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Parent topics

• Iraq War [r]: (2003-2011) Invasion and occupation of Iraq by a coalition of countries led by the U.S. to depose Saddam Hussein who was accused of stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (which were never found). ^[e]
• United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General James Mattis ^[e]

Subtopics

Civilian officials

• George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. ^[e]
• Richard Armitage [r]: A U.S. foreign policy specialist, first a United States Navy officer in the Vietnam War, who rose to positions including Deputy Secretary of State in the first term of the George W. Bush Administration; board, International Crisis Group; Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute ^[e]
• Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and advocate of neoconservatism and unitary Presidential authority; currently a political commentator; U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush Administration; spouse of Lynne Cheney; father of Liz Cheney ^[e]
• Douglas Feith [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Colin Powell [r]: A retired general in the United States Army who served in high political office, first African-American to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State; minimally partisan although he considered himself a moderate Republican, not a neoconservative ^[e]
• Condoleezza Rice [r]: Academic political scientist, then Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and U.S. Secretary of State in the George W. Bush Administration ^[e]
• Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9/11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century ^[e]

Organizations

• V Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
• I Marine Expeditionary Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Joint Special Operations Command [r]: A major subordinate unit of the United States Special Operations Command, which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, usually working unacknowledged within the geographic area of a Unified Combatant Command ^[e]

Military

• John Abizaid [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Conway [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tommy Franks [r]: Head of United States Central Command during the start of the Afghanistan War (2001-2021) and Iraq War; retired as a general ^[e]
• David McKiernan [r]: A U.S Army General who was relieved early of command of the International Security Assistance Force, NATO's headquarters in Afghanistan; he commanded the ground forces in the Iraq War and is an armored combat specialist, as opposed to his replacement, GEN Stanley McChrystal, a special operations officer ^[e]
• Doug Macgregor [r]: A retired U.S. Army colonel who has written extensively on military transformation and revolutions in military affairs; advised Donald Rumsfeld in Iraq War planning ^[e]
• James Mattis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ray Odierno [r]: General, United States Army, commanding Multi-National Force-Iraq; commanded 4th Infantry Division at end of major combat of the Iraq War ^[e]
• David Petraeus [r]: General, U.S. Army, presently commanding United States Central Command after having the senior command in Iraq, long associated with counterinsurgency doctrine ^[e]
• Charles Swannack [r]: A retired major general of the U.S. Army, who commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in combat in the Iraq War, and criticized the leadership of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld both before and after Swannack retired ^[e]
• William "Scott" Wallace [r]: Add brief definition or description

Terminology and public opinion

• Operation Iraqi Freedom [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation Telic [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Iraq War, major combat phase [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Iraq War, insurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Al-Qaeda [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gulf War [r]: Add brief definition or description