running that kind of program. We're going after these people. Killing or capturing these people is a legitimate mission for the department. I think we're doing what the Phoenix Program was designed to do, without all of the secrecy." In 2005, Hersh claimed that the US had begun to undertake secret, off-the-books, covert missions in Iran to identify key targets for possible strikes in destabilizing its nuclear facilities, and against the larger War on Terror, with the chain of command for the commando operations falling to Rumsfeld, Cambone and Boykin. Books "Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Legislation: Why Was It Passed and Have the Voids Been Filled ?", US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, 1991 Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom, FaithWords, New York, 2008, Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World, New York: Post Hill Press, April 14, 2020 The Warrior Soul: Five Powerful Principles to Make You a Stronger Man of God Danger Close: A Novel Kiloton Threat: A Novel References External links "Boykin speaks at length with Producer Richard Mackenzie for National Geographic documentary on Special Force" National Geographic, Summer, 2003 "Rumsfeld defends general who commented on war and Satan" CNN, October 17, 2003 CBS Sixty Minutes, "The Holy Warrior": September 15, 2004 General Faulted for Satan Speeches": Associated Press, August 19, 2004 Biographic information and quotes Archived The New York Review of Books on the role of religion in the Bush administration, including a discussion of Boykin Book Review of Never Surrender at Letters On Pages Official Website for Jerry Boykin and his book Never Surrender Official Christian Ministry Website for LTG William G. Boykin (USA, Ret.) Comments on the Fort Hood terrorist murders by LTG William G. Boykin (USA, Ret.) December 2009 William G. Boykin interview on CBN about his book A Soldier's Crossroads of Faith and Freedom William Boykin speaking at Epicenter 08 and Epicenter 09 conferences William Boykin interviewed on 60 Minutes II General Jerry Boykin Interview – Allies Are Important, WallBuilders Live interview Living people Counter-jihad activists United States Army generals Recipients of the Legion of Merit Virginia Tech alumni Virginia Tech Hokies football players Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania alumni American Christians United States Army War College alumni Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal People from New Bern, North Carolina 1948