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  • The '''U.S. Soldier's Creed''' is a standard that all [[United States Army]] personnel are encouraged to adhere to. All U.S. Army enlisted person ...to have been discussed in Congress in a ''Hearing on Army Issues'' held by Senator John W. Warner on or about November 19, 2003.{{Citation needed|date=Februar
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  • ...he [[Zumwalt class destroyer|''Zumwalt'' class destroyer]] of the [[United States Navy]]. Production has started; the first magazine was delivered to the US ...| url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm |title = United States of America 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 | publisher = Tony DiGiulian, navweaps.
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  • ...banquet for itself celebrating its 200th birthday. [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth]] herself was not present, although she sent warm t * the Right Honorable [[Harold Wilson]], Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]]
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  • | birthplace = [[Norwalk, Connecticut]], [[United States]] | deathplace = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
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  • ...Benton''' (April 1, 1900 – March 18, 1973) was a [[United States|U.S.]] senator from [[Connecticut]] (1949 - 1953) and [[publisher]] of the ''[[Encyclopæd ...in the general election on 7 November 1950 as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Raymond E. B
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  • | foundation = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] ({{Start date|1768}}) | location_country = [[United States|U.S.]]
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  • | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present) ...'Index'' preface}}</ref> Although publication has been based in the United States since 1901, the ''Britannica'' has maintained [[American and British Englis
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  • ...elvises and fetuses in the [[midwife]]ry article; King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] commanded that these pages be ripped from every copy.< ...of the Revolution, ending in 1776 with ‘The congress declare the United States of America independent of the crown and parliament of Great Britain.’ (''
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  • ...the asbestos litigation.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} One large [[United Kingdom|British]] manufacturer of asbestos products even had to discontinue The largest and oldest vermiculite mine in the United States was started in the 1920s, at [[Libby, Montana]], and the vermiculite was so
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  • ...[[United States federal government]] institutions, including the [[United States Postal Service]]. They are also commonly sold in U.S. [[Base exchange|milit ...products manufactured by blind Americans. In 1971, [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Jacob Javits]] introduced legislation extending the act to severely han
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  • ...e Working Mother's Association in the United Kingdom</ref> In the [[United States]], this phrase was first used in 1986. ==United States history==
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  • ...cal support to all participating states. It also provides funding to some states, in conjunction with the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] (US EPA). ...s did not usually conduct interventions.<ref name=concept/> While over 25 states required reporting of pesticide-related illness, most of them could not com
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  • location = [[Ferguson, Missouri|Ferguson]], [[Missouri|MO]], [[United States|USA]]| revenue = {{profit}} [[United States dollar|$]] 24.807 billion <small>(2008)</small> |
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  • ...nstitution in 1884; later served as governor of [[Michigan]] and as a [[US Senator]] | [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]]
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  • * [[Senator Claghorn]], regular character on the [[Fred Allen]] radio show — [[Foghor ...[[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] and [[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]]), commander of British forces in [[City of Halifa
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  • ...[[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)]]; Lincoln is a slang term for the [[United States five dollar bill]] ...l|Princess Louise Caroline Alberta]], fourth daughter of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] — [[Alberta]]
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  • This is a list of places in the [[United States|United States of America]] which are named after people. The etymology is generally refer ...engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States [[Dragoon#United States|Dragoons]])
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  • ...ans]], who use it to facilitate [[Altered state of consciousness|visionary states of consciousness]] during spiritual healing sessions.<ref name="Valdés1983 ...the first person charged for ''Salvia divinorum'' possession in the United States.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[#refDWC20080425|DRCNet 2008-04-25 (US Media)]].</r
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  • ...ecome widely publicized within academic circles in the northeastern United States. Wandering lecturers would hold public gatherings, referred to as "ether fr ...om Georgia at that time, to support his claim on the floor of the [[United States Senate]] as the first to use ether anesthesia.<ref name=Northen1910/>
