of lives—
politics, foreign policy, our economy, our homes,
our jobs, our industries, the kind of cars we
drive, the food we eat—will be forever changed
by the climate and energy challenge.
Health, safety, and the environment are the
immediate victims of our reliance on fossil fuel.
Capturing the Energy Opportunity
CAP led the effort to frame energy as a key
economic opportunity for the 21st century
in its 2007 report from John Podesta, then-
Senior Fellow and now Special Envoy on
Climate Change Todd Stern, and Kit Batten.
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But our national security and economic well-
being are also placed at risk. Codependence
with oil-rich nations from the Middle East to
Central Asia requires costly support of regimes
in conflict with our basic principles. Continuing
on the path of a dirty fossil fuel economy holds
us back from leading the global race to build a
new clean energy future.
We need a sharp break from this energy-depen-
dent status quo. With low-carbon technologies
and clean, renewable energy, we can capture a
new global market, drive economic growth, and
create high-quality, sustainable jobs for Ameri-
can workers.
CAP and CAP Action are at the forefront of
creating a new energy framework for America—
one that promotes climate stability, energy
security, and economic prosperity. From advo-
cating policies to create the markets, financing,
The Economic Benefits of
Investing in Clean Energy
CAP and the Political Economy
Research Institute paired up to provide
state-by-state information on how
clean energy investments in the Recov-
ery Act and energy bills would create
jobs and boost the U.S. economy.
and infrastructure necessary to scale up clean
energy technologies, to requiring oil companies
to bear the full costs and risks of their business
decisions, to promoting fuel economy measures
that reduce our addiction to fossil fuels, CAP
and CAP Action have led the way toward a new
energy future.
Over the past two years, CAP and CAP Action
have put clean energy investments at the center
of debate on climate change and economic recov-
ery. Ideas generated from CAP Action’s National
Clean Energy Project resulted in the major clean
energy and energy efficiency investments in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and
House and Senate proposals for comprehensive
climate and energy reform. And we fundamen-
tally defined the debate, keeping a focus on the
crisis of global warming while broadening the
conversation to include economic opportunity,
national security, and global market share.
Out of the Running?
CAP looks at clean energy policies in place
in other countries to argue that without a
strong climate and energy vision, the United
States risks falling behind in the global race
to capture emerging markets for low-carbon
technologies and solutions.
 Building a Clean Energy Economy

_New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell appear at a CAP
event on how to spur a green economic recovery.
` Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and CAP Action Executive
Vice President Sarah Rosen Wartell discuss how we can
learn from Europe’s success with renewable energy.
A fire burns near the BP oil spill disaster site. CAP
was the first to call for the creation of a BP trust to
ensure that the company would pay for cleanup costs
and compensation for displaced workers in the Gulf
Coast region.
bCAP Action Senior Fellow Van Jones, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and John Podesta
tour a solar facility in Nevada during the National Clean
Energy Summit Jobs Tour.

AP PHOTO/NOAA

“…the Center has really played a critical role in

helping progressives to be able to win the war
of ideas right here at home.”
– Sen. John Kerry

Rebuilding America
…to a clean
HOME STAR: Putting Americans Back to Work
At the 2009 National Clean Energy Summit, CAP
CAP, led by Senior Fellow Bracken Hendricks, has
Action rolled out this report showing how sus-
been one of the biggest champions of HOME STAR—

energy
tained investments in building energy efficiency
a new initiative to create energy efficiency jobs in
can lay the foundation for sustained economic
the construction industry—which is included in
growth and create hundreds of thousands of good
many of the energy proposals under consideration

economy
jobs in the construction and manufacturing indus-
in Congress. Hendricks was also the architect of the
tries. The report laid the groundwork for the HOME
Cash for Clunkers program.
STAR and Building Star legislative proposals.

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progress
4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction
progress [prog-res]
Economic
Growth and
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

Opportunity
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction

5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action

7: promotion

Clockwise from top left

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,
accompanied by economist Allen Sinai
and CAP Action Senior Economist
Heather Boushey, speaks during a news
conference following an economic
forum focused on jobs.
Labor Department Secretary Hilda Solis
speaks at the CAP release of The Shriver
Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes
Everything, a joint project of CAP and
Maria Shriver.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Chief
Performance Officer Jeffrey Zeints
discuss and develop solutions for three
current problems facing government at
CAP’s Doing What Works conference.

