He added that "I know my chain of command, and my chain of command" is through the President and the secretary of state.
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The American chain of command allows for much robust debate.
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The operational chain of command is unaffected by this structure.
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They help someone go outside of their chain of command.
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Kelley had made death threats toward his chain of command.
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He also notified his chain of command after they occurred.
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The warfighting chain of command works at a higher level.
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The move, former officers say, jumbled the chain of command.
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At times, coalition officers subverted their own chain of command.
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Four others in their chain of command were also disciplined.
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That line of thought carried down the chain of command.
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He quickly worked his way up the chain of command.
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The Pentagon has long resisted changing this chain of command.
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"We want to follow the chain of command," he said.
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Much of Monday&aposs hearing centered on the chain of command.
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"I just went up the chain of command," Kirby tells PEOPLE.
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There are no mere "suggestions" within the military chain of command.
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Mr. Buhari shook up the chain of command, appointing Lt. Gen.
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The name Rizwan Farook went quickly up the chain of command.
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Those further down the chain of command were held to account.
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And the numbers get less diverse up the chain of command.
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As a single country, its chain of command is better streamlined.
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We journalists don't have a chain of command in the field.
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"You need to go up the chain of command," says Willink.
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They lie up the chain of command and down it. Why?
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Parlatore said Spencer was running roughshod over the chain of command.
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From there, Brazel climbed up the army's chain of command, seeking answers.
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The chain of command here is confusing, even to the women involved.
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It is a loosely organised group with a weak chain of command.
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As TechCrunch previously reported, Schrage was atop the chain of command here.
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The new chain of command created by Xi reports directly to him.
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However, even in a dictatorship, there is still a chain of command.
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Those entities, however, answer to the president through his chain of command.
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That put Mr. Jolly beneath Mr. Wiley in the chain of command.
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Officials said the issue has been referred to her chain of command.
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The list is winnowed as it moves up the chain of command.
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So he protested all the way up the country's chain of command.
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Beck says she initially viewed Trump's tweets as a chain-of-command issue.
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And how far does this executive privilege extend down the chain of command?
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Nixon was not in Craddock's chain of command, according to a city official.
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INGRAHAM: Whether it was good for him, he believed in chain of command.
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To DK's knowledge, a report did not go up the chain of command.
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She steps into is the highest position in the cadet chain of command.
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A stricter chain of command now has them answering directly to the king.
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This trust needs to be returned to the alliance's military chain of command.
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My chain of command is the president and through ... the secretary of State.
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Still, the success of a deal hinges on a clear chain of command.
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LVMH shareholders may also welcome a further shortening of the chain of command.
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My chain of command is the president and through … the secretary of State.
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"Her chain of command and leadership are aware of the incident," Donnelly said.
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In a statement, the company said the current chain of command functions smoothly.
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Currently, the reports of sexual assault must stay within the chain of command.
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The intensity of the fighting during Tet also concentrated the chain of command.
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Throughout all of that, the investigation followed the ordinary FBI chain of command.
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Pipelines, refineries, and power plants operate on a top-down chain of command.
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But Saudi Arabia has blocked any effort to examine the chain of command.
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All the real problems must begin elsewhere, further up the chain of command.
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And in Pence's Thursday announcement, Birx's chain of command muddied the waters further.
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was seen as deferential to the chain of command.
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Last I checked President Zelensky was not in the US chain of command.
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You form good relationships with people up and down the chain of command.
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But Sondland himself is far from the top of the chain of command.
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That power is delegated higher up the chain of command and rarely used.
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Breisch, an officer in Gallagher's chain of command and the troop chief's boss.
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It doesn't make any difference, we have no formal chain of command around here.
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But he said he didn't know the "chain of command" of who paid him.
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The inquiry is moving higher into the chain of command, and facing greater complications.
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In Washington's chain of command, the Justice Department exercises supervisory responsibility over the FBI.
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Sanders said Comey sidestepped protocol and circumvented the chain of command with his decisions.
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Mr. Taylor was also worried about the lack of a normal chain of command.
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U.S. officials say Nicholson's request was making its way through the chain of command.
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Mr. Trump does not care about chain of command or the appearance of impropriety.
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I hustled my way up the chain of command and managed to survive layoffs.
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The overhaul, former military officials say, created a jumbled and partisan chain of command.
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This adds time to remedy selection and further confuses the EPA chain of command.
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The structure seamlessly siphons donor money and influence right up the chain of command.
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He was immediately concerned after the call and went up the chain of command.
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Vindman took it as a joke and reported it up the chain of command.
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Was a threat identified and not properly addressed somewhere in the chain of command?
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"Are tweets policy?" the diplomatic corps has asked the chain of command at State.
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OT: Because in past coups, the military acted with unity and chain of command.
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But they still report the same way as before, to their chain of command.
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The Pentagon emphasizes a strict chain of command that filters ideas through layers of bureaucracy.
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ICE does what the president tells them to do through the executive chain of command.
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Officials trying to interfere in that chain of command could probably be, uh, dealt with.
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On Tuesday, the president accused Vindman of leaking and going outside the chain of command.
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Now it requires a lengthy process, obtaining multiple sign-offs up the chain of command.
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Moreover, the Russians therefore knew he was lying up and down the chain of command.
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For all its ponderous officialdom, the Pentagon also has an especially clear chain of command.
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The trencher, aka the "Chain of Command," is a giant chainsaw attached to a tractor.
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But the chain of command has to be involved for this problem to be fixed.
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Is Spicer, as Sanders suggested, moving up the chain of command in the White House?
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It's important that the chief be at the top of a clear chain of command.
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In addition, the military routinely conducts exercises testing all levels of the chain of command.
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The country is too large to be governed through a bureaucratic chain of command alone.
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That mission was never approved by the proper chain of command, according to the summary.
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Higher ranked officers in the chain of command were not punished, which Shanahan agreed with.
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But he went on to argue for the innate wisdom of the chain of command.
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We believe greater accountability should have been imposed up and down the chain of command.
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Early in his training, he was upbraided for failing to follow the chain of command.
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That's why there is a chain of command for decision-making at the Justice Department.
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On Sunday, Moss agreed, ruling that Trump bypassed USCIS' chain of command by appointing Cuccinelli.
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Mr. Trump overruled the chain of command and the secretary of the Navy was fired.
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It's just like how he pressures the military and intervenes in the chain of command.
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The concept made its way up the chain of command, where it was duly slain.
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I even believe that the military chain of command would refuse such a ridiculous order.
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And indeed the chain of command got more efficient and some problem employees were evicted.
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In a Sunday tweet, entrepreneur Andrew Yang congratulated "the special ops team that executed the mission and everyone in the chain of command," though there was no mention of Trump, who as commander-in-chief is at the top of the Pentagon's chain of command.
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The chain of command thing that happens when a company gets big enough always becomes problematic.
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"He is all about hierarchy, chain of command and structure," a longtime foreign service officer said.
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Or were complaints made by mistreated workers investigated but never reported up the chain of command?
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There is no official HR department on Broadway, and the chain of command can be unclear.
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"The GRU is a highly disciplined organization with a well-established chain of command," May said.
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He has questions about why it didn't rise up the chain of command to his office.
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The aircrew's chain of command are committed to maintaining an environment of professionalism, dignity and respect.
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He said the Shi'ite paramilitaries fall under the army, police and regular military chain-of-command.
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She describes an almost military chain of command, with the "skip" or captain at the top.
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Mr. Comey stands accused of flouting the rules, breaking the chain of command, abusing investigatory powers.
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DOJ has strict protocols for investigating politicians; rule one is to notify your chain of command.
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Higher-ranked officers in the chain of command were not punished, a decision Shanahan agreed with.
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Eventually, he gathered everyone for an orientation speech—safety, paddling and rigging technique, chain of command.
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Ms Brooks explains that this is not how the chain of command works in the military.
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Mr. Cuomo has been known to bypass the chain of command and directly call subway managers.
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Mr. Schlesinger was also a famously cocky civilian willing to circumvent the constitutional chain of command.
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In ordinary investigations, these procedures help maintain an orderly chain of command and surprises for managers.
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It is the chain of command that is responsible for investigation and punishment of sexual assaults.
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In 2013, Senator Gillibrand introduced legislation to remove the chain of command from handling these cases.
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In recent years, he rarely wore his uniform and cared little about the chain of command.
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His government's position has been to strengthen state institutions and to reinforce the chain of command.
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Mr. Rouhani has demanded a broader accounting, including an investigation of the entire chain of command.
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Portier was charged with failing to report Gallagher&aposs alleged crimes up the chain of command.
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Others made their concerns about the situation known to those higher in the chain of command.
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If schools are unresponsive, Dr. Peyton recommends going up the chain of command to the superintendent.
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This adds much more time to remedy selection and further confuses the EPA chain of command.
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"The military chain of command abdicated responsibility for this," said Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia.
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They respect the chain of command unless they're given an order that is illegal or immoral.
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If you go in-house, you risk having the information passed up the chain of command.
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She reported it immediately to the military chain of command that also, incidentally, included her sergeant.
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But he also says he's stressing the need to push decisions down the chain of command.
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Any manager who attempts to enforce chain of command communication will soon find themselves working elsewhere.
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In people genetically vulnerable to erectile dysfunction, this chain of command might not be working as intended.
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The next in the chain of command was Robert Bork, the Solicitor General of the United States.
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He didn&apost believe chain of command in July 743 either, he didn&apost believe in that.
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"At a lot of bigger organizations, going up the chain of command is extremely important," said Anastasi.
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Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly described the chain of command within the Justice Department.
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America's nuclear chain of command grants a president absolute authority to launch preventive nuclear strikes whenever desired.
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With a difficult season ahead, the last thing Arsenal need is to subvert the chain of command.
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Of course, further up the chain of command was Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who was also compromised.
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Second Lieutenant Rapone's chain of command is aware of his actions and is looking into the matter.
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It prevents rogue or impulsive actions and maintains a clear chain of command within the Justice Department.
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I have some fights with the people above me in the chain of command but never below.
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The full force of federal law enforcement and criminal justice system lies in his chain of command.
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That chain of command effectively shut out the security services, which couldn't get face time with Merkel.
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The chain of command in the White House and, by extension, in the armed forces is broken.
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The DHS inspector general, which operates independently from the DHS chain of command, conducted a second investigation.
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The siblings scramble to fill the orders, with no clear process or chain-of-command in place.
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Now we know, belatedly, what Ohr forwarded and who in the chain of command knew about it.
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The Pentagon has pushed back on taking sexual assault out of the chain of command for years.
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I saw how the body count got inflated as it was passed up the chain of command.
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Without a clear chain of command, the policy making process can be easily scrambled and break down.
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"She did not have the same view of how reporting through the chain of command should work."
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President Trump's norm-breaking interference in the military chain of command hits a new level of dangerousness.
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Comey committed "atrocities," Sanders said, remarking that the FBI director circumvented the Justice Department's chain of command.
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"The investigation carried out by the Saudi authorities has failed to address the chain of command," she said.
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But when I reported the incident to my chain of command, they discouraged me from taking legal steps.
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She referred to what she called Comey's "atrocities in circumventing the chain of command" at the Justice Department.
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The department lacks a chain of command, structure, procedures and culture that would enable effective department-wide management.
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Joining the infantry has been important to women as major step toward advancing up the chain of command.
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They appear more like a regular army than their adversaries, with uniforms and a clear chain of command.
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It will certainly be interesting to see how far up the chain of command this idiotic idea went.
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For instance it can be "challenging" to prove that a foreign official is in a chain of command.
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Not one of them had told their chain of command or the Army about their special dietary needs.
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When Mueller saw Barr immediately defend the president, Mueller simply wasn't willing to break the chain of command.
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Mine is not on the ship, because I wanted the freedom to go beyond the chain of command.
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In India, ultimate authority in the chain of command and control rests with the country's civilian political leadership.
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SNL cast member Aidy Bryant rounds out the chain of command as newly confirmed Attorney General William Barr.
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"Esper added that he was "going to rely on the Navy chain of command ... to assess the situation.
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Vindman said that he basically brushed it off, but informed his chain of command and counter intelligence officials.
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Three of our closest allies, the United Kingdom, Israel and Canada, prosecute cases outside the chain of command.
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" He added that he had "notified my chain of command and the appropriate counterintelligence folks about the offer.
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We have national, state and local resources with a chain of command and communication to handle natural disasters.
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Those findings haven't changed the Missouri Democrat's mind about keeping sexual assault prosecutions in the chain of command, however.
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She tried to go up the chain of command, alerting her precinct's commanding officer and then her union delegate.
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Instead, the medical unit reported through a military chain of command to the little-known White House Military Office.
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The NSA is not in anyone's chain of command, so he can't start a war or order a strike.
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Not so for us — because we're polyamorous, our decision had to go through an unusual chain of command first.
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These journalists wonder if someone in the chain of command put the kibosh on Farrow's reporting for unethical reasons.
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She has pushed for an independent system, removing the military chain of command from the handling of such cases.
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Bergdahl said he left his combat outpost in Paktika province to report "critical problems" in his chain of command.
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Rand Paul called it, raises the question of how far up the chain of command the Trump surveillance went.
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Pina did not file a police report, choosing instead to go through her chain of command at the airline.
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But it is also because he simply prefers to improvise, unconstrained by convention or by a chain of command.
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After years of operating within a regimented chain of command, many veterans are ready to become their own bosses.
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Director Mueller will still be in the chain of command under the Trump-appointed leadership of the Justice Department.
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"The finger-pointing is not going down the chain of command to the players and coaches," Van Wagenen said.
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But, employees told me, the effect was that information flowed up the chain of command and rarely back down.
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"From the initial fact to what the president said … I don't know the whole chain of command," he said.
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Ohr was "not assigned to the Russia investigation and he was not in the chain of command," Rosenstein wrote.
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Now, some who have served in the chain of command fear the divide will widen after the Gallagher case.
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He took down his YouTube posts after coming under criticism for violating the chain of command on the ship.
