How To Use Commander-in-chief In A Sentence

The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
On Navy Day July 27, 2008 the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky spoke of a revival of Russian naval power over the next decade and declared that the navy would add six carrier battle groups to its complement of warships. News on www.kyivpost.com
Yes, sir," Captain Blake said, and watched his commander-in-chief smile arctically. Beyond the Sunrise
He had no executive experience—Washington was a former commander-in-chief and plantation owner; Jefferson was getting valuable training as chief wirepuller of an opposition party. America's First Dynasty
As the war gained in importance, so too did Stalin's authority as the commander-in-chief and leader.

December 5th, 2009 1: 27 pm ET it is odd that the "certifcation of birth" that Obama produced would not be acceptable as proof of birth or citizenship to pass a high-level security clearance with a defense contractor, yet somehow the American public has given him a "pass" on this to be commander-in-chief. Palin defends Obama birth certificate inquiries
Marshal found that a tough resistance awaited him, although the allied commander-in-chief, Bernadotte, moved with the utmost caution, as if he were bent on justifying Napoleon's recent sneer that he would "only make a show" (_piaffer_). The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
So there I was - Colonel Harry Paget Flashman, late of the 11th Hussars, 17th Lancers and the Staff, former aide to the Commander-in-Chief, and now acting-sowar and rear file in the skirmishing squadron, 3rd Cavalry, Bengal Army, and if you think it was a mad-brained train of circumstance that had taken me there - well, so did I. Fiancée
The rubble had hardly stopped vibrating in Iraq when our cocky Commander-in-Chief -- himself an "undistinguished" former Air National Guard pilot -- shamelessly played dress-up in a navy flight suit to declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq. The Excuses Administration
It does make sense but nevertheless, at least in theory, the president should be the commander-in-chief.
Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Francis Nicola received a unique Christmas gift Thursday: a phone call from his commander-in-chief. Obama makes Christmas call to sailor
The president is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces - a position he takes immediately on taking the oath of office.
The Senate of ancient Rome, another republic with imperial entanglements, entrusted war-making to a commander-in-chief, the imperator or emperor, whose office became all-powerful, hereditary, and its holder a living god.
And with all attention directed towards the death-struggle just up the road, no one was paying the least heed to the big Kabuli badmash scratching himself furtively outside the Commander-in-Chief's funkhole. Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
It was Miltiades who swayed the Athenian commander-in-chief, Callimachus, to wage battle, and it was Miltiades who had his reputation enhanced the most by the events of Marathon. Asher Smith: 2,500 Years Later, Political Lessons From Marathon
First he approached Prince Ajatasattu, son and heir of King Bimbisara and commander-in-chief of the Magadhan army. Buddha
The commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday, the military situation between China and Taiwan is quiet and neither side appears to be in combat position.
Without his directorate, and no longer having the urgent support of the prime minister and the commander-in-chief, he drifted.
It is far more familiar, unfortunately, to consider a president as a commander-in-chief of a nation's armed forces.
It took two terms of an intelligent commander-in-chief, and another moral equivocator, former law professor Bill Clinton, for the Republicans to search again for an unequivocal moral crusader with not a whole lot going on upstairs. James Marshall Crotty: Why Republicans Embrace Simpletons and How It Hurts America
By contrast, US Presidents, acting as commander-in-chief, have dispatched US troops abroad on more than 120 occasions.
Whereas the president, the existing commander-in-chief, can say, Listen, I know how the world works.
This is the kind of manufactured issue that our politics has become obsessed with and, once again, distracts us from what should be my job when I'm commander-in-chief, which is going to be figuring out how we get our troops out of Iraq and how we actually make our economy better for the American people. TIME.com: Top Stories
States have long stopped being separate political entities electing one overseeing commander-in-chief.
It will be the commander-in-chief, the president of the United States.
