Sentences with phrase «role as commander»

The President has relieved McChrystal of his duties, despite the disgraced general's previously pivotal role as commander of the Afghan theater of operations.

Idris Elba owns the screen in a career defining role as the commander of child soldiers.

• A Defense Department memorandum has said that «no law banning torture or regulating interrogation can bind the president when he is operating in his role as commander in chief.»

Retired Gen. Roger A. Brady, who was responsible for American nuclear weapons in Europe as part of his past role as commander of the U.S. Air Force there, turned to Apple support this year when he noticed something suspicious on his computer.

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The early caliphs inherited Muhammad's role as «commander of the faithful», but they were nor «messengers of God», as the prophet had been.

Moses is subsequently called upon to be not only premier - commander, but prophet - minister - priest as well, and so here another role is foreshadowed.

Moses is subsequently to be called upon to play the role not only of premier - president - commander, but of prophet - minister - priest as well.

Ozil is NOT a commander of the troops and as has been proven when things are going badly he disappears, its NOT only him we have no Iron man in midfield to control the players both front and back and its an oft repeated criticism but it's clearly true that we NEVER replaced Viera in that midfield role and while we Cesc we had an almost replacement but since then nothing of the like.

As we abandon our role as a key part of one of the world's main superpowers, courting the US is the obvious alternative for many on the eurosceptic right, even when Trump is its commander - in - chieAs we abandon our role as a key part of one of the world's main superpowers, courting the US is the obvious alternative for many on the eurosceptic right, even when Trump is its commander - in - chieas a key part of one of the world's main superpowers, courting the US is the obvious alternative for many on the eurosceptic right, even when Trump is its commander - in - chief.

In the 1964 pilot episode, «Eleven Days To Zero», he was seen as the doomed first commander of the submarine Seaview, Capt. John Phillips, who is killed in an attempt on the life of Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart); in «The X Factor», an episode from the following season, Hudson played the role of Captain Shire, who is killed off using the exact same footage depicting his character's death in the pilot episode.

The cast is deep and includes (one of my favorites) Shohreh Aghdashloo as Mikael's wise and courageous mother, Tom Hollander («The Night Manager») as a fellow prisoner of the Turks, James Cromwell as an American Ambassador, Rade Serbedzija as a leader of the Armenian resistance, and Jean Reno as a commander of the French Naval fleet that plays a vital role in 1915.

Idris Elba plays a much smaller role (but it's better than being in The Reaping) as Stone, the commander overseeing the whole operation.

The lack of a compelling villain results in little contrast for the hero, who's thinly defined as a character to begin with, and the cast is left hanging in the wind with the exception of Geoffrey Rush in a brief, thankless role and a scene - stealing Mark Strong as the Green Lantern Corps» enigmatic field commander, Sinestro.

Still, George Putnam (Richard Gere), an American publisher and publicist, can't help but fall in love with the feisty and freckled girl from Kansas after marketing her trip as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in the role of flight commander.

Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard once again prove that they're two of the most promising young actors in the business, while Foxx turns in a satisfying supporting role as their good - humored commander.

In the mobile Realtime Strategy Puzzler \ «Skyknights \» you as a player slip in the role of the commander of the Skyknights, a unit of veteran knights.

What's even better is that Commander Mode is easily accessible on tablets, so it is not difficult at all to drop into battle as a commander and take on a direct leadership role for your team.

Form Alliances With the Allied Commanders cooperative mode, join forces with a friend and take on the role of a StarCraft commander as you battle through scenarios, level up, and show off your real - time strategy skill in a team environment.

In it, players take on the role of a new commander who has travelled to the Andromeda galaxy as part of a mission to find a new home for humanity after the events of the previous games.