Word: commander-in-chief
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...plans to endorse Obama or any other presidential candidate. Zinni commended General David H. Petreaus, the commanding general of the U.S. military in Iraq, for placing additional troops in strategic “hot-spots” as part of the military “surge” last year. “I don’t think that the surge was a strategy, but a tactic,” said Zinni, a former commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command. “All along, I felt that we needed more troops, and the surge has definitely...
...army withdrew support for them. Yet Arroyo's reliance on the armed forces could backfire. "There's a lot of concern from Filipinos about their democracy being rolled back," says Abuza. "These military-driven policies certainly play into those perceptions." Ermita counters: "Don't forget that the commander-in-chief is a civilian, and that there is a chain of command which is strictly followed. You cannot militarize the country because this is a democracy, not a military government...
...don’t get moral status by just potential,” Brock said. “If Kerry had won the election, then on January 1 he would have been potentially commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but he wouldn’t have had the right to command the armed forces when he just had the potential...
...Antonio Taquba, who led the initial investigation into the abuses, has spoken of an overall “failure of leadership.” In the military, the chain of command goes all the way to the top. A scandal of this magnitude leads to the secretary of defense, and ultimately to the commander-in-chief as well...
...about ADMIRAL ELMO ("BUD") ZUMWALT without thinking about fathers and sons who serve together in the military. Admiral Zumwalt was my father's friend; they served together during the Vietnam War. Zumwalt had attained the highest command in the U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations. My father was commander-in-chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific. My father ordered warplanes to bomb Hanoi while I was a prisoner of war there. Admiral Zumwalt ordered the use of Agent Orange in combat areas where his son served...