{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark Siljander | image = Mark D. Siljander 2017.jpg | state1 = [[Michigan]] | district1 = {{ushr|MI|4|4th}} | term_start1 = April 21, 1981 | term_end1 = January 3, 1987 | predecessor1 = [[David Stockman]] | successor1 = [[Fred Upton]] | state_house2 = Michigan | district2 = [[Michigan's 42nd House of Representatives district|42nd]] | term_start2 = 1977 | term_end2 = 1981 | predecessor2 = DeForrest Strang | successor2 = [[Harmon G. Cropsey]] | birth_name = Mark Deli Siljander | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|6|11}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | education = [[Western Michigan University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Arts|MA]]) | office = Alternative U.S. Representative to the United Nations General Assembly | term_start = 1987 | term_end = 1988 | appointer = [[Ronald Reagan]] }} '''Mark Deli Siljander''' (born June 11, 1951) is an American author and politician who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[U.S. representative]] from the state of [[Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000409|title=SILJANDER, Mark Deli – Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> He authored the book'' A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/Relationships_to_Science.html |title=Relationships to Science |access-date=2016-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130055159/http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/Relationships_to_Science.html |archive-date=2016-01-30 }}</ref>
In 2008, Siljander was indicted on charges of [[money laundering]], [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] and [[obstruction of justice]]. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. In 2020, President [[Donald Trump]] [[List of people granted executive clemency in the first presidency of Donald Trump|pardoned]] Siljander.
== Early life, education, and early career == Siljander was born in [[Chicago]] and graduated from [[Oak Park and River Forest High School]] in 1969.<ref name="bioguide">{{cite web|url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000409|title = Siljander, Mark Deli – Biographical Information|publisher = United States Congress |access-date=2008-01-16}}</ref> He received a [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Master of Arts]] from [[Western Michigan University]] in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]].<ref name=bioguide/>
== Career == He served as a [[trustee]] on [[Fabius Township, Michigan|Fabius Township]] Board in [[St. Joseph County, Michigan]], from 1972 to 1976 and also worked as a real estate broker.<ref name="bioguide" />
===U.S. House of Representatives=== Siljander served as a U.S. Representative from the [[Michigan's 4th congressional district]] from April 21, 1981, to January 3, 1987. He served on the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/05/us/invitation-to-a-ticklish-situation.html|title=INVITATION TO A TICKLISH SITUATION|author=Bernard Gwertzman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1985-03-05}}</ref> At the time of Siljander's election, [[Michigan's 4th congressional district]] covered southwestern Michigan and included [[Three Rivers, Michigan|Three Rivers]] and [[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine noted that the district was predominantly conservative, having elected only one Democrat in [the twentieth] century, in 1932.<ref name="True Believer">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954747,00.html |magazine=Time |title=True Believer |date=1981-05-04 |access-date=2010-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120040711/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C954747%2C00.html |archive-date=January 20, 2008 }}</ref>
Siljander was known as a dogmatic [[social conservatism|social conservative]]. He criticized President [[Ronald W. Reagan|Ronald Reagan]]'s appointment of [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] to the Supreme Court, viewing her track record as insufficiently conservative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P1pPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4809,4506832|title=Siljander Expresses Anger Over O'Connor Nomination|newspaper=Toledo Blade|via=Google News Archive|date=July 8, 1981|author=John Block}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' described him as a [[fundamentalist Christian]]. During his race, Siljander expressed opposition to the [[Equal Rights Amendment]], [[pornography]], [[abortion]], [[Desegregation busing|school busing]] and "big spending", as well as support for the [[neutron bomb]], the [[LGM-118A Peacekeeper|MX missile]] and [[prayer in public schools]].<ref name="True Believer" /> In Congress, Siljander's voting record was generally consistent with most other Republicans, although he became known for his firebrand conservative rhetoric; for example, he denounced "secular humanists" as having a "perverted" philosophy.<ref name=Lawrence1997>Christine C. Lawrence, ''Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America: 2008, the 105th Congress'' (Congressional Quarertly: 1997), p. 729.</ref>
;1981 On January 27, 1981, incumbent Congressman [[David Stockman]] resigned to serve as the director of the [[Office of Management and Budget]] in the [[Reagan Administration|Reagan administration]]. In the following special Republican primary, Siljander ranked first in a seven-candidate field with a plurality of 37%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=748995 |title=MI District 4 - Special R Primary Race - Mar 24, 1981 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref> He defeated Stockman-endorsed tax attorney John Globensky (36%) and State Senator John Mowat (22%).