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Fake Eyeglasses and an Elaborate Ruse: Escaping Iran During the 1979 Hostage Crisis
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John A. Burroughs – From Tackling with the Philadelphia Eagles to Tackling Equal Opportunity at the State Department
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The Bombing of U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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