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Several said in reaction to Captain Bailey's announcement that they did not feel supported by the chain of command.
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It wasn't a moral decision, but seen as passing it up the chain of command before returning to work.
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The focus is on teamwork up and down the chain of command and Trump should do more of this.
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In the interim, it creates confusion on the ground that can damage soldiers' confidence in the chain of command.
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But he pointed out that as far as military operations were concerned, the formal chain of command bypassed him.
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It's written by someone who works for him Trump is a big -- BIG -- believer in the chain of command.
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He said he ran his concerns up the FBI chain of command but found no interest in the reform.
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When I finally built up the courage to report the assault up the chain of command, again, nothing happened.
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In both cases, however, the act of killing is spread out among multiple people along a chain of command.
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You can call my people, call me — it makes no difference — we have no formal chain of command around here.
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There aren't more checks and balances because our nuclear chain of command was built to speedily deliver mutually assured destruction.
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Cha has a different chain of command and reports to Douglas Beck, a vice president of Americas and Northeast Asia.
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But a link will remain between these three figures, symbolizing the consensus of the elites and the chain of command.
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When you skip the chain of command, "you're breaking the trust and damaging the relationship you've been building," Willink explains.
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Its goal was purportedly to preserve secularism and destroy communism by any means necessary, outside the regular chain of command.
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Sitting outside NATO's military chain of command, the CCDCOE drew 900 participants from 25 nations to the event this year.
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Examining the contents of the text itself, the researchers concluded that these authors spanned the entire military chain of command.
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According to Cedars-Sinai, requests that take a while to fulfill would then get bumped up the chain of command.
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"Their chain of command may not understand that these disciplinary infractions can be symptoms of mental health conditions," they wrote.
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But officials have pursued low-level officers, either failing or refusing to investigate those higher up the chain of command.
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Many have called for sexual assault cases to be taken outside the military chain of command to further prevent incidents.
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In the absence of any effective chain of command, it seems unlikely that rules of engagement will be adhered to.
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He said any reinforcements needed to answer to the same mandate and chain of command as the peacekeepers already there.
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I cannot overstate how imperative it is to train such personnel to have confidence in the unified chain of command.
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He is the one single person in the Chain of Command that the Constitution demands proof of natural born citizenship.
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Anyone in the chain of command who thought this was the wrong thing could not, or did not, speak out.
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The official, who had retired by that point, harassed five women under his chain of command, the inspector general announced.
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To his detractors, it's a disgraceful choice to don a military outfit while testifying against the expected chain of command.
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Did it involve a bunch of rogue agents, for example, or was the operation approved through the chain of command?
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The president's intervention was opposed by senior military leaders, who warned that disrupting the chain of command could erode discipline.
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Because these would be the private bank's first transactions with Mr. Trump, they needed approval up the chain of command.
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And the chain of command is also good because if the secretary says we're doing this, everybody falls in line immediately.
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Warrant officers serve a unique role in military units: They're technical masters who exist somewhat outside the traditional chain of command.
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Her efforts to take the prosecution of military sexual assault out of the chain of command garnered bipartisan support from Sens.
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There's a photographic chain of command, Gorlin says, to make sure your item arrives in the same shape it was shipped.
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" Johnson indicated that he thought Vindman went "outside their chain of command," adding that he has "some real issues with that.
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Colonel Vindman said he had reported concerns up his chain of command because he believed he was obligated to do so.
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Decisions to prosecute are left with the field commanders, rather than with military prosecutors acting outside the regular chain of command.
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"There is no evidence that reports of the incidents ever went further up the chain of command at PSU," Glazer wrote.
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Currently, soldiers and personnel have to report complaints to their superiors, "and people don't trust the chain of command," he said.
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What worries former soldiers is that the new measures could let the government bypass the chain of command, confusing decision-making.
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Jeanne Shaheen asked him whether the military's chain of command should be removed from dealing with those allegations, Hyten said no.
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It's just as likely that the military chain of command would break down — a possibility the brass is keenly aware of.
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This would seemingly reorganize the warfighting chain of command for space, which is separate from what the Space Force would do.
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Nixon eventually turned to Solicitor General Robert Bork, who was next in line in the chain of command, who fired Cox.
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Survivors are given the option of remaining anonymous and requesting that their report not be forwarded to their chain of command.
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Or did he think he had complete license -- truly remarkable for a guy born of and committed to chain of command.
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But detectives are promoted at the discretion of supervisors, who pass recommendations up the chain of command, where names are culled.
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That has required extensive efforts to guard against inadvertent incidents, with close coordination at various levels of the chain of command.
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In 0003, the Trump administration fired the government's entire pandemic response chain of command and slashed the CDC's budget and staff.
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According to its version of events, Geist and his fellow commandos were delayed in their intervention by the chain of command.
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That's why the MJIA would remove prosecution authority from the chain of command and give it to independent military prosecutors instead.
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In the US, for example, Pence is second in the chain of command after Trump, followed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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She accused him of breaking the chain of command by leaking information to the whistleblower, whose report launched the impeachment investigation.
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You might think of the military as a steadfast chain of command, where generals bellow out orders and soldiers disdainfully comply.
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Yee, who had converted to Islam in the early nineties, sent a request up the chain of command, but was rebuffed.
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Vindman said he repeatedly rejected Danyliuk's entreaties, and notified his "chain of command and the appropriate counterintelligence folks" about the proposal.
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But here, a midlevel officer can, through the chain of command, stand up to the most powerful person in the world.
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Most of the reports, 4,584, were unrestricted reports, which means the chain of command was notified and an investigation was triggered.
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"This decision undercuts all of that and that whole chain of command who did the right thing on Gallagher," he added.
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The procedures detail the chain of command responsible for initiating and monitoring a Green Alert until a missing veteran is found.
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Combatant commands (COCOMs) sequester the entire fighting force of all the service branches and military capabilities under a chain of command.
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He added that when employees complained, it went up the chain of command but concerns either were not heard or ignored.
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That's all the kind of thing you might want investigated by someone outside the normal Department of Justice chain of command.
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You, now, in retrospect — or at you, now, to this committee — that these were — you had serious concerns about what the president had, you believed, directed you to do, and had taken no action — hadn't even reported up the chain of command, assuming you believe there is an "up the chain of command," that these things had happened.
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Participants tested how well they could pass the word of a spreading attack through the chain of command and take corrective action.
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He criticized a move to have force commanders report directly to the defense minister, saying it would "ruin the chain of command".
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It was not immediately clear how far down the chain of command the U.S. measures would reach and who might be named.
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But because of the different philosophy and because of the different approach, it needs to go up a separate chain of command.
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The raid was part of a bigger investigation that McNulty had forced into motion against the will of his chain of command.
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Bergdahl said he wanted to report "a critical problem in my chain of command," but did not specify what that problem was.
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Though the king is technically commander-in-chief of the country's forces, the new decree bypassed the usual military chain of command.
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Despite his deference to the chain of command, McMaster was not a company man in the narrow sense that the Army wanted.
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The early findings indicate that officers up the chain of command thought the team was only completing the daylong mission, they said.
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Kelly certainly understands and must implement a clear chain of command in the West Wing focused exclusively on the president's campaign goals.
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Currently, the warfighting chain of command for space is overseen by STRATCOM, which is mostly focused on nuclear deterrence and global strike.
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"I can't speculate on what her chain of command is going to do and how they're going to take it," Staff Sgt.
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A new chain of command leads directly to Xi as chairman of the Central Military Commission, China's top military decision-making body.
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She points to a panel that investigated the issue and recommended to Congress that prosecutions should stay in the chain of command.
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And you'll call my people, you'll call me — it doesn't make any difference — we have no formal chain of command around here.
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America's nuclear chain of command was designed to concentrate decision-making in the White House and to keep it away from generals.
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In the disaster relief chain-of-command, mayors, governors, police chiefs and other local authorities have run the show in recent years.
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The military keeps all discipline issues in the chain of command as it's seen as the backbone of how the military functions.
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In return for becoming politically acceptable, capitalists and top business managers at private firms would come under the party's chain of command.
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In a break from military custom, the gathering will have a "chain of responsibility" instead of a chain of command, he said.
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Steve Russell (R-Okla.), would allow whistleblowers outside the intelligence community to disclose classified information to supervisors in their chain of command.
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Also, the U.S. Marshals Service wasn't alerted to look for Hazelbower, they said, because of reporting lapses between the chain of command.
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She could have been fired, but instead she said the conservative Republicans in her chain of command promoted her to division chief.
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He bypassed the editorial chain of command completely to lodge his complaint with the young writer whose byline appeared on the story.
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Mr. Trump told advisers he would adhere to the chain of command and let Mr. Esper go ahead with the actual dismissal.
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Hicks was on email chains involving Page as he ran an invitation to speak in Moscow up the campaign's chain of command.
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The underlying lesson of Joplin is the value of accommodation and coordination rather than central planning or a rigid chain of command.
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The change, however, is that the whole "communications chain of command" will now have to be alerted in advance of a publication.
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The growing influence of ultra-extremists, some of whom are thought to be French-speaking foreign fighters, has disrupted ISWAP's chain of command.
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"Through an understanding of that chain of command we can then tie leadership to the events that happened on the ground," he said.
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"The GRU is a highly disciplined organization with a well-established chain of command, so this was not a rogue operation," May said.
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Such missteps give the impression that some people in the chain of command weren't really interested in making a Sonic the Hedgehog movie.
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She worked her way up the chain of command at various New York restaurants, including Le Bernardin, before becoming general manager at Geisha.
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That's not how a military chain-of-command works – you don't get to decide which orders to follow and which orders to ignore.
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If you think subordinates in the chain of command would refuse to carry out a Trump order to launch nuclear weapons, think again.
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And sure, those cases sometimes get moved up the chain of command to high-level officials or, on rare occasions, the president's desk.
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In the past, before an airstrike could be called in, a request had to go far up the chain of command for approval.
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Harward had reportedly wanted a clear chain of command and direct line to Trump in which he was the sole national security adviser.
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Meanwhile, the fire service is instructed to improve training, communication along the chain of command and the way it deals with emergency calls.
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Joining others with similar concerns, he went up the chain of command, finally ending up at the Defense Department's Office of Inspector General.
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So, this is the way police departments are inherently structured -- we're a rank and file type of organization with a chain of command.
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Similarly, attempts to take control of Telecom Italia by Vivendi not only backfired in 2018, they signalled vulnerability up the chain of command.
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It's up to the troops to explain the situation without providing any info that would incur the wrath of the chain of command.
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Investigators then work their way up the chain of command by offering leniency in exchange for cooperation and testimony against higher-level conspirators.
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"Some people illegally undertook an illegal action outside of the chain of command," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in comments broadcast on NTV.
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Your chain of command, beginning with your squad leader, platoon sergeant, and your company commander, all have a tremendous impact on your life.
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The MJIA hoped to empower military prosecutors with the authority to pursue these crimes and remove such decisions from the chain-of-command.
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Technically, the king is commander-in-chief of all Thailand's armed forces, but the new decree bypasses the usual military chain of command.
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"The placing of any particular decal on the vehicle was not approved through any chain of command," the spokesperson said in a statement.
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"You want to talk about chain of command, though, to tell somebody to go back and get in their little box," Nevin said.
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I will have sex with you' AND b) the two (or more) of you do not work in the same chain of command.
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In addition to the "all white, all male" chain of command at NBC, there was Weinstein himself, waging a war on all fronts.
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Vindman said he "immediately dismissed the offers" and "did not entertain them" — and testified that he reported them up his chain of command.
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President Trump got rid of two top officials in this medical chain of command two years ago and has yet to replace them.
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Kubic said he ran it up the chain of command at U.S. Africa Command, but after receiving interest, was told to stand down.
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Improved technology helps them share it up the chain of command, to the central Ministry of Public Security in Beijing, the people said.
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The remaining total reports, 1,85033, were restricted, meaning the victims could get medical and mental health treatment without telling their chain of command.
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But the entire point of the special counsel is to remove decision-making that impacts the President from the normal chain of command.
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And having someone at the top who is known for having a "high" character can positively influence behavior down the chain of command.
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That's why we have a chain of command who will take a look at the actions of these individuals and adjudicate the same.
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And remember, the chain of command in the military runs to the president of the United States, not to the secretary of defense.
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"There's been some media reports that the president has called you directly and that that's a break in the chain of command," he said.
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The third was proper oversight and chain-of-command accountability—a reason for moving responsibility for drone strikes from the CIA to the Pentagon.
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Meanwhile, despite their egalitarian impulses, these congregations always had an authoritarian, patriarchal bent, the chain of command running from God to husbands and fathers.
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But documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News show that neither the report nor its findings were "escalated" up the chain of command at TD Bank.
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The change stretched up the chain of command — James Burnham, a political appointee and head of the Federal Programs Branch, was replaced as well.
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On many occasions I have been told I should express my views and share my concerns with my chain of command and proper authorities.
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She told him that because she worked in his chain of command, it would not be appropriate for her to become involved with him.
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When asked to confirm this chain of command, Kaspersky Lab denied that the department reports to the chief security officer, without naming Kuzyaev directly.
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The prosecutors promptly said no, because he is not part of the chain of command that reports to the convening authority on the case.
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"They are inserted into the military chain of command with the authority to give orders," says William Brownfield, a former American ambassador in Caracas.
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If I need more resources I will go to my chain of command and tell them what I need to get the job done.
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GoFundMe teams also vet information about campaigns and reach out to proposed beneficiaries to secure a chain of command for the funds, Whithorne says.
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Neller encouraged those who believe they are victims of online harassment to report it to their chain of command, chaplain or victim legal counsel.
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He might be able to impose a chain of command that the Trump White House has thus far never had, though that seems unlikely.
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"But the thing I want to make sure, if confirmed, is that we have accountability, accountability throughout the entire chain of command," he said.
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Bergdahl told the judge he wanted to report "a critical problem in my chain of command," but did not specify what that problem was.
