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• 4th Infantry Division (U.S.) [r]: An active modular division of the United States Army, a "heavy" division known as the "Ivy Division" for its insignia, four ivy leaves on a diamond field, primarily headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas. [e]
• Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs [r]: Principal White House staff adviser on foreign policy and defense matters to the President of the United States, usually coordinating the major agencies; statutory member of the National Security Council and the chief of its staff; the incumbent is James L. Jones [e]
• Belfer Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bob Woodward [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Brookings Institution [r]: Generally considered neutral in its overall output, a large think tank in Washington, D.C. [e]
• CIA activities in Iraq [r]: Add brief definition or description
• CIA activities in Nicaragua [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Center for a New American Security [r]: A fairly new national security think tank, the founders of which are now in the Obama administration; some of the new senior members have significant field counterinsurgency experience [e]
• Central Intelligence Agency [r]: The principal civilian intelligence organization of the United States, specializing in all-source intelligence analysis, clandestine human-source intelligence, and covert action. [e]
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: The senior member of the uniformed services of the United States, statutory senior military adviser to the President and Secretary of Defense; currently Admiral Mike Mullen; policy developer and adviser not in the operational chain of command [e]
• Christopher Hill (U.S. diplomat) [r]: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq as of April 2009, following service as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; he was chief US negotiator at the Six-Party Talks over North Korean nuclear weapons [e]
• Clandestine human-source intelligence and covert action [r]: Intelligence and military special operations functions that either should be completely secret (i.e., clandestine: the existence of which is not known outside the relevant government circles), or simply cannot be linked to the sponsor (i.e., covert: it is known that sabotage is taking place, but its sponsor is unknown). [e]
• Clandestine human-source intelligence [r]: clandestine operations by people who secretly collect intelligence, and their support by couriers, forgers, radio operators, and other pperational personnel. [e]
• Coalition Provisional Authority [r]: The initial U.S. civilian governmental body, carrying out, in Iraq, the role of Occupying Power as defined in the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions [e]
• Cold War [r]: Geostrategic, economic and ideological struggle from about 1947 to 1991 between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies. [e]
• 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]
• Condoleeza 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]
• Council on Foreign Relations [r]: An influential "think tank", publisher, and facilitator of communications in international relations; based in the US but with an international membership and not associated with a specific ideology [e]
• Dau tranh [r]: A term of art used in Vietnamese Communist revolutionary war theory, roughly translated to "struggle", and having components of political action, guerilla warfare, and psychological warfare [e]
• David Wurmser [r]: A neoconservative specialist in Middle East policy, who advised Dick Cheney, John Bolton and Douglas Feith in the George W. Bush Administration, as well as writing extensively in favor of interventionist policies in the region; ; advisory board, U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon; co-founder, Middle Eastern Media Review Institute [e]
• Dean Acheson [r]: An American diplomat (1893-1971) primarily responsible for shaping foreign policy during the Truman administration and early Cold War. [e]
• Dennis Ross [r]: Special assistant to President Barack Obama and senior director of the Central Region on the National Security Council staff, who has served in the Carter, George W. Bush, Reagan and Clinton Administrations; former Ziegler Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Board of Editors, Middle East Quarterly [e]
• Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change [r]: A group of civilian and military U.S. officials critical of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush Administration at the time of the 2004 election, before the Iraq War, Surge [e]
• Douglas Feith [r]: An American strategic analyst, associated with neoconservatism, who held posts including Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in 2001-2005, when he advised Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War; fellow of the Hudson Institute [e]
• Elliott Abrams [r]: Neoconservative, convicted and pardoned on activities related to the Iran-Contra affair; National Security Council staff during George W. Bush Administration; senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; son-in-law of Midge Decter and Norman Podhoretz; Project for the New American Century; Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute 1990-1996 [e]
• Federal Emergency Management Agency [r]: Under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the lead operating agency for emergency response to disasters, accidents and attacks affecting the civilian population [e]
• Foreign Service Officer [r]: Career diplomat of the United States [e]
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies [r]: An American think tank focusing on threats from terrorism and militant Islamists, from which Democratic advisers resigned and many of the leadership are identified as Republican or conservative [e]
• Fourth Geneva Convention [r]: International agreement specifying the obligations of an Occupying Power towards civilians in an area it controls [e]
• Frank Carlucci [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for Ronald Reagan; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence; served in a variety of subcabinet posts in Republican and Democratic administrations after working as a Foreign Service Officer; Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [e]
• George Tenet [r]: Director of Central Intelligence from July 1997 to July 2004, heading the United States intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency [e]
• Helmut Sonnenfeldt [r]: Guest Scholar, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution; Executive Committee, Atlantic Council; protege of Henry Kissinger; on the National Security Council and Policy Planning Staff; past Counselor of the U.S. State Department; participant in Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [e]
• Henry Kissinger [r]: (1923—) American academic, diplomat, and simultaneously Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Secretary of State in the Nixon Administration; promoted realism (foreign policy) and détente with China and the Soviet Union; shared 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War; Director, Atlantic Council [e]
• History of U.S. foreign policy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Intelligence analysis [r]: Techniques, independent of the subject matter, for correlating multiple kinds of information, hypothesizing meaning from the set of data available, and, with incomplete information, validating the hypotheses [e]
• Intelligence interrogation, U.S. [r]: Policies, techniques and practices of United States interrogation in a national intelligence-gathering context. (See Intelligence interrogation, U.S., George W. Bush Administration for recent detailed discussions) [e]
• Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]
• Jack Goldsmith [r]: US law professor specializing in international law; former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush Administration [e]
• Jack Matlock [r]: U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987-1991; director for European and Soviet affairs, National Security Council staff, 1983-86; U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1981-83; Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change (2004) [e]
• James Jones [r]: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Obama Administration, he is a retired United States Marine Corps general, whose last active duty assignment was NATO military and United States European Command senior officer; previously Commandant of the Marine Corps [e]
• James Pavitt [r]: Principal, Scowcroft Group; Deputy Director of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency under George Tenet, before the 9-11 attack and during the early Afghanistan War (2001-) [e]
• Jamestown Foundation [r]: A U.S. think tank and publisher of foreign policy and terrorism information, with an early goal of providing support to Soviet defectors, now a general resource [e]
• Jami Miscik [r]: Vice-Chairman of Kissinger Associates; member of the board of Council on Foreign Relations; previously, Global Head of Sovereign Risk at Lehman Brothers; Central Intelligence Agency Deputy Director for Intelligence from 2002 to 2005; Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration from 1995 to 1996 [e]
• Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs [r]: An organization dedicated to advancing the strategic relationship between the US and Israel, with military exchanges, education and research [e]
• John Brennan [r]: Counterterrorism and intelligence adviser to President Barack Obama [e]
• John O'Neill [r]: Head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation counterterrorism unit, 1995-2001; he retired and became head of security at the World Trade Center, and died in the 9-11 Attack [e]
• Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: The staff committee of the most senior members of the U.S. military services, charged with policy advice, doctrinal development, and preparedness rather than operational control of forces [e]
• Kathleen Troia McFarland [r]: Republican/conservative television and radio news commentator; contributing editor, Family Security Foundation; advisor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Republican Senate candidate against Hillary Clinton; member; Council on Foreign Relations; National Security Council research assistant to Henry Kissinger; staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services; board, Jamestown Foundation [e]
• Kurt Campbell [r]: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs in the Obama Administration; co-founder of the Center for a New American Security [e]
• Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". [e]
• Martin Indyk [r]: acting vice president, director of Foreign Policy, and Director of the Saban Institute for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; past director of research for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee; U.S. ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs in the Clinton Administration; supports a two-state settlement [e]
• Maxwell Taylor [r]: U.S. Army officer who commanded Airborne units in the Second World War, he rose to full general and Chief of Staff of the Army. Recalled from retirement by John F. Kennedy, he took on a number of politicomilitary roles including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ambassador to South Vietnam. [e]
• McGeorge Bundy [r]: Harvard University professor and dean who became Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations between 1961-1966. [e]
• Meghan O'Sullivan [r]: Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard University Belfer Center; previously consultant to then-U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, on the National Security Council, Coalition Provisional Authority, Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, and the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State [e]
• Middle East Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Middle East Quarterly [r]: A quarterly journal on regional issues, published by the Middle East Forum and peer-reviewed under the guidance of their board of editors; less ideological than its parent [e]
• Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. [e]
• Multi-National Force-Iraq [r]: The senior Coalition military headquarters in Iraq, commanded by GEN Ray Odierno, U.S. Army [e]
• NSC-68 [r]: A 1950 NSC document describing the strategy to oppose the Soviet Union during the Cold War. [e]
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [r]: A bipartisan U.S. government committee that reviewed why the 9-11 Attack was not detected or averted, evaluated the response to it, and recommended improvements for the future [e]
• National Interest (magazine) [r]: An online and quarterly print publication on international affairs, broadly from the perspective of neoconservatism [e]
• National Security Act of 1947 [r]: Core of legislation that restructured the U.S. military from its traditional structure of a separate Army and Navy, creating the United States Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the predecessor to the U.S. Department of Defense [e]
• Norman Podhoretz [r]: Editor-at-large and formerly editor, Commentary (magazine), a leading journal of neoconservatism; member, Committee on the Present Danger; advisor, Project for the New American Century; adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute; spouse of Midge Decter [e]
• Obama administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Paul Wolfowitz [r]: An American political scientist and policy-level foreign affairs official, of a neoconservative ideology; resident American Enterprise Institute and on International Security Advisory Board; Deputy Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
• Philip Gordon [r]: Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the Obama administration; previously at the Brookings Institution and on the National Security Council staff in the Clinton administration [e]
