commander
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The climb came after Axios reported late Wednesday night that Trump will be receiving a briefing from Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
The commander insists he has no "rose-tinted spectacles": his goal is containment, not mounting new counter-offensives or taking back huge swathes of land.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The Prussian king admired the commander of the Continental Army.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
"Ultimately, the timeline will be dictated by the commander in chief," she told journalists.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Constructed out of a forty-foot-long cylindrical steam boiler, the Hunley was designed for an eight-man crew—seven to turn the hand-cranked propeller and a commander to control the steering and the depth.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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