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Argus-Press - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EnkiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2510,1983417|work=The Argus-Press|via=Google News Archive Search}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7WcaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2121,2264215|work=The Milwaukee Journal|via=Google News Archive Search}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In the April 1981 special general election, he defeated Democratic [[Cass County, Michigan|Cass County Commissioner]] Johnie Rodebush 69%-29%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=175056 |title=MI District 4- Special Election Race - Apr 21, 1981 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nz1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=3678,1915455|work=Toledo Blade|via=Google News Archive Search}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Argus-Press - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=InkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-qwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1199,4465399|work=The Argus-Press|via=Google News Archive Search}}</ref> In 1981, Congress enacted an amendment, named after Representative Mark Siljander, to the FY1982 Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act specifying that no U.S. funds may be used to lobby for abortion. Congress subsequently modified the amendment to state that funds may not be used to "lobby for or against abortion"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Research Service |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12235}}</ref>
;1982 Siljander was challenged in the next Republican primary by attorney Harold Schuitmaker and defeated him 56%-44%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=556502 |title=MI District 4 - R Primary Race - Aug 10, 1982 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref> In the general election, he won re-election to a full term with 60% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37102 |title=MI District 4 Race - Nov 02, 1982 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref>
;1984 Siljander was challenged again in the Republican primary, and defeated Tim Horan 58%-42%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=556501 |title=MI District 4 - R Primary Race - Aug 06, 1984 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref> In the general election, he won re-election to a second full term with 67% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51793 |title=MI District 4 Race - Nov 06, 1984 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref>
In 1984, Siljander sponsored a single-sentence amendment which read, "For the purposes of this Act, the term 'person' shall include unborn children from the moment of conception." [[Alexander Cockburn]] referred to the Siljander Amendment as "the most far-reaching of all the measures dreamed up by the conservative right to undercut ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''."<ref>{{cite news | last = Cockburn | first = Alexander | title = Don't Waste Your Vote. (brief article) | work = The Nation | date = 2000-08-07 }} </ref> It failed 186–219.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nchla.org/keyvoteabt.asp?vote=307|title=NCHLA<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2008-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034355/http://www.nchla.org/keyvoteabt.asp?vote=307|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>
Siljander travelled with Christian Watch International to Romania in response to the growing concerns over religious minority persecution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRE-TRIP BRIEFING ON ROMANIA FOR CONGRESSMAN MARK SILJANDER (R. MI) |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90b01370r001602000049-0}}</ref>
'''1985'''
Siljander proposed legislation which would deny [[most favored nation]] status to countries that discriminate on cultural, ethnic or religious grounds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Summary & Status 99th Congress (1985 - 1986) H.R.2596 – All Information |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d099:7:./temp/~bdfXU0:@@@L |publisher=THOMAS (Library Of Congress) |access-date=2012-01-14 |archive-date=2016-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113094122/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d099%3A7%3A.%2Ftemp%2F~bdfXU0%3A%40%40%40L }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/bg441.cfm|title=Why Romania No Longer Deserves to Be a Most Favored Nation|access-date=2008-01-17|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120021530/http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/bg441.cfm|archive-date=2008-01-20}}</ref>
;1986 Once again Siljander was challenged in the Republican primary, this time by [[Fred Upton]], a staffer to Stockman. Upton defeated Siljander 55%-45%,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=223545 |title=MI District 4 - R Primary Race - Aug 05, 1986 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2012-08-07}}</ref> becoming the only Republican to unseat an incumbent in a primary that year.<ref name=Lawrence1997/> A key to his defeat was believed to be a tape sent to fundamentalist Christians in his district asking them to "break the back of Satan" by defeating Upton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/08/06/Satan-tape-proved-fatal-for-Siljander/2151523684800/ |title='Satan' tape proved fatal for Siljander |website=upi.com |date=1986-08-06 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>
===Later career=== Siljander was appointed by President Reagan as an alternate representative to the [[United Nations General Assembly]], serving from September 1987 to September 1988.<ref name=bioguide/> He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1992 for nomination to the [[103rd United States Congress|103rd Congress]] from [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]]. He stated then his message was, "not religious values as much as it's common-sense American traditional values." He campaigned on a [[budget freeze]], a ten percent [[flat tax]] and a [[line-item veto]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Baker | first = Peter | title = Former Michigan Representative Enters Race for N.Va.'s New Seat | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = 1992-03-22 }}</ref> In the Republican primary, Siljander came in second to [[Henry N. Butler]], a [[law professor]] at [[George Mason University]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Hsu | first = Evelyn |author2=Peter Baker | title = McSlarrow, Butler Win N.Va. Races; GOP Primaries Fill Congressional Slates | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = 1992-06-10 }} </ref>
Siljander co-founded the [[Alliance Defending Freedom]] (ADF); ADF lawyers later wrote the model for Mississippi's anti-abortion legislation, leading to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overrule [[Roe v. Wade]] in 2022.
