General James Conway, truly a Marine's Commandant, has been in the thick of these issues throughout his four-year tenure.

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And, of course, the Marine Commandant General James Conway told reporters just last week he wants to see even more Marines head to Afghanistan.

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Gates then selected a successor to retiring Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway who was likely to be more tractable in deliberations about future military needs.

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James Conway and a small group of Marines.

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General JAMES CONWAY (Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps): Everyone seems to agree that additional forces are the ideal course of action for preventing a Taliban comeback, but just where they're going to come from is still up for discussion.

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Bankers still struggling with declining collateral values on their commercial real estate loans and tougher scrutiny from examiners aren't going to risk hits to their capital by lending to weak firms until the economy is in a clear upswing, says James Whitney, of Conway MacKenzie, a Birmingham, Mich. financial consulting firm.

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The play was last seen on Broadway in 1974, with James Earl Jones and Kevin Conway playing the two friends.

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