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- ↑ Foreign Policy Research Institute biography. "Mackubin Thomas Owens". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ Claremont Institute biography. "Mackubin Thomas Owens". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09.
- ↑ Ashbrook Center biography. "Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty:Mackubin T. Owens". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.
- ↑ Israeli Women in Fatigues Archived 2011-04-20 at the Wayback Machine (2005)
