Sentence examples for general nominated from inspiring English sources

Afghanistan's presidential election may be taking the country to the brink, but the US army general nominated to helm the terminal phase of America's longest war sees nothing but "good news".

A1 Air Force Promotions Blocked Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho is blocking the promotions of more than 850 Air Force officers, including young pilots who fought in Iraq and the general nominated to bail out the scandal-plagued United States Air Force Academy, in a rare clash between the Pentagon and a senior Republican lawmaker.

William H. Pryor, the Alabama attorney general nominated to an appeals court judgeship by President Bush, has been opposed for several weeks by Democrats who say his opposition to legalized abortion and his calls for greater Christian influence in the law and government make him unfit for the bench.

The general nominated another subordinate to replace his colleague Nguyen Van Xuan, but Minh Mạng overruled him and instead appointed one of his mandarins Bui Minh Duc to the post.

Other solicitor generals nominated to the Supreme Court, include: William Howard Taft, Stanley Reed, Robert Jackson, and Thurgood Marshall.

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Deputy Inspector General Christopher Sharpley will take on the acting IG position until a new CIA inspector general is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Secretary General Kofi Annan nominated Sergio Vieira de Mello, left, a career United Nations official, to succeed Mary Robinson as the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The panel also got a rare public appearance from the leader of the Joint Special Operations Command, army Lieutenant General Joseph Votel, nominated for elevation to run the overarching US Special Operations Command.

Clinton insisted he must have a woman as attorney general, then nominated Zoe Baird knowing she had broken the law by failing to pay taxes for a housekeeper.

His citation read: In February 1944, the appointment of Herring as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria led to a vacancy at I Corps, for which General Blamey nominated both Vasey and Savige, but, "having regard to their respective careers", recommended the latter.