{"id":203,"date":"2014-05-19T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T20:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2017-10-13T20:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T20:48:26","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-former-congressman-pete-mccloskey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark Interviews Former Congressman Pete McCloskey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pete-mcclosky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5948 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pete-mcclosky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pete-mcclosky.jpg 635w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/pete-mcclosky-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete\u201d McCloskey, Jr. (born September 29, 1927) served as a congressman from the San Francisco Bay Area from 1967 to 1983.<\/p>\n<p>He ran on an anti-war platform for the Republican nomination for President in 1972 but was defeated by incumbent President Richard Nixon. In April 2007, McCloskey switched his affiliation to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>McCloskey is a decorated United States Marine Corps veteran of combat during the Korean War, being awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart (twice).<\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His role in the Nixon impeachment<\/li>\n<li>Pat Robertson<\/li>\n<li>His role in creating Earth Day<\/li>\n<li>His role in environmental legislation<\/li>\n<li>The Israel Lobby<\/li>\n<li>His lawsuit against the ADL<\/li>\n<li>The Israeli attack on the USS <em>Liberty<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-203-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CCR-The_Stark_Truth-20120710-McCloskey.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CCR-The_Stark_Truth-20120710-McCloskey.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CCR-The_Stark_Truth-20120710-McCloskey.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &ldquo;Pete&rdquo; McCloskey, Jr. (born September 29, 1927) served as a congressman from the San Francisco Bay Area from 1967 to 1983. He ran on an anti-war platform for the Republican nomination for President in 1972 but was defeated by incumbent President Richard Nixon. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark Interviews Former Congressman Pete McCloskey<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5950,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/5950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}