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A Best Defense salute to Nora Naraghi, Iran's female motocross champion. She provides an interesting example of human ingenuity in dealing with dumbass governments: She wasn't allowed to ride on the roads, so she took off cross country. "My role model is Ashley Fiolek," says Ms. Naraghi.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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