His war commander has asked for an additional forty thousand troops.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

He is at war and he is serving under a commander, and so the behavior of these people towards one another is not precisely like what it would be.

他们乐于战斗并服从命令,这种特殊的主从的关系,和我们所想象的完全不同

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The last president to remove a war commander was Harry Truman.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

David McKiernan, the allied land war commander, visited the British headquarters here today to be briefed on the attacks.

CNN: Basra offers a lesson on taking Baghdad

Robin Brims, the British land war commander, briefed him on a plan, which foresees the consolidation of allied control over the city in a matter of days and then a British push north on Highway 6.

CNN: Basra offers a lesson on taking Baghdad

Speaking to the Senate Armed Service Committee, the Iraq war commander told lawmakers that there had been "significant but uneven security progress" in Iraq since the so-called surge strategy put 30, 000 more soldiers on the ground in Iraq.

NPR: Petraeus Hearing a Campaign Stop for Candidates