If the colonel hadn t played his cards so well, I would be repairing airplanes in some corner of England!

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On 27 December, 1972, Lieutenant-Colonel A T P Millen had noted that "the destruction" of Aghalane Bridge "suits us well in that it closes a route frequently used by Republic-based terrorists".

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Colonel Fenley says the military won't know the overall impact on retention until the end of the year, but the numbers, he says, are encouraging.

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Mr. ROONEY: I don't believe that Lieutenant Frank said anything that necessarily hurts Colonel Chessani.

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Mr Miliband said that attempts to fly British nationals out of Libya had resulted in "fiasco", and criticised Foreign Secretary William Hague for "talk of Colonel Gaddafi heading to Venezuela when he wasn't".

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Mr. SCHACTMAN: As one guy I really respect who's a lieutenant colonel pointed out, it's like you can't predict who's going to win the Iowa caucuses, and now, you're going to replicate freewill.

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Colonel Bob Ireland said some officials in the military still don't think that treating emotional problems is a priority.

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After all, says German army Colonel Udo Kalbfleisch, "without giving soldiers proper protection you can't motivate them" and points to a video showing the heavily armoured Dingo that protects German soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan.

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Colonel JIM YONTZ (U.S. Military Spokesman): We don't see that they're more capable or stronger than before.

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