Major Robert Anderson, the commander of the small United States force at Sumter, wrote that his food supplies were low.

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The Union military commander for Ohio was General Ambrose Burnside, a former commander of the Army of the Potomac.

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The commander of the naval force, Captain Fox, had hoped to move the soldiers to Sumter in small boats.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

He was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, the leader of the occupation forces that would rule Japan.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his commander in Charleston, General Beauregard, to destroy the fort before the food could arrive.

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The fort's commander asked Pryor if he would like the honor of firing the mortar that would begin the attack.

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Finally,spacecraft commander Armstrong and NASA flight controllers agreed it was time to separate the lander module Eagle from the command module Columbia.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.

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(Silence) On April tenth, Jefferson Davis sent his decision to the Confederate commander at Charleston, General Pierre Beauregard.

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The Union commander,General Hooker, had to keep his army between Lee and Washington to prevent the Confederates from seizing the national capital.

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The commander of the ships had been worried that they could hit rocks if they were not careful.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Five days after Lee's surrender, Johnston asked for a meeting with General William Sherman, the commander of Union forces in North Carolina.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Six days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the commander of Charleston's forts decided to move his men to Fort Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He and three other cabinet members signed a note demanding that Lincoln remove McClellan as Commander of the Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

He told his secretary of war to send an order to the military commander in New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

But he never did the same with the American ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, a former commander in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

This week marked Barack Obama's first month as president -- and his first major action as commander-in-chief.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The disagreement between the two ended in nineteen fifty-one, when President Truman dismissed General MacArthur as commander.

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Amador used the money to buy the support of the Colombian military commander in Panama City,the capital.

VOA: special.2010.08.19

He argued that Lincoln had been commander-in-chief of all military forces and had been murdered during wartime.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

The United States military commander in New Mexico advised the people not to recognize the man.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

For now,the deployment in the coming months will be smaller than the top American commander requested.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The Confederate commander, General Lee,said: "This has been a sad day for us, a sad day."

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The commander was to use force to oppose any attempt by Texas to seize the territory.

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His top commander in Afghanistan is reportedly asking for as many as forty thousand additional troops.

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