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George H. Wittman

George H. Wittman

George H. Wittman served in the US Army during and after the Korean War and, in the following decades, he became intimately involved in national security, global intelligence matters and international business. Along the way he managed businesses, founded public service organizations, and now writes prolifically. Some of Mr. Wittmans's accomplishments: President of G.H. Wittman, Inc. a family firm founded in 1885 to manage family interests in exploration, mining and international trade; Co-founder of The Middle East Newsletter; and founding Chairman of the National Institute for Public Policy, a non-profit devoted to research on technological and policy aspects of national defense. He is a veteran of forty-five years of international security operations and analysis.
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by | Jun 17, 2011

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by | Jun 10, 2011

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by | Jun 3, 2011

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by | May 27, 2011

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by | May 20, 2011

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by | May 13, 2011

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by | May 4, 2011

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by | Apr 29, 2011

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by | Apr 22, 2011

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