Thus "Charlie Wilson's War," Mike Nichols's laff-a-minute chronicle of the congressman's crusade to ram funding through the House Appropriations Committee to supply arms ... 2007. By Stephen Hunter.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Charlie Wilson, 20, a young black man, was killed by Torrance police ...

Charlie Wilson, the former congressman from Texas whose funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie and book "Charlie Wilson's War," died Wednesday. He was 76.

Mayor's Proclamation declaring Charlie Wilson Day in Lufkin/Angelina County, Dec. 21, 2007, in celebration of the opening of the movie "Charlie Wilson's War"! Whereas: Charlie Wilson, a resident of ...

Editor's note: State Sen. Roy P. Dyson (D-St. Mary's) was a member of the U.S. House from 1981 to 1991, representing Maryland's 1st Congressional District, which then included Calvert, Charles and ...

Will audiences enlist in “Charlie Wilson’s War” next weekend? The film’s screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, is cautiously optimistic. At the Q&A session following Wednesday’s Variety screening ...

Charlie Wilson’s War, the 2007 movie about his work as the chief backer of the Afghan mujahedin who fought against the Soviets, opened with Tom Hanks, playing Wilson, in a hot tub with two ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose backroom ...

Charlie Wilson. On the C-SPAN Networks: Charlie Wilson has 94 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2007 House Proceeding.The year with the highest average number of views ...

In the 2007 movie “Charlie Wilson's War,” which depicts the top-secret U.S. effort in 1980s Afghanistan, Vickers is shown as the CIA's in-house weapons expert who quickly knows what's needed ...

In the 2007 movie “Charlie Wilson's War,” which depicts the top-secret U.S. effort in 1980s Afghanistan, Vickers is shown as the CIA's in-house weapons expert who quickly knows what's needed ...