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How to use the word former in a Sentence? Page #10

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The result of this betrayal has caused 350 police officers to flee Seattle since the riots. Many of these former police employees left for lower paying agencies just to escape Seattle’s toxic political climate, we also have another 100 officers now off the street due to the Mayor’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate and another 130 officers currently unavailable for service who are out on extended leave. When totaled, that is just under half the department gone/unavailable in almost two years. Seattle’s current police staffing crisis was caused by our current politicians and sadly it all could’ve been avoided. This political betrayal will forever be their legacy.

– Mike Solan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I want to express my sorry for the pain this young man, Kyle Beach has suffered, my former team Chicago Blackhawks failed Kyle Beach and I own my share of Chicago Blackhawks. I want to reflect on how all of this happened and take the time to educate Joel Quenneville on ensuring hockey space are safe for everyone.

– Joel Quenneville

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2 years ago

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Parole Board should be ashamed for allowing this domestic terrorist to walk free on our streets, there’s no reason that David Gilbert should not have to face the full consequences of his heinous crimes, no matter how much time has passed.

– Ed Day

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Levin added, playing more clips of Obama stumping for McAuliffe in the capital city. Levin claimed Barack Obama doesn't truly show compassion for such political issues in terms of how they affect urban minorities, arguing that despite attacks, President Trump more effectively fought for school choice and HBCU( Historically Black Colleges Universities) funding. He pointed to former Virginia Democratic Gov. Douglas Wilder, Douglas Wilder, who served in the 1990s. On Monday, Douglas Wilder criticized Terry McAuliffe for trying to use incumbent Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's Blackface scandal as a way to reenter state politics :.

– Terry McAuliffe

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2 years ago

If we subpoena all of a sudden the former President, we know that's going to become kind of a circus so that's not necessarily something we want to do up front, but if he has pieces of information we need, we certainly will.

– Senate Republican

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the sitting President has said he's not going to assert privilege, then there's a certain amount of time( before) the documents then have to be released unless the former President succeeds in getting a court order, an injunction, for example, prohibiting their release, that would require a pretty significant ruling by a federal court.

– Deborah Pearlstein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

[Former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard] Donoghue noted in his testimony that, until this meeting, President Trump did not fully understand the gravity of his advisors’ concerns with Clark’s plan, which were serious enough that they and other senior DOJ leaders had stated they would resign if Clark was made Acting Attorney General and his plan was implemented, president Trump then turned to Donoghue and asked if he would resign if Clark became Acting Attorney General, to which he answered in the affirmative.

– The GOP report

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He spoke out as you saw and he said many service members both former like myself and current believed – which is the withdrawal from Afghanistan was completely botched and no one took accountability, you have the general staff, the high brass, basically trying to pass the buck – and so he spoke out.

– Tony Buzbee

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

President Donald Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly told a Des Moines audience Tuesday that his former boss can’t admit to making a mistake because “his manhood is at issue here.” “I don't understand it, although I had to deal with it every day, said Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general who served as Trump’s top aide from July 31, 2017, until his Jan. 2, 2019, resignation.

– Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly

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2 years ago

The State Department's 'maximum pressure' campaign has not pressured Iran toward diplomacy and a new agreement. It has pressured them toward an increase in malign activity in the region and toward the development of a nuclear weapon, said Mick Mulroy, Trump's former top Pentagon official for the Middle East and a retired CIA officer who's now an ABC News contributor.

– Mick Mulroy

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2 years ago

What is happening now is not a surprise. It was predicted. If anything, it is happening faster than predicted, said Mick Mulroy, the Pentagon's former top Middle East policy official and an ABC News analyst. We are not seeing the worst of it. The Taliban is not only taking territory, they are killing people with the weapons we provided to Afghan security forces, said Mulroy, a former CIA officer and Marine infantryman who served in Afghanistan.

– Mick Mulroy

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2 years ago

We control the White House, the Senate and the White House, we need this infrastructure. I can tell you as a former governor, it is absolutely critical for our bridges and roads, so let's get it done and quit talking.

– Terry McAuliffe

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The incident was reviewed by former Chief Christian Malanka and the officers' actions were deemed to be appropriate, due to pending civil litigation there will be no further statements regarding this incident.

– The Idaho Springs Police Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As our nation faces many public safety challenges to include our vulnerabilities from the southern border, collective voices from local, state and federal law enforcement leadership continue to be vital in developing reasonable and balanced policies and solutions, as a former member of the DHS Advisory Council, my colleagues and I worked on many positive policy recommendations to support all Americans in regards to their quality of life and safeguard them from those that disregard our rule of law.

– Mark Dannels

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The U.S. Military is far better off because of the contributions of women, said Mick Mulroy, a retired Marine and former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East and an ABC News contributor. They have been awarded for their valor on the battlefield and many have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country. We should take this time to ensure every American is aware of this history and not listening to those who are either unaware of this history or deliberately misrepresenting it, he said.

– Mick Mulroy

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2 years ago

Former deputy assistant secretary of defense and ABC News analyst Mick Mulroy is part of both Task Force Pineapple and Task Force Dunkirk, who are assisting former Afghan comrades. They never wavered. I and many of my friends are here today because of their bravery in battle. We owe them all effort to get them out and honor our word, Mulroy said.

– Mick Mulroy

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2 years ago

This is a weak governor, openly and shamelessly taking his orders from a disgraced former President. Governor Abbott is wasting taxpayer funds to trample on Texans' freedom to vote, all in order to appease his puppeteer, as the former Republican Secretary of State noted : Texas had a clean and fair election.

– Dallas County

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As a former radio host, let me just say this : Stay tuned.

– Larry Elder

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Many former Jayapal staffers moved on to serve in some of the highest levels of the Biden-Harris administration, elected office, local government, more senior roles on the Hill, issue and political campaigns, and the leadership teams of national organizations that we partner with.

– Chris Evans

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As a father, seeing that and the disrespect, and hearing from his former leaders, one of [Taylor's] master sergeants said … that this was avoidable – that they left them over there: They had them over there and let them down, and we can't have that, it can't happen ever again.

– Darin Hoover

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As a father, seeing that and the disrespect, and hearing from his former leaders, one of [Taylor's] master sergeants said … that this was avoidable -- that they left them over there: They had them over there and let them down, and we can't have that.

– Darin Hoover

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That didn't happen just once. It happened on every single one that came out of that airplane. It happened on every single one of them. They would release the salute, and he would look down at his watch on every last one, all 13, he looked down at his watch, as a father, seeing that and the disrespect, and hearing from his former leaders, one of [Taylor's] master sergeants said … that this was avoidable -- that they left them over there: They had them over there and let them down, and we can't have that.

– Darin Hoover

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I got involved because I was trying to get my former Afghan special forces teammates out ofcountryand I just kept running into roadblocks over and over with the State Department and going through my Congressionalrepresentatives.

– Zac Lois

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I bear responsibility for fundamentally all that’s happened, you know as well as I do that the former president made a deal with the Taliban that he would get all American forces out of Afghanistan by May 1.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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