The initial military objectives of OEF-A, as articulated by Former President George W. Bush in his 20 September Address to a Joint Session of Congress and his 7 Oct address to the country, included the destruction of terrorist training camps and infrastructure within Afghanistan, the capture of al-Qaeda leaders, and the cessation of terrorist activities in Afghanistan.

Former President Álvaro Uribe intensified military operations against the FARC-EP, seeking to defeat them.

Former Tsarist officers were utilized as " military specialists " ( voenspetsy ), sometimes taking their families hostage in order to ensure loyalty.

* 2007 – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.

Former President Niyazov stated that the neutrality would prevent Turkmenistan from participating in multi-national defense organizations, but allows military assistance.

Former Bletchley Park mathematician-cryptologist Gordon Welchman has written: " Ultra would never have gotten off the ground if we had not learned from the Poles, in the nick of time, the details both of the German military Enigma machine, and of the operating procedures that were in use.

Former Justice of the Peace Harry C. Staton was killed, and Ephraim Morgan, Governor of West Virginia, pleaded in person with President Harding for federal military support.

* June 7 – Former Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané seizes control over military barracks in Bissau, marking the beginning of the Guinea-Bissau Civil War ( 1998 – 99 ).

An interim report of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities ( 1993 ) says: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has put on trial, and in some cases has convicted, a number of politicians and military commanders indicted for forced deportations in that region.

Former Foreign Minister Chen Yi, angered at a Politburo meeting, said factionalism was going to completely destroy the military, and in turn the party.

Former officers have emphasized that they never felt as limited by the logic of MAD ( and were prepared to use nuclear weapons in smaller scale situations than " Assured Destruction " allowed ), and did not deliberately target civilian cities ( though they acknowledge that the result of a " purely military " attack would certainly devastate the cities as well ).

Former British colonies, whose defence had provided much of the rationale for a British military presence in the region, moved towards independence under British governments of both parties.

Former Prime Minister Daoud seized power in a military coup on July 17, 1973, after allegations of corruption and poor economic conditions against the King's government.

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Former Soviet / Russian doctrine sacrifices tactical flexibility and adaptability for strategic and operational flexibility and adaptability ; tactical personnel are trained as relatively inflexible executors of specific, detailed orders, while the operational-strategic level of Russian military doctrine is where most innovation takes place.

Former striking miners have alleged that soldiers in police uniform were also used on the picket lines, to avoid publicising the necessity of bringing in the military ( this has never been proven ).

* Former CNN military analyst Perry Smith describes the controversy in the American Journalism Review

Category: Former military ranks of the Royal Air Force

Former " off-limit " military training areas have been converted into well-used public parks.

Former members of the college include the political and military leader Oliver Cromwell, the noted early historian Thomas Fuller and the 17th century poet and dramatist Thomas May.

* Ne Win Former military commander of Burma from 1962.

Most men had little or no loyalty to the Former Qin, and many were forced to join or joined only because of military rations and pay.

Former German military organisations have been the old German state armies, the Reichswehr ( 1921 – 1935 ) and the Wehrmacht ( 1935 – 1945 ).

Former Scientologist Jon Atack argued, in A Piece of Blue Sky ( 1990 ), that treatment of Sea Org members in the RPF was a " careful imitation of techniques long-used by the military to obtain unquestioning obedience and immediate compliance to orders, or more simply to break men's spirits ..." One former member, Gerry Armstrong, said that during his time in the Sea Org in the 1970s he spent over two years banished to the RPF as a punishment:

* Roberto Valenzuela Simons – Former Mayor of Puerto Cortés, former General Manager of Empresa Nacional Portuaria ( Honduras National Port Authority ), he went into exile to Mexico during military governments.

Former boxing champion Acelino Freitas, who was a close friend of Gatti, claimed Gatti and Rodrigues were having problems and were about to separate.

Former British Prime Minister Attlee says Eisenhower was not a `` great soldier ''.

The " Former Standard ," used for about 300 years or more in speech in refined language, was the " Schönbrunner Deutsch ", a sociolect spoken by the imperial Habsburg Family and the nobility of Austria-Hungary.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ( who was famously mistaken for a " recent American immigrant " by French President Nicolas Sarkozy ), said " descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.

Former Milan player Nils Liedholm was the manager at the time, with players such as Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Pruzzo and Falcão.

Former MSI members were however still the bulk of the new party and former MSI leader Gianfranco Fini was elected leader of the new party.

Former Scotland and Lions fullback Andy Irvine was appointed as tour manager in 2010.

Former CEO Dale Fuller was fired in July 2005 after a series of financial and commercial blunders, but remained on the board of directors.

Former COO Scott Arnold took the title of interim president and chief executive officer until November 8, 2005, when it was announced that Tod Nielsen would take over as CEO effective November 9, 2005.

Modern scholarly thinking is that the books originated by combining a number of independent texts of various ages when the larger Deuteronomistic history ( the Former Prophets plus Deuteronomy ) was being composed in the period c. 630-540 BCE.

Former Gate House President Dave Ruhl commented that " the Gate House camaraderie is unique " and that living there was " one of the most important parts of the university experience " for many.

In the 1994 edition, the name of the entry was changed to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as it is officially recognised by the United Nations ( awaiting for the resolution of the Macedonia naming dispute ).

Former President César Gaviria became Secretary General of the OAS in September 1994 and was reelected in 1999.

Former Browns RB Jim Brown, who was a prominent member of the 1964 NFL Championship team, the team's all-time leader in rushing yards, and a Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

Former Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme was a backup in New Orleans before signing with Carolina in 2003.

Former Split Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner produced the track " Can't Carry On " and was asked to join the band.

Former Pope Gregory XII was then created titular Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Ruffina by the Council, with rank immediately below the Pope ( which made him the highest-ranking person in the Church, since, due to his abdication, the See of Peter was vacant ).

Former Compaq CEO Capellas was mentioned by some as a potential successor, but several months afterwards, Mark Hurd was hired as President and CEO of HP.

In 1999, Barrymore was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star " Lifetime Achievement " Award commemorating her outstanding achievements within the film industry as a child actress.

Eisenhower was also the first outgoing President to come under the protection of the Former Presidents Act ; two living former Presidents, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, left office before the Act was passed.

* Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked, in 2003, whether he has duct tape, plastic sheeting, and a three-day supply of bottled water at home.

Former Emperor Haile Selassie was a founder of the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ).

Former ELO member Tandy rejoined the band a short time afterwards for two television live performances: VH1 Storytellers and a PBS concert shot at CBS Television City, later titled Zoom Tour Live, that was released on DVD.