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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Brooks served as the VA's acting chief of staff during the first Trump administration.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Hyun is a career Capitol Hill bureaucrat who ended her career in Washington D.C. earlier this year as the chief of staff at NOAA.
—Benjamin Yount | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
Needham previously served as chief of staff to Rubio and chairs the conservative think tank American Compass.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Joan Allen will play Mullen’s wife, Sheila, who’s been nominated to be a federal judge; Connie Britton will play Valerie Whitesell, Mullen’s former chief of staff; and Matthew Modine will play Richard Dreyer, the current speaker of the house.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Hyun is a career Capitol Hill bureaucrat who ended her career in Washington D.C. earlier this year as the chief of staff at NOAA.
—Benjamin Yount | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
Needham previously served as chief of staff to Rubio and chairs the conservative think tank American Compass.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Joan Allen will play Mullen’s wife, Sheila, who’s been nominated to be a federal judge; Connie Britton will play Valerie Whitesell, Mullen’s former chief of staff; and Matthew Modine will play Richard Dreyer, the current speaker of the house.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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