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Erik Prince

(1969) Military Officer

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Erik Prince is a military officer.

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Born: June 6, 1969
Profession: Military Officer

About Erik Prince

Erik Dean Prince is an American businessman who previously served as a US Navy SEAL officer. He founded the private military contractor Blackwater and led the company as chief executive officer until 2009. He remained its chairman until the firm was sold to investors in 2010. In 2012 Prince started the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group, where he also held a chairman role.

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We're trying to do for the national security apparatus what FedEx did for the postal service.

Cybersecurity

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I'm a business guy just trying to make - provide great services to the customers that need us.

Business

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I like the fact that Donald Trump has been in the private sector. I like that he's had to make a payroll.…

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Some of the most dedicated, most passionate people I've ever met have been part of the United States armed forces.

Armed forces

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One of the real core competencies of Blackwater, or companies like Blackwater, is we can operate in difficult places without any outside…

Blackwater

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I would rather deal with the vagaries of investing in Africa than in figuring out what the hell else Washington is going…

Africa

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For people to mischaracterize my time or ownership of Blackwater as being some great financial bonanza, it was not. It was most…

Being

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Troops fighting for their lives should not have to ask a lawyer sitting in air conditioning 500 miles away for permission to…

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I live in Loudoun County, and the counties surrounding Washington, D.C., have the highest per-capita income in the country. Not because they…

Country

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We have the finest officers in the world, but it seems like once they become generals it is a self-licking ice cream…

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After 9/11, a few hundred CIA and Special Operations personnel, backed by airpower and Afghan militias, devastated Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. That…

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The Janjaweed is a truly unfettered bully. No one has stood up to them. If they were met by a mobile quick…

African union

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In Iraq, State Department civilians and U.S. soldiers have been operating in the same location in an active war zone. While the…

Blackwater

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Very few people know someone who would voluntarily go into a war zone to protect a person he has never met. I…

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Blackwater's work with the CIA began when we provided specialized instructors and facilities that the Agency lacked. In the years that followed,…

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Since United States military operations in Iraq began in 2003, I have visited Iraq at least 15 times. But unlike politicians who…

Iraq

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I'm a practicing Roman Catholic, but you don't have to be Catholic, you don't have to be a Christian to work for…

Blackwater

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My father was a brilliant inventor and businessman. He taught me to appreciate the opportunities that America offers to innovators.

America

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I'm an American working for America. Anything we do is to support U.S. policy. You know the definition of a mercenary is…

America

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America is way too quick to trade freedom for the illusion of security. Whether it's allowing the NSA to go way too…

America

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