Appendix D Staff Responsibilities and Duties The commander's staff must function as a single, cohesive unit-a professional team. Effective staff members know their respective responsibilities and duties. They are also familiar with the responsibilities and duties of other staff members.
Warren's journey from cloistered legal scholar to the kind of political superstar that threatened to eclipse Hillary Clinton's frontrunner status for the Democratic nomination is remarkable. But perhaps even more striking is her political evolution: Warren was once a Republican. It's not widely known that in the early 1990s, while she was still an academic, Warren was a registered voter with the GOP.
Meanwhile, Republicans need to defend 24 seats. Democrats likely will need to pick up five seats to take back the Senate. They'll have a variety of routes to get there. 1  Illinois: Sen. Mark Kirk (R) is perhaps the most vulnerable Republican, running in a blue state in 2016. The race has been high on the list for progressives since Johnson defeated Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), and many Democratic activists in the state want Feingold to jump back in and challenge Johnson to a rematch. 2  Rep. Gwen Moore (D) is another potential 2016 challenger.