Background
Mr.DeFrank was born in Houston, Texas, United States, on June 13, 1945. He was a son of Pete (an engineer) and Lillian (a homemaker; maiden name, McLaughlin) DeFrank.
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Few men have played such a critical role in the most pivotal events of the second half of the twentieth century. In this audio presentation - in his own words and his own voice - James A. Baker, III uses his unique perspective to take us inside those events and the personalities involved in them: the collapse of Communism, the Berlin Wall, and the Soviet Union itself; the reunification of Germany; the remarkable negotiations behind the coalition-building of the Gulf War; and the even more remarkable talks that led Israelis and Arabs to the same conference table for the first time in decades. But as the title indicates, this is also the story of the rough-and-tumble politics of diplomacy and the personalities who have shaped the world at the end of the century: Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Thatcher, Mitterrand, Kohl, Shamir, Mubarak, Assad, Kings Fahd and Hussein, and Baker's friend, George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
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Mr.DeFrank was born in Houston, Texas, United States, on June 13, 1945. He was a son of Pete (an engineer) and Lillian (a homemaker; maiden name, McLaughlin) DeFrank.
Thomas DeFrank graduated from Texas A&M University with Bachelor of Arts (with high honors) in 1967. In 1968 he finished University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, receiving his Master of Arts.
Mr. DeFrank worked as a reporter for Minneapolis Star, Minneapolis, MN; Bryan Daily Eagle, Bryan, TX; Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX.
Fron 1968 to 1995 he served at Newsweek, Washington, DC, began as intern, became deputy bureau chief and senior White House correspondent. Since 1995 he became a freelance writer. Thomas DeFrank was a guest on television programs, including Larry King Live, The Charlie Rose Show, and Inside Politics.
Military service: U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-1992.
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He married Mary Jane Martin on June 3, 1967 (divorced, 1988). Mr. DeFrank married his second wife Melanie Cooper (a journalist) on May 6, 1990. He has two children: Matthew M., Andrew S.