He is technically extremely competent and actually in command, but far too wily to let me know that.
So Chase tried again: on Sept. 24, two days after Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, he wrote Bates an official letter soliciting an opinion on the question: "Are colored men Citizens of the United States, and therefore Competent to command American vessels?" The timing of the letter could not have been coincidental.
Patients were eligible if they had incurable cancer, an estimated life-expectancy of six months or less, were competent, had adequate command of the Dutch language, were expected to stay mostly at home, and had a general practitioner as the primary responsible physician.
Castelo Melhor overcame the difficulties which had hitherto beset Portugal in the war against Spain, reorganizing the troops (now reinforced by an English contingent by virtue of the English king Charles II's marriage to Catherine of Braganza) and entrusting their command to competent generals.
The British had to save face, and there were hostages to be rescued, so an army of retribution was sent in, this time commanded by competent soldiers, so that it achieved its aims soon enough.
The Persians rebuilt their fleet and placed a competent Athenian admiral, Conon, in command.
Montgomery picked the quietly competent and methodical Dempsey to command the Second Army, which contained several Canadian and Polish units as well as British forces, in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
They're the kind of ultra-competent, ultra-boring managers who can command armies and change the health care system in an entire state.
Achieving something useful politically in Iraq means replacing Saddam Hussein's government with one that is not only decent and just, but also competent and stable, and that manages to command the support of the majority of the Iraqi people.
The American military justice system is the finest in the world, with longstanding traditions of forbidding command influence on proceedings, of providing zealous advocacy by competent defense counsel, and of procedural fairness.
