lieutenant general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a major general and whose insignia is three stars
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The two meetings were part of a packed month in which Healey also held court with a lieutenant general in the Air Force, talked with offshore wind developers alongside her energy and environmental affairs secretary, and welcomed the king of Jordan to Massachusetts.
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
The retired lieutenant general, who will need a Senate confirmation, logged more than 2,800 hours in an F-16 fighter aircraft and more than 150 combat flight hours, according to his military biography.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 22 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration’s dismantling of federal agencies, led by Elon Musk, is beginning to create chaos for Western water supplies:
California Rep. Mike Levin grilled an Army Corps lieutenant general about why the military dumped a bunch of water into the ground from two Central Valley dams.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
That day, President Andrzej Duda was visited in Warsaw by Mr. Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
The retired lieutenant general, who will need a Senate confirmation, logged more than 2,800 hours in an F-16 fighter aircraft and more than 150 combat flight hours, according to his military biography.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 22 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration’s dismantling of federal agencies, led by Elon Musk, is beginning to create chaos for Western water supplies:
California Rep. Mike Levin grilled an Army Corps lieutenant general about why the military dumped a bunch of water into the ground from two Central Valley dams.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
That day, President Andrzej Duda was visited in Warsaw by Mr. Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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