lieutenant

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In one of them, a spot attacking Harman, Checchi included a photo of the lieutenant governor — and not a bad-looking one at that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Guest: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican Congressman for Illinois’s 11th and 16th districts, Jan 6 Committee member, former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Future Sark was launched with a presentation at Island Hall, which was attended by the lieutenant governor of Guernsey and an estimated 100 islanders.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Known as the Crab, because he was born with an extra finger, the hulking Rodriguez Castro is a lieutenant colonel in the island’s interior ministry in charge of his grandfather’s security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

When he returned to Germany after being deported, he was made a lieutenant and worked in the Abwehr, the Intelligence Department of the German Army.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple