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TBO.com
January 29, 2018
McNabb, who finished his career in 1988 at MacDill Air Force Base as the first inspector general of U.S. Special Operations Command, said he has long wondered whether the warnings SOG issued had any impact beyond his command. Army Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces inÃâà...
Consortium News
October 31, 2017
In late August, following President Trump's address to the nation committing to a long-term battle in Afghanistan, Andrea Mitchell of NBC asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, “why didn't the President mention Russia's rearming of the Taliban, which General [John] Nicholson has been talking about veryÃâà...
Right Wing Watch
September 27, 2017
Earlier this month, we noted that extremist Religious Right activist Janet Porter had been spotted at the White House, along with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, where we assumed that she was making a pitch for her “Heartbeat Bill,” a radical piece of legislation that she brags will outlaw abortionÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 10, 2017
The 75-year-old retired general is now the vice mayor of Hagonoy, a provincial southern town. Calida is .... Retired U.S. Gen. John Singlaub, who ran covert anti-communist operations in Vietnam and provided aid to the Nicaraguan contras, caused a flurry of speculation when he arrived in Manila in 1986.
The Nation.
April 8, 2017
As early as 1979, two Reaganite retired generals, including John Singlaub, who had ties to the fascist World Anti-Communist League, which was basically an international .... Even Sesame Street's Elmo can only be defended from Trump by weighing his worth in relation to national security, as Gen. StanleyÃâà...
FAIR
November 16, 2016
On three programs about Contra aid, Nightline had the following guests: Patrick Buchanan, a committed right-wing ideologue who actively promoted the Contras, debated Tom Wicker, a liberal journalist who is in no way connected to the movement opposing U.S. policy in Central America (3/17/86); Gen. John Singlaub, aÃâà...
Tico Times
October 6, 2014
Gen. John Singlaub, who was President Ronald Reagan's administrative chief liaison to the secret Contra supply effort, in his 1991 autobiography ... “Press Guidance was prepared which states no U.S.G. involvement or connection, but that we are generally aware of such support contracted by the Contras.
Huffington Post (blog)
October 7, 2008
Retired General John “Jack” Singlaub was one of the principal cheerleaders and fundraisers for the Contras, and had close ties to the Oliver North covert ... “Then there is the matter of Gen. John Singlaub. When he emerged as a leading player in the Iran-contra scandal, Jewish organizations noted that heÃâà...
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