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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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023

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

To all my personal staff my thanks are specially due for the great assistance they at all times rendered me.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

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