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Parent topics

• Iraq War [r]: (2003-2011) Invasion and occupation of Iraq by a coalition of countries led by the U.S. to depose Saddam Hussein who was accused of stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (which were never found). ^[e]
• United States Central Command [r]: Add brief definition or description

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Civilian officials

• George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. ^[e]
• Richard Armitage [r]: A U.S. foreign policy specialist, first a United States Navy officer in the Vietnam War, who rose to positions including Deputy Secretary of State in the first term of the George W. Bush Administration; board, International Crisis Group; Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute ^[e]
• Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and advocate of neoconservatism and unitary Presidential authority; currently a political commentator; U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush Administration; spouse of Lynne Cheney; father of Liz Cheney ^[e]
• Douglas Feith [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]
• Condoleezza 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]
• Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9/11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century ^[e]

Organizations

• V Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
• I Marine Expeditionary Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Joint Special Operations Command [r]: A major subordinate unit of the United States Special Operations Command, which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, usually working unacknowledged within the geographic area of a Unified Combatant Command ^[e]

Military

• John Abizaid [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Conway [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tommy Franks [r]: Head of United States Central Command during the start of the Afghanistan War (2001-2021) and Iraq War; retired as a general ^[e]
• David McKiernan [r]: A U.S Army General who was relieved early of command of the International Security Assistance Force, NATO's headquarters in Afghanistan; he commanded the ground forces in the Iraq War and is an armored combat specialist, as opposed to his replacement, GEN Stanley McChrystal, a special operations officer ^[e]
• Doug Macgregor [r]: A retired U.S. Army colonel who has written extensively on military transformation and revolutions in military affairs; advised Donald Rumsfeld in Iraq War planning ^[e]
• James Mattis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ray Odierno [r]: General, United States Army, commanding Multi-National Force-Iraq; commanded 4th Infantry Division at end of major combat of the Iraq War ^[e]
• David Petraeus [r]: General, U.S. Army, presently commanding United States Central Command after having the senior command in Iraq, long associated with counterinsurgency doctrine ^[e]
• Charles Swannack [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William "Scott" Wallace [r]: Add brief definition or description

Terminology and public opinion

• Operation Iraqi Freedom [r]: U.S. government official term for operations in the Iraq War; classified predecessor had been Operation POLO STEP ^[e]
• Operation Telic [r]: British military participation in the Iraq War ^[e]

Other related topics

• Iraq War, major combat phase [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Iraq War, insurgency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. ^[e]
• Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. ^[e]