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Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. ^[e]

United States Marine Corps [r]: Branch of the U.S. armed forces serving as elite fighters on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships. ^[e]
Operation DESERT FOX [r]: Add brief definition or description
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]
- Ryan Crocker [r]: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 2007-2009, and a Foreign Service Officer with the highest rank of Career Ambassador ^[e]
Center for a New American Security [r]: Add brief definition or description
Foreign Policy [r]: A commercial print and online magazine on foreign policy, carrying serious commentary across the ideological spectrum, now a division of the Washington Post Company ^[e]
Foreign Policy Research Institute [r]: An education and research center founded in 1955, with mission to “bringing the insights of scholarship to bear on the development of policies that advance U.S. national interests"; its activities include the preparation of general educational material for school use ^[e]

Washington Post [r]: A daily newspaper in Washington, D.C., and first publisher of the details of the Watergate scandal. ^[e]
Wall Street Journal [r]: A major U.S. newspaper, distributed every day but Sunday, specializing in business and economics news and with a conservative editorial policy; owned by News Corporation; Dow Jones is a spinoff news service ^[e]
Pulitzer Prize [r]: Any of 21 awards for distinguished U.S. journalism, literature, drama or music; established by media proprietor Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) in his will. ^[e]