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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.
by | Nov 19, 2010

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by | Nov 12, 2010

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by | Nov 5, 2010

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by | Oct 29, 2010

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by | Oct 22, 2010

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by | Oct 15, 2010

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by | Oct 8, 2010

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by | Oct 1, 2010

When in doubt journalists covering the Afghan conflict fall back on the old “corrupt Karzai government” line. This then is…

by | Sep 24, 2010

Whenever the subject of China arises, the issue of Beijing’s ownership of 21.9% of foreign-held U.S. Treasury securities (May 2010…

by | Sep 17, 2010

“Several days ago General Yuri Ivanov died while swimming,” reported RIA Novosti, the official Russian news agency. Ivanov had disappeared…

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