She has never been a judge, but has served as governor and attorney general of the state of Arizona.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The general has not made a specific troop request, but experts say he could ask for as many as 40,000,maybe more, on top of the doubling of U.S.troop strength to 68,000 in the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22