Ewers grew up hearing about Marino from his father and has studied Marino's film. Ewers credits his quick release to natural talent honed by practice and coaching from Jeff Christiansen.

One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is a DHS official running the U.S.

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