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The creation of such a panel, if it came to fruition, would facilitate the purging of military leaders who were unwilling to carry out presidential orders — or those relayed by a loyal subordinate.

“At the beginning, my character is seriously subordinate to her powerful and terrifying older sister,” Williams says.

The former president’s predictions of triumph, the reporter who has covered several Republican presidential campaigns concluded, belie a sense of panic among his subordinates that "the bottom has started to fall out" in their efforts.

“It appears to me, his only real fault was not always agreeing with his subordinates on policy,” Koretz said.

China and Taiwan are "not subordinate to each other", he said, adding that China "has no right to represent Taiwan".