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Ry Smith
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ACRONYMS
INITIALSDESCRIPTION
CBPU.S. Customs and Border Patrol
CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
CIACentral Intelligence Agency
DACADeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
DMZDemilitarized Zone
DNIDirector of National Intelligence
DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
EUEuropean Union
FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
FDAFood and Drug Administration
FEMAFederal Emergency Management Agency
GDPGross Domestic Product
HBCUHistorically Black Colleges and Universities
IEDImprovised Explosive Device
JSAJoint Security Area
NAFTANorth America Free Trade Agreement
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
NSANational Security Agency
NSCNational Security Council
NSDNational Security Division
PDBPresident's Daily Brief
RNCRepublican National Convention
SCIFSensitive Compartmented Information Facility
WHWhite House
WTOWorld Trade Center
 
CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
ProDonaldTrumpU.S. President
 RobertO'BrienNational Security Advisor
 BethSannerPDB Intelligence briefer
 MattPottingerDeputy National Security Advisor
 SeanHannityGox TV host
 XiJinpingPresident of China
1JamesMattisSecretary of Defense, Marine General
 MikePenceVice President of U.S.
 SteveBannonChief Strategist Trump Campaign
 Ivanka TrumpTrump's daughter
 JaradKushnerTrump's son-in-law
 LucilleMattisJames Mattis mother
2RexTillersonCEO Exxon-Mobil, Secretary of State
 BarackObamaU.S. President
 ReincePriebusWhite House Chief of Staff
 VladimirPutinPresident of Russia
 RendaTillersonRex Tillerson's wife
 Muammaral-QaddafiLibyan leader
 Mohammedbin ZayedEmirates Crown Prince
 CondolezzaRiceSecretary of State
 George W.BushU.S. President
 James A.Baker IIISecretary of State
3George W.SchultzSecretary of State
 RoyCohnAttorney, disbarred. Trump idol
 WilliamPerrySecretary of Defense
 WilliamCohenSecretary of Defense
 BillClintonU.S. President
 Madeleine AlbrightSecretary of State
 SandyBergerNational Security Advisor
 SaddamHusseinIraq dictator
4DanCoatsDirector of National Intelligence
 MarshaCoatsCoat's wife
 KarenPenceV.P. Pence's wife
 HaroldHMMBillionaire Oklahoma oil man
5BradleyByersSecretary of Defense liaison to White House
 Wilbur RossSecretary of Commerce
 GaryCohnChief White House economic advisor
 MickMulvneyDirector of Management and Budget
 PeterNavarroWhite House trade advisor
 Robert LighthizerU.S. Trade representative
6KimJong UnNorth Korea leader
 MikePompeoCIA Director/Secretary of State
 AndyKimCIA operator
7RodRosensteinDeputy Attorney General
 JeffSessionsAttorney General
 DonMcGahnWhite House counsel
 JamesComeyFBI Director
 DavidLaufman FBI media chief. Resigned
 StephenMillerTrump aide
 Madeleine WesterhoutTrump special assistant
 JodyHuntSessions Chief of Staff
 AndrewMcCabeFBI deputy and acting director
 TerryMcAuliffeGovernor of Virginia
 LesterHoltNBC TV interviewer
 MichaelFlynnNational Security Advisor
 KenStarrCouncil investigating President Clinton
8RobertMuellerFBI Director/Special council
 RobPorterWhite House staff secretary
 RonDeSantisFlorida representative and governor
9BenjaminNetanyahuIsrael leader
10SueGordonCouts deputy at CIA
11JosephDunfordChairman of the Joint Chiefs
 Ri YongHoNorth Korea foreign minister
12VincentBrooksU.S. South Korea commander
 MoonJae InPresident of South Korea
 JohnKellyWhite House Chief of Staff
 H.R.McMasterNational Security Advisor
13ChungEui YongSouth Korea National Security Advisor
 Evan S.MedeirosAsia expert and Obama advisor
 GinaHaspelPompeo deputy
 NikkiHleyUN Ambassador
 Kim Yong CholNorth Korea Vice Chairman - Central Comm.
