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Michael George Glen Waltz (born January 31, 1974) is a Green Beret veteran of multiple combat tours, the best-selling author of Warrior Diplomat, a FOX News Contributor, and a Chief Executive Officer.
Previously, Waltz served as U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney’s Senior Advisor for South Asia and Counter-terrorism. He represented the Office of the Vice President during President George W. Bush’s Strategic Review of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. Previously, he was the Director for Afghanistan policy within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In the Pentagon, he also served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.
In parallel with his civilian policy work, Waltz commanded U.S. Army Special Forces units at various levels in the reserve component with multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan and the Middle East. During his tours, Waltz had the distinction of leading Special Forces teams in the search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, in responding to the al-Qaeda suicide bombing at FOB Chapman in Khost, and of embedding in a United Arab Emirates Special Operations Task Force operating in Southern Afghanistan. In other tours, Waltz has worked closely with foreign Special Operations Forces units including Czech, French, British and Australian Special Forces. Waltz continues to serve his country as a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve component with over 21 years of service.
Waltz is the author of the book Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret’s Battles from Washington to Afghanistan. Warrior Diplomat was named to the U.S. Special Operations Command Commander’s 2016 reading list and is regularly featured as key reading for military service schools and the Joint Special Operations University. Net proceeds from book sales are donated to the Green Beret Foundation.
Waltz is a FOX News Contributor and provides expert commentary on foreign policy and defense issues for the FOX News and FOX Business Channels. He regularly appears on prime time and daily shows such as Special Report with Bret Baier, Hannity, and Fox and Friends. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and regularly speaks at industry, policy, and charity forums.
Warrior Diplomat (Book)
Waltz's book Warrior Diplomat is a summary of the war in Afghanistan from the author's dual perspectives on the battlefield and from the homefront. It was endorsed by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as a "must-read, first-hand examination of the Afghan war." Publishers Weekly says "Waltz succeeds in his goal of explaining how the war in Afghanistan has been executed, making a case that the continuing chaos that nation endures is 'directly connected' to the U.S. national interest." The book helps readers "understand how America’s war in Afghanistan was fought so hard, for so long, to so few measurable results." GoodReads readers give the book 4.5 out of 5 stars, citing its "unique perspective into the Global War on Terror".
Additional Works by Michael Waltz
Op-eds
* "No Retreat: The American Legacy In Afghanistan Does Not Have To Be Defeat", War on the Rocks May 12 2017.
* "Five Reasons Why Cooperating With Moscow On Syria Is A Bad Idea", War on the Rocks July 19 2016.
* "Bergdahl should pay for betrayal", USA Today March 26, 2015.
* "Stop chasing the violence", Washington Times November 20, 2014.
* "Afghanistan's Northern Succession?", Foreign Policy August 2014.
Michael George Glen Waltz (born January 31, 1974) is a Green Beret veteran of multiple combat tours, the best-selling author of Warrior Diplomat, a FOX News Contributor, and a Chief Executive Officer.
Previously, Waltz served as U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney’s Senior Advisor for South Asia and Counter-terrorism. He represented the Office of the Vice President during President George W. Bush’s Strategic Review of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. Previously, he was the Director for Afghanistan policy within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In the Pentagon, he also served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.
In parallel with his civilian policy work, Waltz commanded U.S. Army Special Forces units at various levels in the reserve component with multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan and the Middle East. During his tours, Waltz had the distinction of leading Special Forces teams in the search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, in responding to the al-Qaeda suicide bombing at FOB Chapman in Khost, and of embedding in a United Arab Emirates Special Operations Task Force operating in Southern Afghanistan. In other tours, Waltz has worked closely with foreign Special Operations Forces units including Czech, French, British and Australian Special Forces. Waltz continues to serve his country as a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve component with over 21 years of service.
Waltz is the author of the book Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret’s Battles from Washington to Afghanistan. Warrior Diplomat was named to the U.S. Special Operations Command Commander’s 2016 reading list and is regularly featured as key reading for military service schools and the Joint Special Operations University. Net proceeds from book sales are donated to the Green Beret Foundation.
Waltz is a FOX News Contributor and provides expert commentary on foreign policy and defense issues for the FOX News and FOX Business Channels. He regularly appears on prime time and daily shows such as Special Report with Bret Baier, Hannity, and Fox and Friends. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and regularly speaks at industry, policy, and charity forums.
Warrior Diplomat (Book)
Waltz's book Warrior Diplomat is a summary of the war in Afghanistan from the author's dual perspectives on the battlefield and from the homefront. It was endorsed by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as a "must-read, first-hand examination of the Afghan war." Publishers Weekly says "Waltz succeeds in his goal of explaining how the war in Afghanistan has been executed, making a case that the continuing chaos that nation endures is 'directly connected' to the U.S. national interest." The book helps readers "understand how America’s war in Afghanistan was fought so hard, for so long, to so few measurable results." GoodReads readers give the book 4.5 out of 5 stars, citing its "unique perspective into the Global War on Terror".
Additional Works by Michael Waltz
Op-eds
* "No Retreat: The American Legacy In Afghanistan Does Not Have To Be Defeat", War on the Rocks May 12 2017.
* "Five Reasons Why Cooperating With Moscow On Syria Is A Bad Idea", War on the Rocks July 19 2016.
* "Bergdahl should pay for betrayal", USA Today March 26, 2015.
* "Stop chasing the violence", Washington Times November 20, 2014.
* "Afghanistan's Northern Succession?", Foreign Policy August 2014.
Barry R. Clarke (born 14 March 1959) is a British puzzle designer and Baconian Shakespeare authorship theorist.
In 2014 he completed a PhD at Brunel University concerning Shakespeare authorship.
