In addition, local commanders were given the power to coordinate the services stationed in their areas.
The pace of that will depend on evaluations by and assessments by commanders on the ground.
Visiting Iraq, Keane saw not only Petraeus and Odierno but their division and brigade commanders.
These may be some of the same commanders who speak to Congressman John Murtha.
In private, a skeptical military adviser pointed out to commanders that the numbers didn't make sense.
Barack Obama met with Iraq's prime minister and U.S. military commanders in Baghdad on Monday.
Commanders are urging soldiers to attend, and other branches of the service offer similar programs.
Commanders compared their own and enemy casualties as evidence of military success or failure.
Droukdel - isolated and marginalized - struggled to exert control over his southern commanders.
In turn, the public attention pressured commanders to pledge that returning soldiers would get better treatment.
British commanders portray this change as the success that now allows them to scale back.
As soon as Ziauddin started calling his corps commanders, they quickly put into effect their counter-coup.
Contrary to myth, their field commanders usually outdid their Allied counterparts in initiative and tactical innovation.
Or maybe such an incident occurs by accident, if overzealous commanders make a wrong move.
The soldier said there were large stores of food and even supplies of electricity for commanders.
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Military commanders seemed to want troop levels to remain high through the end of next year.
The vehicles are linked by satellite, so commanders could destroy the software remotely, if necessary.
Mr Powell said Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was supported by his military commanders and government.
Senior Nato commanders have warned that there will be a further increase in violence this year.
The renewed offensive in Iraq, he said, was a military decision made by commanders.
At midnight there is a call for all the brigade commanders in the sector.
Senior commanders in Iraq were singled out for a "failure or lack of leadership".
"Over the past two years commanders have been learning to use satellite phones, " says Imbaraj.
But too often the best initiatives are dropped when the best commanders end their tours.
Obviously, those theater commanders provide the President with written weekly updates that are quite thick.
American commanders say the risks they face of backfilling their troops with Iraqi soldiers is manageable.
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Mr Romney says he would ask commanders on the ground about troop withdrawals on taking office.
Now commanders in northern Iraq's largest city, Mosul, say they've uncovered a network of Mafia-style rackets.
Worth had started to get signals from his commanders that the operation was back on.
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Ingram's commanders had repeatedly requested permission to destroy the house and had repeatedly been denied permission.
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