Example sentences of "the chairman of [art] joint [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | On the second day of ‘ Operation Just Cause ’ the US still had no idea of the whereabouts of General Noriega , according to General Colin Powell , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff . |
2 | Colin Powell , the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , put the matter most clearly ( which is getting to be a habit ) when he testified to Congress on February 19th . |
3 | The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was also standing as the man behind the desk read the slip of paper he had just been handed . |
4 | He asked the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff if he should pull out the Ariadne which they knew , of course , was sitting over the crashed plane . |
5 | And after you 've sent your signal to Athens and I 've composed a suitably stirring message to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington . ’ |
6 | In a fine speech that preceded the president 's , Colin Powell , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , said in essence that it was wrong for servicemen to hold back respect for their commander-in-chief simply because of what he did long ago . |
7 | Like the vice-president , the chairman of the joint chiefs must keep his advice to the president secret . |
8 | Following the reshuffle , the President , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , the Army and police chiefs , and the Ministers of External Affairs , Petroleum Resources , and Budget , were all northern Moslems . |
9 | Soon after 1 p.m. , as sporadic gunfire continued to be heard in the capital , Gen. Sani Abacha , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army Staff , declared that the Chiefs of Staff had pledged their loyalty to the President , and that " most of the disloyal elements have been arrested and are already undergoing interrogation " . |
10 | It was announced on Feb. 5 that Bush was dispatching Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Gen. Colin Powell , to Saudi Arabia to examine the situation . |
11 | At the same time , the Commander-in-Chief of the US Central Command , Gen. Joseph P. Hoar , held a series of separate meetings with Gen. Janjua , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee , Gen. Shamim Alam Khan , and the Chief of Air Staff , Air Chief Marshal Faruq Feroze Khan . |