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personal staff

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.


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He said the "secluded" location and presence of Mr Jeffries' personal staff, dressed in A&F uniforms, supervising events meant he "didn't feel safe to say 'no' or 'I don't feel comfortable with this'".

From BBC Oct. 22, 2024

Contentious Knesset oversight committee meetings detailed how dozens of unqualified people — including Ben Gvir’s personal staff appointees — had been granted temporary authority to approve gun license applications.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2024

This includes both personal staff, who support individual members, and committee staff, who support committees and are hired by the chair or ranking member.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2023

At Iconiq Capital, this is part of an approach that goes far beyond investing to things like managing personal staff.

From Salon Feb. 10, 2023

With the exception only of Sir Charles Staveley and a few of his personal staff, no one knew whether it was a real alarm or not.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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