• Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
• Porter Goss, former CIA director
• James Woolsey, former CIA director
• Rob Richer, former head of CIA operations in Russia
• Lt. General (ret.) Jerry Boykin, former Delta Force commander
• Jeff Gedmin, former director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
• Allen Roth, director of Secure America
• Andrei Illarionov, former chief economic advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin (2000 to 2005)
I’m deeply grateful, as well, to our entire publishing team, without whom this book would never have made it to market.
Thank you, Scott Miller, for being my literary agent and my friend. You and your colleagues at Trident Media Group are the best in the business.
Thank you to the entire Tyndale House management team and staff—to Mark Taylor, Jeff Johnson, Ron Beers, Karen Watson, Jeremy Taylor, Jan Stob, Cheryl Kerwin, Dean Renninger, the entire sales force, and all the other remarkable professionals who work so hard to make Tyndale a publishing powerhouse.
Thank you to A. Larry Ross, Kristin Cole, Steve Yount, and Kerri Ridenour, who head up all of our public relations and media efforts. You did a wonderful job on Without Warning, and I’m so glad to be working with you on The Kremlin Conspiracy as well.
Thank you to June Meyers and Nancy Pierce, who work with me at November Communications, Inc. You both take care of everything I need from schedules to flights to finances and so much more, and you do it all with a heart of love and excellence. Bless you!
Thank you to my parents, Leonard and Mary Jo Rosenberg, and to all of my extended family and Lynn’s. I am so grateful for you all.
Thank you to our four sons: Caleb, Jacob, Jonah, and Noah—and now to Caleb’s wonderful fiancée, Rachel. I cherish all the joy and humor you bring into our lives.
Above all, thank you to my amazing wife, Lynn. You bless and inspire me more than I could have ever hoped for, dreamt of, or imagined, and I’m so astonished and humbled that the Lord brought you into my life!
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