Free the Eagle is an American
neoconservative
Neoconservatism (colloquially neocon) is a political movement which began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist Democratic Party along with the growing New Left and ...
lobbying group
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based in
Washington, D.C.
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Neal Blair is the firm's President.
joined the organization in 1984 as a paid Afghan lobbyist. Blair believed that Eiva could rally conservatives who felt that the US
Central Intelligence Agency
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, as well as the
Council on Foreign Relations
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and the
Trilateral Commission
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, were dominated by people of suspect patriotism.
See also
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Angolan Civil War
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FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters and drones as th ...
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Lobbying in the United States
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Soviet Afghan war
References
Lobbying organizations based in Washington, D.C.
Neoconservatism
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