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And people above you in the chain of command want someone who won't shy away from the less-than-fun parts of the job.
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It was clear, convincing evidence that the FBI informant had broken protocol and was leaking to entities outside his chain of command, experts say.
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They tell the UK's submarine commanders what to do with the country's nuclear weapons if the entire British chain of command has been destroyed.
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"The chain of command has been lost," said Cliver Alcala, a former general who retired in 2013 and now supports the opposition from Colombia.
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In Syria and Iraq, where the fight against ISIS is most intense, the White House has similarly pushed authority down the chain of command.
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Each person's boss, HRBP, and superiors all the way up the chain of command have access to the feedback the employee gives and receives.
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In plainer language, Mr. Blakeley was one of those important but anonymous civil servants down the chain of command where the buck really stops.
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During her testimony on Wednesday, Ms. McSally indicated that she believed the issue of sexual assault should stay within the military chain of command.
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"If there is anyone to blame," Mr. Korody said, "it is the SEAL chain of command who failed to start an investigation in time."
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Calling his leadership "extremely childish," Peng elbowed Kim out of the chain of command and made him a helpless spectator to his own war.
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"It's very hard to know what every single person is doing, especially since some folks deliberately go around the chain of command," he said.
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Yet this also deprived the ACLU of the chance to run Roe's case up the judicial chain of command and potentially end Lloyd's policy.
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Regardless of the chain of command, the real authority in Lemnowice is Sister Margarete, a rifle-wielding nun and virtuoso of the imperative mood.
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Both Mr. Ayers and Mr. Kelly directed Dr. Pena to go through her military chain of command to address the issue, the person said.
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The portion of US code cited by Norquist primarily relates to the Defense Secretary's authority over matters involving individuals within the chain of command.
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Everyone in the chain of command "must steal," with the full knowledge of their superiors, who can then use that information to control them.
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" But Schumer noted that the acting AG is "still in the President's chain of command and could be fired at will by the President.
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I support Senator [Kirsten] Gillibrand's effort to remove cases of sexual assault from the chain of command and place trained prosecutors in charge instead.
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"There's not a vertical chain of command structure," said Luria, noting the difference between Congress and the Navy where she served for 20 years.
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But it did provide a window into the breakdown of key parts of the chain of command in the West Wing in recent months.
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The report also includes military-wide directives from Mattis on training guidance, operational discipline and reinforcing already-established protocols within the chain of command.
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But given that Comey believed that the chain of command within the Justice Department may have been compromised, what was he supposed to do?
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"Our troops know that the chain of command is broken due to the usurpation of the presidency," Mr. Guaidó wrote on Twitter on Monday.
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Then-CIA Director George Tenet said the Wilson report from Niger produced "no solid answers" and was never passed up the chain of command.
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The implication is clear: There's an unbreakable chain of command in God-approved American life, and Donald Trump is at the top of it.
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" "We fully expect that the discovery of Marines United will motivate Marines to come forward to notify their chain of command of pages like it.
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The investigation into the Facebook group should look into how it developed and whether anyone in the chain of command knew about it, Mabus said.
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It was so innocuous that I didn&apost report it up the chain of command at all and I didn&apost think anything of it.
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This is why Human Rights Watch last year called for an independent investigation into the attack by competent individuals outside the military chain of command.
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And contrary to the trickle-down theory, trends do not always start at expensive price points and get knocked off down the chain of command.
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Tomorrow, Congress hears from an active army officer who expressed concerns up his chain of command after listening in on Trump's call with President Zelensky.
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The officer ran the request up the chain of command at the New York Police Department, and it was quickly denied, the official told CNN.
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The attorneys also alleged that officers up the chain of command fabricated witness accounts to support the way police at the scene described what happened.
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Members of Congress and outside groups have criticized the military in the past for relying on the chain of command to prosecute sexual assault cases.
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Nicholson already had the bomb in his possession, and the authority to use it was granted by his chain of command during the previous administration.
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One in seven of them were victims of an officer in their chain of command and therefore feared retaliation from the hierarchy or their coworkers.
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"The chain of command for the special counsel is only directly to the attorney general -- and in this case, the acting attorney general," he said.
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Sam Hinkie, the general manager who brought Stauskas to town, resigned in April, which meant another new chain of command, another new boss to convince.
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"There is an undeniable likelihood that Turkey's new top military chain of command might have to lead a major campaign against the YPG," Kasapoglu said.
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The testimony derailed a bill that would have taken military sexual assault cases outside the chain of command and given them to independent military prosecutors.
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A special counsel operates within the chain of command of the Department of Justice but enjoys broad powers to independently investigate matters within his charge.
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Because of their illness, they act out, get in trouble with their chain of command, and are forced to leave with less than honorable discharges.
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The amendment marks the latest front in a yearslong fight by senators to take the decision-making process outside of the military chain of command.
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Some press reports have also suggested that Comey will be criticized by the inspector general for going outside of the normal departmental chain of command.
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The simple answer is that he most certainly can but only through the Justice Department chain of command -- and the political cost would be great.
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Read more: How Mike Flynn became America's angriest general In the US military's chain of command, the secretary of defense comes right after the president.
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Kelly has also imposed a strict chain of command so that everyone in the White House, aside from the president, has to answer to him.
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Going up the ladder is critical in these types of cases because the organization typically has a hierarchical structure and a clear chain of command.
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The investigating officer eventually found that "appropriate administrative or disciplinary" action was warranted, leaving the chain of command to decide whether to issue any punishment.
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Richard Nixon's condition in his final days was dire enough that his secretary of defense effectively cut him out of the nuclear chain of command.
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Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, an independent specialist in biological and chemical weapons who monitors Syria, told Reuters the list reflected the military chain of command.
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"The chain of command, all the way up to Secretary Mattis, just said 'Go save lives, we've got your back,'" the battalion commander Lt. Col.
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The op-ed, too, admits a violation of a norm, and a critical one at that, under the usual circumstances: following the chain of command.
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Over the years, location intelligence on Soleimani, developed by both the Department of Defense and the CIA, was routinely passed up the chain of command.
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As recently as last year, the secretaries of each service branch voiced opposition to taking military sexual assault cases out of the chain of command.
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"The notion of a chain of command is gone," said David F. Gordon, the State Department director of policy planning under President George W. Bush.
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What happened, I think, is a failed coup attempt by mid-rank officers who were unable to establish chain of command or unity of command.
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"Some people illegally undertook an illegal action outside of the chain of command," Yildirim said in comments broadcast by private channel NTV and reported by Reuters.
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You say that she&aposs an amateur and maybe she&aposs somebody who&aposs trying to move herself up the chain of command from Mother Russia.
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The MJIA would take harassment and assault reporting away from commanders and introduce prosecutorial expertise by routing reports to professional prosecutors outside the chain of command.
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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said it was "illegally" undertaken "outside of the chain of command," according to the New York Times, citing Turkish TV channel NTC.
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A Pentagon study from the same period would show the chain of command that authorized those strikes, shared by a whistleblower who has never been named.
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"On many occasions I have been told I should express my views and share my concerns with my chain of command and proper authorities," he said.
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Dismissals and detentions have a knock-on effect on the whole chain of command ... The inevitable loss of trust has a big impact on operational capabilities.
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It urged the military and police to hold to account any members who may have failed to follow the chain of command when quelling the protests.
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The decree here transferred command of the Bangkok-based 1st and 11th Infantry Regiments from the military chain of command to the king's Royal Security Command.
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Out of an overabundance of caution, approval plans for transition are being pushed way higher up the chain of command than the British or Australians do.
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"That particular part of ungoverned space requires potentially unique special operations solutions and we're attempting to provide those options to the chain of command," Thomas said.
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"Director Mueller will still be in the chain of command under the Trump-appointed leadership of the Justice Department," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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There are agencies at the DHS that require strong leadership and a clear chain of command, such as at the Coast Guard or Transportation Security Administration.
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Doing so requires a well-organized, generally loyal administration with a strong, clear chain of command—in other words, precisely the opposite of the Trump administration.
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And in fact, the chain of command for the special counsel is only directly to the attorney general, or in this case the acting attorney general.
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"That particular part of ungoverned space requires potentially unique special operations solutions, and we're attempting to provide those options to the chain of command," Thomas said.
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If Rosenstein refuses, as Elliot Richardson did, then Trump will go down the chain of command at the Justice Department until he finds someone who will.
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Afghanistan and Iraq have been his destinations, as he has embedded with ordinary soldiers and engaged in dialogue with higher-ups in the chain of command.
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The American military delegates significant decisions down its chain of command, in contrast to the more centralized Chinese and Russian armed forces, though that is changing.
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They need a sponsor, a person who not only provides career advice, but who is in your company's chain of command and can advocate for you.
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"Usually, it's a family member who takes care of the dog," he said, but if no family materializes, the problem goes up the chain of command.
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Between prep, travel, haphazard networking, watered-down speeches, and extended happy hours, it's unclear what your startup gains beyond a hole in the chain of command.
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But despite the guidance given to sailors to notify their chain of command if they are sick, some service members still found themselves in tight spaces.
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Instead, it focuses on the danger of what happens when a self-serving lie enters a bureaucracy and worms its way through the chain of command.
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Trump to tech leaders: "You'll call my people, you'll call me—it doesn't make any difference—we have no formal chain of command around here" pic.twitter.
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Low-level officers on the decks of ships and high-ranking leaders up the chain of command said they made similar warnings and were shut down.
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It was visible as she raised her left hand to gesture while she crisply handled questions about who knew what in the chain of command. Coincidence?
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Flynn has now resigned, but he was steeped in the principle of a chain of command; I doubt he made these calls completely on his own.
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These envoys and offices operate outside the usual chain of command, and proposals to trim those back are widely popular and part of Mr. Tillerson's plan.
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"The chain of command is taking all appropriate action to investigate potential misconduct and to maintain good order and discipline throughout our armed forces," he added.
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Now, all senior employees will have to disclose if they are dating a fellow Facebook employee, whether or not they're within the same chain of command.
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"The Gallagher decision undercuts the chain of command in Naval Special Warfare who were really trying hard to do the right thing," said retired Marine Col.
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The investigations spanned interviews and text messages from numerous students who were in the vicinity of the hand gestures; their peers; and their chain of command.
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In another move to buttress the Iraqis, American advisers have been operating closer to the fighting and at lower levels of the Iraqi chain of command.
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"Procedures were not followed, common sense was not exercised, and due diligence was lacking up and down the chain of command responsible for Zymere," he said.
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When Trump continues to talk in meetings about military action, whether or not Mattis agrees with him, it creates a momentum inside the chain of command.
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The White House counsel is not the President, and he is not known to be in the chain of command for any of the Executive Departments.
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No final decision has been made about what changes to make to the consulate&aposs chain of command, a decision complicated by the consulate&aposs unique circumstances.
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In 2017, the academy for the first time selected an African-American woman, Simone Askew, to serve at the top of the chain of command for cadets.
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Alternatively, and more troublingly, he could end up following the chain of command to carry out his boss's evident wishes and try to make the investigation disappear.
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Her hope was that once she gathered this info, she could better educate those in her chain of command about the differences in hair textures and styles.
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The analyst further suggested that Putin's "vertical of power," where there is a direct chain of command down to regional governors, will soon no longer be viable.
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In 2013, she introduced the Military Justice Improvement Act to reform how sexual assault complaints are handled in the U.S. military justice system and chain of command.
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The Army has a lot of knowledgeable experts working on designing uniforms, but now and then someone further up in the chain of command will pull rank.
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According to a senior administration official, Kelly will receive "full authority" within the West Wing, signaling a shift to a more streamlined White House chain of command.
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She then alerted her supervisor, and the information made its way up Penn State's chain of command -- but never to his parents, Fierberg has said in court.
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Pablo Beltran, the ELN's chief negotiator in Ecuador, has denied there is a weak chain of command and told Reuters last month that the group is united.
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While it was obvious that some of Trump's underlings had been entangled in the investigation, it was unknown how far it extended up the chain of command.
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In a statement, the self-rule Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry said "the occupation's chain of command" must also be prosecuted, accusing it of inciting soldiers to kill.
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His radical views would send an incredibly dangerous message down the chain of command — a message that undermines the important progress we've made, threatening morale and readiness.
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The finding is significant, Mr. Goldston said, because under the lens of international law, an investigation would seek to determine the chain of command behind the policy.
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The redirect should have come from senior officers up the chain of command, starting in Niger and ending at the U.S. Africa Command base in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Logic suggests that Mueller knows the trio has evidence that could be used to incriminate people higher up the Trump campaign chain of command in future cases.
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"[I] made sure my chain of command knew that I would rather go sooner than later, and would rather go to Afghanistan than anywhere else," Buttigieg wrote.
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Nevertheless administration officials at the top of the chain of command remained satisfied that the deployment was winding down and it was unnecessary to revisit U.S. policy.
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The sightings were not often reported up the military's chain of command, Mr. Reid said, because service members were afraid they would be laughed at or stigmatized.
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But we tend to forget that the events of that day were covered up by officers in the chain of command up to the level of generals.
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But ISIS has reverted to its insurgent roots — an atomized, clandestine network of cells with a decentralized chain of command, Western and Middle Eastern counterterrorism officials said.
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"I'm a chain-of-command guy and will follow Chief Kelly's orders," Mr. Navarro said in a public statement in late September after his office was shifted.
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Among them are several senior commanders in the Iraqi security forces who are trying to build a centralized chain of command at the expense of sectarian militias.
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His removal of two crack army regiments in the Bangkok area from the usual chain of command and putting them under his own authority is among them.
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Horowitz had recommended in his report professional conduct reviews of everyone who had worked on or been in the chain of command for the Page FISA warrant.
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His floating "senior adviser" status that functions outside of any formal chain of command has given him a role that seems simultaneously all-powerful and make-believe.
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He'll force those below him in the chain of command to violate the code of military justice, by torturing terrorist suspects and killing their next of kin.
