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5 unusual facts about Arnaud de Borchgrave


Arnaud de Borchgrave

He served in the British Royal Navy (1942–1946), from the age of 15, after running away from home and using falsified papers to enlist.

Dana Allen

In 1999 and 2000, under his purview as chairman, NewsMax experienced explosive growth and welcomed many prominent new members to the board, including famous journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer.

Edward von Kloberg III

Born Edward Joseph Kloberg III (he added a "van" to his name in the 1960s and changed it to "von" on the advice of Arnaud de Borchgrave, who told him it was more "distinguished") in New York City, he was the son of an engineer who built housing projects.

Phạm Xuân Ẩn

Safer also mentions Arnaud de Borchgrave's 1981 testimony before Senator Jeremiah Denton's subcommittee that Ẩn had a "mission" to "disinform the Western press".

United Press International Radio Network

After a long period of changing ownerships, business models and bankruptcies, UPI declined into a shell of a news service by 1999, when its then-Saudi Arabian ownership was convinced by its handpicked CEO, Arnaud de Borchgrave, to exit the broadcasting business United Press had pioneered back in the 1930s.


Monimbo

Monimbo is the 1983 follow-up novel to the 1980 Arnaud De Borchgrave-Robert Moss spy thriller The Spike.


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