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- ↑ "Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) | CTTSO". www.cttso.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "FY 2004 Performance Plan--Counterterrorism". US State Department.
- ↑ "Special Briefing on the Technical Support Working Group". Department of Defense.