• Phyllis Kaminsky [r]: Corporate strategic planning and international marketing specialist; member, Committee for the Present Danger; Member, Board of Visitors, National Defense University and the President's Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; National Security Council staff 1981; U.S. Information Agency and Voice of America 1982-1983; U.N. Secretary General representative in Washington DC, 1983-1988; advisor, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs; Center for Security Policy; appointed by George W. Bush to the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights [e]
• Policy Planning Staff [r]: An organization in the U.S. Department of State, principally assisting the Secretary with long-term planning, liaison with outside experts, and bringing dissenting views to high-level officials [e]
• Project for the New American Century [r]: neoconservative think tank and interest group, formed, in its words, to promote the foreign policy principles of the Reagan Administration: "a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities;" actively supported regime change and preventive war in the Middle East [e]
• Richard Clarke [r]: Career U.S. defense official who served in policy posts in the Ronald Reagan,George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations, specializing in counterterrorism in the latter two [e]
• Richard Haass [r]: President, Council on Foreign Relations; former chief, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State; senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs on the staff of the National Security Council in the George H. W. Bush Administration; former vice president of the Brookings Institution [e]
• Richard Murphy [r]: President of Richard W. Murphy Associates (2004-present); Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia (1983-1989); U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania, Syria, the Phillipines and Saudi Arabia; scholar, Middle East Institute [e]
• Richard Pipes [r]: Professor Emeritus of Russian History, Harvard University; involved in numerous U.S. strategic studies of Soviet power; speaker for Heritage Foundation and Hoover Institution, member, Council on Foreign Relations; father of Mideast specialist Daniel Pipes [e]
• Robert Komer [r]: U.S. national security official (1922-2000), best known for heading the U.S. pacification program during the Vietnam War, in the Johnson Administration [e]
• Robert M. Gates [r]: The 22nd, and current, Secretary of Defense of the United States. [e]
• Ryan Crocker [r]: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 2007-2009, and a Foreign Service Officer with the highest rank of Career Ambassador [e]
• The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy [r]: A controversial book by two American academics, suggesting that the relationship between the United States and Israel is dysfunctional, but affected by a loose but politically powerful set of interest groups in both countries [e]
• Truman Doctrine [r]: A policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S. Truman in 1947 of giving Greece and Turkey economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. [e]
• Two-state solution [r]: Resolution of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by creating distinct, sovereign Israeli and Palestinian states, with adjustments of current borders [e]
• U.S. Department of Defense [r]: The military forces of the United States and their supporting civil servants. [e]
• U.S. Department of State [r]: Agency of the executive branch of the U.S. government responsible for foreign policy and the conduct of American diplomacy. [e]
• U.S. Intelligence and terrorism in the 1990s [r]: Tracking and actions against terrorism by the United States intelligence community in the 1990s [e]
• U.S. foreign policy [r]: The foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. [e]
• U.S. intelligence activities in Argentina [r]: The activities of the United States intelligence community in Argentina, the legal aftereffects in the U.S. of Argentinian intelligence, and regional cooperation in areas such as the drug trade and counterterrorism, as well as assistance in improving human rights and legalities of new Argentinian organizations [e]
• U.S. support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Technological aid, intelligence, the sale of dual-use and military equipment, but no direct combat against Iran, in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War [e]
• U.S. support to South Vietnam before Gulf of Tonkin [r]: A period of overt advisory and combat support by the U.S. to South Vietnam, from roughly 1962 to mid-1964 [e]
• United States Secretary of Defense [r]: The civilian official with authority over all personnel of the United States Department of Defense, currently Robert Gates [e]
• United States Secretary of State [r]: The senior cabinet officer of the United States, responsible for the conduct of diplomacy, currently Hillary Clinton [e]
• United States cabinet [r]: The most senior committee of the executive branch of the United States government. [e]
• United States intelligence community [r]: The United States' intelligence agencies coordinated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. [e]
• Vietnam, war, and the United States [r]: The interactions of the Vietnam War with United States domestic politics and public opinion, and, in turn, how domestic considerations affected the military situation [e]
• Vietnamization [r]: A policy, formalized by name in the Nixon Administration but reflecting earlier U.S. thinking, of making the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam primarily responsible for conventional ground combat, in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War [e]
• Washington Institute for Near East Policy [r]: A think tank on the Middle East, founded with American Israel Public Affairs Committee sponsorship, although considered reasonably objective until the neoconservative push toward U.S. military intervention; still remained more fact-oriented than some more ideologically based groups [e]
• Washington Post [r]: A daily newspaper in Washington DC -- first publisher of the details of the Watergate scandal. [e]
• Wendy Chamberlin [r]: President of the Middle East Institute since March 2007; Prior to joining MEI, Chamberlin served as Deputy High Commissioner for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2004-2006); Director of Global Affairs and Counter-Terrorism at the National Security Council (1991-1993) and as Deputy in the Bureau of International Counter-Narcotics and Law Programs (1999-2001); U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan during the [[Afghanistan War (2001-); Assistant Administrator in the Asia-Near East Bureau for the Agency for International Development From 2002 to 2004, Directed civilian reconstruction programs]] in Iraq and Afghanistan; U.S. Ambassador to Laos (1996-1999), [e]
• White House [r]: The official residence and offices of the President of the United States. [e]
• Zionism [r]: The ideology that Jews should form a Jewish state in what is traced as the Biblical area of Palestine; there are many interpretations, including the boundaries of such a state and its criteria for citizenship [e]