The gathering included Republican stalwarts such as Paul Singer of Elliott Management and DanSenor of Rosemont Capital, but also some more recent Republican donors such as Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates.
Before a recent business trip to Israel, someone handed me a copy of "Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, " a book by DanSenor and Saul Singer about Israel's culture of innovation and entrepreneurialism.
The group, founded by the excellent Bill Kristol, Robert Kagan, and DanSenor, has assembled a number of similarly impressive people to submit a letter to President Obama, urging him to be steadfast in Afghanistan.