Allen will be the first Marine to hold the top post in either that war or Iraq.
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In 1993 Keith Busse was passed over for the top post at Nucor, the country's largest steel producer.
Before he took over the Army's top post in November 1998, Shinseki spent his career with U.S. armored forces.
Now comes Yasuo Fukuda to the top post, as the Liberal Democrats try to shore up their political flank.
Legal probes are ongoing and Woodford has met with top shareholders in an effort to regain the top post.
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He resigned from the group's top post Aug. 22 to lead his newly formed National Mandate Party, or PAN in Indonesian.
Nor did he gain a top post until age 50, when he was named administrator of the First Ministry of Machine-building Industry.
Morsi was not originally his party's pick for the country's top post.
Tuesday, the 42-year-old descendant of the company's founder had his first meeting with stock analysts since taking the top post in October 2006.
But political analysts say the Obama team's unprecedented degree of scrutiny could result in several qualified individuals deciding to forgo consideration for a top post.
Earlier this month, Mr Museveni promoted Major-General James Kazini, the officer Rwanda blames for the fighting at Kisangani, to the top post in the Ugandan army.
In 1993 Keith Busse was passed over for the top post at Nucor (nyse: NUE - news - people ), the country's largest steel producer.
That clears the way for a general loyal to Mr Montesinos to get the top post in December, followed by the former intelligence chief's brother-in-law a year later.
The national trade association for fine jewelry retailers in the U.S. has tapped a jewelry industry veteran and the former manager of a competing tradeshow for its top post.
Bernadette, a rare example of a woman in a top post, has worked at Kalbe since 1987, thus bringing over two decades of experience to the top job when appointed.
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First deputy managing director Stanley Fischer, a candidate for the top post, has said the IMF does not oppose currency curbs if they support needed restructuring (as they did in Malaysia).
Her foreign descent was a major reason she didn't become prime minister despite leading her party to electoral victory in 2004, leaving Manmohan Singh to take the top post in India's government.
Widely viewed as a contender for the Merrill job, oddsmakers thought he'd more likely end up in the recently vacated top post at Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ).
Her foreign descent was a major reason she did not become Prime Minister despite leading her party to electoral victory in 2004, leaving Manmohan Singh to take the top post in India's government.
Glocer, the first American and non-journalist to hold the top post at Reuters Group, is credited by analysts with having shaped the company up to compete with larger rival Bloomberg by improving the company's trading products.
George Yip is leaving the top post at the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands for the China Europe International Business School, or CEIBS, where John Quelch, a onetime head of London Business School, recently became dean.
Glocer, the first American and non-journalist to hold the top post at Reuters Group (nasdaq: RTRSY - news - people ), is credited by analysts with having shaped the company up to compete with larger rival Bloomberg by improving the company's trading products.
Not that the top civilian post in the 19-member alliance is a poisoned chalice.
The board of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra voted today to appoint American conductor Marin Alsop to its top artistic post.
Lastly, if all goes well, Mr Aznar might reasonably expect a top international post when his four years are up.
Elop, who got the top Nokia post in September, has been working with and assessing these executives for several months, he noted.
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During the Clinton administration, then-Secretary of Defense William Cohen declined to give her a top Pentagon post in the face of intense controversy about her views.
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After a couple of years off, we're re-booting the top yearly post tradition, so without further ado, here's a list of the articles that brought the biggest page-view ruckus in 2012.
Take a look at the Spark Device project on Kickstarter (link at top of post) and imagine how useful it would be to control your lights with a simple device and app.
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