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- s having a higher rank
- The higher-ranking diplomats among the freed hostages will be expected to make their own full analytic reports about their captivity.
- But suspicions linger that the two officers may be fall guys for higher-ranking officers who plotted the predawn massacre.
- His new job: first commandant of the new Army Navy Staff College for special training of higher-ranking Army, Navy and Marine officers in combined operations.