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Michael Ray
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Michael Ray earned a B.A. in history from Michigan State University in 1995. He was a teacher in the Chicago suburbs and Seoul, South Korea, prior to joining Britannica as a freelancer in 2000. Hired as a full-time copy editor in 2003, he currently works as an assistant managing editor leading the Geography and History team.
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Stanley McChrystal U.S. Army general who served as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan (2009–10). McChrystal was born to a military family, and his father attained the rank of major general during the post-World War II occupation of Germany. The younger McChrystal attended the U.S.…
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