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delivered to congress on july the 4th, 1821, john quincy adams, it secretary of state and sixth president of the united states said america, quote, goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. but two decades earlier, his newly independent country had already contradicted him. in 1801, the u.s. and its first foreign war for entirely overseas. the first barbara war was a conflict between the united states and tripoli located in modern-day libya. after pirates from the barbree states seized american merchant ships and held its crew for ransom, presidential must thomas jefferson fought back -- the 1805, after a series of battles, the united states formed an alliance for the deposed brother of tripoli's leader and soon emerged victorious. the conflict has been viewed by some scholars as the first u.s. attempt in a coup d'état through military interventionism. we all know it was not the last. this week, and your report

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