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Spencer allegedly went outside his chain of command to propose a "secret agreement with the White House" to end the standoff, according to a senior defense official.
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These pages often refer to decisions made by the Central Crisis Management Cell, but to complete the chain of command the commission needed notes from those meetings.
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"We've established a chain of command all the way up to Mark and Sheryl to be able to weigh in on the most consequential things," he said.
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Fridell, of the University of South Florida, capitalizes on this research to help police departments around the country train their officers all along the chain of command.
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Trump would have to fire a handful of other Justice Department officials in the chain of command to make it happen, but he could probably do it.
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Alexander Vindman, an impeachment witness and former National Security Council aide, and defended Vindman's efforts to report Trump's pressure campaign in Ukraine up through the chain of command.
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The UK's top spy agency, GCHQ, described as "utterly ridiculous" the idea that President Obama "went outside the chain of command" and used it to spy on Trump.
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We will increase our ability to find information about who's in charge of what and have a true chain of command that truly unites all of us together.
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Private mercenaries operate outside the US military's chain of command, so if they make mistakes or commit war crimes, there is no clear system for holding them accountable.
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And even after government forces have cordoned the area, their chain of command is sometimes challenged as public leaders — many of them former warlords — try to step in.
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The puncture released pressurized rocket fuel and set off a chaotic series of events and decisions that highlighted a chain of command ill-prepared to deal with disaster.
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Critics say the problem stems from the military's overwhelmingly male-dominated culture and its justice system, which relies largely on prosecuting sexual assault through the chain of command.
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Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Comey committed "basic atrocities" by going around the Justice Department chain of command and speaking out during the Clinton email investigation.
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It's become understood that when something controversial goes down at an agency, it's the IG — who's outside the normal chain of command — that's supposed to look into it.
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"The single most important topic is the construction of a Libyan united army with a clear chain of command, where general Haftar must have a role," Kobler said.
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One thing is to remind — and this doesn't take legislation — but to remind those who are in the chain of command that there are constraints on the executive.
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Ohr has said he subsequently shared the information with three other DOJ employees, but none was in his chain of command, or even in the deputy AG's office.
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The crew comes up with the name, submits it to the chain of command, and if it gets approved, they spray paint the name prominently on the gun.
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By placing himself between the elder, micromanaging Steve and frustrated son Steven, Marcus was able to set up a chain of command and a succession plan for Steven.
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"The general installed a chain of command that has been really valuable in improving the effectiveness of the White House," said longtime Trump friend and ally Michael Caputo.
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Second, Trump allowed American ground commanders greater latitude to carry out operations in war zones such as Iraq and Syria without consulting higher up the chain of command.
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On July 15, 2016, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said the military was moving "outside the chain of command" and had made an "illegal attempt" to seize power.
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Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) that has garnered broad bipartisan support, would create a new prosecutorial system outside the chain of command, creating an independent investigation and prosecution unit.
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But other officers in the chain of command escaped punishment, including a Green Beret colonel who was responsible for Special Operations missions in northwest Africa at the time.
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When she eventually files and wins a case against one of her tormentors, the victory is hollow: Marine chain of command means that little happens to the perpetrator.
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An administrator who is lower on the chain of command has discussed this with him, but the executive director sees no problem: He feels his opinions are correct.
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"I have expressed my concern to my chain of command who has my back but once it goes to the [battalion] level it's just brushed aside," he said.
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Mr. Comey was insubordinate, the inspector general said, and should have followed the chain of command and coordinated with his Justice Department bosses in holding a news conference.
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Still, some experts said that even if a chain of command were laid out, the unique nature of the new coronavirus might change how responsibilities are carried out.
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"Procedures were not followed, common sense was not exercised, and due diligence was lacking up and down the chain of command responsible for Zymere," Mr. de Blasio said.
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Others worried that Mr. Trump's intervention would encourage rogue operators to try to escape accountability by sidestepping the chain of command and appealing directly to the White House.
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He was used to a strict military chain of command, and was at times uncomfortable with the often-messy give-and-take that is common among intelligence analysts.
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The defense official said that Spencer's decision to circumvent his chain of command -- namely Esper -- and go straight to the White House was a violation of military policy.
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While the colonel is not the whistle-blower who sparked the impeachment inquiry, he said he did feel compelled to report his concerns within his chain of command.
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"If this is a sign that he is going to be a tough guy who believes in the chain of command, I think that's a positive," he said.
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He described teaching American soldiers about the Iraqi chain of command, and telling them to request receipts with serial numbers for deliveries of items like batteries or tires.
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Attempted tampering with the FBI's chain of command, however, is particularly offensive here in that Sessions himself could theoretically be a target or key witness in the investigation.
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"In Russia, my act of expressing concern to the chain of command in an official and private channel would have severe personal and professional repercussions," Colonel Vindman said.
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It's my job to establish reliable internet services for my superiors when we're out in the field so that they can communicate further up the chain of command.
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The mobilisation of talent from the private sector, including universities, could help address the crisis, especially in countries where forming a bureaucratic chain of command is second nature.
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But I certainly felt responsible in the very fullest sense as a human being by it, and everybody in my chain of command did and the president did.
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Certainly at the beginning of the game, SEES feels like a graveyard-shift job: There is the chain of command, the task, and a group of skilled coworkers.
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All too often, women in the military who report sexual harassment and assaults are ignored, punished, and ostracized by their unit and the men in their chain of command.
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Last year, they appointed its first Black superintendent, and the year before that the first African-American woman served at the top of the chain of command for cadets.
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But even beyond the wisdom of disclosing code-word information to top Russian officials, we should be concerned by the message Trump's impulsiveness sends down the chain of command.
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Military officials told NBC News that it was the prospect of taking out al-Rimi that convinced the U.S. chain of command that the mission was worth the risk.
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As legislators wait to hear back from the Defense Department about its disputed data, the fight in Congress over removing prosecution decisions from the chain of command rages on.
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Any service member wanting to go to Brussels for official travel or emergency leave will need approval from a general or admiral in the service member's chain of command.
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For that, Mr. Trump would have had to have gotten a report from the commandos directly, or relayed up through their chain of command to the commander in chief.
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The questions, which include a spattering of corporate buzz words, ask employees to weigh in on everything from the clarity of their chain of command to their job satisfaction.
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Napolitano's report last week on "Fox & Friends," saying he had three intelligence sources who said Obama went "outside the chain of command" to watch Trump, provoked an international incident.
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His allies hope Kelly's arrival in the West Wing, and his insistence on adhering to a rigid chain of command, will reinforce McMaster's authority among the national security ranks.
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Sanders, speaking at the White House a day after President Trump fired Comey, said the FBI director had sidestepped protocol and circumvented the chain of command with his decisions.
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Williams' appointment comes less than a year after the academy selected the first African-American woman to serve in the highest role in the chain of command for cadets.
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"We've got wasting assets in orbit just because no one's in charge of space within the military, so we need a central unified chain of command," he told Hill.
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I'd focus less on where this person fits in the chain of command and more on whether he or she will credibly and positively assess your skills and attributes.
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A Saudi official said the goal had been to return dissidents living abroad, but the order had been misinterpreted as it made its way down the chain of command.
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"The public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command," Rosenstein said.
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The lack of a clear chain of command for pandemic response is exactly the opposite of what is needed during an outbreak: clear governance, strategic thinking and forward-planning.
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Because this is America, and because we have a Constitution, they have the right to say whatever they want, especially now that they are outside the chain of command.
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But more advisers, he said, would enable the American-led coalition to advise at lower levels in the chain of command, most likely at the level of Afghan brigades.
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As Laurie Garrett wrote for Foreign Policy this week: In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government's entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure.
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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper "fired" Spencer for going outside his chain of command by proposing a "secret agreement with the White House," according to a senior defense official.
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Those employees can take a complaint to someone in their chain of command, or they can go to the inspector general of their agency or of the intelligence community.
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Authorities also asked Navy Times not to publish the master chief's name, but he was a troop chief, the next enlisted leader above Gallagher in his chain of command.
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"You have to look at the other signs, such as crew set-up, how the chain of command works, if the police is moving to a commando logic," he said.
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Has been a primary force behind legislation that would remove sexual assault allegations from the chain of command in the military, allowing a prosecutor, not the commander, to handle them.
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"Somewhere up the chain of command—in companies that, in many ways, dictate what is 'cool'—people are making choices not to celebrate the WNBA and its players," she wrote.
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The probe now had a heavyweight leader removed from the ordinary chain of command, who no longer had to juggle multiple White House demands or worry about losing Trump's favor.
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Vindman wrote that he attempted to push those concerns up the chain of command twice, but he says that he's been frozen out of meetings and official trips since then.
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Duterte confirmed as Philippines President after vowing to sleep in Bloodthirsty mood The tough talk is reaching down through the chain of command, and other officials have echoed Duterte's language.
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He quoted Fox News analyst and former judge Andrew Napolitano, who alleged that Obama "went outside the chain of command" and used British spy agency GCHQ to eavesdrop on Trump.
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Herritage adds that, according to the survey, 98.6 percent of men and 97.4 percent of women believe that the chain of command would take a report of sexual assault seriously.
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Second in the chain of command is the deputy chief of mission, who functions as the chief administrator of the embassy itself, as well as a sort of vice ambassador.
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The investigation, which began after a fellow airman reported their suspicions up the chain of command, is being carried out by the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations, officials said.
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" Sloman added, "You can disagree with the result we reached, but our whole team—from Alex on down the chain of command—always acted with integrity and in good faith.
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Washington (CNN)A top general said more U.S. troops will be needed to retake key areas from ISIS and has sent recommendations outlining that request up the chain of command.
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There's an involved chain of command when those strikes are made through the Joint Special Operations Command, but the CIA operates a separate drone strike program that's far more malleable.
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S. military personnel do not require explicit guidance to know that child sexual assault in all cases is wrong, must not be tolerated and requires informing the chain of command.
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Pompeo's departure could leave a natural space for Coats to "reestablish the intelligence chain of command," said Vince Houghton, intelligence historian for the Spy Museum, in an interview with CNN.
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, has led efforts on Capitol Hill to transfer this all-important "disposition" power into the hands of lawyers outside the chain of command.
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It was carried out and supported only by lower-level officers; it was not supported up and down the chain of command, as the 1971 and 1980 coup attempts were.
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It was carried out and supported only by lower-level officers; it was not supported up and down the chain of command, as the 8003 and 2800 coup attempts were.
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The decree transfers command of the Bangkok-based 1st and 11th Infantry Regiments from the military chain of command to the Royal Security Command, including responsibility personnel and operations budget.
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The spokesman for the National Security Council, Ned Price, refused to say whether any other member of the chain of command could stop a presidential order to use nuclear weapons.
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As 20-somethings at the bottom of the nuclear chain of command, launch keys and codes in our anxious hands, we could only imagine how close we were to Armageddon.
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To that end, here's an idea: Individual sanctions should be designed to include government officials and military officers progressively from the top of the chain of command to the bottom.
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter unveiled Tuesday his proposal to update a landmark 30-year-old law that reorganized the Pentagon and set the chain of command it still follows today.
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He was found at the address cited in the December tip-off, which had not been acted on because it had not been passed up the police chain of command.
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It has been elevated in the chain of command under President Trump, who gave it increased autonomy as part of a Defense-wide effort to give the military more agility.
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Richard De Meo, managing director of Foenix Partners, a foreign exchange specialist for British companies, said many corporate treasury departments were now escalating currency decisions up the chain of command.
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper ultimately forced Spencer&aposs resignation, reportedly after learning that Spencer had circumvented the chain of command by negotiating Gallagher&aposs case directly with the White House.
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Investigative and adjudicative processes in most employment and educational settings remain within the chain of command of the institution rather than independent of it, further stacking the deck against victims.
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Bradley D. Moses, then the commander of the 3rd Special Forces Group, is the only person in the Special Operations chain of command involved in the ambush who remains unpunished.
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We have always assumed that the person at the top has the mental fitness to meet whatever standards the Air Force set for the rest of the chain of command.
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Imagine you are a government worker and you have witnessed misconduct — perhaps by an Australian soldier in Afghanistan, or a security analyst pushing false information up the chain of command.
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Though he has said that he was not in the operational chain of command, he was copied on at least 50 internal C.I.A. emails describing the interrogation of one detainee.
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Those that are approved must first be vetted by officers up the chain of command who are required to take a tougher, more cautious approach when weighing the risks involved.
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General Dunford and Mr. Mattis, a former four-star Marine general, had little experience working directly with commando units when they were younger officers progressing up the chain of command.
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And he described a breakdown in the chain of command, calling it "extraordinary" that the attorney general acceded to Mr. Comey during the most controversial moments of the Clinton investigation.
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According to the Post, Clapper would like to see a civilian in charge of the NSA, and that it should have a separate chain of command from the cyber unit.
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The ouster came after the Spencer went outside the chain of command to seek a further review process about whether Gallagher should retain his Trident status, according to NBC News.
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At the time, the incident was reported up the chain of command, and it is one of multiple drunken episodes involving Jackson on overseas trips, according to a source familiar.
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"I'm flabbergasted that anyone in the chain of command tolerated the request and began to implement it, that they even got halfway down the road on this stuff," she said.
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A group called Protect our Defenders is pushing to change the chain of command and enable service members to report their experiences to an independent prosecutor rather than their commander.
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Notably, Lloyd said he was aware of concerns raised by White, who has said he wouldn't have supported the policy, but did not take them up the chain of command.
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Those who need to travel for official business or emergency leave will need to get the approval of the first general officer or flag officer in their chain of command.
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"It was outside the chain of command which was the biggest handicap for the coup plotters," said Sinan Ulgen, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and a former Turkish diplomat.
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In ordering the change, he told the skeptical Joint Chiefs of Staff, "I am the President"—a reminder that they had been out of the chain of command since 1986.
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The bad news is that the country's initial response to the coronavirus appears to have suffered from an instinctive unwillingness to let bad news flow up the chain of command.
