[0:03:09 - 0:03:17] But it's the name mentioned alongside Stansells, the head of the special studies department at Wright Patterson, who is much more of a mystery.

[0:04:27 - 0:04:37] Steinman discovered that Wang immigrated to the US before World War II, lectured at the University of Cincinnati, and eventually became head of the Department of Special Studies at Wright Patterson.

[0:29:16 - 0:29:27] Two years later, he would serve as the director for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Special Studies Project, a panel on US International Security Objectives and strategy that included Edward Teller.

[0:39:44 - 0:39:49] Kissinger's role in Nelson Rockefeller Special Studies project further cemented his position.

[0:41:04 - 0:41:13] Many of the special studies projects' key recommendations were integrated into Eisenhower's policies, appearing in his 1958 state of the Union address.

[0:42:44 - 0:42:54] Kennedy's administration was filled with elite thinkers from different political and industry backgrounds, including several who had worked on Rockefeller's Special Studies project like Kissinger.