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Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) speaks with Lee Smith about spy thrillers and the true story of a Cold War secret that became the basis for his debut novel, “The Stinger Proxy.”

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0:55 Congressman Rick Crawford, Author, “The Stinger Proxy”
1:18 Arkansas Republican wrote debut novel while serving in congress.
6:34 A spy thriller based on the true story of the 1988 explosion in Islamabad.
7:22 Story of how a CIA missile shipment went very wrong
12:34 Protagonist is Army explosive ordnance disposal tech
23:12 Crawford: Work on House Intelligence Committee shaped understanding
27:32 Crawford took after proud father, a USAF EOD tech

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