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Bradley D. Moses, then the commander of the 3rd Special Forces Group, is the only person in the Special Operations chain of command involved in the ambush that remains unpunished.
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A Politico report last week detailed how Bolton and members of his National Security Council staff are calling lower-level Pentagon employees and inserting themselves into the chain of command.
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"It was outside the chain of command, which was the biggest handicap for the coup plotters," said Sinan Ulgen, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and a former Turkish diplomat.
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All his life, the Vietnam War Marine veteran has lived out a code of discreet personal values -- elevating government service, the rule of law and respect for the chain of command.
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" Trump tweeted Saturday morning that Vindman, who was the top Ukraine policy officer on the National Security Council, "had problems with judgement, adhering to the chain of command and leaking information.
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If you have questions on this interim guidance, please raise them up your local chain of command so that they can be brought to the attention of HQ Asylum QA Branch.
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DNA testing confirmed the identities of 97 people at the site who disappeared from 1981 to 1986, when the accused officers were commanding the base or in the chain of command.
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The attorneys also allege that police officers up the chain of command fabricated witness accounts to support the way officers at the scene described the October 20, 2014, shooting as justified.
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But even with clear seniority hints, the duopoly confuses both Kazakhs and foreign investors in the oil-rich nation who are used to dealing with a clearly defined chain of command.
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But the grousing, a persistent theme in 13 Hours, is ever-aimed at faceless bureaucracy, government inefficiency and general chain-of-command clusterfuckery — issues that aren't unique to Democrats or Republicans.
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"Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following statement, quote, 'Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command,'" Spicer said during his daily press briefing.
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There's no evidence of that yet, but Trump has long been known for pitting his aides against each other and delegating tasks to certain advisers outside the ordinary chain of command.
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" On Shanahan's watch, these coworkers say, staffers for national security advisor and notorious Iran hawk John Bolton are regularly "calling Pentagon underlings and inserting themselves deep into the chain of command.
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"The sense at the Prime Ministry was that if this was in the chain of command, nothing could be done," said Cemalettin Hasimi, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
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The FBI is an organization built on redundancy, and a robust system of accountability up and down the chain of command ensures no employee's personal views can effectively impact their work.
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Instead of relaying every detail up the chain of command, the brain combines the noisy signals coming in with prior experiences, to generate a prediction of what's happening in the world.
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At the same time that she was rising up the chain of command, the Navy was trying to make itself more attractive to women and to improve its opportunities for them.
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No one up the chain of command seemed to care about sleep until one of Charlie Company's tanks drove off a bridge over the Euphrates in the middle of the night.
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But it stopped short of a plan championed in 20063 by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, that would have taken sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command.
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I was lucky; my chain of command decided earlier in the year that I would be allowed to fly home for the birth, a decision that reinforced my trust in them.
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When asked how far up the chain of command the misconduct went, he said those responsible were branch managers, their own managers, and in at least one instance an area president.
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Investigators appealed to the public to come forward and help identify members of the crew who operated the missile and determine how high up the chain of command the order originated.
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He replaced Preet Bharara, who was fired in 2017 the day after refusing to take a phone call from Trump that he felt was improper and outside the chain of command.
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" However, the report noted that the review team had "uncovered not only potential cracks in the SOF foundations at the individual and team level, but also through the chain of command.
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Alexander Vindman, the NSC&aposs top Ukraine expert, who witnessed the July 25 phone call at the center of the impeachment inquiry and reported his concerns up the chain of command.
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The platoon members told investigators that they tried repeatedly to report what they saw, but that the chain of command above them was friendly toward Chief Gallagher and took no action.
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At some point, there's always going to be a human somewhere in the chain of command telling some robot to go off and do whatever the hell it's going to do.
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The Idaho native apologized from the stand for endangering fellow troops who searched for him after he ditched his duties to report what he said were problems in his chain of command.
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Presently, when a servicewoman reports an assault, her complaint is investigated by her commanding officer and adjudication is decided on by a command authority who is also in the chain of command.
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"Without a chain of command, everyone would litigate their pet issues with Trump when it was an open door policy," he said, pointing to Ivanka Trump as someone who used that strategy.
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According to the Journal, Huawei lawyers admitted that Xu had been "in the chain of command that had requested" information about CNEX, but they denied that any trade secrets had been stolen.
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Surely anyone clever enough to fake intel so believable that it made its way to the top of the political chain of command would have foreseen how these allegations would be counterproductive?
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"It seems that the president had decided to build a clear chain of command, relying on people who have no strong (political) ambitions," said Petr Bologov, a Russian political commentator on Uzbekistan.
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Since he is a person who, by vocation, believes in the chain of command, he probably won't be willing to stand up to his superior, the person with whom the problem lies.
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Moran said that when a ship's certifications expire, the vessel's commanding officer is required to put a plan in place to mitigate risk that must be approved up the chain of command.
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In a big office setting it can be intimidating to reach out to people you have never met, but by following a bureaucratic chain of command, you may be wasting everyone's time.
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What procedures are in place to ensure Chiefs of Mission have adequate information about what has been approve by the military chain of command and at what level the approval was granted?
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He intended the statement that someone "has the D" to be an easy way to establish chain of command, identifying the ranking person in a meeting who can put issues to rest.
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So when, she said, a pilot raped her in June 2017 during an overnight stay in Minneapolis, her first instinct was to report it through her chain of command and not police.
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"I wanted to make an argument so compelling that every reason my chain of command could give me for why dreadlocks were banned could easily be rebutted with facts," she told HuffPost.
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There was no obvious chain of command, and no coordination among the responsible agencies — all of which was deeply alarming, given the terrorist attacks this year at airports in Brussels and Istanbul.
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They also knew the rules that were in place, and prosecutors do not get to change those rules or air their personal grievances simply because they disagree with their chain of command.
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THE TOPLINE: Defense Secretary Ash Carter Tuesday unveiled his proposal to update a landmark 6900-year-old law that reorganized the Pentagon and set the chain of command it still follows today.
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The assistant, desperate to cut a deal for himself, may seek to implicate those above him in the chain of command -- dropping as many dimes as he can to save his butt.
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While officials said changes in the chain of command and improved discipline had helped fend off the offensive, they were quick to note that American airstrikes have been the most critical factor.
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He compared Shulkin's situation to that of a military unit and said you need cohesion and proper chain of command, and that you can't have subordinates undermining the leader of the unit.
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U.S. Army Lieutenant-General Steve Townsend, commander of the international coalition backing Iraqi forces, told Reuters last week that Islamic State's local leadership had proven effective without a hierarchical chain of command.
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The service member who knew Sergeant Melgar said that the sergeant's chain of command immediately grew suspicious when the initial incident reports said the death was the result of a drunken accident.
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"The public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command," Rosenstein said in the announcement.
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Mr. Prabowo has a controversial military record (from human-rights abuses to behaving outside the chain of command) and a combustible personality, and emphasizes "strong leadership" and economic populism in his campaigns.
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Many of our closest allies' militaries, including those of Britain, Canada, Israel, Germany, Norway and Australia, have already moved reporting and prosecution of violent sex crimes outside of the chain of command.
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Trump reversed Gallagher's demotion and ordered Esper to allow the Navy SEAL to keep his status in the elite service -- a move critics say completely undermined the military's chain of command structure.
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By signaling that illegal actions could be permitted under his administration, Trump not only circumvents the military chain of command but also sets up American troops to be killed and tortured abroad.
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If the issue cannot be resolved at lower government levels, the dispute can be escalated up the chain of command until it reaches the desks of Lighthizer and his designated Chinese counterpart.
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The tone he sets can only encourage abusive behavior among his officers further down the chain of command against immigrants, and also lead to the curtailment of Americans' civil liberties and privacy.
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It was clear that what motivated these Marines to endure the daily hell of Con Thien was not victory or satisfying the chain of command, but their strong devotion to one another.
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The government argues that this ruling has further restricted a legal process that has long discouraged survivors from reporting their cases up the chain of command for fear of retaliation or indifference.
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"Contrary to the narrative that some want to put forward in the media, this dismissal is not about Eddie Gallagher, it's about Secretary Spencer and the chain of command," Esper said Monday.
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They also say Ohr went outside his job description and chain of command by meeting with Steele, including after his termination as a FBI source, and then relaying information to the FBI.
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The inspector general described disputes over when Moss was formally told to report to the FOIA office and whether people outside his chain of command were communicating with him about his role.
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For years, the rebel chain of command has run through Israel Ramírez Pineda, one of the five guerrilla leaders who run the last major insurgent group in Colombia, the National Liberation Army.
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Experts say it is not just military leaders who benefit from time spent with their alliance partners; troops at all levels in the chain of command gain from the experience as well.
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How an athlete's duty in the military plays out depends on a number of factors, including whether the United States is at war and political considerations far up the chain of command.
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Clinton did so in a terse, snarky tweet following the release of the nearly 600-page report, which accused the former FBI director of defying the chain of command during the email probe.
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And if you're only passing information up [the] chain of command, it will be suppressed or distorted or not used because a lot of it discredits or raises questions about the chief executive.
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"I did convey certain concerns internally to National Security officials in accordance with my decades of experience and training, sense of duty, and obligation to operate within the chain of command," he said.
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As a military man, you recognize the chief of staff role as one that anticipates, facilitates, and executes, without interfering with the chain of command or usurping the authority of those in it.
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On the other hand, no one government official appears to be spearheading outreach, perhaps signaling the state lacks either the chain of command or the will to tackle the problem,Van Eysinga said.
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The special counsel must come from outside the government, the idea being that he or she should have the greatest possible level of impartiality and be removed from the usual chain of command.
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"Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following statement, quote, 'Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command,' " Spicer said during a daily press briefing last week.
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Ohr worked directly for the deputy attorney general, but when given information that a presidential candidate might have been compromised by the Russians, he failed to alert anyone in his chain of command.
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Trump aide Kellyanne Conway on "Fox News Sunday" avoided answering questions about the new chain of command in the White House, saying she would discuss it with Kelly and the president on Monday.
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He said that was because the federal police, who are responsible for the airport, saw it as unnecessary and failed to send the request up the chain of command to the Interior Ministry.
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But with Mike Flynn Jr. in the mix, it seems more likely that his dad struck a deal — and one that suggests he has information that hurts people up the chain of command.
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The rationale is that, by placing the power to charge sex offenses into the discretion of attorneys outside the chain of command, they would be less conflicted and more focused on pursuing justice.
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The command chief of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, was removed from his position last month after his chain of command received evidence he disrespected his subordinates.Col.
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"Director Comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the Department of Justice by going around the chain of command," Sanders said.
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"The policy places emphasis on communication between the service member and her chain of command to ensure the safety and well-being of the service member and the child," Marine Corps spokesman Capt.
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The orders to the unit normally would have been issued by senior military officers up the chain of command — from Niger to Chad to Stuttgart, Germany, where United States Africa Command is based.
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Bradley D. Moses, then the commander of the Third Special Forces Group, is the one of the only people in the Special Operations chain of command involved in the ambush who remains unpunished.
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"The Marawi operations received direct funding from ISIS central and reveal a chain of command that runs from Syria through the Philippines to Indonesia and beyond," said a recent report by the institute.
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Officials describe the investigation into the Chelsea bombing as a template for how the F.B.I. and the New York Police Department have learned to temper big egos and manage chain-of-command quandaries.
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Credit for these victories, however, went less to Iraq's Army than to a special-operations force popularly known as the Golden Division, whose chain of command is independent of the Ministry of Defense.
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They gather in an open office beneath a chart that lays out the chain of command, get their marching orders, suit up and pass through a plastic-lined portal into the hot zone.
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And if we can't trust the Copyright Office to do that on it's own, then at least in the Library of Congress, there's the chance that someone in the chain of command will.
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I remember the line-and-block chart showing how to raise concerns up the chain of command, to the agency inspector general, and ultimately, as a whistleblower to the oversight committees in Congress.
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" Earlier Friday, as tanks took to the streets of Istanbul and the capital Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said "some people illegally undertook an illegal action outside of the chain of command.
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"I don't know about the influence, but I do get the sense that these folks who have served in the military understand a chain of command, and that's a good thing," Thornberry said.
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It is not the job of the military official to judge for himself whether the conduct violates the military code, but to report it up the chain of command for investigation and adjudication.
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But Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has a different version of events -- that Spencer went out of the chain of command to negotiate with the White House over a review of the case.
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Word of what had happened moved quickly up the chain of command, reaching Washington in a matter of hours, said Thomas D. Homan, who was the acting director of ICE at the time.
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This is because that while, on paper, the ANSF looks like a western security force with a clear chain of command, in practice it is managed through informal and long-standing patronage networks.
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In a thread associated with the list, 4Chan users discuss some preliminary plans for how to use the list, like finding "recruiters" or a "chain of command" for ways to disrupt the groups.
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But as Democrats have climbed higher up the chain of command -- even inside the White House -- the witnesses closest to Trump have shown they're likely to battle any attempt to compel their testimony.
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In particular, it seemed downright odd that Scaramucci was staying on and bragging that he'd still report to President Trump directly rather than going through Kelly as part of a clear chain of command.
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He is appointed so he'll have a measure of independence from the Justice Department's chain of command, and won't be concerned with trying to hold on to his government job and please his bosses.
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"I was under the impression that the chain of command did not think it was illegal to destroy the tapes but that no one wanted to make the decision at the time," Rodriguez said.
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Musk also tells employees to trim unnecessary meetings, skip the "chain of command" when it comes to communication, and to "pick common sense as [their] guide" instead of following company rules that seem ridiculous.
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The generals hand-picked by Trump -- Kelly, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Defense Secretary James Mattis -- share a penchant for passing their opinions up the chain of command in the bluntest of terms.
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Multiple service members called as witnesses by prosecutors spoke of the hazardous conditions they faced in the futile search for Bergdahl, who says he deserted to report "critical problems" in his chain of command.
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While serving his reserve duty, he tried to conduct himself like any other Navy commander, taking orders from the Navy captain in charge of his reserve duty and deferring to his chain of command.
