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Anthony “Tony” Blankley (born 1948; London, England, United Kingdom) is an Executive Vice President with Edelman public relations in Washington, a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the Heritage Foundation, weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, author of Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? and What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century, and a regular guest on various new programs. Blankley is also a regular commentator for radio shows including The Diane Rehm Show and The Steve Gill Show. Earlier in his career Blankley was the editorial page editor for The Washington Times, a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George Magazine, and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group.

Blankley’s political opinions are generally considered to fall within traditional conservatism, although he has been labeled as a neo-conservative by some critics. He denies this label, claiming that his views are more comparable to a classic conservative such as former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Blankley’s political career spanned several decades, and his most prominent position was a seven-year stint as House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s press secretary. Prior to his career on Capitol Hill, Blankley served president Reagan as a policy analyst and speechwriter, and was a staff writer for Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler. Before coming to Washington, Blankley spent 10 years as a prosecutor with the California Attorney General’s office.

He was also a child actor appearing as Rod Steiger’s child in The Harder They Fall (1955). He graduated from UCLA and from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles (with a J.D.). He was admitted to the State Bar of California Bar in 1972, but has since ceased to be a member as he does not engage in legal practice to the requisite extent. Blankley continues to write for the Washington Times and is writing his third book; he also lectures at many universities and institutes. In November of 2009, Blankley presented his lecture - A Year out from the 2010 Congressional Elections — National Politics, Policy and their Communication at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.

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