Word: colonel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unsubstantiated allegations of a 12-year affair between the two, Clinton was rocked by old charges that he dodged the draft during the height of the Vietnam War. The facts are convoluted and hotly contested, and the credibility of Clinton's accusers is in dispute. One, a retired Army colonel, has for over a decade been telling a diametrically opposite tale that exonerates Clinton. The other, a former official of Clinton's draft board and a Republican, recalls conversations with Clinton that the Governor says never took place...
Perez was able to return to his office a few hours later. Most of the armed forces had remained loyal, and air force F-16 jets strafed rebel positions, blocking their movements and disrupting their communications. The coup leader, Lieut. Colonel Hugo Chavez Frias, 37, dressed in combat gear and a red paratrooper's beret, turned himself in 12 hours after the shooting began, but warned that the military might find "another occasion." More than 1,200 rebel soldiers surrendered, including 136 officers. Officials said as many as 7,000 of the 73,000 troops in the armed forces...
...escape from China, Hsun-ching must find Colonel Sun, the man who had saved his life at the waterfall. Colonel Sun turns out to be the perfect companion/bodyguard, considering the fact that he is immortal and has never lost a battle since he was born "seven centuries before the birth of Christ...
That mission might come up with enough evidence to persuade U.S. officials to close the case of Colonel Charles Scharf. But it is unlikely that his family will accept a few teeth or bone shards as conclusive proof of his demise. For them, Scharf will always be missing in action, no matter how much the evidence indicates that he died in combat nearly three decades...
Jack Bailey, a retired Air Force colonel, heads Operation Rescue (no connection with the antiabortion organization of the same name). For much of the 1980s, Bailey's chief project was raising funds to support the Akuna, a freighter that he said patrolled the South China Sea rescuing Vietnamese refugees. By most accounts, the ship was unseaworthy and spent 90% of its time in port...