He has published several books of puzzles.
Bibliography
* 1994 Test Your Puzzle Power, Ward Lock.
* 1994 Puzzles for Pleasure, Cambridge University Press.
* 2003 Challenging Logic Puzzles (Mensa), Sterling.
* 2003 Brain Busters, Dover.
* 2013 Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities, Dover.
* 2014 Extreme Logic Puzzles, Puzzlewright (Sterling).
* 2017 The Quantum Puzzle: Critique of Quantum Theory and Electrodynamics, World Scientific Publishing.
In 2014 he completed a PhD at Brunel University concerning Shakespeare authorship.
He has published several books of puzzles.
Bibliography
* 1994 Test Your Puzzle Power, Ward Lock.
* 1994 Puzzles for Pleasure, Cambridge University Press.
* 2003 Challenging Logic Puzzles (Mensa), Sterling.
* 2003 Brain Busters, Dover.
* 2013 Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities, Dover.
* 2014 Extreme Logic Puzzles, Puzzlewright (Sterling).
* 2017 The Quantum Puzzle: Critique of Quantum Theory and Electrodynamics, World Scientific Publishing.
Bradley Earl Ayers (March 7, 1935 - February 10, 2017) was an American soldier and CIA operative who alleged that former senior JMWAVE officers played a role in the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Biography
Ayers enlisted in the United States Army following high school graduation in 1953. In 1963, Ayers worked with the CIA training anti-Castro Cuban exiles. Following that, Ayers worked as a commercial pilot, a private detective, and an undercover operative with the Drug Enforcement Administration's South Florida Task Force.
Personal
At the age of 62, Ayers set the record for the fastest one day ascent-descent of Mount Whitney in California (the highest peak in the continental U.S.), conquering the 14,496-foot mountain in 14 hours, 40 minutes while carrying a 25-pound daypack.
He continued to maintain a vigorous athletic schedule, regularly competing in road and snow-shoe races in his community despite a full VA disability due to injuries sustained in the service of his country.
Ayers lived in Frederic, Wisconsin. He died on February 10, 2017.<ref name="obit" />
Books
Ayers was the author of two books:
* The War That Never Was: An Insider's Account of CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba. (1976)
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Biography
Ayers enlisted in the United States Army following high school graduation in 1953. In 1963, Ayers worked with the CIA training anti-Castro Cuban exiles. Following that, Ayers worked as a commercial pilot, a private detective, and an undercover operative with the Drug Enforcement Administration's South Florida Task Force.
Personal
At the age of 62, Ayers set the record for the fastest one day ascent-descent of Mount Whitney in California (the highest peak in the continental U.S.), conquering the 14,496-foot mountain in 14 hours, 40 minutes while carrying a 25-pound daypack.
He continued to maintain a vigorous athletic schedule, regularly competing in road and snow-shoe races in his community despite a full VA disability due to injuries sustained in the service of his country.
Ayers lived in Frederic, Wisconsin. He died on February 10, 2017.<ref name="obit" />
Books
Ayers was the author of two books:
* The War That Never Was: An Insider's Account of CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba. (1976)
*
Samuel Rush Condon (born 1985) is an Australian artist specialising in painting and drawing.
Early life
Condon was born in Geelong in 1985. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art Drawing from the VCA and a Master of Fine Art from RMIT. He is a three-time finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship". was described by Christopher Allen in The Australian as "tiny but fine". Condon's 2015 Archibald portrait of John Jarratt titled 'Jarratt',
In 2016 his portrait of TV presenter Osher Günsberg was selected as a finalist in the Salon des Refusés, an exhibition of some of the rejected submissions to the Archibald Prize. The work titled 'Osher' continued Condon's theme of yellow background 3/4 portraits.
Awards
* Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist 2017
* Nillumbik art prize finalist 2017
* National Equine Art Prize finalist 2017
* Eutick Memorial Still Life Award finalist 2016
* Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Award finalist 2016
* M-collection award finalist 2016
* ANL Maritime Art Award finalist 2016
* finalist 2016
* Rick Amor Drawing Prize finalist 2016
* Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist 2016
* Glencore Portrait Prize finalist 2016
* Percival Portrait Prize finalist 2016
* ANL Maritime Art Award finalist 2015
* Archibald Prize finalist 2015 & 2014
* Brett Whiteley Travelling Artist Scholarship finalist 2013, 2012, 2011
* Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist 2011
* Eutick Memorial Still Life Award finalist 2010
Early life
Condon was born in Geelong in 1985. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art Drawing from the VCA and a Master of Fine Art from RMIT. He is a three-time finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship". was described by Christopher Allen in The Australian as "tiny but fine". Condon's 2015 Archibald portrait of John Jarratt titled 'Jarratt',
In 2016 his portrait of TV presenter Osher Günsberg was selected as a finalist in the Salon des Refusés, an exhibition of some of the rejected submissions to the Archibald Prize. The work titled 'Osher' continued Condon's theme of yellow background 3/4 portraits.
Awards
* Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist 2017
* Nillumbik art prize finalist 2017
* National Equine Art Prize finalist 2017
* Eutick Memorial Still Life Award finalist 2016
* Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Award finalist 2016
* M-collection award finalist 2016
* ANL Maritime Art Award finalist 2016
* finalist 2016
* Rick Amor Drawing Prize finalist 2016
* Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist 2016
* Glencore Portrait Prize finalist 2016
* Percival Portrait Prize finalist 2016
* ANL Maritime Art Award finalist 2015
* Archibald Prize finalist 2015 & 2014
* Brett Whiteley Travelling Artist Scholarship finalist 2013, 2012, 2011
* Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist 2011
* Eutick Memorial Still Life Award finalist 2010