# What ever happened to PNAC?

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**Created:** [March 25, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-pnac/397448 "2007-03-25T19:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-pnac/397448/1 "2007-03-25T19:46:28Z")

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I heard on an Air America talk show the other day that the [Project for the New American Century](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pnac) had “disbanded” in 2005 but its members were still meeting regularly. Is this true? It wasn’t in the news at the time, AFAIK. But PNAC’s [website](http://www.newamericancentury.org/) has not been updated since 2005 – at least, I can find nothing on it of more recent date.

Did PNAC disband?

Why?

Does it, despite having disbanded, still maintain some kind of existence?

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**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-pnac/397448/2 "2007-03-25T20:52:21Z")

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Obviously, their mission was accomplished.

-Joe

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-pnac/397448/3 "2007-03-25T21:52:36Z")

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In the What’s New section, they have listed books and articles right through Dec 2006. Usually your best bet to figure out if a site is still running is the ‘what’s new’ page or the ‘press releases’ page or whichever page they use to bring you their latest info.

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**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-pnac/397448/4 "2007-03-26T10:02:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Merijeek]  
Obviously, their mission was accomplished.

-Joe  
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And they changed their name to Project for the New Iranian Century to reflect the fact.

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**Author:** ![Elsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b2d939/32.png) [@Elsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elsie)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-pnac/397448/5 "2007-03-26T11:58:44Z")

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I believe most of them are busy counting the loot, the dumb one is left keeping up appearances in the front office.