military leader

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Phelan is the latest high-ranking military leader to leave the administration in recent months.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

"The pistol-shooting scene clearly serves to signal that she is cultivating the attributes of a military leader."

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

As a senior U.S. military leader in the Middle East in recent years, Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful military leader since the 1979 revolution and the architect of its shadowy expeditions around the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

By April, the ANC and General Bantu Holomisa, the military leader of the Transkei and an ANC loyalist, had arranged for a visit.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela