Example sentences of "chairman of [art] [noun] [adj] chiefs " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claiming a military success in toppling the regime , even while General Manuel Antonio Noriega remained at large , the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Colin Powell , said : ‘ Noriega has been decapitated from the dictatorship of this nation . ’ |
| 2 | The foreword is written jointly by a former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former Under secretary of the Navy . |
| 3 | Responding to Chervov 's call for the inclusion of naval forces in the current Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) talks , the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , Gen. Colin Powell , said that " the real threat in Europe [ did ] not come from the US Navy but from the overwhelming Soviet ground forces , backed by air forces " . |
| 4 | On Jan. 23 Gen. Colin Powell , Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , gave the most comprehensive public account of the progress of the air campaign since the beginning of the war . |
| 5 | At a separate press briefing on Dec. 4 , US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell , chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , indicated that troops might stay longer , a view also expressed , on Dec. 8 , by President-elect Bill Clinton . |
| 6 | The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , General Bradley , objected to a British proposal for a joint study of future Soviet moves . |
| 7 | Admiral Radford , chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , urged the use of American air ( and nuclear ) power to relieve the French force facing defeat at Dien Bien Phu . |