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The cruise-missile strikes ordered by Mr. Obama against Col.
Libyan Raids Show Obama Doctrine in Action Adam Entous 2011
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At a time when the two parties are flirting with the possibility of shutting down the whole government over a series of proposed Republican budgets cuts, many in the same cost range as that cruise-missile salvo, even that much expense has deep political significance.
Austerity Guides U.S. Strategy Gerald F. Seib 2011
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He commanded a cruise-missile base in Belgium later in the '80s.
Harold F. Wilson Jr., Air Force colonel Post 2011
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A federal jury in Honolulu found that he pocketed about $110,000 to help China design a cruise-missile exhaust nozzle that would give off less heat, letting it evade infrared radar detection and U.S. heat-seeking missiles.
Stealth-Espionage Claims Disputed in China Jeremy Page 2011
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That would mean that we would be reduced to the pre-9/11 status quo when we used ineffectual cruise-missile strikes to try to kill top terrorists.
Bin Laden's Death Changes Little Max Boot 2011
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Top military officials described the cruise-missile strikes as "the leading edge" of a multiphase campaign against Col.
Libyan Raids Show Obama Doctrine in Action Adam Entous 2011
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It also showed footage of Iran's cruise-missile test in 2007.
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It also showed footage of Iran's cruise-missile test in 2007.
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It also showed footage of Iran's cruise-missile test in 2007.
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It also showed footage of Iran's cruise-missile test in 2007.
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