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In total, Roosevelt and his son Kermit killed 512 animals during the expedition—a figure that, on the surface, might appear to clash with the commander in chief’s conservationist ideals.
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Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
The look was military, judicial, stabilizing, powerful: an advance vision of the commander in chief.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
In the final stretch of campaigning, the stakes for who takes on the role of commander in chief increase by the day.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2024
Former officials in Donald Trump's White House have dropped new bombshell claims that the previous president wanted to withhold federal disaster aid in states that were not Republican-leaning during his time as commander in chief.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
The look was military, judicial, stabilizing, powerful: an advance vision of the commander in chief.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
In the final stretch of campaigning, the stakes for who takes on the role of commander in chief increase by the day.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2024
Former officials in Donald Trump's White House have dropped new bombshell claims that the previous president wanted to withhold federal disaster aid in states that were not Republican-leaning during his time as commander in chief.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Commander in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commander%20in%20chief. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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