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British military chiefs have hit back at Donald Trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the US military.

On the streets of the capital Belgrade, T - shirts for sale bear the face of Ratko Mladic, the notorious Bosnian Serb military chief during the war.

Printouts of plans for such a nuclear torpedo had been spotted in state TV footage of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and military chiefs in November 2015.

The military chiefs had said they needed time to study the issue and its effects on the readiness of the force before taking that step.

Was it a secret that IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch worked under Francisco Franco, or that Ugandan IOC member Maj. Gen. Francis Nyangweso — who accepted $ 35,000 for Ugandan sports from the Sydney organizing committee the night before that city was awarded the 2000 Games — was Idi Amin's military chief of staff?

Last week Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing said it was «impossible to accept the number of persons proposed by Bangladesh».

Defence secretary Dr Liam Fox commented on the letter, published in the Telegraph, where military chiefs criticised the SDSR's cuts:

David Cameron has hit back at military chiefs warning him about Britain's ability to continue the fight against Muammar Gaddafi.

The statement read, «This spectacular victory is the result of committed and focused leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, the military commanders at the battlefront, the intelligence agencies and the unity of purpose exhibited by the nation's military chiefs to rid the country of the Boko Haram menace.

The military chiefs appointed by Mr President brought the needed experience, skills, dedication, and commitment to the job to ensure that the country returned to being secured.

The row has provoked a debate about whether Macron had humiliated his military chief or whether he had no choice but to exert his authority just two months into his presidency.

The Labour peer and former military chief Lord West even took the unusual step of calling the Today programme to dismiss his colleague's claims as «nonsense».

French leader Emmanuel Macron faced the biggest crisis of his young presidency on Wednesday following the resignation of the military chief he had rebuked for criticising defence spending cuts.

From this point of view, it is realistic to agree with Maduka Onwukeme, a Lagos - based Legal Practitioner, who rendered a fitting description of Jammeh's limits and bluffs: «Jammeh's «confidence seems to have been bolstered by the pledge of allegiance made by the country's military chief, but then hearing Jammeh's rhetoric, one would mistake the Gambia for the African version of North Korea in military might.»

Armsgate: Fayose cautions Buhari over probe of military chiefs, says $ 2.1 bn arms deal is a scam Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to rethink his order that 18 Military Generals be probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged involvement in the $ 2.1 billion arms deal.

Reacting to President Buhari's order for the 18 serving and retired military chiefs to appear before the EFCC from Monday, Fayose through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said the military officers ought to have been probed in accordance with the armed forces rules of engagement.

As senior military chiefs call on Downing Street to review security for trips to Afghanistan after the Taliban attempted to bring down David Cameron's helicopter, former Commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp tells Channel 4 News the key is to be «unpredictable».

Chancellor George Osborne endorsed the view of former military chief Field Marshal Lord Bramall, who described Mr Johnson's remarks as «simply laughable» and «absurd».

Military chiefs will also be blamed for not bringing stability to Basra.

«Most of the military chiefs cited security reasons for not subjecting those purchases to the nation's laws.

The COAS who was in company of top military chiefs while assuring Nigerians that the Nigerian army will not lag said a number of actions have been intensified to enable the military get to the insurgents before they cause any havoc or even run away from their hideouts.

And it's refreshing to see Clooney's gung - ho, combat - experienced military chief question her on a point but then respectfully follow her orders.

It all started when an Israeli air strike killed Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari.

Not exact matches

Last week, U.S. Navy Adm. Philip Davidson, the expected nominee to replace U.S. Pacific Command Chief Adm. Harry Harris, described China's increased presence in the South China Sea as «a substantial challenge to U.S. military operations in this region.»

None of them has to stay, except McMaster, who as an active - duty military officer must obey the commander - in - chief.

Notably, the military has put a greater emphasis on tunnels, naming them as a primary threat in army chief Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot's «IDF Strategy» paper.

At Wednesday's hearing, State Department «whistleblower» Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission in Libya during the attacks, said that he was frustrated when the U.S. military turned down a request to dispatch four Special Operations troops stationed in Tripoli to evacuate Americans in Benghazi.

Entrepreneur magazine's editor - in - chief, Jason Feifer, and founder and CEO of Operation Military Family Cares, Mike Schindler, explain how the fresh perspectives of these highly adaptable employees can help your business level up.

Officials said Friday that the chiefs believe the extra half - year would give the four military services time to gauge if currently serving transgender troops are facing problems and what necessary changes the military bases might have to make.

But the North's decision to send former military intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol as delegation leader to the closing ceremony has enraged families of 46 sailors killed in the torpedo attack on their ship and threatens the mood of rapprochement that Seoul wants to create at what it calls the «Peace Games».

The judge in the death - penalty case against a suspected USS Cole attacker has found the the chief defense counsel for military commissions, Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, in contempt, according to a report from the Miami Herald.

He became chief defense counsel for military commissions two years ago, according to the Herald, and he has since become a vocal critic of the war - court system set up to try terror suspects.

People's Liberation Army chiefs aim to ensure that applicants are in tip - top condition to join the rank and file of the world's largest military force.

The one I'm talking to at the moment — Bill Clinton of Virginia, entrepreneur and U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer — happens to be attending the conference as a member of Inc.'s military entrepreneur mentoring program.

The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.

In his usual morning round of tweets, the commander in chief wrote that «military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.

In a press conference today, Russian Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Colonel Sergei Rudskoy, said Syrian military facilities had suffered only minor damage from the strikes.

The vacancy left by Wang was taken over by then deputy Chief of General Staff General Wang Ning, one of Xi's closest military allies.

Swift said that all members of the U.S. military had sworn an oath to obey officers and the U.S. president as commander in chief to defend the constitution.

To the surprise of many, Wang was transferred to the former General Staff Headquarters as a deputy chief, while Xu, who was the political commissar of the PAP, became the Academy of Military Sciences» political commissar in December 2014.

General Wang Jianping, 62, deputy chief of the Joint Staff Department under the powerful Central Military Commission, was taken away in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Thursday afternoon, one of the sources said.

The US Air Force, struggling to retain pilots and fill undesirable positions, is considering paying up to $ 455,000 in annual bonuses, the branch's personnel chief, Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, told the House Armed Services subcommittee for military personnel on Wednesday.

President and chief operating officer Oliver Westmacott is among the few lacking a military background: previously a venture capitalist, he supervised Garda's operations in Kurdistan before assuming the top job.

Why has the Commander in Chief not ordered tens of thousands of members of the US Army, Navy and Air Force into BP's crisis; boots on the beaches to help build the barriers that are needed or military helicopters to better spray dispersant?

Theranos adds Richard M. Kovacevich, the former chief executive of Wells Fargo, and Gen. James Mattis, a retired top military commander, to its board.

In a surprising interview with the small liberal magazine the American Prospect, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said there is «no military solution» to North Korea, declared that «ethnonationalists» like those who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, were «losers,» and threatened an «economic war» against China.

President Trump's chief of staff John F. Kelly has a long military career but limited experience in politics.

In a conference call last month, Marianne Lake, JPMorgan's chief financial officer, said that the company's links to military - style firearms products «have come down significantly and are pretty limited.»

The news of Gorka's departure was greeted with resignation by Trump loyalists, who believe the president has handed over too much power to military officers and former generals — including his new chief of staff, John Kelly, and national security adviser H.R. McMaster — and is losing any connection to the base that elected him.

He said the meeting would include the defense secretary, White House chief of staff John Kelly and other military leaders.