Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (70 page)

      collapse of,
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–11,
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space,
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–21,
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–42

Space Shuttle,
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Space Surveillance Network,
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Space Warfare Center,
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Spain,
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Spangdahlem Air Base (Germany),
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Spanish-American War,
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Spataro, Armando,
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special access programs (SAPs),
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Special Forces,
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–65,
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Speicher, Michael,
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Spinney, Franklin C.,
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Spolar, Christine,
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spy satellites,
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stagflation,
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Stahl, Lesley,
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Stalinism,
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standing armies,
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–66,
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“Star Wars” (Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI),
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–200,
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–9,
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–24,
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State Department,
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state terrorism,
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Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs),
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–207

Steel, Ronald,
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Stephens, Joe,
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Stern, Jessica,
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Stevens, Ted,
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Stiglitz, Joseph,
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Stinger missiles,
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–17

Streetcar Named Desire, A
(Williams),
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Strengthening U.S. Global Defense Posture
(DOD report),
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Stroessner, Alfredo,
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Studies on Persianate Societies
,
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Subic Bay naval base (Philippines),
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Sudan,
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Suetonius,
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–65

Suez Canal,
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Suharto,
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Sullivan, Martin,
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Sullivan, Michael,
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Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr.,
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Sumerian civilization,
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Sunni Muslims,
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Sununu, John E.,
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supplementary war-spending bill of 2005,
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surface-to-air missiles,
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Suriname,
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Swaggart, Jimmy,
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Sweden,
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–31

Swedish Security Police (SAPO),
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–30

Switzerland,
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“sympathetic consideration” agreement (1996),
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Syria,
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Tacitus,
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Taepodong-2 (rocket),
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Taft-HartleyAct (1947),
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Taguba, Antonio,
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Taira, Koji,
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Taiwan,
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Taji Air Base (Iraq),
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Tajikistan,
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Taliban,
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Tallil Air Base (Iraq),
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Tanaka, Makiko,
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tariffs,
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Tarloff, Erik,
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TarnakFarm,
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Tarquinius Superbus, king of Etruria,
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
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–53

Tasmanians,
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taxes,
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–31,
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Teets, Peter B.,
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Temara, Morocco (prison),
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Temple Press Ltd.,
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Temptations of a Superpower
(Steel),
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Tenet, George,
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–20,
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Tennessee Valley Authority,
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terminal phase interception,
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–22,
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–27

term limits,
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Terror in the Name of God
(Stern),
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terrorism,
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–9,
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–49,
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–70,
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See also
war on terror

Thailand,
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,
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,
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Thatcher, Margaret,
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thinking, loss of ability for,
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–24

      Iraq’s cultural treasures and,
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–53

      killing of civilians and,
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–33

      torture and,
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–45

Third Marine Expeditionary Force,
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,
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Thirteenth Air Force,
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Thomas, Clarence,
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311th Military Intelligence Battalion,
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372nd Military Police Company,
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Tiberius, emperor of Rome,
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Tibet,
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“Tikrit South” air base (Iraq),
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–63

Time
,
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,
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Timon of Athens
(Shakespeare),
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Tojo, Hideki,
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Tolson, Clyde A.,
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Tomsen, Peter,
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution,
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Toronto Sun
,
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Torres, José,
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torture,
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torture memos,
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Torture Papers, The
,
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Total Information Awareness (TIA),
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Townley, Michael Vernon,
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trade deficits,
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Trager, David,
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Treasury Department,
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,
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treaties,
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tribunes,
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Tricare,
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–78

Trocki, CarlA.,
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Truman, Harry S.,
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Tunisia,
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Turkey,
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TV4 (Stockholm),
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Twenty-sixth Intelligence Group,
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Twenty Years’ Crisis, The
(Carr),
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“Two Whatevers” principles,
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Tyler, Patrick E.,
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tyranny,
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U-2 flights,
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Udeid Air Base (Qatar),
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Uganda,
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Ugarte, Alejandro,
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Ukraine,
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UNESCO,
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Union of Concerned Scientists,
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Unisys Corporation,
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unitary executive,
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United Arab Emirates,
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United Nations,
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      Children’s Fund,
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      Convention against Torture (1984),
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      “oil for food” program,
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      Security Council,
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–28,
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U.S. Congress,
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      Afghanistan and,
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      budget and,
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      CIA and,
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–95,
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      defense spending and,
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–15,
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–71,
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–76

      Iraq and,
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      missile defense and,
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–14,
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      overseas bases and,
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      power of, vs. president,
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      torture and,
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U.S. Constitution,
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U.S. Family Network,
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U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ),
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U.S. Forces Korea,
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U.S. Government Manual
,
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U.S. House of Representatives,
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      Appropriations Committee,
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–15,
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,
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      Armed Services Committee,
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      Foreign Operations Subcommittee,
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–15

      Intelligence Committee,
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      Rules Committee,
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U.S. House-Senate Conference Committee,
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U.S. Senate,
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–101,
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.
See also
Church Committee

      Appropriations Committee,
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      Armed Services Committee,
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–45,
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,
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      Budget Committee,
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      Intelligence Committee,
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,
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      Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee,
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–50

      Republican Policy Committee,
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U.S. Strategic Command,
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U.S. Supreme Court,
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–40,
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–76,
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–49,
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–54,
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–68

unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
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Ur excavations,
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Uruguay,
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Uruzgan province, Afghanistan,
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USAPatriotAct (2001),
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Uzbekistan,
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–53

V-2 rockets,
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Valech, Sergio,
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Vandenberg Air Force Base (California),
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Venezuela,
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–66

veterans,
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–78

Veterans Affairs Department,
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Veterans of Foreign Wars,
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veto,
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–62,
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Victoria, queen of England,
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Vidal, Gore,
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Vietnam War,
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–97,
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Vikan, Gary,
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Virgil,
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Voltaire,
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von Braun, Wernher,
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Wade, Mitchell,
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–61

Wagner, Richard,
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Wagner Act,
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Wag the Dog
(film),
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Wahhabi movement,
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