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  • ...g well known landmark targets throughout [[New York City]] in the [[United States]]. If the attack had been successful, it is likely it would have resulted i ...ded|date=March 2007}} as well as assassinating [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Al D'Amato]] and [[President of Egypt|Egyptian President]] [[Hosni Muba
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  • The '''1919 United States anarchist bombings''' were a series of bombings and attempted bombings carr ...ion of prominent politicians, including the Attorney General of the United States, as well as justice officials and financiers, including John D. Rockefeller
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  • ...manufacturing [[waste]].<ref name=facts/> It has been utilized by various states and organizations as a weapon, being most effective as an assassination wea ...which directly affected the over-the-road trucking industry in the United States. The rules took effect with a 60 day [[grace period]] and were aimed at red
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  • ...Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination for President of the United States, [[Robert F. Kennedy]] was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the [[A ...s death prompted the protection of presidential candidates by the [[United States Secret Service]]. [[Hubert Humphrey]] went on to win the Democratic nominat
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  • |location=[[Bath Township, Michigan|Bath Township]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]] ...]ings in [[Bath Township, Michigan|Bath Township]], [[Michigan]], [[United States|USA]], on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 [[primary school]] children and 7 a
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  • ...alif Deen. [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29633 POLITICS: U.N. Member States Struggle to Define Terrorism], [[Inter Press Service]], 25 July 2005.</ref> ...te [[international law]])'' --><ref>{{cite web |title=UN Reform |publisher=United Nations |date=2005-03-21 |url=http://www.un.org/unifeed/script.asp?scriptId
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  • ...Thousands of others fled to Belgium, England, Italy, Spain and the United States. In 1872, stringent laws were passed that ruled out all possibilities of or ...tion with him, his registered membership in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], and never having belonged to an anarchist organization
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  • ...ice]].<ref name="DilemaOfInterest" /> Though associated with the [[United States]], the term is used by police forces in other countries.<ref>{{cite web | u The use of the term became widely critiqued when [[United States Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]] used it in a [[press conference]] when
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  • ...ght months of pressure from the media and amateur detectives, the [[United States Department of Justice|US Department of Justice]] identified the former gove ...Der=54Thomas G. Connolly]</ref> — in his lawsuit against former [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]] and the [[FBI]]
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  • ...Martin, M.D.,''' is an American medical doctor and Captain in the [[United States Navy]]. Martin is a recognized expert in the fields of [[infectious diseas ...n on [[Capitol Hill]] during the attacks and the treatment of the staff of Senator [[Tom Daschle]] in the aftermath of the attacks. Having served as the princ
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  • |country= [[United States]] |allegiance=[[United States]]
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  • ...logical weapon]] agents [[smallpox]] and [[anthrax]] and how the [[United States|American]] government develops defensive measures against them. It was wri ...the [[tabloid]], ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' was a victim and [[US Senator]] [[Tom Daschle]] was an intended victim. The reactions of the [[FBI]], the
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  • | birth_place =[[Lebanon, Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]] | employer =[[United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases]]
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  • ..., [[NBC News]], ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[National Enquirer]]'', [[United States Senate|Senators]] [[Tom Daschle]] and [[Patrick Leahy]] ...[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]s, killing five people and infecting 17 others. The ensuing investigation
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  • *October 2: [[Egypt]]ian-born [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] scientist ...first known case of inhalational anthrax in the U.S. since 1976. [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] Secretary [[Tommy Thompson]] down
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  • ...l-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]] which was linked to the [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]<ref name="SF Gate">[http:/ ...e]]<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13484195/page/2/ Meet the Press] U.S. Senator Russ Feingold calls Aweys "an al-Qaeda operative or somebody that is connec
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  • ...attack" operates via a system of filters located within existing [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] air filte ...tch program was created in 2001 in conjunction with the FBI, EPA, [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] and the US [[Laboratory Response Network]
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  • ...s gained notoriety in describing secret [[prison]]s operated by the United States (U.S.) [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), generally outside of U.S. ter ...ails in these countries. While the US and host countries have signed the [[United Nations Convention Against Torture]], CIA officers are allowed to use what
