{"id":227814,"date":"2016-02-29T03:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T03:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/faulting-sanders-for-lacking-experts\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T18:21:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T18:21:13","slug":"faulting-sanders-for-lacking-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/faulting-sanders-for-lacking-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulting Sanders for Lacking Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who has the backing of nearly the entire Democratic foreign policy establishment, taunts Bernie Sanders about his lack of a similar roster, but ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar says what\u2019s more important is the judgment of the potential president.<\/p>\n

By Paul R. Pillar<\/p>\n

Bernie Sanders has become a primary focus of a common quadrennial subject for foreign policy wonks and presidential campaign watchers: the \u201cteams\u201d of advisers who affiliate with different campaigns. Ostensibly these advisers provide their respective candidates with wisdom and expertise that are inputs to coherent positions that the candidate takes on relevant issues during the campaign and, if their candidate wins, to coherent and sound policies while in office.<\/p>\n

Sanders has drawn criticism for being thin on foreign policy advisers. It is a news item<\/u><\/a> when he finally takes steps to assemble a foreign policy \u201cteam.\u201d Contrasts are drawn with the army of foreign policy advisers<\/u><\/a>, numbering in the hundreds, who are listed as affiliated with Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.