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Jan 2022
1h 50m

Stephen Hunter: Targeted

JACK CARR
About this episode
Today’s guest on Danger Close is an author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, a United States Army veteran, and an acclaimed journalist.  After graduating from Northwestern University's journalism school, Stephen Hunter served in The Old Guard (3rd Infantry Regiment), while also writing for the Pentagon News military newspaper. He went on to have a di ... Show More
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