Before and after flight operations he will likely be meeting with department heads, participating in daily briefings with the embarked flag officer and the CAG, and completing numerous administrative responsibilities generated by a command as large as the carrier.

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Tom Quigley, an IRS public-affairs officer, showed up at the Manhattan office with an IRS flag he had specially made for the occasion.

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Do you as a police officer, Ronald Hampton, in that situation, do you have to sort of show the flag for the police force and show that you're in charge?

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