 Military action?
Military action?    SALUTE
Words to a backstabber   ETTU
Movie trailer?    CREDITS [can they be getting even longer?]
Hit list    TOPTEN 
Theme:
GCLEF   "
Every 
good 
boy 
does 
fine" was a mnemonic I learned in school and oddly remember: e, g, b, d, f are notes on the scale.  Too bad I don't know what any of it means.  Rote in lieu of learning... 

When I was a constructor THENRA would not be allowed because for some reason articles could not precede an answer.  In this case, we never hear NRA without THE. 
 This, to Ricardo
This, to Ricardo   ESTO [So who's Ricardo? I have a friend named Ricardo who says 
this, not 
esto or 
esta.  He was born in South Carolina.]