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Doubleday assumed administrative duties in the defenses of Washington, D. C., where he was in charge of courts martial, which gave him legal experience that he used after the war.
In a letter to the Washington Evening Star published after the explosion, Muenter writing under an assumed name, said he hoped that the detonation would “ make enough noise to be heard above the voices that clamor for war .” J. P. Morgan ’ s company served as Great Britain ’ s principal U. S. purchasing agent for munitions and other war supplies.
Washington, who stated that he assumed Tomjanovich was a combatant, was suspended for two months by the NBA, and released by the Lakers.
By the next day, October 26, State Department officials in Washington assumed the worse about Nagy, asserting in a top secret memorandum: " Nagy's appeal for Soviet troops indicates, at least superficially, that there are not any open differences between the Soviet and Hungarian governments ".
Finally, with the incorporation of the town of Goodson as the independent city of Bristol in 1890, Washington County assumed its present size.
Beginning in 1843 he edited a daily paper, the Herald, and in 1847 assumed control of the new abolitionist publication, the National Era, in Washington, D. C.
Following the announcement of his appointment as Canadian ambassador to Washington, he resigned his position as counsel at law firms as well as all positions on corporate boards including his role as interim chairman of the board of CanWest Global Communications, a post he assumed upon the death of its founder and chairman Israel Asper.
Initially, the press praised the raids ; the Washington Post said, " There is no time to waste on hairsplitting over infringement of liberty ", and The New York Times said the injuries inflicted upon the arrested were " souvenirs of the new attitude of aggressiveness which had been assumed by the Federal agents against Reds and suspected-Reds.
( When Cadogan was called back to London after the first half of the conference, leadership of the delegation was assumed by E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, the British ambassador in Washington.
After Hart replaced Benti as the main anchor in New York, the Washington anchor desk was assumed by Bernard Kalb until 1972, and by Nelson Benton for a year afterwards.
All assets, but only some liabilities ( including deposits, covered bonds, and other secured debt ) of Washington Mutual Bank's liabilities were assumed by JPMorgan Chase.
Nevertheless, the blame for the losses of Forts Washington and Lee was put upon Greene, but apparently without him losing the confidence of Washington, who himself assumed the responsibility.
White was captured and Washington assumed command of the 1st-and-3rd Dragoons.
In April 1776 the Main Army moved from Boston to New York City and Washington assumed command of the Middle Department.
After his passing, hurricane warning services were assumed by the United States Signal Corp and United States Weather Bureau over the next decade, first based in Jamaica in 1898 and Cuba in 1899 before shifting to Washington, D. C. in 1902 .< ref name =" Simpson "> The central office in Washington, which would evolve into the National Meteorological Center and Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, assumed hurricane warning / advisory responsibility at that time.
When this letter was given to Washington it was assumed that Rush was part of a secret plot nicknamed the Conway Cabal to replace Washington with Horatio Gates as commander-in-chief.
When Herbert Hoover assumed the Presidency in 1929, he brought his longtime aide George Akerson to Washington with him as his private secretary.
Leloir fled to the United States, where he assumed the position of associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Washington University in St. Louis, collaborating with Carl Cori and Gerty Cori and thereafter worked with David E. Green at the College of Pysicians and Surgeons, Columbia University as a research assistant.
From Conway's letter Washington assumed that he and Mifflin were close.

Washington and command
The mild activity of his command during the sojourn of the troops at Valley Forge could be handled by a subordinate, he felt, so like Henry Knox, equally loyal to Washington, who went to Boston at this time, Morgan received permission to visit his home in Virginia for several weeks.
Despite his dissatisfaction with McClellan's failure to reinforce Pope, Lincoln was desperate, and restored him to command of all forces around Washington, to the dismay of all in his cabinet but Seward.
In 1775, George Washington came up from Virginia to take command of fledgling volunteer American soldiers camped on the Cambridge Common — today called the birthplace of the U. S. Army.
Krulak's staff assignments included: operations officer, 2nd Battalion 9th Marines ( 1977 – 1978 ); chief of the Combat Arms Monitor Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. ( 1978 – 1979 ); executive assistant to the Director of Personnel Management, Headquarters Marine Corps ( 1979 – 1981 ); Plans Office, Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii ( 1982 – 1983 ); executive officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; assistant chief of staff, maritime pre-positioning ships, 1st MEB ; assistant chief of staff for operations, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; and the military assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
In command of a thousand soldiers, Washington was a disciplinarian who emphasized training.
Washington's loss of Philadelphia prompted some members of Congress to discuss removing Washington from command.
The governors sent the troops and Washington took command, marching into the rebellious districts.
* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The celebrated march of 1781 to Yorktown, Virginia that ended with the defeat of the British at the Siege of Yorktown and the Battle of the Chesapeake began in Newport, Rhode Island under the joint command of General George Washington who led American troops and the Comte de Rochambeau who led French soldiers sent by King Louis XVI.
The warhead heads towards Washington, DC ; and with Ryan taking a command initiative at an Aegis missile cruiser, the ICBM is intercepted by ABMs from the.
* July 3 – American Revolution: George Washington takes command of the 17, 000-man Continental Army at Cambridge.
The dispute erupted into violence in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in May 1754, during which Virginia militiamen under the command of George Washington ambushed a French patrol.
President Carter honored him by giving him command of Air Force One for his final trip to Washington on October 23.
He became exceedingly pessimistic about the outlook for his command and he complained frequently to Washington, D. C. about shortages while providing exaggerated estimates of the strength of the rebel forces.
On May 18, a new 4th Division was constituted with reinforcements of heavy artillery regiments from Washington, D. C., under the command of Brig.
He once remarked, " Washington is not fit enough to command a Sergeant's Guard ".
After Bunker Hill, Putnam progressed to temporary command of the American forces in New York, while waiting for the arrival on April 13, 1776 of the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General George Washington.
George Washington stopped here a number of times when traveling this road, including when he took command of the Continental Army at Boston in 1775, and on his post-Inaugural tour of New England in 1789.
George Washington is said to have taken command of the American Continental Army under the Washington Elm in Cambridge on July 3, 1775.
A Harvard " professor of plant anatomy " examined the tree rings days after the tree was felled and pronounced it between 204 and 210 years old, making it at most 62 years old when Washington took command of the troops at Cambridge.
George Washington is said to have taken command of the American Continental Army under the Washington Elm in Cambridge on July 3, 1775.

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