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How to use the word commander in a Sentence? Page #6

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Seven soldiers including their commander died and two others were wounded. They were all onboard a pickup when the bomb exploded.

Ali Nur

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I acted pursuant to my Constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.

President Trump

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Last night, the objective of the mission of that( our) commander in chief gave our military forces was completely accomplished, with swift professionalism.

Vice President Pence

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

As many of his colleagues in the USPHS have pointed out, this information is incorrect. In fact, he received an early promotion/exceptional proficiency promotion to Commander effective July 1, 2017, in recognition of his exemplary performance in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), over and above any of his assignments at CDC, his early promotion within the USPHS reflects his excellence as an officer and an employee.

The CDC

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

That kind of a threat to the American people by a regime like this is not acceptable, and the president's meeting his responsibilities as commander in chief of asking our military -- Secretary [ Jim ] Mattis at the Defense Department -- to ensure we are prepared for anything.

Rex Tillerson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

My children got a kick out of it, that Chris Hemsworth is portraying me, Dad, it’s great. I think Chris did an incredible job trying to portray what a Special Forces commander does.

Mark Nutsch

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

My children got a kick out of it, that Chris Hemsworth is portraying me, dad, it’s great. I think Chris did an incredible job trying to portray what a Special Forces commander does.

Mark Nutsch

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I never expected this word from a leader, i am not ashamed of the country where I was born and I am not ashamed to call myself a Somali-American. But I am so disgusted, ashamed and disturbed that a commander in chief would use this word. Trump should learn about embracing diversity and read his history books. He and his supporters should be embarrassed.

Abdikadir Negeye

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Two hundred ninety-five years of history have been lost to ashes because opponents want to turn the country into ashes. They do not mind destroying it, those who trampled on the statue of Commander Chavez do not see that their parents receive the pension and are benefited by social missions.

Francisco Arias

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Those who trampled on the statue of Commander Chavez do not see that their parents receive the pension and are benefited by social missions.

Francisco Arias

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Of all the privileges I have as President, I have no greater honor than serving as your commander in chief.

Barack Obama

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It certainly shows a breakdown in communications that is troubling because the president is commander in chief and (Defense) Secretary (James) Mattis apparently, according to press reports — I haven't an official briefing on it yet — told him that this carrier and the destroyers were headed towards North Korea as a show of force when in fact they were headed in the completely opposite direction to Australia, and it's troubling if we don't know where our assets are. It's also so surprising. Every time I have seen that map that shows where our naval assets are, believe me, the Pentagon knows exactly where they are. So I suspect there was some sort of just terrible miscommunication but it should not have occurred.

Susan Collins

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I think that this President does need to be held to the letter of the Constitution, i believe his attack on Syria exceeded his authority as commander-in-chief.

Tom McClintock

Found on CNN
7 years ago

What one says as a businessman who has not had TS/SCI clearance and sat in the situation room, or what one says on the campaign trail in a politically charged environment for a year, is incredibly different to the perspective you may have after you take on the mantle of the commander-in-chief, and you are the person responsible for the safety of all Americans, that's what experience tells us, and to judge based on statements they made when they were not in that position of responsibility.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The single most important source of political information was links to unverified WikiLeaks stories. We believe there was automation pushing those links around but that is our next research project. part of the reason active measures worked in the U.S. election is because the commander in chief used Russian active measures at times against his opponents.

Clint Watts

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

What we’re really doing at the Mars Desert Research Station is what we call an operational simulation more than a technical engineering simulation, but we find out how you would run a mission on Mars, so for example what we’ve discovered by running it a number of ways is the mission has got to be led from the front, that is, the commander of the mission is the commander of the crew. We don’t even call our mission control mission control anymore we call it mission support - they are there to support the crew - this has got to be led from the front.

Actor Ben Cotton

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I thank each of them for their service and their confidence in me to serve as commander in chief, keeping our nation safe and leading our armed forces is the most important responsibility of the presidency.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

She will bring to the Presidency the skill, experience and wisdom that is needed in a President and Commander in Chief, having myself served in numerous diplomatic and national security positions starting in 1960, I am convinced that Secretary Clinton has the leadership qualities that far and away qualify her best to be our next President.

Bill Clinton

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Ithink if you take his encouragement that the Russians hack into American email accounts, if you take his quite excessive praise for Putin, his absolute allegiance to a lot of Russian wish-list foreign policy positions … [ it ] leads us once again to conclude he is not temperamentally fit to be president and commander in chief.

Secretary Clinton

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This letter is signed by those who remain in the internationalist wing of the party – many were former advisors to candidates who lost the primary fight to Donald Trump, calling Trump unqualified to be commander in chief is tough, but also asserting that Donald Trump’s lacking in character and understanding of our basic values is really pretty amazing.

Brian Katulis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Whether or not these cases will be solved depends on whether the NLD has a good relationship with the military commander-in-chief.

Myint Naing

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We can not promote someone to commander-in-chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment Hillary Clinton has made, the facts of Hillary Clinton life and career disqualify Hillary Clinton.

Chris Christie

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Ayatollah Khamenei, the commander in chief of the IRGC, regularly praises Iranian officials who defy the U.S. and scorns officials who advocate cooperation with the U.S., i haven't seen any signs that this institutional culture has changed after the nuclear deal.

Karim Sadjadpour

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari used Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari military experience to consolidate ISIL's control over Mosul, where they have engaged in dictatorial rule and sectarian murder and oppression since 2014. Hatim Talib al-Hamduni was an ISIL military commander in Mosul and the head of military police for self-proclaimed Ninawa state.

Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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