Word: commandeering
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...Retired Major General John Batiste was likewise surprised at the decision to send a soldier convicted of abuse at Abu Ghraib back to Iraq. His only comment: "You just have to wonder how far up the chain of command this decision was made...
Motley, the freshman who debated the Dems alongside Kwong last Thursday, has faith in Souther’s ability to command from the top. “I can’t think of a better individual to lead the club,” Motley says...
...their targeted candidate into office, but to change America—at least for the next two years. The kinds of comments leaving the lips of all the debaters strike a chord not dissimilar from those on the professional circuit. But while they may look the part as they command the crowd in Harvard Hall, many of these politically involved undergrads don’t picture their names on a ballot any time soon...
...backed government, and also demanding the final say over security policy. Maliki not only wants veto power over U.S. military action in his country; he also wants the Iraqi government to have control over the deployment of the Iraqi security forces, which currently still operate under U.S. command...
...military judgment that has raised questions. As Franks' second in command, some officers say, Abizaid shares the blame for the failure to plan for what would happen after the initial rush to Baghdad. But his more serious missteps, in the view of his critics, began when Abizaid took over from Franks in July 2003, two months after the infamous "end of major combat operations" speech by President George Bush. Among those mistakes: failing to keep enough troops in Iraq in the fall of 2003 to establish basic security; allowing the disbanding of the Iraq Army and de-Baathification; missing...