By the conduct and courage of Johanan, though the death of the slain is not revenged, yet the prisoners are recovered, and he now becomes their commander-in-chief, ver. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is a civilian. Think Progress » Missouri Lawmaker’s Argument Against Repealing DADT: It Would Be A ‘Cultural Affront’ To Terrorists
The unparalleled rapidity with which he rode from Cape Town to Grahamstown, a distance of 600 miles, accomplishing it in less than six days; his indefatigable and most able exertion from the moment of his arrival to expel the savage enemy from the ground their unexpected and treacherous invasion had gained – to afford protection and support to the inhabitants; to restore confidence and to organize the armed population, and combine the resources of the country – have been beyond all praise, and justly entitle him to the grateful acknowledgments of the Colony and of the Commander-in-Chief. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
The battalion went on parade to welcome the new commander-in-chief.
But, as commander-in-chief and defence minister, it is virtually impossible that she knew nothing about what was taking place.
Breyer and Ginsburg are fine Supreme Court justices and capable defenders of the status quo, but neither are what Cass Sunstein has called "visionaries" - justices that have "a large-scale understanding of where the nation should be heading" and are "entirely willing to press a controversial theory about, say, liberty or equality or the president's power as commander-in-chief, even if that theory offends many Americans. Doug Kendall: The Supreme Court Intensity Gap
Well she's made such a case for herself - Bosnia sniper fire, "hard working white people", "not a muslim as far as I know", "John McCain has passed the commander-in-chief threshhold, Obama gave a speech", Bill's claiming Obama "slimed" Hillary (and note - that was just YESTERDAY!). Hillary Supporter Dianne Feinstein: The Race Is Over, Make Hillary Veep
The Haitian-born Jean said it would have felt "kind of strange" to remain a French national, given the duties she will be assuming, including the title of commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces. Archive 2010-01-01
Reform was further hampered by the reactionary commander-in-chief from 1856 to 1895: the Duke of Cambridge who, as the queen's cousin, was held to be irremovable.
Here was the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, in a combat zone on Thanksgiving day, serving chow to his soldiers.
Rodrigo later rendered such distinguished services in the war in which Sancho became involved with Aragon that he was made alferez (standard-bearer or commander-in-chief) of the king's troops. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
One among them wore a yellow sash, trimmed in gold, about his waist, and on his breast two yellow circles with red crosses interlapping, denoting his rank to be the Grand Dragon of the Realm, or Commander-in-Chief of the State. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
Soares, as Commander-in-Chief, urged the government to respond to military pressure for changes in pay and professional career structures.
When the Lord commissioned Peter to be a leader of the apostolic church, he presented his role not as commander-in-chief or company executive but as a provider of food.
The army under the British commander-in-chief in the Far East, Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, was defeated and in disarray. A Covert Affair
-- Feudal seignior, and suzerain, that is to say, commander-in-chief of the great resident army whose willing forces had served to reconstruct society in the ninth century, the King, through the remotest of his origins -- that is to say, through the immemorial confusion of sovereignty with property -- was the owner of France, the same as an individual owns his private domain. [ The Modern Regime, Volume 1
Once he had deployed his forces on the battlefield, the commander-in-chief could only sit in his headquarters many miles behind the front line and hope for the best.
The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
Its a shame that the commander-in-chief told more than he should have about the plan. NATO to commit at least 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan
A courageous commander-in-chief, who tells West Wing advisors sipping lattes in Italian calfskin loafers what they have to do, rather than ask the George Bush question, "What should we do? Anthony D. Romero: Obama: Close Gitmo On Day One -- You Can Do It. We've Got Your Back.
You've got to remember that he is going to be, when he becomes king, commander-in-chief.
He is a retired four-star general who served as commander-in-chief of US Atlantic Command until 1997.
To this day, the monarch is the “commander-in-chief” of the British armed forces. Matthew Yglesias » Presidential Trouble
Meanwhile, David Gergen, a former advisor to several Democratic and Republican presidents, says its been a mixed year for the new commander-in-chief. Did Obama have a good 2009?
The emergency laws give sweeping powers to the president, as defence minister and commander-in-chief of the security forces.
A couple of them then came forward to me sniggeringly, satisfied that they were not to be reported to Peking or wherever their commander-in-chief may have his residence -- they probably had no more idea than I had. Across China on Foot
Up to 250,000 people are expected to march in the city against the new commander-in-chief this weekend. Times, Sunday Times
The emperor was commander-in-chief of the imperial army. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
The power of the commander-in-chief was absolute.
