"This is a man, a combatant commander who has won two wars, " one official said.

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Here's a radical thought: The abrupt resignation yesterday of the Combatant Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J.

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The Bush Administration has created the Department of Homeland Security, while the Defense Department has organized a new Northern Command in which for the first time a combatant commander has the entire continental United States within his area of responsibility.

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Although the Unified Command Plan establishes the authority of the Geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) to plan and conduct security cooperation activities within an assigned area of responsibility, there are a number of programs or activities over which the GCC has no influence.

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He is one of nine U.S. combatant commanders in the world and is currently the top U.S. military commander in the Pacific Rim.

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