The Gulf of Guinea was one of the primary areas in Africa where "stability," the command spokesman assured me, had "improved significantly," and the U.S. military had played a major role in bringing it about.
One of the most striking shortcomings of the military, the Western diplomat said, was the failure to develop a system that would give the Chinese a method of joint command to assure overall coordination in war fighting and reduce rivalries among the navy, air force and army similar to that in the United States and other Western countries.
If Mr. Bush does persist in sending more American troops to Baghdad, despite Congress's amply justified opposition, he will have to establish clear lines of command that assure that those troops can enter the strongholds of the Shiite militias responsible for much of the violence without militia leaders' being tipped off by allies in the Iraqi government.
Command staff also assured union officials that supervision and oversight in the field would be addressed, a problem that often rises as patrol officers are used for other functions.
In 1761, he was promoted to major general, and in 1762, again with the assistance of his brother, was placed in command of the 22nd Regiment, which assured a command even in peacetime.
Weerasethakul deliberately adopts supposedly bad technique – not unusual among video artists – but what is rare among practitioners of such a relatively young medium is his highly sophisticated and apparently fully assured compositional command.
Against Bournemouth on Saturday, Huddersfield - and Mirfin in particular - looked much more like their old selves with the defender assured and commanding.
Normally so assured and commanding the ball has been like a slippery bar of soap every time it has come his way.
Before confirming him in his new command, senators must assure themselves that he has learned the hard lessons from these mistakes and will insist on lawful treatment of detainees and candid military reporting.
He was calm, he was assured and his command of his arguments was strong.
