8,835
edits
Changes
create separate 'Articles That Quote MJ' subsection
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Johns was a key player in securing continued United States support for the UNITA rebels of [[Jonas Savimbi]]. On at least one occasion, Johns visited a UNITA training camp in the Angolan bush. The visit was revealed in an article by Johns about Angola, that was quoted by [[Dan Burton]] (R Indiana) in the House of Representatives in 1989. In it Johns says, "Savimbi told conservative leader [[Howard Phillips]] and me last March during a visit to Savimbi's headquarters in the Angolan bush, 'there are a lot of loopholes in [the Angola/Namibia agreement]. The agreement is not good at all.'" [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r101:E26OC9-320:]
In October 1990, Representative [[Don Ritter]] (D-Pennsylvania) used an analysis by Michael Johns to support his opposition to HR 5422. This resolution sought to cut aid to UNITA. In his analysis, Johns wrote "In Angola, where a civil war has raged for 15 years between the country's Soviet-backed Marxist regime and an American-supported resistance movement, peace and freedom are now within sight." He concluded: "American assistance to UNITA continues to be the only hope for peace and freedom in Angola." [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r101:14:./temp/~r101emd8uh::] In the event, following its electoral failure in 1992, UNITA resumed its armed insurgency, which was only brought to an end by the death of Savimbi in an ambush in February 2002 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNITA].
==Career==
*He has written for the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Christian Science Monitor'', ''[[National Review]]'', [[Freedom House]]'s ''Freedom Review'' and other publications.
*National television appearances include PBS's ''MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour'', CNBC, PBS's ''Nightly Business Report'', C-SPAN, Fox Morning News and others.
*Inducted into University of Miami's prestigious Iron Arrow Honor Society [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Arrow_Honor_Society], 1984.
==External links (1987 to current)==
*[http://thereporter.us/j.html Michael Johns biography], The [[National Journalism Center]].
*[http://www.ncaaticketsnow.com/miami-tickets.asp University of Miami: Famous Alumni].
*[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r101:E16OC0-475: Congressman Don Ritter cites Johns in U.S. House of Representatives debate over covert CIA aid to Angolan resistance forces], October 16, 1990.
*Michael Johns cited in ''The Coors Connection'', by Russ Bellant, (Political Research Associates, 1990), [http://www.namebase.org/sources/NT.html].
*[http://www.netnomad.com/heritage.html "Preserving American Security Ties to Somalia,"] by Michael Johns.
*[http://www.worldandi.com/specialreport/1988/july/Sa14220.htm "Honduras Sleeps with One Eye Open,"] by Michael Johns.
*[http://www.worldandi.com/specialreport/1988/february/Sa13957.htm "Cambodia at a Crossroads,"] by Michael Johns.
===Articles that quote Michael Johns===
*Gentiva vice president Michael Johns quoted in "Gentiva Makes $415M Deal," ''[[Newsday]]'', January 3, 2002 [http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:49300425&num=37&ctrlInfo=Round7%3AProd%3ASR%3AResult&ao=].
*Gentiva vice president Michael Johns announces renewal of company's national contract with CIGNA Healthcare, [http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=7874115&full=1].
*Gentiva vice president Michael Johns announces company's presentation at [[JP Morgan Chase Bank]] Health Care Conference, San Francisco, [http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=7448215&full=1].
*Gentiva vice president Michael Johns announces company's presentation at Salomon Smith Barney Health Care Conference, New York City, [http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=6653515&full=1].
*Gentiva vice president Michael Johns comments on company's response to [[September 11, 2001]] attacks in "Customer Concerns Mount in Tragedy Aftermath," [http://crm-daily.newsfactor.com/perl/story/13481.html#story-start].
*Gentiva vice president Michael Johns announces company's authorization to redeem convertible securities, [http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=5933315&full=1].
*U.S. vice presidential candidate [[Jack F. Kemp]] and Congressman [[Donald M. Payne]] cite Johns' views on economic promise of Africa, ''Investor's Business Daily'', June 20, 1997, [http://www.ncpa.org/pd/pdint148.html].
*''Hmong Studies Journal'' cites "Acts of Betrayal," by Michael Johns, ''[[National Review]]'', October 23, 1995 [http://members.aol.com/hmongstudiesjrnl/HSJ-v2n2_Research.html].