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“The Center for American Progress is in the lead, whether it’s

issues about balancing workplace issues with home issues…
whether it’s about job creation, the challenge of climate
change, immigration…the list goes on and on…”
– Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a joint CAP and CAP Action annual event

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4: development of an individual or society in a more beneficial direction
From collapse…
A treacherous mix of conservative economic
policies led our economy to the brink after a
peerless decade of job creation and growth
in the 1990s produced a budget surplus and
sustained economic growth. The era of conser-
vative stewardship of the economy in the 2000s
left working families with stagnant wages while
markets boomed, and they were then left to
bear the brunt of the bust that followed. Now,
these families face the prospect of diminished
opportunities for years to come.
CAP and CAP Action seek to build an economy
that works for everyone by creating jobs and
sustainable growth and by building a competi-
tive workforce, a resurgent middle class, and a
balanced fiscal future. Our emphasis on quick
investments that also advance long-term com-
petitiveness—and many of our specific recom-
College-Ready Students,
Student-Ready Colleges
CAP is laying out an ambitious agenda
for improving degree completion with
a project on postsecondary education
and workforce development led by
Louis Soares.
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mendations—made their way into the Recovery
Act. And we continue to play a critical role in
shoring up support for addressing long-term
unemployment and rising poverty.
CAP and CAP Action also began, in 2007, to
offer strategies to prevent the foreclosure
avalanche and housing price collapse just ahead.
We then started to consider how to redesign
the housing finance system, putting us at the
center of the emerging debate about rebalancing
housing policy, protecting the economy, and
ensuring access to sustainable homeownership
and decent rental housing.
The Great Recession also accelerated labor
market changes in the role of men and women.
CAP joined with Maria Shriver on a compre-
hensive study on family and work, offering our
A Path to Balance
CAP, led by Michael Ettlinger and Michael
Linden, has been a forerunner in showing
how the federal government can deal with
our deficit problem while making necessary
near-term investments and proposing solu-
tions to get us to balance.
own agenda that would allow work and family
policies to catch up with those changes. Today,
we’re working with the administration’s Middle
Class Task Force on this very agenda.
CAP also anticipated the nation’s renewed con-
cern for fiscal balance. Prior irresponsibility left
gross fiscal imbalances that in turn left us ill-pre-
pared to absorb the costs of the economic collapse
and its necessary remedies. Our work focuses on
a sensible, long-term “path to balance,” which is
necessary to sustain the public and investor con-
fidence without which progressive priorities are at
great risk. And our major new Doing What Works
project advances tough reforms to improve public
sector productivity within agencies and govern-
ment wide. At CAP we believe we will only win
public confidence in the institution of govern-
ment if it can be shown to get results for less.
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s
Nation Changes Everything
CAP partnered with Maria Shriver to produce
this comprehensive study of an unfolding social
transformation—for the first time, one-half of
all U.S. workers are women. The book examines
this seismic shift in the workforce and audits its
effect on business, government, education, faith,
the media, men, and their families.
 Economic Growth and Opportunity

_Vice President Joe Biden hosts

a meeting of his Middle Class Task
Force at CAP.
bDirector of the National
Economic Council Lawrence H.
Summers and New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg discuss the
future of American jobs with Char-
lie Rose at an event hosted by CAP
and the Hamilton Project.

aCommerce Department
Secretary Gary Locke, flanked by
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
and Deputy Education Department
Secretary Anthony Miller, discusses
how to modernize government
operations at CAP’s Doing What
Works conference.
` AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
Richard Trumka speaks at a CAP
Action American Worker Project
event on the future of the Ameri-
can labor movement.