Siljander is the president of Bridges to Common Ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bridgestocommonground.org/about/about-bridges-learn-more/ |title=Bridges to Common Ground – About Bridges – Learn More |access-date=2016-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129025105/http://www.bridgestocommonground.org/about/about-bridges-learn-more/ |archive-date=2016-01-29 }}</ref> He also founded Trac5,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Trac5 -- Our Mission|url=http://trac5.org/about_trac5/our_mission.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131164255/http://trac5.org/about_trac5/our_mission.php|archive-date=2016-01-31|access-date=2016-01-22}}</ref> with the stated goal to implement faith-based diplomacy in real-world conflicts<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Trac5 |url=https://trac5.org/about/ |access-date=2023-07-27}}</ref>
Siljander's book, ''A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide'' was a 2009 Nautilus Silver Award Winner,<ref name="nautilusbookawards.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/2009_Silver_Winners.html |title=2009 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS SILVER WINNERS |access-date=2009-05-06 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517014226/http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/2009_Silver_Winners.html |archive-date=May 17, 2009 }}</ref> and has a foreword written by [[UN Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon]], with whom Siljander worked closely to resolve the humanitarian disaster in Darfur.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-19-fg-unterror19-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Indicted ex-lawmaker as diplomat | first=Maggie | last=Farley | date=2008-01-19 | access-date=2010-05-12}}</ref>
In Ban Ki-moon's book published in 2021 in a chapter titled "The Breakthrough", Moon recounts Siljander's involvement in resolving the Darfur crisis stating, "...Siljander prayed aloud, passionately for peace in Sudan. That night Siljander convinced President Omar al-Bashir to work closely with the United Nations."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ki-moon |first=Ban |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lm4HEAAAQBAJ |title=Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World |date=2021-06-15 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-55278-3 |language=en}}</ref>
Siljander was featured in the 2019 [[Netflix]] miniseries [[The Family (miniseries)|''The Family'']], which details the history and activities of [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|The Fellowship]], a secretive Christian organization with ties to politicians and world leaders. In the series, Siljander recounts his efforts to engage Muammar Gaddafi and help bring the Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie bombing terror suspects to justice.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Sophie|date=2019-08-14|title=The Patriarchal Allure of 'The Family'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/the-family-netflix-review-religious-political-group/596035/|access-date=2021-01-04|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, [[Anti-abortion movements|Pro-life]] Members of Congress led by [[James Lankford|Senator Lankford]] used the Siljander Amendment to Prevent US from Funding Abortions, Abortion Advocacy Abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lankford Press Release |url=https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-leads-letter-to-urge-usaid-to-prevent-us-from-funding-abortions-abortion-advocacy-abroad}}</ref>
In 2025, Mark Siljander was featured on the [[Jordan Peterson]] podcast which covered topics ranging from Islam, linguistic studies of the [[Aramaic]] language of Jesus, and its application in international peacemaking.
