Sentence examples for third in command to from inspiring English sources

The most notable achievement so far has been the apprehension of Abu Zubaydah, third in command to Osama bin Laden, primarily as a result of precise C.I.A. work in concert with Pakistani investigations.

She had pushed two second-in-commands to quit.

Gov. Michael C. Fedele, a Republican who has been the second-in-command to Gov. M. Jodi Rell.

With no clear second-in-command to take over leadership, the organization rapidly disintegrated.

Baba Chawish is a Yazidi monk and second-in-command to the religious leader, Baba Sheikh.

Lagarde also brought in a new second-in-command to the IMF, by tradition a position held by an American.

The dead man, in this case, was Thomas Bilotti, the second-in-command to Paul Castellano, the former Gambino family boss.

When the war broke out, McGeoch, physically imposing but quietly spoken, was posted as second-in-command to two boats.

In January 2013 he was appointed as Congress vice-president, in effect second-in-command to his mother, who is thought to be ill with cancer.

Mr Wolfowitz is second-in-command to Washington's biggest gun, Donald Rumsfeld, in one of the most sensitive areas of policymaking.

While at BP, Manzoni was second-in-command to Lord Browne at the time of the Texas City refinery accident – one of the worst industrial accidents in US history.