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He ceded security and combat functions essential to the national mission to a corps of thousands of hired guns whose qualifications , standards of conduct and ultimate loyalty -- all integral to the safety and success of American forces -- were beyond effective governmental control or measure .
 thousands, American
Please list all entity words in the text that fit the category. Output format is "word1, word2". 
Option: date, organization, person, geographical social political, national religious political, facility, cardinal, location, work of art, law, event, product, ordinal, percent, time, quantity, money, language 
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 thousands, American