Word: commandant
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...surgery, no matter how deflating, left that now-instinctual command of the field intact—and a single purpose for Thomas...
...John F. Kerry debating his current Swift Boat rival John O’Neill on Vietnamization and how to end the War. The Kerry of 1971 paradoxically makes the Kerry of today look like an amateur. He was poised as always without sacrificing vitality; he was sharp and in command, and he seized every opportunity to quietly take his opponent to the cleaners. His nuance wasn’t a burden to his effectiveness; rather, it was captivating. He embodied the feeling of inevitability that has followed his aspirations for the White House; perhaps he was too cocksure, too patrician...
...November—over a year after that attack—it is better late than never. The discussion over emergency phones encountered roadblock after roadblock due largely to funding concerns and apprehensions concerning the historical preservation of the Common—the site where George Washington took command of the Continental Army...
...Sunni insurgents. And thus far, efforts to deploy Iraqi units in the frontline of pitched battles at both Fallujah and Najaf have proven largely ineffective - not because they lack the training to do battle, but because in many instances they lack the motivation to fight under U.S. command against fellow Iraqis. The rate of desertion among Iraqi forces is high, as is the rate of infiltration of these units by insurgents...
...fundamental challenge in transferring security responsibility to Iraqi forces is political. The U.S. must convince Iraqi personnel that they're fighting for Iraq, rather than fighting under the command of an unpopular foreign army. While the administration may have convinced its domestic audience that by transferring political authority to Allawi they have essentially handed the Iraqis back their country, they have yet to persuade many Iraqis of the same idea. Allawi is a U.S. appointee, and his power is based almost entirely on the backing of the U.S. military - a tough assignment in a country where even opinion polls commissioned...