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Ex-top soldier Hillier fought Taliban, Tories

Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa : Canada | about 1 month ago  
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Canada's former top soldier waged war on many fronts during his long march to the post of Chief of Defence Staff. But the most intense were the counter-insurgencies waged on Parliament Hill against Conservative officials who wanted him silenced and bureaucrats who tried to stifle his ambitious agenda...
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