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Defense , Defense
ORIGINS OF DEFENSE
DEFENSE POLICY PROCESS
DEFENSE CHALLENGES
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Defense, in the social sciences, traditionally focuses on how state… United States Department Of Defense , The Department of Defense (DOD) is the executive department in the federal government that is responsible for providing the military forces needed to… Sir Thomas Gates , Gates, Thomas (1906–1983), secretary of defense (1959–61).Gates was born in Philadelphia and became an investment banker, serving in the navy in Worl… Civil Defense , Civil Defense. Even after the advent of nuclear weapons, the civil defense program did not begin in earnest in the United States until 1951, reaching… North American Aerospace Defense Command , NORAD
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The North American Air Defense Agreement, signed on May 12, 1958 by the United States and Canada, created a continental air… Self-defense , Self-Defense
The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another.
Self-defense is a defense to certain criminal charg…
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