Up to 250,000 people are expected to march in the city against the new commander-in-chief this weekend. Times, Sunday Times
A former White House chief of staff for President George H.W. Bush, Mr. Sununu described Mr. Gingrich as having a penchant for "self-aggrandizement" and "off-the-cuff thinking" that "is not what you want in a commander-in-chief. Tough Talk as Romney Takes Aim at Gingrich
The Commander-in-Chief agreed to the plan and also authorized Stirling to recruit a further six officers and up to forty men.
The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
Lincoln also was the first Commander-in-Chief to declare medicines contraband of war.
The emperor was commander-in-chief of the imperial army. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
The official went on to say that the US military usually invites the commander-in-chief of a branch of Taiwan's armed forces to visit the US each year.
The young lieutenant later became Lord Roberts and commander-in-chief of the Indian army.
It's commanders and senior officers work for the commander-in-chief.
I also "complimented" Cheney for (according to Bob Woodward's book) defiantly not bowing his head in the Oval Office when our intellectually challenged Commander-in-Chief asked him and the other advisors to pray with him for God's help in slaughtering Middle Easterners. CounterPunch
They were trying to build their theory of the “unitary executive,” a commander-in-chief privilege that would allow them to set policy without answering to anyone but themselves. The Good Fight
Well, they're certainly concerned, but I think we give the president, our leader, our commander-in-chief, the benefit of the doubt.
The express language of it is: 'By virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a _fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion_.' The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Why must my name forsooth be given up to the Commander-in-Chief as that of the most guilty of the grumblers? The Virginians
The president is the commander-in-chief, but only within the legal framework established by the Constitution and Congress.
All inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol have been organized by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies since 1901, and the U.S. military has participated in Inauguration Day ceremonies from the first president, as the president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The Presidential Inauguration | Edwardian Promenade
It looked to him, in his highly wrought-up state, that he was not only being second-guessed but mocked by the commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet. Sea of Thunder
As president you were also commander-in-chief of armed forces.
As I mentioned before, I think McCain's only play is to make this campaign about electing a commander-in-chief and play on the fears of "losing" a conflict we are reminded is looking peachier and peachier if we just stay the course. McCain Challenges Obama To Visit Iraq
He last visited the US when he was the commander-in-chief of the army.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!? the overly excited announcer would yell, and Cantor would then rush the ring and be suplex slammed by the commander-in-chief. HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Promote Dem Bill By Making It Less Dem-y
Worried, Gates offered two inconsistent defenses of himself: the letter was a forgery, and the offending phrase must have been “stealingly copied” by Hamilton when he was on his mission to Albany.8 Washington then told Gates the truth: that his own aide Wilkinson had blurted the words out in a tavern to another officer, who had passed it along to the commander-in-chief. Alexander Hamilton, American
He was to be the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The battalion went on parade to welcome the new commander-in-chief.
He rendered a report to the commander-in-chief.
Periodically, after an engagement had liteen tidily finished and the casualties removed from the gfeerie. they would be summoned to Hanoi, nearly four fears 'flight away, addressed by the Commander-in-Chief, lodged for one night in a Press Gamp where they boasted that the barman was the best in Indo-China, flown over the late battlefield at a height of 3,000 feet (the limit of a heavy machine-gun's range) and then delivered safely and easily back, like aschool-treat, to the Continental Hotel in Saigon. The Quiet American
His son George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, a commander-in-chief of the British army, inherited the land and leased it out for building, including the Cambridge Asylum.
The ship hauled away from the dock and proceeded to Mare Island, California, in accordance with the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Squadron.
It was to be the first British victory in the Second World War and he did it all with irregulars, including kibbutz volunteers he had trained in Palestine and had specially brought down at his request; and it was done, once again, through his old protector Archibald Wavell, whom at this point had become a full General and Commander-in-Chief of all British Forces in the Middle East. Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate?
Its commander-in-chief was General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell was put in charge of the cavalry.
‘One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.’
