commander
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When asked if the campground should have been closed due to the severe weather, Anderson, the police district commander, said that “it’s probably impossible to forecast something like this.”
Russian commanders had lost access to live video of the battlefield and communications with troops.
Ghalibaf's varied experience, which spans military and civilian life, has seen him work as commander of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace corps, Tehran police chief, Tehran mayor and now speaker of parliament.
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“This has been planned for a long time,” said Frank McKenzie, the former top U.S. commander in the Middle East, speaking about the use of missiles.
In a leaked phone conversation, Paetongtarn referred to former Cambodian leader Hun Sun as "uncle" and called a Thai military commander her "opponent", triggering public and political outrage.
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