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William V. Cowan or Bill Cowan (born August 1943 in Sacramento, California) is the chairman and CEO of the WVC3 Group, a Reston, Virginia based company specializing in international security. Nickname: City of Trees Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Area - City 99. ...
A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Cowan has become well known for his combat and counterterrorism experiences, including his rescues of hostages in different parts of the world. He is also a contributor for the Fox News Channel and an expert in international terrorism. This article is becoming very long. ...
Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ...
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Cowan graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1966 and joined the Marines during the Vietnam War conflict. He subsequently spent three and a half years in Vietnam, most of it working with small units. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
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Under Ronald Reagan's presidency he became the only Marine in The Pentagon's special Intelligence Support Activity. Cowan was seriously affected by the 1983 bombing of a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon which killed 241 servicemen (220 Marines, 18 Navy personnel and 3 Army personnel). He retired from the ISA after what he perceived as an inaction by the Pentagon towards dealing with this incident. This inspired him to secretly organize a group that would work outside the government to help fight terrorism and other social problems worldwide. Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), and the 33rd Governor of the state of California (1967–1975). ...
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located at 48 N. Rotary Road, Arlington, Virginia 22211 (Map). ...
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1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
There is also a drinking game alternately refered to as Beirut or Beer Pong. ...
After he retired from the ISA he worked as legistative assistant to Senator Warren B. Rudman during the hearings of the Iran Contra scandal, and was a key staff member in drafting the legislation which created the U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, FL. Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. ...
In the Iran-Contra Affair, United States President Ronald Reagans administration secretly sold arms to Iran, which was engaged in a bloody war with its neighbor Iraq from 1980 to 1988 (see Iran-Iraq War), and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow the leftist and...
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Cowan was involved in some of the most famous hostage rescues of the Middle East. One of his rescues, the 1990 rescue of American businessmen in Kuwait after Saddam Hussein had invaded that country, was the object of a documentary where some secrets about his organization were revealed, such as the fact that organization operatives used to obtain fake passports issued by a man in Paris to enter countries where people were being held. This operation was conducted in combination with former CIA director Bill Colby. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majidida al-Tikriti (Arabic: ‎, [1]; born April 28, 1937[2]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ...
William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920–April 27, 1996) became Director of Central Intelligence on September 4, 1973, after James R. Schlesinger. ...
In addition to his participation as a contributor for Fox, he has also written articles for The Washington Post and been featured in several television shows, (apart from the documentary), such as Larry King Live, Crossfire and others. The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ...
Larry King hosts a nightly television program on CNN. Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on November 19, 1933) is an award-winning American broadcaster. ...
Quotes "Because I'm on Fox, certain liberals attack me as being one of the Bush 'rah-rah' boys. The irony is that the Pentagon and the White House are often livid about things I say on TV. Fox may lean to the right. Because I work with them doesn't mean I do too." - radio interview, Feb '05
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