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Yet his refusal to appear unrepentant in refusing to follow typical DOJ protocols and chain of command only further underscored why he must be fired, according to the department official and the White House.
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Now, Kelly has changed the dynamic: He's a chain-of-command military guy who was initially mystified, and then horrified, when he learned about the relentless campaign against McMaster, coming from Breitbart and others.
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"Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following statement, quote, 'Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command,' " Sean Spicer said during a daily press briefing in March.
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"The names of the officials, their jobs and their violations will be reported up the chain of command, who will decide how the officials will be punished," Liu said, adding the inspections would continue.
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He added that while it's unusual for the chain of command to dip as low as Francisco's position, he believed the solicitor general has more than enough experience to conduct oversight of the investigation.
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If Sessions, who's not expected to remain in the job after November's midterm elections, does leave, oversight of the probe would likely shoot back up the chain of command to the new attorney general.
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Instead, it demanded a much more thorough inquiry to uncover responsibility across the entire chain of command, which would most likely make Mr. Peña Nieto part of the investigation because he ordered the crackdown.
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The company has recently changed the chain of command so that the new chief investment officer at the Soros firm now reports to the philanthropy's investment panel rather than Soros, according to the report.
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But if the president, or anyone in the chain of command, were to simply start dismissing the cases, those agreements — which are already somewhat contentious for some host countries — would become much more complicated.
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An independent investigation by the department's inspector general, which operates independently from the department's chain of command, found that the activity Mr. Kemp believed was suspicious was, in fact, normal behavior between computer systems.
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When Mr. Byford was introduced as the transit leader in November, I asked him what he thought about the governor's practice of bypassing the chain of command to directly call superintendents within the system.
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"Take time now to prepare your personal equipment, make plans with your family, and identify through your chain of command any issues that need to be resolved," the California National Guard advised its troops.
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He has decided to speak out at a moment when there is a harsh spotlight on NBC News and its chairman, Andrew Lack, who sits above Mr. Oppenheim in the corporate chain of command.
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If Nauert is confirmed, her job will likely be downgraded to a non-Cabinet position, meaning she would report to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an effort to clarify the chain of command.
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Such a deployment would allow American advisers to train and assist a more Afghan forces, and it would place American troops closer to the front lines at lower levels in the chain of command.
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"Based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command," he said.
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Speaking of the President, it is also vital that he direct the National Command Authority (the defense chain of command, including intelligence and military leaders) to give him options for responding to Russian aggression.
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Pentagon and military officials said subsequently that any delay in reporting the injuries was because it took time for the information to work its way up the chain of command to leaders in Washington.
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If a federal official in the chain of command interpreted Trump's comments as a direction, the issue would become whether he or any person or agency is responsible for the behavior of their subordinates.
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I'm not sure if he meant it as a joke or not, but it's much more important what my civilian White House National Security Council chain of command thinks more so than anybody else.
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" He also pledged to any women who lodged complaints that "the chain of command is obligated and required by order, rule and regulation and by my direct directions to make sure that they're protected.
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Finally, in 2015, the commission found in favor of the women, ordering the government to investigate the case all the way up the chain of command, a directive that would include Mr. Peña Nieto.
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In addition to fears about rolling back policies allowing LGBT troops to serve openly, Stacy said they are worried about the message having an anti-LGBT leader will send down the chain of command.
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Last week, Trump reversed Gallagher's demotion and ordered Esper to allow the Navy SEAL to keep his status in the elite service -- a move critics say completely undermined the military's chain of command structure.
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A Pentagon official made the comments to Congress while arguing against a bill that would have taken military sexual assault cases outside the chain of command and given the cases to independent military prosecutors.
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"In Russia, my act of expressing concern to the chain of command would have severe personal and professional repercussions, and offering public testimony involving the president would surely cost me my life," Vindman said.
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A Pentagon official made the comments to Congress while arguing against a bill that would have taken military sexual assault cases outside the chain of command and given the cases to independent military prosecutors.
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The Pentagon has objected to that arrangement as an infringement on the chain of command, the officials said, and the new plan would drop it — further eroding State Department influence in the Trump administration.
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"I did convey certain concerns internally to national security officials in accordance with my decades of experience and training, sense of duty, and obligation to operate within the chain of command," he plans to say.
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While Renault's "entire chain of command" was responsible, the dossier said, the chief executive was directly accountable because "no delegation of powers had been established by Carlos Ghosn regarding the approval of engine control strategies".
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He has been recruited by the local government to watch over a "grid" of streets in the neighbourhood, solve problems if possible and pass bigger ones up the chain of command for higher-level attention.
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When political leaders with an already dubious claim to power actively abuse it, the freedom of those down the chain of command to ignore their orders can turn into a positive duty to disobey orders.
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Privatization of the air traffic control, however, would pose a multitude of chain of command issues, differing priorities, and perspectives that could potentially elevate risk and interfere with the end goal of ensuring aviation security.
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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway also got a chain-of-command question on "Fox News Sunday," and said that she would talk to Kelly about that at her first formal meeting with him on Monday.
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There are some who have raised concerns about coordination on offensive actions, but they can be addressed by a clear chain of command with the Defense Department to avoid the potential of a larger conflict.
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"There is a natural tension between elements of the government and the chain of command, and I think it's a healthy tension," he said during an interview in his office, perched high above Pearl Harbor.
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Correction: Booty's role overseeing Microsoft Studios makes him one of several executives at Microsoft that report directly to Phil Spencer, not "second only" to Spencer in the chain of command as this article originally stated.
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Bergdahl has said he abandoned his post because he wanted to travel to a larger base to report "a critical problem in my chain of command," though he did not specify what the problem was.
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All that is required is that he/she be in the chain of command and have some degree of authority over the business units where activities have taken place that violate federal law or policy.
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"It's good to have a chain of command in the White House and a unity of purpose among leaders in the administration," said Frank Cannon, the president of the conservative think tank American Principles Project.
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A retired four-star general who has imposed more order on a chaotic White House since taking over in July, Mr. Kelly has made clear that Mr. Kushner must fit within a chain of command.
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And they had a military structure, where they had local units that were formed at the county level and they reported through a chain of command, and they wore military uniforms and all that stuff.
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Citing unidentified sources, the report said that an order to clear Inn Din had been passed down the military chain of command and that security forces wore civilian clothes to avoid being detected during raids.
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" In the next few weeks, Spaulding said, we may see "see how close [Trump] can get to intimidating the special counsel from doing his job, and seeing how he can change the chain of command.
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But other veteran diplomats said it would restore a more orderly chain of command that would appropriately leave the policymaking to Washington rather than seeming to create a competing power center at the United Nations.
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Mr. Mulvaney, a former congressman from South Carolina, has told aides he has no plans to duplicate the type of chain-of-command structure preferred by John F. Kelly, the retired Marine general he replaced.
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Some have questioned whether his strict adherence to rules and a chain-of-command approach, after decades in the military, may have impeded the rollout of national testing while other countries ramped up much faster.
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More generally, the report does not discuss whether presidential efforts to intervene in investigations, in violation of department rules about proper communication channels and chain of command, constitute the official business of the FBI director.
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"What is so compelling about this trial is that the prosecutors for the victims have finally gone up the chain of command," said Terry L. Karl, a Stanford University political scientist who follows El Salvador.
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In addition, the Pentagon's top personnel official — acting under secretary Alexis Ross — said that any service members or civilian employees who develop a fever, cough or difficulty breathing should immediately inform their chain of command.
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The administration should create an office of civilian protection inside the Pentagon, focused on creating and overseeing clear policies and guidance delivered straight to the secretary of Defense and on down the chain of command.
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She also again pushed for an investigation into the "chain of command to identify the masterminds, as well as those who incited, allowed or turned a blind eye to the murder," including the crown prince.
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For this reason, we are pressing the secretary general to appoint an independent international criminal investigation team to identify the perpetrators and their chain of command and to help ensure that those responsible face justice.
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The general said that he had been in constant touch with his chain of command, but that the decision to deploy such force was shaped by the battlefield realities and not by outside political factors.
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High-profile attorneys often demand meetings to make their case with top Justice officials, and usually have to settle for prosecutors much lower in the chain of command, if they get a meeting at all.
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Such a deployment would allow American advisers to train and assist a greater number of Afghan forces, and place American troops closer to the front lines at lower levels of in the chain of command.
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"You want to try and trace all those steps to make sure that it actually was in the artist's studio and that you know there were legitimate owners throughout that chain of command," Woodham said.
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Vindman, however, said that he wasn't going outside his chain of command by speaking to an attorney, and said that Eisenberg told him to come to him with any concerns following the July 10 meeting.
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Through the years, he and Rafael have had their disputes about the chain of command ("I owe a lot to Toni, but he also owes a lot to me," Rafael wrote in his 2011 autobiography).
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It contends that the more showily homophobic a Vatican official is, the more likely he belongs to that crowd, and that the higher up the chain of command you go, the more gays you find.
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Previous presidents have typically stuck with fairly intuitive chain of command principles in these situations, and Trump's tendency to deviate from that norm has sparked litigation, but Trump, so far, has always come out ahead.
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While the Navy considers the encounter to be "unsafe," it does not assess that any malign intent was behind the incident, though the event was considered serious enough to be raised up the chain of command.
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Jackson and other survivors aligned with Protect Our Defenders want to change that system by removing the decision to prosecute from the military chain of command and placing it in the hands of special military prosecutors.
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"I did convey certain concerns internally to national security officials in accordance with my decades of experience and training, sense of duty, and obligation to operate within the chain of command," Vindman will testify on Tuesday.
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"I've got a fair amount of empathy for any president of the United States who can't trust people inside the White House to stay inside their lane and stay within their chain of command," Johnson said.
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The military is under pressure from the chain of command to keep the operations secret, but at the same time they have a strong tradition of publicly honoring people who died carrying out their military service.
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Determining the extent of the national security risk will require investigators to identify the members of the Marines United group, which Marines were targeted by the photos, and where they fell in the chain of command.
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Donald J. Trump has given a broad new role and title to Paul Manafort, the veteran Republican operative he hired in March, ending weeks of confusion within Mr. Trump's organization about the campaign's chain of command.
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"The chain of command goes from the president to the secretary of Defense to commanders, and commanders are people who should be authorized with the authorities to make decisions within the United States military," Milley said.
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Earlier in the day, the campaign said that Paul Manafort, the veteran Republican operative he hired in March, would be the campaign chairman and chief strategist, lending a measure of clarity to the chain of command.
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Groton is a military town, so if you find someone to have fun with, there's a very big likelihood that she is related to someone in your chain of command, which ends very badly for you.
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Democrats argued it would be unacceptable for Boente to oversee the investigation, arguing he is still in the "chain of command" at the Justice Department and could be subject to political influence from the White House.
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And all wondered why a Justice official — Ohr — who was not in the chain of command in the Russia counterintelligence probe, and whose wife worked for Fusion GPS on the Trump project, interviewed Simpson at all.
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Until then, the military's strict chain of command put many survivors in the position of having to report their assault to the person who had committed the offense, or to a close colleague of the offender.
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Under those circumstances, games can function as a non-work social space for servicemembers, somewhere to hang out that isn't The Job – a place where they can express their agency outside the ubiquitous chain of command.
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I think we've seen on campus a growing emphasis on sexual assault, or, in the military, a growing understanding of how far it goes, and how difficult it is to report and the chain of command.
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"The president and the secretary of defense are the two leading figures in the chain of command," said Peter D. Feaver, a political science professor at Duke University who served in the George W. Bush administration.
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But the order to return Mr. Khashoggi to the kingdom was misinterpreted as it made its way down the chain of command, the Saudi official said, and a confrontation ensued when Mr. Khashoggi saw the men.
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As emotional and disruptive as the false alert was, it was not the most dangerous episode of its kind because it did not reach the military's chain of command or decision-makers in government, he said.
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Officials have said that one service member who knew Sergeant Melgar said that the sergeant's chain of command immediately grew suspicious when the initial incident reports said the death was the result of a drunken accident.
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" After Trump called Comey directly about an intelligence investigation on March 9, 2017, Comey called then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions immediately, "to keep the Attorney General in the chain of command between [Comey] and the President.
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This report could have been a review of why the Justice Department's chain of command never found a way to stop Trump's repeated efforts to influence investigations in ways that violated Justice Department rules and guidelines.
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Hours after Mr. Trump's announcement in Singapore, American troops in Seoul said they are still moving ahead with a military exercise this fall — Ulchi Freedom Guardian — until they receive guidance otherwise from the chain of command.
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They acknowledge that getting money from the Assad regime is unlikely, but they hope that their case can help establish evidence of a "chain of command" to be used in a possible future war crimes trial.
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The investigation was allegedly tamped down through a chain of command that reached all the way to the governor's office, and the state coaching the company on how to reduce fines related to the worker's death.
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In announcing the legislation, McCaskill took an apparent dig at a previous effort to combat military sexual assault that would have taken the cases outside the chain of command and given them to independent military prosecutors.
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Workers who do not rate an office could do in-the-box thinking in a Jabbrrbox — and in an open office, even those fairly high in the chain of command do not always rate an office.
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A Different Class of WoundsThe U.S. military has long treated brain injuries as a different class of wounds that do not require rapid reporting up the chain of command, unlike incidents threatening life, limb or eyesight.
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A former senior military officer with experience in the Pacific said such a micromanaging of ship movements by a member of the White House staff would be a striking breach of the military chain of command.
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Martha McSally, who revealed last year that she was raped while serving in the US Air Force, advocated to keep sexual assault within the chain of command in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in March.
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Spencer's op-ed comes just days after Secretary of Defense Mark Esper "fired" him for going outside his chain of command by proposing a "secret agreement with the White House," according to a senior defense official.
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Brad Wenstrup, an Ohio Republican and colonel in the Army Reserves, argued that Vindman went outside the chain of command when he reported his concerns to NSC lawyer John Eisenberg, instead of Morrison, his direct supervisor.
