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National defense - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Catholic, Chauvinistic, Citizen, Civic, Civil, Common, Communal, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolite, Ethnic, Family, Federal, Galactic, General |
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Any activity or effort performed to protect a nation against attack or other threats.
Ostensibly, the term should be equivalent to literal military defense,
but it may also be applied to offensive actions or policies, or to non-military actions or policies.
For the United States, "National defense" is the name of a area of 'tax outlay' (a division of how tax income is spent; other outlays are "Medicare", "Social Security", and "Non-defense discretionary spending").
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Example Usage of National |
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hannahnicklin: @mywaastedlife writing a novella in a month with National novel writing month :) see http://nanowrimo.posterous.com only 2 days behind >_< |
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MikeIngels: Cuyahoga Valley volunteer center to be dedicated- The National Park Service and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park A... http://bit.ly/1Mo2pN |
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kaytie_markfort: @Ohrickboy you know what ricky?! not cool...we actually went did the National championships last year. UT didn't. Haha |
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