Feb. 27, Interview - In last night's Democratic debate, foreign policy was a major theme was foreign policy. To talk about the people who are advising the candidates on these issues, Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco says many of Senator Hillary Clinton's advisers supported the Iraq war but have since become skeptical of the invasion.

Many of Clinton's advisers hail from her husband's administration. Madeline Albright is President Clinton's former Secretary of State. Sandy Berger is former National Security Adviser to Clinton.

One of her top foreign policy confidantes, and her likely choice for Secretary of State Zines says, is Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke served as UN Ambassador in the Clinton Administration and Special Emissary to the Balkans. Halbrooke advocated for the bombing of Bosnia. Holbrooke also served in the Carter administration where he has been criticized for his advocacy for Indonesian military head Suharto who repressed the people of East Timor and his support for Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship in the Philippines.

Zunes says "Barack Obama's foreign policy tend to be younger" as some of his advisors make up different generation. Zones says Obama has a broad range of opinions surrounding him such as human rights scholar Samantha Power and General Merrill McPeak, who backed Indonesia's invasion of East Timor. McPeak also advised George Bush and Bob Dole in their Presidential bids. Zunnes says and Dennis Ross who has been a key player in President George H.W. Bush's and President Bill Clinton's Israeli Palestinian polcies. Zunes describes him as "a supporter of Israel's policy in the West Bank."