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"He's interfering with the chain of command, which is trying to police its own ranks," said Peter D. Feaver, a specialist on civilian-military relations at Duke University and former aide to President George W. Bush.
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As the New York Times notes, Gillibrand in 2013 put forth a measure that would have taken sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command and instead let military prosecutors decide which cases to try.
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"Members of the SIU, along with its commander went through the vetting process, but for example the Mexican government did not allow for anybody higher up in the chain of command to be vetted," Vigil said.
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Over the last two years, Raymond has recorded almost a dozen officials up and down the chain of command in what he says is an attempt to change the daily practices of the New York Police Department.
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He cited internal Pentagon statistics to show how the military pursued sexual assault cases within the chain of command after civilian prosecutors refused to, pointing to 22014 such cases in the Army over the previous two years.
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Their biggest handicap, said Turkish analyst Sinan Ulgen of the Carnegie Europe think tank, was that they acted outside the military chain of command and hence lacked sufficient resources to take control of key levers of power.
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In an episode of the "Jocko Podcast," former U.S. Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink was asked by a listener about when and how to break the chain of command when a superior is part of a problem.
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Also, as I will detail herein, I did convey certain concerns internally to National Security officials in accordance with my decades of experience and training, sense of duty, and obligation to operate within the chain of command.
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Meanwhile, outside of Portland, the State of Emergency declarations blossomed up the chain of command from the city, to the State, to the President of the United States, all on the very first day of the earthquake.
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James Winnefeld made the comments to the Senate Armed Services Committee while arguing against a bill that would have taken military sexual assault cases outside the chain of command and given the cases to independent military prosecutors.
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Zelesko recruited a team of internet-savvy engineers and started on the path of creating a culture that empowered independent teams to make decisions without having to run them all the way up the chain of command.
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A sponsor is someone above you in your company's chain-of-command who can advocate for you, while a mentor is anyone who gives professional advice but ultimately may not have any pull for you at work.
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"If @realDonaldTrump is thinking of using the FBI raid to fire Special Counsel Mueller or otherwise interfere with the chain of command in the Russia probe, we Democrats have one simple message for him: don't," Schumer said.
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But it remains to be seen whether what he told legislators could get him charged with a crime ― and, of course, how his choice to rebel against his White House chain-of-command will affect his career.
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"Executive clemency like this introduces doubt into the chain of command, and creates uncertainty about accountability for breaches of military rules," Phillip Carter, a former Army officer and official in the Obama administration, told the Washington Post.
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The kingdom's intelligence service had a general order to bring dissidents home, according to the Saudi official, but the directive in Mr. Khashoggi's case grew more aggressive as it made its way down the chain of command.
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A few days after Bryan was killed, my daughter-in-law Michelle and I were visited by an officer in Bryan's chain of command, who offered his condolences and provided what information he could about what happened.
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"The history of thought about how the error happened is not something that I can engage in because from the initial fact to what the president said, I don't know the whole chain of command," Hassett said.
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"The cars you see are from his immediate chain of command," said Chief Art Acevedo, who recorded a long procession of police cruisers arriving at a funeral home to salute as Sergeant Perez's body was moved inside.
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A Foreign Policy report late last month stated that "the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic," primarily because the Trump White House fired the entire chain-of-command that handled responses to pandemics.
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Trump announced during the press conference that Vice President Mike Pence will be heading up the government's response, but stated that he was not the "czar," and it remains unclear what the chain of command will be.
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If there was any delay in reporting the injuries, General Grynkewich said, it was because "it takes a bit of time for information to work its way up the chain of command" and eventually to the Pentagon.
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Mr. Kelly's insistence on an identifiable chain of command in the White House — one of the first things he tried to establish when taking the job last summer — has given way to the creation of new fiefs.
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Oakley is in police custody pending return to Ft Bliss where the chain of command is prepared to receive the Soldier and address the issue according to applicable laws, regulation, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Trump's senior advisor, Kellyanne Conway, also picked up the phone during the call, and she told Woodward that she had passed his request for an interview up the chain of command, but that it had been rejected.
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However, officials familiar with the probe said investigators were looking into the possibilities that the incidents were carried out by a third country such as Russia, possibly operating without the knowledge of Cuba's formal chain of command.
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Apart from setting a poor example for our nation by not following recommended isolation guidelines, is he not aware he could be inadvertently infecting the whole upper-level chain of command of our government, including the military?
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She said that she was opposed to Senate legislation to take the prosecution of sexual assault cases out of the hands of the military chain of command, endangering the bill's prospects and confounding other sexual assault victims.
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However, national police and the Mossos have taken very different approaches, despite Spain's state prosecutor telling Mossos recently that they had been put under a single chain of command reporting directly to the interior ministry in Madrid.
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He said that Jim Comey was insubordinate, as we noted, not only did he decide to cut out the Department of Justice, go around the chain of command, he concealed that from the people that were his bosses.
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" The person said Kelley, who was in the Air Force at the time, "was attempting to carry out death threats" against "his military chain of command," and "had already been caught sneaking firearms onto Holloman Air Force Base.
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Sato, who became chief in 2011, said he had made efforts to change Mizuho's corporate culture by establishing a clear chain of command, with him as the sole leader of the financial conglomerate with $1.8 trillion in assets.
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Trump told the media that he had fired FBI director James Comey because of a memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein detailing the ways in which Comey broke the chain of command during the 2016 election.
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What I have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command.
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Meanwhile on the pro-Ukrainian side, because the army was in near-collapse, irregular militias were formed, some of them only loosely part of the chain of command, and they were given, or scavenged, weapons from official supplies.
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In a stinging report, the officials described numerous mistakes in the way the mission was planned and executed, and they laid out the reasons some sailors were responsible, both on the boats and up the chain of command.
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In the event of a national emergency, our defense and law enforcement agencies may need unfettered access to airspace, and serious concerns about chain of command are warranted if a private entity controlled such a strategically important asset.
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"Anyone who would have been in the chain of command" or an authority figure in the university's athletic program is "certainly someone we'll be interested in deposing," said Joseph Sauder, a lawyer representing one of the former wrestlers.
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The brazen daytime attack raised serious questions about how the Special Forces — elite Green Berets who have spent years operating in shadowy combat zones — conduct threat assessments in the country and how their chain of command approves them.
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The Dutch authorities said they had more than 0003 witnesses, intercepted calls and messages, and radar data to support their conclusions, and that they were working to document the chain of command from foot soldiers to senior figures.
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A parallel investigation is underway on a possible cover-up of the crime within the Carabinieri, and prosecutors are looking into accusations of false testimony and falsified documents that are making their way up the chain of command.
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Some aides also say that for weeks Mr. Trump has been fielding complaints from allies and staff members about the strictures Mr. Kelly has placed on access to the president and his enforcement of a chain of command.
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Misogyny was present in the smallest of things, like the nude pinups of women that the chain of command allowed in work shelters, but bigger things, too, like the frequent accounts of male-on-female assault and rape.
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Even with them, things will go wrong, and the president — or those close to him in the chain of command – must know whom to call, when, and exactly what to ask for to solve problems as they arise.
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They and others have testified that there was a push for politically motivated investigations, and three of them were so alarmed that they attempted to report their concerns up the chain of command at the National Security Council.
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While Afghan paramilitary forces nominally belong to the main National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence service, the CIA-backed forces do not fall under the agency's normal chain of command, nor those of the Afghan or U.S. militaries.
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The nuclear chain of command is not built for debate, former CIA Director Michael Hayden said Wednesday, warning of the consequences of a Donald Trump presidency should the Republican nominee get elected and decide to push the button.
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Many companies have hotlines that are effective and guarantee anonymity, and they can be "a sound H.R. tool" enabling complaints to circumvent the normal chain of command, said Joseph Sellers, one of the lawyers representing the Sterling women.
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Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang, speaking with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, said his city did not release 'timely and satisfactory' information at the start of the epidemic, and he appeared to blame higher-ups in his chain of command.
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If subordinates are unaccountable to superiors and the costs of bad choices are not felt by the firm then those in the executive suite have little incentive to care about what is happening down the chain of command.
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"I did convey certain concerns internally to national security officials in accordance with my decades of experience and training, sense of duty, and obligation to operate within the chain of command," he testified, according to his opening statement.
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There were no promises made or asked for when Whitaker was named Trump's choice of Whitaker to be the acting attorney general raised eyebrows due to the fact that it broke with accepted norms and chain of command.
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GOP lawmakers argue they are not trying to uncover the identity of the whistleblower, but want to know the steps that Vindman took after the call and whether he appropriately reported his concerns up the chain of command.
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One in four women and one in three men experienced sexual assault at the hand of someone in their chain of command, according to a report put out by the Department of Defense and condensed by Protect Our Defenders.
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In order to curb the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, they say, the Department of Defense has to address a fundamental aspect of the military justice system: whether the decision to prosecute remains in the chain of command.
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With one in four assaulted women and one in three men assaulted by someone in their chain of command, it's believed that allowing commanders to have this responsibility stifles reporting because of fear of retaliation and lack of trust.
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The military chain of command teaches officers devotion to institutions larger than any one individual's whim, says Robert Tyrer, a former chief of staff to William Cohen, who as defence secretary worked closely with Mr Mattis in the 1990s.
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Fast forward to five years later and the Dutch feel the evidence is strong enough to charge four suspects -- three Russians and one Ukrainian -- on the basis they belonged to the chain of command that fired the BUK missile.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Negotiating peace with Colombia's largest active rebel group, the ELN, will be tougher than the recent successful talks with FARC guerrillas due to the ELN's diffuse chain of command and radical ideology, the chief government negotiator said.
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Former Director Comey was admonished for his decision to step outside the Justice Department chain of command, publicly announcing his conclusions in the Clinton investigation, and then notifying Congress in October 2016 that Clinton was once again under investigation.
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As a result of the competition and mistrust between our own intelligence agencies against themselves, in what must be a vicious and uncompromising chain of command, nearly 3,000 innocent Americans died on an otherwise beautiful, routine September workday morning.
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His counselor at the hospital called the police, according to a police report, warning that Mr. Kelley had talked about killing his chain of command in the Air Force and told other patients he had recently bought guns online.
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The preliminary findings, according to the first two Defense Department officials, imply that senior officers up the chain of command believed Team 3212 was embarking only on the daylong reconnaissance mission, as Captain Perozeni outlined in his Conop document.
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Chief Shea said the analysts will have to learn to operate within a precinct's hierarchy: how to send findings up the chain of command, for example, and even how to ask for days off without upsetting a precinct supervisor.
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Spencer was ousted for circumventing the chain of command by working on a "secret agreement with the White House" to reinstate Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher despite resistance from the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CNN at the time.
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Blackburn's allegations that Vindman is tied to the whistleblower and ignored the chain of command are in part based on a story from conservative writer Paul Sperry and testimony from Tim Morrison, a top White House national security aide.
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These individuals, according to such luminaries as former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, often caused problems by inappropriately inserting themselves into the chain of command, to include attempts to directly "coordinate" four-star generals in the field in Afghanistan.
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Each puzzle piece — each new movement of a dinosaur's head or glint of light off water — had to be reviewed in Los Angeles, Vancouver and Austin, assessed and revised as it went up the chain of command to Malick.
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"The weight of the open evidence" suggests that "the Secretary of Defence is not just unnecessary, but not even in the nuclear chain of command," says Alex Wellerstein, an expert on nuclear history at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
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"The potential for direct data exchange between human neural networks and microelectronic systems could revolutionize tactical warfighter communications, speed the transfer of knowledge throughout the chain of command, and ultimately dispel the &aposfog&apos of war," the study explains.
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Now he appears to have thrown it all away by, according to a source familiar with the matter, pressuring the FBI to alter its chain of command in a manner that could affect special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
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The company's board was informed a week ago that Krzanich had a mutual relationship with an employee in his chain of command in the past, according to a source familiar with the matter who asked not to be named.
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Since Comey's ouster, some Democratic leaders have called for the Department of Justice to assign a special counsel to the case, who would work outside the usual chain of command (but who could still be fired by the administration).
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The 31-year-old Idaho native told a judge in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that he walked off his combat outpost in Paktika province and headed to a nearby base to report "critical problems" in his chain of command.
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It follows the scientists who must try and convince the Moscow chain of command that, if the other seven reactors at Chernobyl follow suit, the whole of Eastern Europe will become an uninhabitable nuclear wasteland for roughly the next 20,000 years.
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Maybe he didn't have people whispering in his ear that he should decertify the Iran nuclear agreement, but I'm pretty sure somewhere up and down the chain of command, he's got somebody telling him that the military is ready to go.
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And according to the I.G. report, Page was a high- ranking FBI attorney who was used by Andrew McCabe -- yes, that Andrew McCabe -- of course, to bypass the FBI&aposs chain of command and he got to monitor the Clinton investigation.
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Vindman in November told the House Intelligence Committee that Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was concerning to him, and prompted him to raise objections within his chain of command out of a "sense of duty."
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Some said they were vaguely aware of complaints from Mr. Jackson's subordinates about his abrasive manner, which several described as frat-boy behavior; most said they largely dismissed it as griping from employees who belonged to a separate chain of command.
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The roof knock is a well-known and controversial tactic used by the Israeli military to both minimize civilian casualties and to absolve the chain of command of accusations of violating the Geneva Conventions by disproportionately killing civilians in populated areas.
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But not long after his tenure as Chief of Staff began, Kelly reportedly became frustrated by how easily other members of the administration could bypass that newly-established chain of command in order to grab the president's ear — including, notably, Kushner.
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An email sent to General John Hyten about the controversy surrounding a tweet sent by US Strategic Command (FOIA)As lower level staff started to notice the negative attention online, news of the controversy went up the chain of command.
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And though the original executive order provided for the special commissioner to report directly to the Department of Investigation Commissioner, Mr. Peters had ordered that Ms. Coleman instead report to him through the chain of command, further diminishing her stature.
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A Huawei lawyer said that Xu was part of "the chain of command that had requested" information about CNEX and that a CNEX document had been placed into its chip development unit's database, but denied allegations that anything was stolen.
