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  1. iron triangle: Wiktionary
  2. Iron Triangle (Korea), Iron Triangle (Vietnam), Iron Triangle, Iron triangle (US politics), Iron triangle, The Iron Triangle (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. iron triangle: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Iron Triangle)

noun:  (US politics, political science) The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.
noun:  (by extension) Any self-reinforcing power structure, whether intentional or accidental, formal or informal.
noun:  (historical) A key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector.
noun:  (historical) A stronghold of the Viet Minh during the Vietnam War, located north of Saigon.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of iron triangle [(US politics, political science) The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.]

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