Recent reports, however, indicate that the Department of Defense, under the forward-thinking leadership of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, strongly favors the creation of a separate military command for Africa.

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As notable is the assent of retired Air Force General Lee Butler, former head of the Strategic Air Command, who underwent a very public post-service revulsion against America's nuclear strategy.

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In 1815, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by a joint British, German and Dutch force under the command of the Duke of Wellington and General Gebhard von Bluecher.

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There has been no terror attack on mainland France since 1995, when a series of bombings was claimed by a group calling itself the Armed Islamic Group general command.

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And thanks -- thanks to the leadership of a brilliant general, David Petraeus, and the brave men and women he has the honor to command...

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Since then, fighting between rebels and a Palestinian faction reportedly led by Ahmad Jibril, a longtime leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command, has rocked the camp.

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