Homeownership
Our Working Nation Doing What Works
Done Right
More women than ever The Doing What Works
CAP Senior Fellows David
before are acting as the project is doing ground-
Abromowitz and Janneke
breadwinner for their families. breaking work in promot-

…to recovery
Ratcliffe provide guidance
CAP’s Heather Boushey and ing government reform to
on how successful afford-
Ann O’Leary examine how efficiently allocate scarce
able housing programs
these working women are resources and achieve
can help point the way
reshaping American families better results for the
forward out of the U.S.
and the U.S. economy. American people.
housing crisis.

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progress
5: forward or onward
movement
progress [prog-res]
Opportunity
Through
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

Education
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction

5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action

7: promotion

Clockwise from top left

Jill Biden speaks at a CAP Then-Senator and now House Majority Leader Steny Education Department
event on community col- Secretary of State Hillary Hoyer (D-MD) speaks at a CAP Secretary Arne Duncan and
leges and competitiveness. Clinton and Sen. Bob Casey event on community schools. former British Prime Minister
(D-PA) laugh with John Tony Blair appear at a CAP
Podesta at a CAP Action event and share big ideas
event on providing quality on how to use community
preschool education. schools to bridge the gap
between poverty services
and education.

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5: forward or onward movement
From risk…
Three decades after the seminal “A Nation
at Risk” report was released on the need for
fundamental education reform, U.S. public
education still fails to make the grade. Just one
in three eighth graders is reading proficient and
nearly half of black and Latino students fail to
graduate from high school. Unlike the policy
approach that shutters or starves failing public
schools, CAP and CAP Action’s progressive
vision is to reform and revitalize our nation’s
public education system.
Clear linkages exist between educational attain-
ment and an individual’s health and wealth.
Delay in reforming education imposes a lifetime
penalty on our most at-risk kids. America simply
cannot survive in a globalized economy by com-
peting against low-wage workers in a race to the
bottom. Instead, CAP and CAP Action are help-
Getting Smarter, Becoming Fairer
CAP’s “Renewing Our Schools, Secur-
ing Our Future” National Task Force on
Public Education investigated innovative
strategies and approaches to improving
public education for a year, culminating
in a progressive education agenda for a
stronger nation.
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ing to shape an educational system that yields
a high return on investment, gets results for all
children, and is flexible and innovative so we can
graduate the best students in the world.
CAP jumpstarted the progressive conversa-
tion around education reform in 2005 with a
task force report focusing on raising expecta-
tions and qualifications in our public schools.
“Renewing Our Schools, Securing Our Future”
became widely recognized as a blueprint for the
Obama administration’s education priorities
and policies.
Partnering at times with conservative allies
such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
the American Enterprise Institute, we backed
innovative practices to achieve transforma-
tional change in schools. CAP convened lead-
Ensuring Equal Opportunity
in Public Education
This report, part of a series on compara-
bility, kicked off CAP’s innovative work
examining how Title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act can more
equitably distribute funds to low-
income schools.
ing reformers, including NYC Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, Secretary of Education Arne Dun-
can, and the Education Trust, to initiate frank
discussions on what’s needed to make our edu-
cation system perform to world-class standards.
We know that the biggest gaps aren’t only
between us and other countries, but between
the wealthiest and poorest school districts in
the United States. So, we’ll push reform efforts
designed to stimulate excellence by implement-
ing new teacher compensation models that
reward success, expanding learning time for
students, promoting expansion of high-per-
forming charter schools, and attracting the best
and brightest educators to the most challenged
districts and schools.
Leaders and Laggards
CAP, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and
Frederick M. Hess of the American Enter-
prise Institute came together to create
state-by-state report cards examining
educational innovation.
 Opportunity Through Education

“Podesta is one of the rare Beltway animals who is both a

wonk and a skilled politician and communicator. He’s in
politics for the right reasons. He’s a believer.”
– Sen. Patrick Leahy to The Washington Post

aD.C. Public Schools Chancellor

Michelle Rhee speaks at an event to
release the report, “Stimulating Excel-
lence: Unleashing the Power of Innova-
tion in Education”—a joint project of
CAP, the American Enterprise Institute,
and New Profit, Inc.
_ American Federation of Teachers
President Randi Weingarten par-
ticipates in a CAP panel discussion on
community schools.
` Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) speaks
at a CAP event on how to develop
useful and realistic evaluations for
teachers in public schools.