Mr. Nujaifi told The Wall Street Journal last month that he would defend the constitutional right of Sunni provinces to hold referendums on establishing their own semiautonomy, and propose ways, such as a constitutional amendment, to place checks on Mr. Maliki's near-absolute powers as commander-in-chief. Iraqi Crisis Ebbs as Sunnis Return to Cabinet
He is the commander-in-chief, he is our president, he has his power, and he is exercising it.
The service of our British cousins is very much appreciated by the American public and families of serving troops – even if our so-called “Commander-in-Chief” does not. Welcome Home 3 Rifles BG « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Their preparation might be entrusted to the commander-in-chief of the Land Forces and commanders of wartime military districts.
Yes, during war the US president is the commander-in-chief.
He is the first commander-in-chief without active duty military experience since Franklin D.. Roosevelt.
She plays Lady Anne, wife of the commander-in-chief of the parliamentary army, Sir Thomas Fairfax.
But inarticulateness can be a serious liability when nuanced explanations from the Commander-in-Chief are required.
The first was the sacred standard of the Prophet Mohammed, and accompanied the grand vizier in his capacity of representative and vice-regent of the sultan; and the latter was the banner which was always planted in front of the pavilion inhabited by the seraskier, or commander-in-chief of the Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
And of course, the president's their commander-in-chief all the more so.
The president, who had to be a natural-born citizen of the United States, was to be commander-in-chief of the military and the state militias when brought into federal service.
But having been sacked from field command and kicked upstairs to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, he found his true métier as an administrator and reformer.
Pursch arranged for her to be detoxed in at home before being admitted to the Navy hospital as the spouse of a commander-in-chief. Ford helped pioneer addiction treatment
Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Fleet, last week announced the operational results the fleet has achieved over the past year.
How dare they critize a sitting commander-in-chief. Rumsfeld says Obama made 'bald misstatement'
The Constitution we are likely to inherit from a second Bush Administration will be a bit like the famous New Yorker cartoon of the New Yorker's vision of the World, with the Commander-in-Chief Clause dominating the page in powerful, large letters, and the rest of the Constitutional text shrinking away into tiny, barely readable prose. Balkinization
The commander-in-chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, was Scots, but could only offer to out-produce and out-slaughter the Central Powers.
He is the first marine to take over the navy commander-in-chief's office, as well as the first native Taiwanese marine general.
With these latest actions, the government is institutionalizing a procedure under which the president, invoking his position as commander-in-chief, can issue an edict and imprison anyone he chooses.
Over the following months, de Gaulle assumed total control over political affairs and substantially reduced Giraud's authority as Commander-in-Chief.
Up to 250,000 people are expected to march in the city against the new commander-in-chief this weekend. Times, Sunday Times
Under the name of Sinam Pasha, he asserts that his father became first general of the Janizaries, then seraskier, or commander-in-chief of the whole Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton
The bulk of the arguments rest on arguments of ‘necessity’ and the powers of the president as commander-in-chief.
Commander-in-Chief Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Khalifa was quoted late Wednesday by the official news agency BNA as saying Gulf Arab forces will stay in Bahrain "in anticipation of any foreign threat. Bahrain Says Foreign Forces Will Remain
Then the athletic commander-in-chief challenged First Lady Michelle Obama to a game of tennis and hit the links at an island golf club with partners including UBS chief executive officer Robert Wolf.
Russian commander-in-chief a request that he would despatch an armed force to take possession in the name of the emperor of the khanate, then vacant by the death of the youngest son of Pachu Biké, who had been assassinated, as was said, by order of Schamyl. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
I have elsewhere said that the title "shogun" originally signified, as did the Roman military term Imperator, only a commander-in-chief: it now became the title of the supreme ruler de facto, in his double capacity of civil and military sovereign, -- the King of kings. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation
‘George W Bush has failed the test as commander-in-chief,’ he thundered.
The president, who had to be a natural-born citizen of the United States, was to be commander-in-chief of the military and the state militias when brought into federal service.
As commander-in-chief, General Franks was responsible for the way in which his men acted on the ground.
The commander-in-chief of the Netherlands military forces, General Winkelman, signed the terms of surrender on May 15, 1940.
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