Dante Fascell
 Dante Fascell     (politician) | |
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| Born | March 9, 1917 |
| Died | November 28, 1998 (Age 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Miami School of Law |
| Member of | National Endowment for Democracy/Board |
| Party | Democrat |
US politician "well known for his links with the CIA" who was part of the creation of the NED, to openly finance foreign private organizations that until then had been financed secretly by the CIA. He attended Bilderberg/1970.
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Dante Bruno Fascell was an American politician who was elected from Florida as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1993. He was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for nine years. For two decades he was a key backstage influence in American foreign policy-making.[1] He attended the 1970 Bilderberg meeting.
Background
Dante Fascell was born in Bridgehampton, New York of Italian-American parents. In 1925, his family moved to Florida. In 1938, he graduated from the University of Miami School of Law. Fascell joined the Florida National Guard in 1941 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1942, and was in the African, Sicilian, and Italian Campaigns during World War II, eventually rising to the rank of captain.[2][3]
Activities
Fascell was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1950. In 1954 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in a district representing Dade County, Florida.[4]
In 1967, Fascell, well known for his links with the CIA and the Cuban exile community, proposed in Congress the establishment of a private foundation to openly finance foreign private organizations that until then had been financed secretly by the CIA, what eventually became the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Fascell was named to the NED's first board.[5][6] CIA whistleblower Philip Agee explained how "While the CIA had until then channeled the money through a complex network of 'conduits', the NED became a 'mega-conduit' to move the U.S. government money to the same series of NGOs that the CIA had been secretly funding."[7]
He was on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy.
He worked to repeal the Clark Amendment, allowing the U.S. government to send aid to UNITA rebels in Angola, as a partner in the Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly lobbying firm.[8]
He was one of the few leading Democrats who wholeheartedly backed the decision of a Republican President, George HW Bush, to send US troops to fight the 1990 Gulf War against Iraq[1]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1970 | 17 April 1970 | 19 April 1970 | Switzerland Hotel Quellenhof Bad Ragaz | the 19th Bilderberg meeting, in Switzerland. |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-dante-fascell-1188818.html
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=7RNgmWnH7KUC&pg=PA27685
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=QV4LAAAAYAAJ
- ↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041
- ↑ https://www.legrandsoir.info/quand-une-respectable-fondation-prend-le-relais-de-la-cia.html
- ↑ https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/1347/
- ↑ http://www.cubadebate.cu/opinion/2009/10/14/la-loba-feroz-recibe-premio-en-honor-a-agente-de-la-cia-que-fundo-la-ned/
- ↑ Calvo Ospina, Hernando (2002). Bacardi: The Hidden War. p. 46.
