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commodities that are vital to the nation's security and economic prosperity. this dependency of the us on foreign sources creates a strategic vulnerability - for both its economy and military - to adverse foreign government action, natural disaster, and other events that can disrupt supply of these
, non-metals, and rare earth elements; these can be accessed by clicking on c, m, n, or r respectively. the terms element, mineral, noble metal, ore, and compound appear under various materials entries. an element is a fundamental substance that cannot be broken down chemically and consists of atoms...
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