Others at mission control shared similar sentiments. Dempsey said the cupola conjured up images of the spacecraft in the famed Star Wars movies.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

As a star's sense of control begins to unravel--you'll find that in the Jackson camp, people who were advising Jackson tended to have the last name Jackson.

NPR: Keeping Tom Cruise On Topic, and Quiet

David McKiernan, the American four-star general who in October consolidated control over almost all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has been adjusting U.S. tactics.

CNN: Analysis: U.S. reviewing Afghanistan policy

Whether the component is a motor, a control valve, a star tracker, an antenna or a chip, it is simpler to look for non-American alternatives.

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