As Presidents Depart, Center-Right Think Tanks Face New Pressures

As Presidents Depart, Center-Right Think Tanks Face New Pressures

Two of America's largest and most prominent center-right think tanks will have new leadership next year.

The Manhattan Institute announced on last month that its president for the past 23 years, Lawrence Mone, intends to "hand over the reins of leadership to a new president in early 2019."

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New Hampshire GOP Candidates Spar Over How Pro-Life They Are

Matthew McDonald

Two leading Republican candidates for Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District argued over each other's level of commitment to fighting abortion during a debate Tuesday.

Eddie Edwards, a U.S. Navy veteran and former police chief, when he was asked why he sat on the board of a health organization that gave money to Planned Parenthood, vehemently denied supporting the abortion provider and touted his endorsement by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a pro-life advocate.

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