Teacher to Teacher Changing Teacher Evaluation

to Create Effective Teachers
Peer Assistance and Review has gained
national attention as a central compo- CAP’s work on teacher evaluation sys-
nent of an effective strategy for develop-
ing a school district’s human capital. CAP
tems is driven by the belief that ensur-
ing every child has an effective teacher …to reinvention
provides guidance in this report on how is one of the most important things we
to realize its full potential. can do for our students.

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progress
6: forward course of action
progress [prog-res]
Promoting
Progressive
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

Values
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction
5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action
Clockwise from top left
7: promotion
Co-founders of CAP’s Enough
Project to end genocide and
crimes against human-
ity John Prendergast and
Gayle Smith—now special
assistant to the president
and senior director at the
National Security Council—
meet with President Obama
and members of Congress to
discuss Darfur.
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Homeland Security Depart- Bill Clinton meets students at
and CAP Action’s Senior Vice ment Secretary Janet the annual Campus Progress
President for External Affairs Napolitano speaks at a CAP National Conference.
Winnie Stachelberg speak at event on comprehensive
an event to release a report immigration reform as CAP’s
on LGBT elders produced by Vice President for Immigra-
CAP Action in collaboration tion Policy and Advocacy
with Services and Advocacy Angela Kelley looks on.
for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender Elders, the
Movement Advancement
Project, the American Society
on Aging, and the National
Senior Citizens Law Center.

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“A larger segment of the American public has embraced the
need to engage this debate and arrive at a sensible solution
to this problem. CAP has helped to document this shift.”
– Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
in a speech on immigration at CAP

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6: forward course of action
From inequality…
While deeply engaged in the day-to-day leg-
islative policy battles, CAP and CAP Action
also keep focused through their advocacy and
outreach work on advancing social justice and
progressive values.
faith: CAP works to involve the faith commu-
nity in policy debates by providing faith lead-
ers the chance to reach wide audiences on key
issues such as health care. And we work to keep
people of all creeds invested in the great Ameri-
can experiment through work like our Young
Muslim-American Voices Project.
immigration: As the national debate over
comprehensive immigration reform intensifies,
CAP remains at the center of ideas and strategy.
CAP’s work helped demonstrate a strategy
to win public support for comprehensive
Implementing the Repeal of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the
U.S. Armed Forces
CAP has been at the forefront of
advocating for the repeal of “Don’t Ask
Don’t Tell” and providing guidance on
how to quickly and effectively reverse
the discriminatory policy.
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immigration reform in the face of strengthening
anti-immigrant sentiment that betrays our
nation’s values.
lgbt progress: Offering a voice that is fresh
and politically savvy, CAP works to expand legal,
social, and economic equality for lesbians, gays,
bisexuals, and transgenders through timely
policy analysis, cutting-edge research, and
rapid-response communications.
poverty: CAP Action’s Half in Ten campaign
set a goal of a 50 percent reduction in poverty
rates over the next decade as a first step toward
eliminating poverty in our time. We work to
deepen and expand the public will to move for-
ward while advocating proven policy solutions
at the federal, state, and local level to promote
opportunity and ensure economic security for all.
Raising the Floor for American Workers
Immigration reform isn’t just necessary for
our national security—it’s also imperative
for our economic security. CAP’s research
shows how comprehensive reform would lay
the foundation for widespread and robust
economic growth.
youth: CAP’s Campus Progress works with
young people to promote progressive solutions
and action. Young people don’t have to wait to
change the world; they have the power right now
to tip the balance. Campus Progress engages a
diverse group of young people nationwide on
more than 1,000 campuses and communities,
providing them the capacity and outlets to make
their voices heard.
project 2050: Our nation will be a majority-
minority country in 2050. CAP launched the
2050 project to ensure progressive policy is
informed by fresh voices and reflects the needs
of a changing nation.
The State of Minorities in the Economy
CAP Senior Fellow Christian E. Weller
provides regular analysis of the state of the
economy. This report shows how minori-
ties are suffering disproportionately in the
recession and provides policy guidance on
leveling these structural disparities.
 Promoting Progressive Values

aCAP Senior Fellow Bishop Gene

Robinson speaks with Uganda Bishop
Christopher Senyonjo at a CAP event about
the global fight for LGBT rights.
_Then-Senator and now President Barack
Obama speaks at the annual Campus
Progress National Conference in 2007.
`Department of Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack gives a keynote address at a
CAP event looking at solutions to ending
child hunger in the United States.

