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It was his reputation as a fire-eater that had caused him to be passed over as Assistant Secretary of Defense, landing him here as a consolation prize. He accepted the post because he was first and foremost a good soldier, but he was never happy about it
or about reporting to a nonmilitary superior.
Er hatte diesen Posten angenommen, weil er in allererster Linie ein guter Soldat war; glücklich war er damit aber auf keinen Fall... auch nicht darüber, daß er einem zivilen Vorgesetzten unterstellt war.
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