assistant

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William Kanellis said a former assistant U.S. attorney was supposed to have turned over the discovery to the defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"We have been very limited in what kind of dietary information we can provide patients," said Sidhartha R. Sinha, MD, an assistant professor of gastroenterology and hepatology and the senior author on the paper.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Prior to that, LaNeve was a senior military assistant to Hegseth, a role he had been in since April 2025.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“The ice, the frozen material, basically it’s kind of…a glue,” said Ashim Sattar, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, who led research examining the South Lhonak Lake burst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In June McNamara asked his assistant, John McNaughton, to start collecting classified documents for future use by government officials and scholars.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin