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• n  an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• n  someone who acts as assistant

• The aide says Powells view of the matter is, I did what my heart told me to do.
• A former Saddam aide who is close to insurgents in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, agrees.
• With the help of another former Lewis aide who took over some Shockey accounts at his lobbying firm, many of Shockey's more than 50 former clients have continued to land tens of .

• adjutant
• aide-de-camp
• auxiliary

News & Articles

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• Quan's aide appointed to Oakland school board
  Quan's aide appointed to Oakland school board Washington, 42, was appointed by the board to fill a vacancy that will be created on July 1, when board member Gary Yee becomes the acting superintendent. Washington, whose children just finished kindergarten and third grade at Montclair Elementary School, said she is still discussing with Quan how to handle both roles.
  June 15, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
• Former Ficano aide, 41, starts process to collect $96K a year pension for life
  A former top aide to Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano is barely in his 40s and poised to collect a pension that will pay him nearly $100,000 per year for the rest of his life.
  June 13, 2013 - Detroit News
• Aide Clarifies Weiner’s Claim on Coining of ‘Obamacare’
  Anthony D. Weiner, a candidate for New York City mayor, said in an interview that he had come up with the term, but an aide later said that Mr. Weiner meant he was the first on the left to embrace it unapologetically.
  June 13, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Jeff Sessions in The BLT: Blog of Legal Times
  With the hearing rapidly approaching, the Committee has just now received, late this Friday afternoon, another delivery of documents from Ms. Kagan's time as a senior aide to President Clinton,said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), in a statement....
• Robert Bennett in International Herald Tribune
  This is a win for Jennifer Brunner's partisan efforts to aide the Democrat turnout strategy,said Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett in a statement.
• Mitt Romney in Washington Post
  I got to know Andrew as a legislative aide in my office, and before he left we met and talked about his plans,Romney said in a statement. "He was driven by a desire to serve, first as part of our team and then as a member of the military....