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Charlie Wilson was known for his hawkish US military foreign policy and supported the DNC's platform on women's rights, social security, and abortion during the 1980s. As a freshman representative, Wilson achieved the designation of the Big Thicket in Southeast Texas as a National Preserve in 1974. [15]
That year, Texas representative Charlie Wilson persuaded the Appropriations Committee [1] to provide an additional $40 million for CIA activity in the country; $17 million was specifically earmarked for anti-helicopter weapons. In early 1984, Avrakotos met with Wilson and—against CIA regulations—asked for an additional $50 million to aid ...
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989).
This film based on a true story explores the beginnings of America’s involvement in Afghanistan in the 1980s, as Congressman Charlie Wilson , moved by the plight of the Afghan people fending off ...
The book contains 33 chapters and an epilogue, spanning Representative Charlie Wilson's life from his early political career to the end of the Soviet-Afghan War. The book is based on a series of interviews that Crile conducted with Congressman Wilson. [1]
Summary: Set in the early 1980s, "Charlie Wilson's War" details the real-life efforts of US Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman) to help Afghan freedom fighters ...
Malcolm Wilson (politician) (Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator
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