SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010 WASHINGTON ARTS BRIEFS


Bob Ames book planned Bob Ames is finally getting a


book of his own. Washington author Kai Bird, co-author of a Pulitzer Prize-win- ning biography of atomic scien- tist Robert Oppenheimer, is turn- ing his sights on Ames, the leg- endary CIA operative who died in the 1983 bombing of the Ameri- can Embassy in Beirut. Crown-Broadway paid six fig-


ures for the book, scheduled for publication on the 30th anniver- sary of Ames’s death, according to publishing sources. Ames was arguably the closest


thing the CIA had to James Bond. A year shy of 50 at the time of his murder, Ames makes at least a cameo appearance in most treat- ments ofU.S. policy in theMiddle East, as well as in fictional form, in the spy novels of Washington Post columnist David Ignatius and others. A full treatment of him is long overdue, many say. “Ames was the master player of


the so-called ‘war of the secret services’ in Beirut, where spies and intelligence services crawled


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SLEUTHINGASPY: Kai Bird is writing a book about Robert C. “Bob” Ames, a CIA operative.


all over each other, and where nearly every shot, bomb or diplo- matic move had a secondary in- telligence implication,” The Post’s Bob Woodward once wrote. “In this world, survival at times meant balancing and hedging


your double crosses.” Bird says, “Ames’s life and ca-


reer are legendary inside the CIA. He is known for his professional spy craft, his ability to recruit agents and his commonsensical analytical skills as a briefer of Ronald Reagan.He is also known as the agency officer who estab- lished a highly valued but contro- versial intelligence liaison con- duit to the PLOas early as 1969.” Bird and Ames have a personal


connection as well. “I knew him as a boy in Dhah-


ran,” said the author, 58, whose father was an American diplomat in Saudi Arabia and, later, Beirut, where they lived in the same embassy that would be destroyed byHezbollah terrorists. “The last part of the book will


be all about the embassy bomb- ing,” Bird said. “I have the trial transcripts from a 2003 civil suit filed [by relatives of those killed] against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The witness testimony is very graphic, even, shall I say, cinematic.”


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Engagements | Weddings | Anniversaries To place an announcement: ——Engagements——


Jennifer Wolff& Nathan Cline —July 2011—


——Weddings——


Caitlin Bair Marries Eric Foerg


—October 2, 2010—


Gail&Don Luebs 50th Wedding Anniversary


—November 26, 1960—


Caitlin Bair and Eric Foerg Photo Credit :AndrewWeeks


Mr.and Mrs.Robert Bair of Highland, Maryland announce the marriage of their daughter,Caitlin Morrow Bair,to Eric David Foerg, son of Mr.and Mrs. Willaim Foerg of Royal Center,Indiana.


Jennifer Wolff and Nathan Cline


Mr.and Mrs.Otto Wolff of Annandale, Virginia happily announce the engage- ment of their daughter,Jennifer,to Nathan Cline,son of Mr.and Mrs.Ron Cline of Palmyra, Pennsylvania.


Jennifer is agraduate of James Madi- son University and is employed by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manu- facturers of America inWashington.


Nathan graduated from Pennsylvania State University and is working in the security field inWashington.


AJuly 2011 wedding is planned.


Randy Beth Herman& Ryan Christopher Berman


—May 7, 2011—


The wedding took place in San Fran- cisco on Saturday,October 2, 2010. The bride is keeping her name.


Caitlin is agraduate of River Hill High School in Clarksville,Maryland. She received her undergraduate degree in history from Yale University and taught high school for two years for Teach for America in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.Caitlin received a Doctor of Juris Prudence from Univer- sity of Michigan. She clerked for the Honorable Richard Gould of the 9th Curcuit Court of Appeals in Seattle and is currently an associate at the law firm of O'Melvany and Myers LLP in San Francisco.


The groom is agraduate of Pioneer High School in Royal Center,Indiana. He received his undergraduate degree in finance from Butler University and aDoctor of Juris Prudence from the University of Michigan. Eric served as an associate at the law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana.


The couple now resides in the Russian Hill area of San Francisco.


