[[Doug Bandow]] was a syndicated columnist with [[Copley News Service]] and a senior fellow of the [[Cato Institute]]. Following revelations that he had accepted payments from lobbyist [[Jack Abramoff]] he resigned from Cato and was suspended from Copley News Service. In late December 2005 it was announced that he had accepted an appointment as vice president of policy at [[Citizen Outreach]]. [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001772393]
His ==Background== Prior to Copley terminating the synidcation of his column Bandow's column was carried by numerous major newspapers and writes . He has also written for magazines such as ''[[Fortune Magazine|Fortune]]''. Bandow also speaks regularly in front of students and business groups and frequently appeared as a radio and television [[commentator]].[http://www.cato.org/people/bandow.html]
A former visiting fellow at the [[Heritage Foundation]], he served as a special assistant to President [[Ronald Reagan]]. However, he has become a vocal critic of President [[George W. Bush]], calling on him to "apologize to Americans" for his policies in Iraq. Bandow is a member of the [[Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy]].