Original sentence: FDD-affiliated student groups can now be found at nearly all major American undergraduate institutions.Such groups have a pro-democracy, anti-terrorism mission, much like the FDD itself.The FDD also has worked with Lebanese, Syrian and Iranian pro-democracy activists, although many dissidents refuse to accept money from a project closely associated with Bush's perceived plan to create chaos across the region.The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D
Edited sentence: About FDD.According to Ismail Royer, a former researcher for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, "FDD Senior Adviser Walid Phares has had a long and close relationship with the Guardians of the Cedars, a pro-Israel Lebanese militia.Affiliated student groups can now be found at nearly all major American undergraduate institutions.But FDD does not necessarily advocate for military action in each and every non-democratic country.It issues policy recommendations (some involving military action, many others not) to the media, Congress, college campuses, and the Washington policy community.Some critics have also claimed that despite its claims to be an ardent critic of terrorism, the FDD has not been consistent in its criticism, downplaying or ignoring actions taken by the government of Israel against Palestinians that arguably fall into this category.State Department.Such groups have a pro-democracy, anti-terrorism mission, much like that of FDD itself.The Congressional Research Service labels them an 'extremist Maronite militia and terrorist organization.The FDD also has worked with Lebanese, Syrian and Iranian pro-democracy activists, although many dissidents refuse to accept money from a project closely associated with President Bush and his agenda.The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is a neoconservative, non-profit organization based in Washington, D.The group, which in 1976 led the massacre of at least 3,000 Palestinian men, women, and children at the Tel al-Za'atar refugee camp near Beirut (and continues to call the massacre a 'cleansing'), is labeled ‘an extremist Christian group' by the U