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1.NounThe policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.
2.NounAny self-reinforcing power structure, whether intentional or accidental, formal or informal.
3.Proper nounA key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector.
4.Proper nounA stronghold of the Viet Minh during the Vietnam War, located north of Saigon.