In recent weeks, a rival of General Younes, Gen. Khalifa Hiftar, has emerged as the army's most influential officer, though many of the militias still operating in the capital continue to answer to their own commanders.
In a speech on March 21st, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, the country's most influential officer, who has been a partner of Saleh's for thirty years, renounced the President, saying, "According to what I'm feeling, and according to the feelings of my partner commanders and soldiers.
October 15, 1858 Port Hope, Canada September 28, 1936 Boston, Massachusetts William Sowden Sims, (born Oct. 15, 1858, Port Hope, Ont., Can. died Sept. 28, 1936, Boston, Mass., U.S ., admiral whose persistent efforts to improve ship design, fleet tactics, and naval gunnery made him perhaps the most influential officer in the history of the U.S. Navy.
In a speech on March 21st, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, the country's most influential officer, who has been a partner of Saleh's for thirty years, renounced the President, saying, "According to what I'm feeling, and according to the feelings of my partner commanders and soldiers..
Aides to Mr. Toledo said he was in contact with influential officers in the army, but they did not disclose the content of the discussions.
Lt. Edward Szpond, once one of the most influential officers in the Elizabeth Police Department, sits these days at a desk in the department's basement, in charge of the property room.
But some influential officers are already arguing that the Army still needs to put actions behind its new words, and they have raised searching questions about whether the Army's military structure, personnel policies and weapons programs are consistent with its doctrine.
Contemporary opinion was more divided, with some influential officers expressing admiration of Curtis and others contempt.
While Mr. Stetson was one of the most influential admissions officers in the country, the extent of other counselors' experience may be more difficult for parents to divine.
Shinseki's plans have distressed constituencies inside the Army and out, including people on active duty, in the influential retired-officer corps, in the defense industry, and in Congress, where even such pro-reform legislators as Senator Joseph Lieberman, of Connecticut, urged him to slow down.
Alcibiades set about winning over the most influential military officers, and achieved his goal by offering them a threefold plan: the Athenian constitution was to be changed, the recall of Alcibiades was to be voted, and Alcibiades was to win over Tissaphernes and the King of Persia to the Athenian side.
