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• n  group of people willing to obey orders
• n  the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

• HQ personnel brought up almost ridiculous questions in their apparent efforts to undermine the probable cause.
• The Alaska personnel board is "the only legal forum in the state for the Monegan inquiry," Palin's spokeswoman explained.

• force
• personnel department
• personnel office
• staff office

News & Articles

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• Personnel changes occupy Dover school board
  The Dover Board of Education handled several personnel matters during its meeting Monday. The board accepted the resignations of Matt Fockler as assistant principal at Dover Middle School and Jason Board as an eighth-grade science teacher at the middle school.
  June 13, 2013 - The Times-Reporter
• Debra Wada, Democratic Staffer, Military Personnel
  Debra Wada, who previously served as deputy staff director when Democrats held the majority, specializes in military-personnel issues, an area that can spur strong emotions.
  June 13, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
• MAHD Personnel Chief Among District’s Assets
  Muleshoe Area Hospital District CEO David Burke listed the district’s personnel as its most important asset during Thursday’s special meeting that included preliminary information regarding the district’s budget process.Burke noted that when faced with the possibility of dropping the salary increase which the hospital district’s board of directors approved a couple of months ago, apparently due ...
  June 12, 2013 - Muleshoe Journal

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times (blog)
  It saddens me to lose the service of a soldier I have come to admire,Obama said, praising McChrystal. "This is a change in personnel, but not in policy."
• David Petraeus in NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (blog)
  As President Obama and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen have noted, my assumption of command represents a change in personnel, not a change in policy or strategy,Petraeus said. "To be sure, I will, as any new commander should, together...
• Thad W Allen in Financial Times
  The safety of life is number one priority [and] we would move well in advance of the storm to evacuate personnel,Adm Allen said. "That would require us at some point to move our vessels of opportunity off the water."