===Criminal conviction and pardon=== [[File:2020-12-23 Trump padron for Mark Siljander-siljander mark pardon warrant 12.23.2020.pdf|thumb|December 2020 pardon granted by Donald Trump]] On January 16, 2008, Siljander was [[Indictment|indicted]] in the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri|federal district court in the Western District of Missouri]] on five counts including [[money laundering]], [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] and [[obstruction of justice]].<ref> {{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/16/former.congressman.indicted.ap/index.html | title = Former lawmaker charged in terrorism case | agency = Associated Press | work = CNN | date = 2008-01-16 | access-date = 2008-01-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118053821/http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/16/former.congressman.indicted.ap/index.html |archive-date = January 18, 2008}} </ref><ref> {{cite news |url = http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2008/iara.ind2.htm |title = Islamic charity charged with terrorist financing (press release) |publisher = US Attorney's Office Western District of Missouri |date = 2008-01-16 |access-date = 2008-01-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080120043742/http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2008/iara.ind2.htm |archive-date = 2008-01-20 }}</ref> Siljander initially pleaded not guilty,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://lakeexpo.com/news/top_stories/ex-lawmaker-pleads-not-guilty-in-money-laundering-case/article_0bfe70fb-3f5d-5061-9e0b-ec90fca8204f.html | title = Ex-lawmaker pleads not guilty in money-laundering case | publisher = LakeExpo.com | date = 2008-01-29 | access-date = 2016-01-15}}</ref> but on July 7, 2010, as part of a [[plea agreement]], Siljander pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and acting as an [[Foreign Agents Registration Act|unregistered foreign agent]].<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2010/07/pity_disbelief_expressed_for_m.html Chris Killian, "Pity, disbelief expressed for Mark Siljander: Former Southwest Michigan congressman pleads guilty to federal charges", ''Kalamazoo Gazette'', July 8, 2010. Accessed August 31, 2011.]</ref> On January 12, 2012, he was sentenced to a [[Year and a day rule|year and a day]] in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/01/former_michigan_congressman_ma.html,|title=Former Michigan congressman Mark Siljander sentenced to year in federal prison}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
The group for which Siljander worked as an unregistered foreign agent was the [[Islamic American Relief Agency]], a [[Columbus, Missouri]]-based charity, which hired Siljander in early 2004 to lobby to get IARA removed from a [[Senate Finance Committee]] list of charities suspected of funding international terrorism.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Egan|first=Paul|title=Donald Trump's latest pardons include former Michigan congressman Mark Siljander|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/24/donald-trump-pardons-mark-siljander-michigan-congressman/4037182001/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/07/07/128368489/former-lawmaker-guilty-of-obscuring-tie-to-terror-linked-charity|publisher=NPR|title=Former Lawmaker Guilty Of Obscuring Tie To Suspected Terror-Charity|date=July 7, 2010|author=Frank James}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CCB-5714|title=Former Congressman Gets One Year For Lobbying For Terror Sponsor|author=C. M. Matthews|date=January 12, 2012|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|quote=IARA hired Siljander in 2004 to lobby for its removal from a U.S. Senate Finance Committee list of charities suspected of funding international terrorism, and its reinstatement as an approved government contractor.}}</ref> IARA closed in October 2004 after it was added to the Treasury Department's list of [[Specially Designated Global Terrorist|global terrorist organizations]].
During Siljander's sentencing, U.S. District Judge [[Nanette Kay Laughrey]] stated that: ..."[U]nder the circumstances of this case there was no specific harm by the lobbying efforts that you undertook... The truth is, when you look at this objectively, this is not a case about somebody aiding a terrorist, it just isn't, and it would be wrong of me to, in fact, try to make it out to be that."
In December 2020, President [[Donald Trump]] pardoned Siljander, praising his pro-life record while a congressman and his post-prison work abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-122320/}}</ref> Trump's decision to pardon Siljander was criticized by Republican Congressman [[Fred Upton]], who succeeded Siljander after defeating him in the 1986 Republican primary.<ref name=":0" /><ref>*{{Cite web|last=Egan|first=Paul|date=December 24, 2020|title=Donald Trump's latest pardons include former Michigan Congressman Mark Siljander|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/24/donald-trump-pardons-mark-siljander-michigan-congressman/4037182001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225215905/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/24/donald-trump-pardons-mark-siljander-michigan-congressman/4037182001/|archive-date=December 25, 2020|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}} *{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/12/michigan-republican-stunned-by-president-trumps-pardon-of-ex-congressman.html|publisher=MLive|date=December 24, 2020|author=John Agar |title=Michigan Republican 'stunned' by President Trump's pardon of ex-congressman|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224182954/https://www.mlive.com/politics/2020/12/michigan-republican-stunned-by-president-trumps-pardon-of-ex-congressman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His pardon was supported by [[Edwin Meese]], [[Newt Gingrich]], [[Mike Huckabee]], [[Robert Aderholt]], and [[Andrew Brunson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency – The White House |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-122320/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000409 Siljander at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] *[https://www.amazon.com/Mark-D.-Siljander/e/B001JS0R7S/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Author's page on Amazon] *[http://www.gsi.cc/ Global Strategies, Inc.] *[http://trac5.org/ Trac5] *[http://www.bridgestocommonground.org/ Bridges to Common Ground] *[http://www.adeadlymisunderstanding.com/book.php A Deadly Misunderstanding] *{{C-SPAN|1000487}}
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