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  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (category Kuwaiti companies established in 1980)
    refining operations in Western Europe. In 1992 KPC began to operate in Spain and in 1994 the company acquired BP's Luxembourg assets. In May 2013 Nizar Al-Adsani
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  • George H. W. Bush (category Candidates in the 1980 United States presidential election) (section 1980 presidential election)
    Development Company in 1951. In 1953, he co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corporation, an oil company that drilled in the Permian Basin in Texas. In 1954, he
    176 KB (19,971 words) - 23:15, 14 March 2025
  • Special Operations Command (category Military units and formations established in 1987)
    Laden in Pakistan in 2011.[citation needed] In November 2009 The Nation reported on a covert JSOC/Blackwater anti-terrorist operation in Pakistan. In 2010
    117 KB (11,453 words) - 22:35, 12 April 2025
  • Defense Intelligence Agency (category Government agencies established in 1961) (section In popular culture)
    Released in 2010 in exchange for Russian spies arrested in the U.S. during the break-up of the Illegals Program. Denies any involvement in spying. Edmond
    88 KB (10,234 words) - 00:21, 18 February 2025
  • Fluor Corporation (category Non-renewable resource companies established in 1912)
    Jr. in 1952 and J. Robert (Bob) Fluor in 1962. Fluor was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the 1950s. In 1961, Fluor acquired an interest in construction
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  • United States Merchant Marine Academy (category Universities and colleges established in 1942)
    sites were established, one located in Pass Christian, Mississippi, and the other in San Mateo, California. (The San Mateo location was closed in September
    52 KB (6,346 words) - 15:03, 21 February 2025
  • Marine Corps (category Military units and formations established in 1775) (section Operations in Africa)
    Taliban-held town of Garmsir in Helmand Province on 29 April 2008, in the first major American operation in the region in years. In June 2009, 7,000 marines
    169 KB (17,507 words) - 21:54, 10 April 2025
  • Bill Clinton (category Candidates in the 1980 United States elections)
    boatlift) detained in Fort Chaffee in 1980. Monroe Schwarzlose, of Kingsland in Cleveland County, polled 31 percent of the vote against Clinton in the Democratic
    262 KB (28,245 words) - 23:16, 14 March 2025
  • Bechtel (category American companies established in 1898)
    Hoover Dam. Six Companies won the bid in March and construction began in the summer of 1931. Warren Bechtel died unexpectedly in 1933 while in Moscow on business
    128 KB (12,181 words) - 00:00, 22 February 2025
  • DynCorp (category Business services companies established in 1946) (section Sex trafficking of children in Bosnia)
    management in Ghana, assisted in peace and recovery advancement in Uganda, and led anti-corruption programs in Madagascar, Malawi, and Nigeria. In Latin America
    77 KB (7,491 words) - 15:01, 21 February 2025
  • Interpol (category Organizations established in 1923)
    a crisis. The original is in Lyon with a second in Buenos Aires added in September 2011. A third was opened in Singapore in September 2014. Interpol opened
    109 KB (9,005 words) - 23:12, 14 March 2025
  • Army (category Military units and formations established in 1775)
    States, established in 1791 and renamed the United States Army in 1796. In 1798, during the Quasi-War with France, the U.S. Congress established a three-year
    170 KB (14,477 words) - 22:17, 12 April 2025
  • Voice of America (category Mass media companies based in Washington, D.C.) (section In different regions)
    directed at Cuba. In September 1980, VOA started broadcasting to Afghanistan in Dari and in Pashto in 1982. In 1981, VOA opened a bureau in Beijing, China
    177 KB (14,883 words) - 23:10, 14 March 2025
  • National Guard (category Military units and formations established in 1636)
    have served in colonial or state militias and two have served in the National Guard since it was established in 1903. Among these, three served in colonial
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  • BP (category Retail companies established in 1909)
    products in Continental Europe and acquired stakes in the local marketing companies in several European countries. Refineries were built in Llandarcy in Wales
    273 KB (30,015 words) - 23:14, 14 March 2025
  • American Forces Network (category Organizations established in 1942) (section Operations in Western Europe)
    the China established diplomatic relations in 1979, the AFN branch in Taiwan was Armed Forces Network Taiwan (AFNT), which had a main station in Yangmingshan
    98 KB (10,828 words) - 00:02, 22 February 2025
  • United Nations (category Organizations established in 1945)
    “an armistice shall be established in all sectors of Palestine”. On 7 November 1956, the first UN peacekeeping force was established to end the Suez Crisis;
    169 KB (15,318 words) - 23:10, 14 March 2025
  • Chemical Corps (category Military units and formations established in 1918) (section Restructuring, 1980–1989)
    plants were established in nearby cities to synthesize toxic chemicals for use in research and armaments. Shells were filled with toxic gas in Edgewood,
    48 KB (5,384 words) - 17:42, 3 February 2025