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They arrive at NPS with orders in hand and usually complete degree requirements within two years--at the behest of the Marine Corps.
Later, Steele changed her story, saying Willey had told her that the president had "made a pass" at her only weeks after the alleged incident and that she had lied at Willey's behest.
This is not really anti-feminist, since much of the new laddism seems to be coming at the behest of a new generation of Cosmo-trained sex-addled fembots.
Tens of thousands of his subjects were tortured and murdered at his behest.
The negative American Airlines spin: We're being busted at the behest of our competitors.