chief of staff
noun phrase
1
: the ranking officer of a staff in the armed forces serving as principal adviser to a commander
2
: the ranking officer of the army or air force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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During the first Trump administration, Patel worked for the National Security Council, as principal deputy at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
One who suggests this is Sheila, who enlists Valerie Whitesell (Connie Britton), Mullen’s old efficient chief of staff, to return to his side — even though the two women have issues with each other.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Jessica Paquette had been earning $83,000 per year at UConn, but was boosted to $200,000 annually as vice chancellor for system affairs and chief of staff at CSCU.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025
But Spear and Heather Flick Melanson, the HHS chief of staff, insisted that the memo was to go live that evening.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
One who suggests this is Sheila, who enlists Valerie Whitesell (Connie Britton), Mullen’s old efficient chief of staff, to return to his side — even though the two women have issues with each other.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Jessica Paquette had been earning $83,000 per year at UConn, but was boosted to $200,000 annually as vice chancellor for system affairs and chief of staff at CSCU.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025
But Spear and Heather Flick Melanson, the HHS chief of staff, insisted that the memo was to go live that evening.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
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