Steven Arthur Boylan (born September 30, 1965), formerly a U.S. military spokesman in

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for General

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in the prosecution of the

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from February, 2007 to September, 2008. After leaving Iraq, he became the public affairs officer and the senior public affairs observer/trainer for the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) at

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, Kansas, according to ''U.S. News & World Report''.

Personal life

Boylan is the son of Louis and Barbara Boylan.

Career

2002 stabbing

Boylan was attacked on the night of December 15, 2002 outside

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, the headquarters of the

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. According to his statement to police, he was attacked by three Korean men in their twenties, who cursed at him in

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, pushed him from behind, and stabbed him with a 5-inch blade. He received a cut on his left side, below the ribcage, for which he was treated at a base hospital; he did not require stitches. Boylan had come to public attention in South Korea for his role as the army spokesman regarding the June 13, 2002 roadside accident in which a U.S. Army armored vehicle struck and killed two South Korean girls.

Greenwald emails

In late October 2007, Boylan became embroiled in a dispute with

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over articles by Greenwald related to the prosecution of the

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by the

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presidency and a series of emails. Boylan has stated that he did not send the email in question, claiming that it was sent by an imposter. Prior to the incident, evidence had surfaced of Boylan being impersonated via email.Farhad Manjo
The case of the angry colonel
Salon.com (Oct. 31, 2007)

References

External links

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326034004/http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us Video segment from "The complete story" April 5: Lt. Colonel Steven A Boylan discusses his frustration with the media not getting "the complete story" out of Iraq. Editor James Taranto responds]
Gray Beverley, "Mercer Grad Working With Media To Share Iraq Story," Georgia News Service/Macon Telegraph, September 12, 2005

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