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The failures of the Vietnam War and botched 85033 Iran hostage rescue resulted in the 1985 Goldwater-Nichols Act, which streamlined the chain of command and created cross-service combatant commands like the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Africa Command.
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He also sent a message up the chain of command to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the White House that he was not happy with the lack of information they were providing to Congress about actions in Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere.
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" But now he's concerned and says he is living in a state of uncertainty "because I have not been able to obtain an assurances from my chain of command about my return to the academy or my future military service.
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After the elation of an election victory, the civil servant informs the politician that this letter will lay out the action the prime minister wishes to take, should the government and chain of command be totally destroyed by nuclear attack.
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The message, passed instantly along the chain of command, was instrumental in finding the Bismarck, which was first spotted from the air by a seaplane and subsequently attacked by aircraft carrier torpedo bombers and swarmed by Royal Navy battleships and cruisers.
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To be sure, Trump loosened the "rules of engagement" for the US military, enabling ground commanders to more easily carry out operations without having to seek permission up the chain of command, but these are tactical changes -- not strategic game changers.
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But the Navy still moved to take Gallagher&aposs Trident and boot him from the SEALs, a decision that had been approved by the chain of command up to the White House by Tuesday, according to The New York Times.
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And a US defense official told CNN earlier that some Navy officers had been covering up the pilots' initial refusal to fly by citing technical and other issues with the aircraft, raising questions about a breakdown in the chain of command.
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Understandably, my past thoughts focused primarily on the selfless service of the men and women in our United States Army – soldiers up and down the chain of command who influenced my life and played a critical role in our nation's defense.
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" It goes on to say that others "in the chain of command were satisfied with [Zirbel's] performance based in part on first hand observations, an appropriate awareness of the interrogation techniques used on Rahman, and the conditions of Rahman's confinement.
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It raises questions about who higher up the chain of command in Trump's orbit -- possibly even including the President himself -- is in Mueller's sights after he agreed to what appears to be a fairly favorable deal with the retired general.
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I feared moments like this patient's comment, where I, as the least superior member of the team, would face the conflict of wanting to step up to avoid being a bystander to sexism but also respect the team's chain of command.
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Brienne is also pretty high up the chain of command in the coming battle, she seems to be the only person who's put thought into military strategy on the entire show, and Jaime says he'll be happy to serve under her.
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Saudi Arabia had taken some measures to investigate the crime but had failed to address the chain of command, Ms. Callamard said, including the possible role of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who American intelligence officials have concluded ordered the killing.
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Pushing the contest into the Indian Ocean makes the situation even more dangerous by loosening the chain of command and control over the weapons, increasing the number of weapons, and placing them in an environment where things tend to go wrong.
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The problem is that putting nukes at sea significantly weakens the chain of command and control over the weapons, which means the risk of an accidental exchange of fire — or full-on nuclear war — between India and Pakistan will increase exponentially.
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"It sounds like someone in the chain of command made a boneheaded mistake in judgment," said Jack Keane, a retired Army general who advises Mr. Trump and said he once tried to broker a reconciliation between him and Mr. McCain.
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After eight years in the service, he was concerned and frustrated with the lack of resources for the men on the ground, whose requests for support and better vehicles were not being heard by those higher up the chain of command.
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But the Syrian regime could provide meaningful incentives, such as integrating the Kurdish forces into Damascus' chain of command and allowing a Kurdish political party to participate in Syrian elections and applying the existing law on decentralization to the Kurdish zone.
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After the investigation, it would then fall on General Thomas to ensure that any of Africa Command's findings that pointed to missteps within the Special Forces team and its chain of command would be investigated and those involved appropriately punished.
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In Barton Gellman's play-by-play of that morning in "Angler," it's strongly implied that Cheney usurped Bush's authority, ignoring the chain of command and giving fighter jets the O.K. to shoot down commercial airliners if they appeared to be hijacked.
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In a remarkable interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, Zhou [Xianwang] acknowledged that his city did not release 'timely and satisfactory' information at the start of the epidemic, and he appeared to blame higher-ups in his chain of command.
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"Complain to your boss, to HR, to compliance, to legal, to really escalate this up to the chain of command and make a formal complaint about what you believe in good faith to be a violation of the law," Marzigliano said.
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We believe this circumstance reflects a failure not just by those who prepared the FISA applications, but also by the managers and supervisors in the Crossfire Hurricane chain of command, including FBI senior officials who were briefed as the investigation progressed.
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In what Trump allies are characterizing as pushback from the Navy, Gallagher and three officers in his chain of command received notices on Wednesday to appear before boards of their peers to assess whether they would remain in the SEALs.
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If the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it is—not just for the public but for the government itself, which largely finds itself in the dark.
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Spencer was fired in November by Defense Secretary Mark Esper for going outside his chain of command by proposing a "secret agreement with the White House" regarding the case of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was accused of war crimes.
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Colonel Thomas added that the command, in an effort to be "fully transparent," was sharing information on unresolved cases and was even describing episodes that military personnel had reported up the chain of command but had not received public attention.
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Morrison said he wanted to set up a "legal framework that would allow the Commonwealth to declare a national state of emergency" before the next summer bushfire season, adding the chain of command between states and the federal government remained unclear.
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Christopher Sidoti, an Australian human rights expert, acknowledged that no "smoking gun" linked the six military leaders directly to orders to carry out genocide, but pointed to inferences of their role based on a strict chain of command in Myanmar.
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That move ultimately led to the ouster of Spencer who was "fired" by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper for going outside his chain of command by proposing a "secret agreement with the White House," according to a senior defense official.
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"He is in uncharted territory," Mabus told CNN, referring to the hyper-politicized environment that has consumed the Pentagon and long-term damage Trump's involvement in the Gallagher case will likely inflict on the military chain of command more broadly.
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Todd Harrison, who directs the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, recently told NPR: "It will create a centralized, unified chain of command that is responsible for space, because ultimately when responsibility is fragmented, no one's responsible."
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More specifically, the report highlights the role and culpability of Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing; and makes it clear that these systematic crimes followed a clear chain of command from the most senior levels of the Myanmar military.
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So, yes, taking these prosecutions out of the chain of command is about keeping bad commanders from doing bad things to victims — but it's also about relieving good commanders of the burden of making decisions they're not really trained for.
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As a December 2014 RAND Corporation analysis concluded, the CIA's assessments "contained several qualifiers that were dropped," and "as the draft [National Intelligence Estimate] went up the intelligence chain of command, the conclusions were treated increasingly definitively" by George W. Bush's political appointees.
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The other scenario is that the president wakes the military up in the middle of the night and says, "Hey, I wanna do a nuclear strike," and in that setting, he would raise a lot of alarms throughout the chain of command.
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Though activists insisted that the investigation should include the chain of command and evidence of a shoot-to-kill orders sent to the head of the patrol, international pressure did help ensure that eight soldiers were arrested in connection to the alleged massacre.
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Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, has sought to remove the military chain of command in sexual assault cases after Pentagon reports found high levels of retaliation for those reporting sexual assault, but her proposal has failed to gain traction in the Senate.
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"What I have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command," Rosenstein said in a statement.
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After being stabilized in Germany, Dawson was evacuated to Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Md. The only person from his entire chain of command who was there to greet him was the operations officer from the 2014th Ordnance Company, according to Dawson.
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Perhaps Florida criminal defense attorneys will tell me that prosecutors routinely invite the accused to submit affidavits and opinions about innocence, and that teams of prosecutors convene meetings and prepare memoranda submitted up the chain of command in misdemeanor battery cases. Perhaps.
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He has spent six years making explicit the primacy of the Communist Party, a state-above-the-state that operates a parallel chain of command at every level of government, from the smallest village to the largest ministry or state-owned enterprise.
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And the person who has budget control over USAID and State department aid programmes (the director of the US Office of Foreign Assistance) reports to someone else altogether, who then reports to the Secretary of State along a separate chain of command.
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Clapper, who served in the military and the intelligence community since the 1960s before retiring in January, has become an increasingly outspoken critic of the president, an unusual move for someone who's been in the chain of command most of his life.
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"Command and control of Somali National Army (SNA) units is the responsibility of the Federal Government of Somalia, and it has has unilateral discretion to manage personnel within the SNA through their own chain of command," AFRICOM spokeswoman Samantha Reho told VICE News.
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Motherboard talked with the Philadelphia Police Department over email, which released this statement:We have been informed that this unmarked vehicle belongs to the police department; however, the placing of any particular decal on the vehicle was not approved through any chain of command.
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So they created this new framework: the independent counsel framework, in which the attorney general could be asked to appoint an independent counsel who would have separate funding, operate outside of the Justice Department chain of command, and could investigate executive branch scandals.
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Normally, the design of a GM car — even a concept — takes months, as each sketch, each line, is sent up the chain of command, requiring dozens of people to give their input, make their own changes and eventually sign off on it.
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"The special counsel will have all of the powers of a federal prosecutor, but he will do his work outside of the regular chain of command in the Justice Department," said Brian C. Kalt, a professor of law at Michigan State University.
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Ohr consulted his chain of command and the intelligence community about what appeared to be an extraordinary overture that raised hopes the government could negotiate what Assange would release and what he might redact, to protect the names of exposed U.S. officials.
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Michael McNally, the deputy fire chief for Coral Springs who made the repeated requests to enter the building, told the Herald that inefficiency and chaos in the Broward County chain of command led to problems with the office's response to the shooting.
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Now a widening Marine Corps inquiry into the death and other hazing at Parris Island — and of the chain of command that allowed it to happen — has identified 20 enlisted Marines and officers, including many in the Third Battalion, for potential criminal charges.
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In my command capacity I was responsible that personnel with access to these weapons had an unwavering and absolute confidence in the unified chain of command, because such confidence was absolutely essential-- vital-- in the event the use of those weapons was authorized.
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Here on the Sinaloan side of town, the driver or the street watcher—or maybe both, Luis guesses—are likely reporting back to the puntero up on the hill, who will then ping word of our presence up the mobile chain of command.
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One thing about Jared and Ivanka that has deeply frustrated Kelly — as a general as well as chief of staff — is that they enjoy family privileges and live outside his chain of command, even though as staff they are technically under his authority.
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While Esper believes commanders and service leaders are in the best position to make major decisions for their forces, he has given explicit instructions to those officials that any major decision needs to be communicated up the chain of command, officials say.
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Man-kei Tam, the director of Amnesty International's chapter in Hong Kong, who said the police had used excessive force, said it was unclear whether those inquiries would extend to the chain of command, as opposed to the actions of individual officers.
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"The central problem was that the chain of command regarded the mission primarily as a training opportunity for Marines, rather than as a complex real-world mission involving significant risk," read the House subcommittee report by Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican.
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In November of last year, Buzzfeed published a story with previously unreported details concerning the inspector general's investigation into a senior department official accused of sexually harassing five people under his chain of command, including one woman who alleged he had raped her.
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He was raised in rural poverty — his father drove a motorcycle pedicab and his mother was a fish vendor — and made his way up the chain of command by earning a reputation as a soldier who never backed down from a fight.
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Mr. Bannon's purported crimes: Leaking nasty stories about General McMaster and other colleagues he deems insufficiently populist; feuding bitterly with Mr. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner; and creating his own cadre within the West Wing that operates outside the chain of command.
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More than 5,000 generally low-level Wells Fargo employees were fired during the scandal, which strongly suggests that there were numerous enablers in the bank's chain of command beyond Mr. Stumpf, Ms. Tolstedt and four lower-level executives, who were fired in February.
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Never was this more apparent than his intervention — spurred on by a right-wing Fox news commentator — in overruling the Naval chain of command in punishing a Navy seal turned in by colleagues for illegal acts in combat and found guilty of one.
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Benjamin Read, manager of cyber espionage analysis for U.S.-based FireEye, said the technical exploits and remote chain of command used to mount the attacks all clearly pointed to APT 28, whose vast scope of activities his firm has detailed since 2014.
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Alexander Vindman, who signed off on the transcript of President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and reported his concerns about Trump pressuring Zelensky up his chain of command, was told not to talk about the Ukraine call.
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"Ideally, it removes the chaos and it gives John Kelly the free hand that he needs to establish a real chain of command — make sure that things run orderly and the president's policies are pursued," King told The Hill in an interview.
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In practice this has meant that the chain of command from senior leader to soldiers on the ground has never been stable for longer than three to six months — making it impossible for the military to focus beyond short-term tactical gains.
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A classified report on the deadly attack in Niger last fall found that disregard for the chain of command and a rush to approve a mission were contributing factors to the deaths of four U.S. soldiers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
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But, as the OIG report notes, Comey had various options available to disclose Trump's deeply troubling conduct within established FBI rules: he could have provided the information within the chain of command at the Justice Department, to the OIG, or to Congress.
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The ongoing investigation has uncovered evidence that the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, was operating outside the usual State Department chain of command to pressure the Ukrainian government to launch investigations that could help Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
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No new group, or "set," could be formed without being sanctioned; members had to follow a strict chain of command; meetings were held and bylaws were upheld; and discipline was issued with scrupulous regularity, particularly for wayward members within the same Trinitarios gang.
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So when a promising young military servicewoman named Martha McSally was raped by a male superior officer on her journey to enter that distinct boys club, it was hardly surprising that she did not report the allegation up the chain of command.
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Claire McCaskill (D-MO), say this reform would undermine the chain of command and interfere with commanders' ability to deal with problems in their units — and that commanders are actually more aggressive than outside prosecutors about moving forward with sexual assault cases.
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This stems from allegations by three soldiers also arrested in the "death platoon" case who allege they were tortured in an effort to force them to accept being scapegoats in the case where responsibility for human rights abuses goes further up the chain of command.
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A muddled chain of command, differing worldviews and staff spats can cost a fortune in business and wreak havoc on a campaign, but in an administration the negative outcomes are far more severe -- particularly on issues of national security, multiple White House veterans cautioned.
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