 Kim YoJongKim Jong Un's sister
 Ri YongUnKim Jong Un's wife
 Tony KimAmerican held by N. Korea released
 Kim HakSongAmerican held by N. Korea released
 Kim DongChylAmerican held by N. Korea released
14LindseyGrahamSouth Carolina Senator
 ThomTillisNorth Carolina Senator
 CoryBookerNew Jersey Senator
 ChrisCoonsDelaware Senator
15Choe SonHuiN. Korea vice foreign minister
16MarkWarnerVirginia Senator
 John O.BrennanCIA Director
 AndreaMitchellNBC foreign affairs correspondent
 ChristopherWrayFBI Director
 PaulNakasomeNSA Director
 DevinNunesChairman of House Intelligence Committee
 TedGistaroCIA officer gives PDB's
17WeiFeugheChinese Defense Minister
18ColinPowellChairman of the Joint Chiefs
 David L.GoldfeinAir Force Chief of Staff
 MarkMilleyArmy Chief of Staff
 DavidUrbanLawyer, lobbyist, Trump supporter
 StanleyMcChrystalAfghanistan Commander
19GeorgeKennanFather of doctrine to contain Soviet Union
 SteveMnuchinTreasury Secretary
 HarjitSajjanCanadian defense minister
 FlorenceParlyFrance's Minister of Armed Forces
 KevinSweeneyRear Admiral
 PatrickShanahanMattis deputy secretary
20MikeLeeRepublican Senator
 TimScottRepublican Senator
 ChuckGrasslyRepublican Senator
 Mitch McConnellSenate Majority Leader
 PaulRyanSpeaker of the House
21FredFleitzPresident Center for Security Policy
 LouDobbsFox TV host - Trump's friend
 RichardBurrSenate Intelligence Committee Chairman
 Chris RuddyNewsmax CEO
22AaronZebleyMueller's deputy
 MichaelSmolensSan Diego Union (newspaper) columnist
 Reggie BWaltonSenior U.S. District Court Judge
 JohnDurhamU.S. attorney working for Barr
 JamesClapperFormer Obama DNI
 MichaelCohenTrump's personal attorney
 PaulManafortTrump campaign chairman
 RickGatesTrump campaign deputy chairman
 RogerStoneTrump confident
23BillMcRavenAdmiral led raid that killed Osama Bin Laden
24JohnSolomonWriter for The Hill publication
 Hunter BidenV.P. Biden's son
 VolodymyrZelenskyUkraine President
 WilliamBarrU.S. Attorney General
 RudyGiulianiTrump's personal attorney
 ViragMiraniCoat's chief of staff
 JohnRatcliffeTexas congressman
27MonicaLewinskyWhite House intern under Clinton
 ShinzoAbeJapan Prime Minister
 JohnTrumpTrump's uncle and physicist at MIT
 XiangSongzuoChinese economist
28QsemSoleimaniIranian General, Head of special force
 AyatollahKhameneiIran's political and religious leader
 JackKeaneArmy vice chief of staff
 NelsonPeltzBillionaire friend of Trump
 HoganGidleyTrump deputy press secretary
 ViktorShokinUkraine prosecutor. A general
 DanScavinoTrump's social media director
 BernieSandersVermont Senator
 ElizabethWarrenMassachusetts Senator
 AlexandriaOcasio-CortezNew York congresswoman
 Kamala HarrisCalifornia Senator
29JohnMcCainU.S. Senator - deceased
 Harry ReidU.S. Senator
 JohnRobertsChief Justice of the Supreme Court
30AnthonyFauciDoctor and virus disease expert
 RobertRedfieldDoctor and expert virologist
 AlexandriaAzarHealth and Human Services secretary
 GeorgeGaoHead of China CDC (equivalent)
31Recep TayyipErdoganTurkey President
 RobertoAzevedoHead World Trade Organization
 JeffBezosAmazon CEO
 JamalKhashoggiWashington Post contributing columnist
 MaXiaoweiChina health minister
 JohnBoltonNational Security Advisor
 StephanieGrishamWhite House press secretary
32MittRomneyU.S. Senator
 LamarAlexanderU.S. Senator
 BenSasseU.S. Senator
 HelenBranswellSTAT News member
 ImranKhanPakistan Prime Minister
 MarkZuckerbergFacebook CEO
 NarendraModiIndia Prime Minister
 CliffordLaneDoctor, Fauci deputy director
 NancyMessonnierCDC Director, Rosenstein sister
 PeterAlexanderNBC reporter
33PeggyNoonanWall St. Journal opinion writer
34ElijahCummingsBlack congressman
 ChrisWallaceTV interviewer
35BradleyParscaleTrump campaign manager
 RonnaMcDaniel RNC Chairman
36JairBolsonaroBrazil President
 DeborahBirxDoctor - HIV researcher
 MarcBenioffSalesforce CEO
 TomHanksActor
 Rita WilsonHanks wife
 DerekLyonsKushner staff secretary
37StephenHahnFDA Commissioner
 AndrewCuomoNew York Governor
 EmmanuelMacronFrance President
 LarryKudlowChief White House economic advisor
 CuiTiankaiChina ambassador to U.S.
39BorisJohnsonUK Prime Minister
 BryanKempGeorgia Governor
 Kim MyongKimNorth Korea negotiator
40KatieMillerVice President Pence spokesperson
 Hope HicksWhite House aide
 MoncefSlaouiDoctor and government vaccine czar
42GeorgeFloydBlack man killed by policeman
 MurielBowserWashington DC mayor
 MarkEsperU.S. Secretary of Defense
 MarkMeadowsWhite House chief of staff
 KayleighMcEnanyTrump press secretary
 Mariann E. BuddeWashington, DC Episcopal Bishop
 MichaelCurryEpiscopal presiding Bishop
43GeorgeWallaceU.S. Governor - deceased
 Robert KennedyU.S. Attorney General - deceased
 RichardNixonU.S. President - deceased
45BobCostaJournalist - Washington Post reporter
 NeilGorsuchSupreme Court Justice
 BarbaraTuchmanHistory writer
46Andres M.L.ObradorMexico President
 PeterBakerNY Times White House correspondent
 BillStepienTrump campaign manager
 
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