Word: commander
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According to a U.S. Southern Command statement, the officer was "off duty, unarmed and in civilian clothes when he and three others were stopped by Panamanian soldiers near the Defense Headquarters in the old section of Panama City...
...June, the International Institute for Strategic Studies lists 326,400 troops for the United States European Command, and 565,000 Soviet troops outside the Soviet Union...
Even before the referendum, the army began a campaign of self- rehabilitation. It announced that some reforms were being considered, including, at last, alternative service for conscientious objectors and an end to reserve service at 42. After the voting, General Heinz Hasler, who will take command of the military on Jan. 1, averred that the army had much to do: "Everything must be done to restore the people's conviction that military defense is needed" -- a clear acknowledgment that even the leadership of a citizens' army cannot long ignore great changes in the citizenry...
...Ronnie, the perpetual suicide attempt, Haddad cries on command and listens to the misery of others with an endearing sympathy. Ronnie is someone who knows other people's problems so well because he's managed to have many of those same problems himself. And as the infatuated teenager, Haddad reveals many of the silly yet sentimental aspects of puppy love without seeming hokey...
Defenders of Israeli policy will claim that this is a relatively humane occupation, and they are right. The Israeli military command maintains certain judicial procedures for Palestinians. The Israeli government allows press into the troubled areas. Israel seems democratic compared to Syria or Iraq, both of which massacre thousands of their own citizens and prohibit press coverage...