{"id":38536,"date":"2026-08-11T12:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38536"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:37:36","slug":"mojtaba-khamenei-names-6-new-commanders-in-irgc-wartime-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38536","title":{"rendered":"Mojtaba Khamenei names 6 new commanders in IRGC wartime reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6393557778112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Report suggests IRGC commander holds power, linked to multiple terror attacks<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi is reportedly central to Iran&#8217;s negotiation strategy, with analysts describing him as a radical hardliner. Fox News correspondent Jeff Paul details Vahidi&#8217;s rise during the Iran-Iraq War and his alleged connection to terror attacks, including the 1983 Beirut bombing and the 1994 Argentina bombing, highlighting growing concern over who is truly controlling Iran&#8217;s military decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Iranian Supreme Leader <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750981\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/mojtaba-khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a> formally appointed six senior military commanders Monday, cementing a wartime reshuffle as Tehran rebuilds a command structure impacted by months of U.S. and Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The appointments, announced by Khamenei\u2019s office and promoted on social media, fill posts across Iran\u2019s armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij paramilitary force, with a counterterrorism expert warning the timing and language of the decrees signal Tehran is preparing for &#8220;prolonged confrontation&#8221; and not a settlement with Washington.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Strategically, the announcements made were issued in English, on X, while Iranian and Omani negotiators finalize the coordinates of a proposed <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750982\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trade-vessel-struck-projectile-strait-hormuz-amid-us-iran-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shipping route through Hormuz<\/a>, which is deliberate sequencing,&#8221; Dr. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750983\" href=\"https:\/\/extremism.gwu.edu\/omar-mohammed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Omar Mohammed<\/a>, director of the Antisemitism Research Initiative at George Washington University\u2019s Program on Extremism, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Tehran is establishing its command structure as a fact on the ground before it signs anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750984\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-iran-will-pay-what-it-takes-end-war-remains-unclear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS IRAN WILL PAY \u2014 WHAT IT TAKES TO END THE WAR REMAINS UNCLEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/343\/192\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/686\/384\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/672\/378\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1344\/756\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/931\/523\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1862\/1046\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/720\/405\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1440\/810\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200\/675\/mojtaba-khamenei.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mojtaba Khamenei\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.<\/span> <span>(Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mohammed also pointed to language in the appointment announcements blaming the deaths of predecessors on what Iran called the &#8220;Zionist-American enemy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;That phrase, in formal state documents, codifies the United States as a co-belligerent,&#8221; Mohammed said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Khamenei appointed Ali Abdollahi as chief of staff of the armed forces and Kioumars Heydari as his deputy. He also formally named Ahmad Vahidi commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, promoting him to the rank of major general.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mostafa Izadi was named deputy IRGC commander, Ali Azmaei as commander of the IRGC Navy and Hossein Taeb as commander of the Basij.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mohammed said Vahidi was also instructed to maintain readiness for &#8220;powerful offensive operations against the enemy,&#8221; by the Supreme Leader, while Abdollahi was tasked with completing the integration of the General Staff into the Khatam al-Anbiya wartime joint command.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;States exiting a conflict dismantle their wartime command arrangements, but Iran is now institutionalizing its own,&#8221; Mohammed said. &#8220;The decrees here describe a leadership planning for a prolonged confrontation, not a settlement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/931\/523\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1862\/1046\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/720\/405\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1440\/810\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/ahmad-vahidi-.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Former Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi attends an event.<\/span> <span>(Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Several of the newly appointed commanders have previously faced U.S. or European <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750985\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sanctions<\/a> or allegations tied to terrorism and violent crackdowns.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Vahidi is the subject of an <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750986\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/ar\/1\/1\/2009\/INTERPOL-statement-clarifying-its-role-in-case-involving-Iranian-minister-wanted-by-Argentina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Interpol Red Notice<\/a> requested by Argentina over his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Taeb, a former chief of the IRGC Intelligence Organization and former Basij commander, is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov\/Details.aspx?id=12257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">U.S. Treasury Department\u2019s sanctions list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The United States first designated him in 2010 over serious human rights abuses following Iran\u2019s disputed 2009 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Heydari was also <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750988\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterextremism.com\/extremists\/kiyumars-heidari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sanctioned by the United States in 2022<\/a> after the Treasury Department said he had publicly acknowledged his forces\u2019 involvement in the violent response to Iran\u2019s November 2019 protests, in which hundreds of protesters were killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The European Union has also sanctioned him.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750989\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/irans-unseen-supreme-leader-becomes-weapon-escalating-power-struggle-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IRAN\u2019S UNSEEN SUPREME LEADER BECOMES WEAPON IN ESCALATING POWER STRUGGLE, EXPERTS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/ali-khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-tehran-speech-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks while delivering remarks at an official event.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Iran\u2019s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, Iran, on Jan 3.<\/span> <span>(Iranian Leader Press Office\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The reshuffle comes as Iran continues rebuilding its political and military leadership after a series of U.S. and Israeli strikes killed senior figures across the regime.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ayatollah <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750990\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ali-khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, who had served as supreme leader since 1989, was killed in a Feb. 28 strike at the start of the war. Mojtaba Khamenei, was selected as Iran\u2019s new supreme leader in March.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ali Larijani, then secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council and a major figure in the country\u2019s security and foreign policy establishment, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij, were killed in strikes on March 17.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The latest appointments come amid continuing questions about Mojtaba Khamenei\u2019s health and public absence.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed Monday that he had held a nearly seven-hour meeting with Khamenei, only the second meeting the president has publicly disclosed since the new supreme leader took office, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750991\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IranIntl_En\/status\/2086838669730623807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran International <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/931\/523\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1862\/1046\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/720\/405\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1440\/810\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/iran-president-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ayatollah Alireza Arafi sits to right of President Pezeshkian.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje&#8217;i, the head of the judiciary and Alireza Arafi, (right) deputy chairman of the Assembly of Experts, attend the meeting of the interim leadership council of Iran in an unknown location, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Iran, March 1, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Handout via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Khamenei has not appeared publicly since being selected in March and is believed to have been wounded in the Feb. 28 strike that killed his father.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Pezeshkian said the two discussed economic conditions, sanctions and other domestic challenges and that Khamenei emphasized the need for &#8220;unity and cohesion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The military rebuild, however, has not extended fully into Iran\u2019s sensitive <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_750992\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intelligence apparatus<\/a>, according to Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The IRGC Intelligence Organization and its counterintelligence arm have no announced chiefs, and Iran has no permanent defense or intelligence ministers,&#8221; the expert said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The appointments require assigning responsibility for the counterintelligence failures that enabled the February decapitation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Whoever wins that argument \u2014 the supreme leader\u2019s circle or the Guard\u2019s institutional leadership \u2014 is the actor actually in control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. 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