Sentences with phrase «us army general»

Wesley Clark Jr, a writer whose father is retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, met with law enforcement on Friday to tell them that 3,500 veterans may join the protest and the demonstrations would be carried out peacefully, protest leaders said.

If someone is a two - or three - star retired Army general, you might want recruit him or her to the board as a way to get connections and introductions in the general's former colleagues.

In Afghanistan, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal was focused on one thing: devising the best plan of attack.

It comes to us from a U.S. Army general we know who got so sick of updates without substance that he banned gerunds from his subordinates» reports.

«There is a fight between Diosdado and Tareck for control of the industry,» said Hebert Garcia, a former army general who later broke with Maduro and fled the country.

Hwang Pyong So was apparently dismissed as director of the Korean People's Army General Political Bureau and succeeded by Kim Jong Gak, former minister of the People's Armed Forces.

There's a good video on an Indian site with an interview by a female Sikh reporter with the Indian Army general (Bara, Baka,?

Now, individual lives were threatened regardless if you were an ordinary citizen, a Hollywood producer or an Army general.

You can pretend you're knights and dub him the royal «Big Brother» by tapping him on each shoulder with a baby bottle, salute him like an army general, or have him raise his right hand and solemnly swear to uphold the laws of big brotherhood.

The video is a rap - spoof of a media interview with «General Baxter, representing AFRICOM», probably a play on the American Union Army General Henry Baxter (1821 — 1873) who fought during the American Civil War.

The retired army general who, however, spoke at his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State at the weekend said that it was not the first time that the rumour of his death would be out in the public.

The site's raison d'être is to highlight incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's upbraiding of an Army general for repeatedly referring to her by the female honorific rather than as «Senator» during a hearing — pretty thin gruel for a scandal, though not Boxer's best moment as an elected official.

In a statement to Today News Africa in Washington DC, the organizers of the protest said Mr. Buhari, a retired Nigerian Army General, is responsible for the death of thousands of Igbo activists who have been demanding independence from the oil - rich but dilapidated West African country.

Why, the NCEF (or in any case its media confederates) even flaunted its «Christian» retired army generals, to underscore its «warning»!

The White House is reportedly mulling replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster, an Army general — a move that is being orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis.

The move to oust McMaster, an Army general, is being orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, MSNBC reported.

This has included consistent distortions of his views, attempts to ridicule and delegitimize his leadership, and even threats by army generals to overthrow Corbyn were he to be elected PM.

Former head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannatt has suggested «vested interests» within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) let down troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 74 - year - old former army general has said only that he required blood transfusions and had never been as sick in his life.

They say that army generals are always fighting the last war; politicians are the same.

He then led the bloody June 4 coup, which extra-judicially executed some army generals.

When asked to adopt the leadership of the SNP following the resignation of John Swinney in 2004, Salmond quoted union army general William Sherman, who, on being asked to run for president following the American Civil War, declared: «If nominated I'll decline.

While he condemned the involvement of the Nigerian Army in defending Buratai, he said no one had yet to explain to Nigerians how an army General could manage to save $ 1.5 m.

While Cuomo has stood up for keeping the statue of Columbus on 59th Street in place, he has asked the U.S. Army to rename two streets on a Brooklyn military base currently honoring two to Confederate Army generals.

Celebrated playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to probe the audio recording which purportedly captured some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains directing an Army general to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship elections in Ekiti State.

Reacting to the latest killings by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, Fayose wondered why a retired Army General and one - time military Head of State who contested and won election on the premises of providing security to the citizens had suddenly become a lame duck.

Army / Shiite Clash: No apology to any group threatening Nigeria's peace — Army The General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 1 Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, has said that, the Nigerian Army has no apology for its recent encounter with members of the Islamic sect, Shi'ites, in Zaria, Kaduna State.

Army / Shiite Clash: No apology to any group threatening Nigeria's peace — Army The General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 1 Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, has said that, the Nigerian Army has no apology for its recent encounter with members of the Islamic sect,...

It will be coordinated by a U.S. Army general stationed at a new command center in Monrovia with an estimated 3000 troops.

I'm general Terry goodluck US Army general in Afghanistan for peace keeping mission, I'm a lonely man looking for life partner.

Usually cast as imperious dowagers, she is best remembered for such characterizations as the haughty Mrs. Rhinelander in My Friend Irma and Salvation Army general Matilda B. Cartwright in Guys and Dolls.

The film revolves around an uptight guy who is tricked into driving his foul - mouthed grandfather, a former Army general, to Florida for spring break, just a few days before his wedding.

The narrative begins with a downbeat quote by Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman asserting that «there is no use in trying to reform» the cruelty of war, but the stars of «The Keeping Room» still manage to fight ahead.

I gather this from the heartfelt confrontation between the hero and the gung - ho army general — right before the heroes attempt to kill him by blowing up the secret government base around them.

THE LAST CASTLE (Grade: B): In this muddled but mostly compelling prison drama / action thriller, Robert Redford is very good as a defrocked three - star Army general doing hard time in a military prison who uses his West Point values to challenge the authority of a corrupt warden (James Gandolfini).

Dirty Grandpa (R for profanity, drug use, frontal nudity and pervasive crude humor and sexual content) Robert De Niro plays the title character in this unlikely - buddies comedy about a retired Army general who embarks on a raunchy road trip to Florida with his grandson (Zac Efron) for Spring Break.

Set in «Rome» — a place unsure whether it is a nameless poverty - stricken Eastern European country or the UK — the film opens with it's unhappy citizens plotting against Caius Martius (Ralph Fiennes), an Army General who's withholding grain from them.

When John Stanford, a retired army general, became superintendent of the Seattle schools in 1995, he traveled to Edmonton with his chief financial officer, Joseph Olchefske.

Schools in the nation's capital will open late for the third time in four years, triggering questions about whether the retired Army general hired to overcome the system's past management woes will offer more of the same.

(«Retired Army General Is Named D.C. Superintendent,» Nov. 20, 1996.)

The control board selected Julius W. Becton, a retired Army general, to replace Smith.

A retired United States Army general best known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Paul is uniquely qualified to weigh in on this critical topic.

As U.S. Army generals, it was our job to look over the horizon to determine future challenges and threats to our national security.

Without a career — or the cash to start over — Brian's options are few, until Army general Augustus Reed steps in with an intriguing new mission — a permanent one.Ignored by her absentee father, duped by thief he appointed to oversee her family's ranch, Cass Reed is done with men for good.

Eddie Rickenbacker is featured in the 1955 movie The Court - Martial of Billy Mitchell, which dramatized the real story of United States Army General William Mitchell, who is often called the father of the Air Force.

In December 1979, shortly after the assassination of President Park Chung - hee, army general Chun Doo - hwan assumed the role of South Korean leader.

My father, an Army general, a hero I so adored that I had confessed in Sunday school that I loved him more than Jesus, was dying painfully, gruesomely of lung cancer.

The bank is well - versed in the procedures needed to help borrowers get VA loans, says Dell Dailey, a retired Army general and former ambassador at large for the State Department.

An American army general, Creighton Abrams once said, «When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.»

Located in the northern corner of the state, Waynesboro was named after the 18th - century statesman and U.S. Army General Anthony Wayne.