Randy Herman and Ryan Berman


Mr.and Mrs.Sanford Z. Berman of Potomac,Maryland happily announce the engagement of their son, Ryan Christopher Berman to Randy Beth Herman, daughter of Miriam Herman and the late Mickey Herman of San Diego,California.


Ryan is agraduate of Park's School of Communications at Ithaca College and founder/chief creative officer at Fishtank Brand Advertising in San Diego,California. Randy is agraduate of National University and is market- ing specialist at Novatel Wireless.


The couple,who reside in San Diego, are planning aMay 7th wedding at Casa Dorada in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.


Mr.and Mrs. Jim Stucker


Jim and Beth celebrated 50 years of family,fun times,and devotion to each other on Saturday,November 27th. Children Jeff,Greg and Liza, their spouses Ellen and Don; and grandchil- dren Sarah, Joseph, Justin, and Rebecca, along with family from Ohio and special friends Jane and Bill, gathered for acelebration dinner at Ruth's Chris.The happy day ended at Liza and Don Vaughn's for champagne and cake.Jim and Beth are grateful to their family and friends who made these 50 years so happy.


Mr.and Mrs.Don Luebs Photo Credit: Cook's Photo Art Studio


Don and Gail were married on November 26th, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan where Don grew up.Gail's parents traveled from their home in New York for the ceremony.Don and Gail met the previous year in San Francisco where each had moved fol- lowing graduation -Gail from Miami University of Ohio,Don from Michigan State University.They lived aboard ahouseboat in Sausalito before Don was recalled to Andrews Air Force Base,then they lived in several loca- tions in Connecticut and New York, finally settling in Reston, Virginia where they raised their three children -Karen, Heidi and Kurt -all of which now reside in Virginia.


Tip #2: Getting married


away from home? Travel two days or more before the ceremony to be sure you’re there in time.


Don worked at the National Asso- ciation of Home Builders Research Center for 25 years.Gail worked at the American Press Institute for most of this time.Since retirement in 1995, they spend their time visiting their children and nine grandchildren, and at their cottage on Lake Anna and on Don's boat on the Chesapeake Bay. They also like to travel, having just returned from atrans-Atlantic cruise on the Star Clipper,a mid-size sailing vessel. One of Gail's favorite activities over the years has been playing with her tennis group in Reston.


Don and Gail celebrated their Anniversary with family in Reston, Virginia on November 26th, 2010, the day after Thanksgiving.


Cohen


25th Anniversary —November 28, 1985—


Beatrice and


Walter West, Sr. 73rd Anniversary —November 20, 1937—


Photo Credit: Kristine Dittmer Photographers Photo Credit: Olan Mills-1984 Mr.and Mrs.Cohen


Carole and Jerry Cohen celebrate their 25th anniversary on November 28, 2010. They were married in Bethesda, Maryland in 1985. Both went to High School in Washington D.C. and to Maryland University.They have four children and five grandchil- dren. They now happily reside in Potomac,Maryland.


Beatrice and Walter West, Sr.of Washington, D.C. were married on November 20, 1937 in Upper Marl- boro,Maryland.


Congratulations to both of you from your children, Jean (Ray) Langston, Nadine Williams,and Walter Jr.(Doris) West; your nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.


We love you.


Sarah Cochran Ellerman, the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Donald Ellerman of Coffeyville,Kansas,and Bradley Joseph Smith, the son of Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Smith of Mondovi, Wis- consin, celebrated their first wedding anniversary on November 14, 2010. Sarah and Brad were married last year at the Woman’sNational Demo- cratic Club in Washington, D.C.,with Reverend Dr.Jan Fuller,chaplain of Hollins University,performing the cer- emony.Ms. Brook Balentine of Kansas City,Missouri, served as Maid of Honor and Lieutenant Mark DeVry of Mystic,Connecticut, served as Best Man.


Sarah, agraduate of Hollins University in Roanoke,Virginia, is asenior trade policy advisor for the U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Brad, agraduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has an MBA from the University of Maryland. He is afreelance photojournalist.


The bride and groom reside in Alexan- dria, Virginia.


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50th Wedding Anniversary —November 27, 1960—


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