Sergeant Baitinger, a Rapid Response Instructor, recognized that he was the best qualified to handle the shield and lead the entry and assumed that role.

WHITEHOUSE: Background on Medal of Valor Ceremony

In every stage win, including the final Sunday dash along the Champs Elysees, Cavendish was paced by teammate George Hincapie, who would sprint to the lead with a kilometer to go and shield Cavendish from the wind.

FORBES: Leadership Lessons From The Tour De France

Still, doubts that this will offer much of a shield under real-life conditions lead to grousing.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Then it can expand the shield to protect the allies and lead the way to a new era in which defenses promote global stability.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Because the Left was in the government in 2002, 2006 and 2009, the media supported Defensive Shield, the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Enter the Netanyahu Government

The past decade's major policies: the withdrawal from Gaza, the construction of the security fence, the acceptance of the road map peace plan, the Annapolis Conference, Operation Defensive Shield, the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead all shared one central feature.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A low and dishonest decade

She said during Operation Cast Lead the IDF filmed a Hamas gunman in Gaza using a child as a human shield in order to safely cross a street.

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