2005 annual summary

Freedom

“ … The Heritage Foundation is a true bedrock of our democratic principles, our freedom, our way of life and a vehicle by which free men and women can debate their future.”—Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Dec. 13, 2005.

Soldiers meet D-Day veterans Lynn D. "Bruck" Compton (sitting) and Don Malarkey after their Heritage lecture celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe during World War II.

Thanks to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, our ability to promote freedom across the globe was improved dramatically with the opening of our new Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. This center is dedicated to strengthening trans-Atlantic relations by promoting policies based on the conservative principles so forcefully espoused by Thatcher.

Along with the Davis Institute for International Studies and the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, the Thatcher Center gives Heritage three institutions dedicated to national defense, foreign policy and freedom—and one great distinction. We’re now the only place in the world with institutions and fellows honoring Lady Thatcher and the late President Ronald Reagan.

But we didn’t stop there. Ask Michael Chertoff. Upon taking office, the new Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security read DHS 2.0, a Heritage report co-written by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Chertoff and Congress used 80 percent of its recommendations to overhaul the new agency and make it more efficient—while also better protecting Americans from terrorist attacks.