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Stimson

American  
[stim-suhn] / ˈstɪm sən /

noun

  1. Henry L(ewis), 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.


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Iranian missiles are striking targets at a higher rate than early in the conflict, said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank, citing a review she did of open-source strike data.

From The Wall Street Journal

Henry Stimson, a veteran of the Taft and Hoover administrations, became war secretary.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Neither ground nor air campaigns are effective at defeating an indigenous armed movement,” said Randa Slim, Middle East program director at the Stimson Center think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It is about sustaining American military primacy, making other states fear and respect us,” Emma Ashford of the Stimson Center, a research group in Washington, explained in the article.

From Salon

Caracas needs deeper structural change to get back on that track, says Benjamin Gedan, director of the Stimson Center’s Latin America program.

From Barron's