1. Larry M Wortzel was born on 1947 and served nine terms as a commissioner on the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission of the United States Congress.
11 Facts About Larry Wortzel
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Larry Wortzel was a military attache at the US Embassy in Beijing, and witnessed the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989.
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Larry Wortzel is considered one of the United States' top experts on China and its military strategy.
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Larry Wortzel is Senior Fellow in Asian Security at the American Foreign Policy Council.
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Larry Wortzel was assigned to the Army Security Agency in Thailand to monitor Chinese military communications in nearby Vietnam and Laos.
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Larry Wortzel is a graduate of the United States Army War College.
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Larry Wortzel shifted to military intelligence after serving as an infantry officer for four years.
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Larry Wortzel then enrolled in advanced Chinese language studies at the National University of Singapore.
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From 1988 to 1990, Larry Wortzel was an assistant military attache at the American Embassy in Beijing, and witnessed and reported on the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and the subsequent army crackdown.
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In 1997, Larry Wortzel became the director of the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College, and a faculty member of the college.
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From 1999 to 2006, Larry Wortzel served as Asian Studies Center director and vice president for foreign policy at The Heritage Foundation.