Feeding Opportunity
Young Muslim-American Voices
Ending child hunger is one step toward
This CAP project, which brings together and
Half in Ten’s goal of cutting U.S. poverty

…to justice
focuses on young Muslim-American leaders,
in half in the next decade. Half in Ten is a
explores the challenges and opportunities
joint project of CAP Action, the Leadership
that this group is facing and explores ways
Conference on Civil and Human Rights and
to strengthen their work.
the Coalition on Human Needs.

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progress
7: promotion
progress [prog-res]
Influence
in the
–noun
1: movement toward a goal

Information
2: advancement in general

3: growth or development;
continuous improvement

4: development of an
individual or society in a
more beneficial direction
Age
5: forward or onward
movement
6: forward course of action

7: promotion Clockwise from top left

Journalist Gwen Ifill dis- Tavis Smiley speaks at a
cusses her new book, The CAP Action event alongside
Breakthrough: Politics and former CAP Executive Vice
Race in the Age of Obama, President for Policy and now
at a CAP event. Director of the Domestic
Policy Council Melody Barnes.
CAP Action’s Think Progress John Podesta and Maria
blog was voted “Best Liberal Shriver discuss The Shriver
Blog” in the 2006 Weblog Report: A Woman’s Nation
Awards and chosen as an Changes Everything on “Meet
Official Honoree in the 2009 the Press.” The book was
Webby awards. It was named a joint project of CAP and
best blog of 2008 by The Maria Shriver.
Sidney Hillman Founda-
tion, receiving an award for
journalism excellence. And it
was International Academy
of Visual Arts “Gold Award
Winner” in 2009.

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7: promotion
From the mainstream media…
If a progressive idea resonates in Washington,
but no one hears it, will it make a difference?
We don’t think so.
To exert influence in the fast-evolving Informa-
tion Age, good ideas alone do not suffice. We
wanted to create a think tank for the 21st century
that would be heard by a broad audience and
supported by an unparalleled investment in
communications and outreach.
At CAP and CAP Action, we carefully target our
audiences to maximize our impact. We engage
influentials who can carry forward our ideas
and help us drive change: lawmakers, policy
professionals, academics, advocates, media,
and social network leaders. To reach them, CAP
and CAP Action deploy multiple communica-
tions vehicles across a variety of media plat-
forms—from cable television to the Sundance
Film Festival to YouTube.
CAP Action’s Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias is one
of the blogosphere’s most
influential progressive voices,
offering opinion and analysis
on current events daily.
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CAP built its own radio studio and state-of-the-
art event facilities. And we were the first progres-
sive institution to bring full-time TV and radio
bookers in-house. Our staff and fellows are regu-
lar, reliable, and effective voices on the airwaves.
CAP Action’s groundbreaking blog, Think Prog-
ress, is a prominent and respected forum for pro-
moting progressive ideas combined with rapid
response to the conservative megaphone. Think
Progress is now ranked third on Technorati’s
list of top political websites in the United States,
shaping the debate and lines of informed attack
against conservative ideas and actions.
CAP Action’s Think Progress continues to expand
and grow its reach with the addition of our part-
ner blogs. Yglesias is led by the progressive voice
of Matthew Yglesias, and The Wonk Room oper-
ates as CAP Action’s public policy rapid response
room. CAP Action’s Climate Progress, the leading
website on climate change policy issues, was
CAP Action’s The Wonk Room
Smart progressive analysis, focus-
ing on health care, the economy,
national security, immigration,
justice, and energy and the
environment.
named by TIME magazine in June 2010 as one
of the “blogs we can’t live without.” And CAP’s
Science Progress brings together scientists and
policymakers to help improve Americans’ under-
standing of science and technology.
We deploy our progressive message visually, too.
CAP’s Reel Progress has become a frequent host
for previewing progressive documentary and
feature films, followed by proactive discussions
with leading policy experts, filmmakers, and
actors. We hold live webcast events to discuss
and debate policy. Our YouTube channel has
more viewers than any other think tank. And
we present the work of several award-winning
opinion cartoonists on our website.
It is a point of pride that our communication
tactics are now employed by conservative and
progressive institutions alike, establishing CAP
and CAP Action as the models for those in the
influence-generating business.
CAP Action’s MicCheck Radio
MicCheck is a free, daily radio
prep service. Politics. News.
Entertainment. Audio. Radio
prep has never been this fast or
this much fun.
 Influence in the Information Age