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  • ...weak its border security policy to address the threats posed to the United States through the form of human terrorism or the smuggling and detonation of a [[ ...tioniss>.</ref>, which means they were legally allowed to be in the United States. If nineteen men who were committed to causing harm to Americans were capa
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  • ...An excerpt from the letter reads:<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein |date=2005-12-20 |title=Feinstein, Bipartisan Group of Sen ...ows:<ref>{{cite news |first=Arlen |last=Specter |pages= |title=Letter from Senator Arlen Specter to Vice President Dick Cheney |date=2006-06-07 |publisher=Fed
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  • ...://cfrterrorism.org/groups/american.html Militant Extremists in the United States - Council on Foreign Relations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The statutory definition of domestic terrorism in the United States has changed many times over the years; also, it can be argued that acts of
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  • ...F.svg|30px|link=United States Air Force|United States Air Force]] [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]<br />[[File:CIA.svg|30px|link=Central Intelligen The [[United States government]], led by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s [[Special Activi
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  • ...h value detainees."{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} According to Swiss senator [[Dick Marty]]'s reports on "Secret detentions and illegal transfers of det ...red.<ref name="assembly.coe.int"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>. While [[United States Secretary of Defense|former Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] has
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  • ...oxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to practice [[tortu ...|Radio 4's]] [[Today Programme]] 1 April 2006 on the website of the United States Embassy in London</ref>
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  • ...tor [[Dick Marty]]'s memorandum on "alleged detention in Council of Europe states", about one hundred persons have been captured by the CIA on European terri ...June 7, 2007</ref> : <blockquote>It reveals the extent to which the United States has illegally used “proxy detention” to empty its secret sites and demo
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  • ...threats to [[NATO]] and [[ International Security Assistance Force|United States forces]] in [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]]. <ref name= ...ww.ft.com/cms/s/0/31b2dd72-f898-11de-beb8-00144feab49a.html Pakistan urges united reaction after CIA blast], [[Financial Times]], 2010-01-03</ref>
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  • ...October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s decision on ''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]'',<ref name="nytimes ...alien unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for violations of the law of war and other offenses triable by military com
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  • ...om the four largest [[telephone company|telephone carriers]] in the United States: [[AT&T]], [[SBC Communications|SBC]], [[BellSouth]] (all three now called ...Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution]].
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  • {{Multiple issues|cleanup=January 2010|expert=United States Government|prose=January 2010|tone=January 2010|update=January 2010|date=Ja ...ef> This action was challenged by a number of groups including the United States Congress as unconstitutional. This article examines the scope, nature and
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  • ...a "top operative plotting and planning death and destruction on the United States" as Bush described him, was an insignificant figure.<ref>[http://msnbc.msn. ...d would help recruit [[Jihadist]]s and would cause the image of the United States to decline globally due to aggressive foreign policy.<ref>[http://www.conso
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  • ...e United States of America|President]] [[George W. Bush]] to have [[United States]] citizens report suspicious activity. The program's website implied that U ...ng of the website was subsequently changed. President Bush's then-[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], [[John Ashcroft]] denied that private
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  • ...New York Times]] |date=2009-07-12 |accessdate=2009-07-12 |quote=The report states that at the same time Mr. Bush authorized the warrantless wiretapping opera ...act required the [[Inspector General|Inspectors General]] of all [[United States Intelligence Community|intelligence agencies]] involved in the program to "
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  • ...Affairs Review]], 2009-11-23</ref> The [[Shura]] was formed after United States led forces attacked Taliban in Afghanistan in November 2001 and the senior According to Abdul Rahim Mandokhel, a Pakistani [[Senate of Pakistan|senator]] from [[Zhob]] in northern Balochistan. "The whole war in Afghanistan is b
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  • ...e for [[MQ-1 Predator|Predator]] [[Drone attacks on Pakistan by the United States of America|drone attacks]] on militants in Pakistan's [[Federally Administe On January 9, 2002 a [[United States Marine Corps]] [[KC-130]] aircraft crashed on approach to Shamsi. All seve
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  • ...anet.org/irr/hr/winter03/unlawful.html "Unlawful Combatants" in the United States: Drawing the Fine Line Between Law and War] [[Human Rights Magazine]] Winte ...hether a person may be designated an unlawful enemy combatant under United States law. The assumption that such a category as unlawful combatant exists is no
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