“Viewing climate change through the prism of national security,

[Joe] Romm analyzes breaking energy news and the relevant research,
but most important, he challenges the beliefs and conclusions of the
mainstream media on climate-change issues. Go get ‘em, Joe.”
– TIME Magazine on CAP Action’s Climate Progress

aEd Schultz regularly tapes his nationally syndicated radio show

at the CAP radio studio.
_ Experts like CAP Action President and CEO Jennifer Palmieri
frequently appear on television and radio news to promote a pro-
gressive view on the issues of the day.
` Joe Romm’s Climate Progress blog is dedicated to providing the
progressive perspective on climate science, solutions, and politics.
TIME magazine ranked it #3 on its 2010 best blogs list, calling Romm
“the Web’s most influential climate-change blogger.”
bCAP Chief Operating Officer Neera Tanden appears on CNN with
host John King in one of her regular appearances on “John King, USA.”

CAP’s Science Progress Facebook

Science Progress showcases
exciting, progressive ideas
CAP’s social networks are hubs for you to
engage directly with CAP and CAP Action.
…to the
about the many ways in which Whether you join us on Facebook, Twitter,
government and citizens can
leverage innovation for the
YouTube, or Flickr, expect real-time streams
of our latest content as well as plenty of space blogosphere
common good. to discuss the progressive issues at hand.

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Board of Directors Executive Committee Senior Staff Distinguished Sr. Fellow

cap cap action Rudy deLeon Debbie Fine, Senior VP and General Counsel Senator Tom Daschle
Senior Vice President of National Security
Sen. Tom Daschle Peter Edelman and International Policy
David Halperin, Senior VP and Director, Campus Progress

Richard Leone Judith Feder Kaliope Poulianos, Senior VP for Finance and Administration
Laura Nichols
Peter Lewis Christie Hefner
Senior Fellow Anne Reiss, Senior VP for Development
Jennifer Palmieri Araceli Ruano, Senior VP and Director of California Office
Aryeh Neier Broderick Johnson
CAP Action President and CEO and
John Podesta John Podesta Senior Vice President for Communications Andrew Sherry, Senior VP for Online Communications

Marion Sandler Hilary Rosen John Podesta Cynthia Brown, VP for Education Policy
CAP President and CEO Michael Ettlinger, VP for Economic Policy
Tom Steyer Daniel Zingale
Winnie Stachelberg Kate Gordon, VP for Energy Policy
S. Donald Sussman Senior Vice President for External Affairs
Hansjörg Wyss Angela Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy
Neera Tanden
Jose Villarreal Chief Operating Officer Tara McGuinness, VP and Director of Progressive Media (CAP Action)

Sarah Rosen Wartell Ed Paisley, VP for Editorial

Executive Vice President Faiz Shakir, VP and Editor of ThinkProgress (CAP Action)
Anna Soellner, VP for Communications

Scenes from the CAP and CAP Action

2010 annual dinner
Senior Vice President for External
Affairs Winnie Stachelberg greets
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO).

aSenior Vice President and General

Counsel Debbie Fine and Director of
Government Reform Reece Rushing.
`
John Podesta addresses the crowd.
_
Senior Fellow Sam Fulwood.
_
_Senior Vice President and Director
of the California Office Araceli Ruano
and Senior Fellow Jitinder Kohli.
 Projects of the Center for American Progress
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