Sentences with phrase «u.s. military official»

«We were operating under the assumption that when they said COIN, that's what they meant,» said a senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan, «and they were serious about committing the necessary resources.»

U.S. military officials raised concerns about the incident through a hotline established in the past two years between American and Russian air forces.

U.S. military officials would not clarify on Tuesday Conde's exact role while deployed, but he was part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, in which the U.S. military targets terrorist groups in Afghanistan.

Gabriel D. Conde, 22, was killed in Afghanistan by gunfire April 30, U.S. military officials said.

Representatives of the Danish and Greenlandic governments, and U.S. military officials, did not respond to requests for comment.

U.S. military officials say the aircraft went down after hitting a power line in western Anbar province.

In the latest round of complications for the Pantego Wind Energy Project, U.S. military officials in Wayne County have disclosed that the 49 - turbine wind farm would imperil the daily bombing runs of low - flying fighter jets at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

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High - ranking U.S. military officials have their knickers in a twist over their suspicions that two lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees smuggled contraband to their clients.

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U.S. officials are concerned by the specter of former military and intelligence officers working at Kaspersky, and fear that the company's software could allow Russian state - sponsored hackers to steal user files, read private email correspondence or attack critical infrastructure in the United States.

European stocks closed higher on Monday afternoon after senior U.S. officials sought to play down risks of a military conflict with North Korea.

The French official said the Turkish offensive in northern Syria «must stop,» saying it is threatening the broader U.S. - led military campaign against the Islamic State group.

China will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high - level contact with Taiwanese officials, according to a report by The Global Times.

A U.S. official familiar with the military planning said there could be more air strikes if the intelligence indicates Assad had not stopped making, importing, storing or using chemical weapons, including chlorine.

U.S. officials worry is that cutting - edge technologies developed in the United States could be used by China to bolster its military capabilities and perhaps even push it ahead in strategic industries.

An official familiar with the proposal said U.S. President Donald Trump's request for the Pentagon included more money for shipbuilding, military aircraft and establishing «a more robust presence in key international waterways and choke points» such as the Strait of Hormuz and the disputed South China Sea.

U.S. officials say this year's military exercises will focus on better integrating disparate military components and domains, instead of focusing on single areas of concern, such as air superiority, as they were in the past.

March 19, 2017: U.S. and South Korean military officials confirm a failed missile test on Wednesday from the North.

Lawmakers have urged targeted financial sanctions against Pakistani intelligence officials linked to militants, and for Pakistan to lose its «non-NATO ally» status that offers preferential access to U.S. military technology.

The U.S. Treasury handed down the penalties on seven Russian oligarchs, 12 businesses and 17 Russian government officials, in response to what it described as their involvement in Russia's «malign» activities, ranging from military involvement in Ukraine and Syria to cyber crimes and alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

The administration official, who wasn't authorized to comment by name and demanded anonymity, said it would be «very difficult» but not impossible for the U.S. to get military equipment into Afghanistan if the Pakistan route is shut down.

The U.S. defense official said the commanding officer of the Donald Cook believed that Tuesday's incident was «unsafe and unprofessional,» but cautioned that a formal U.S. military review of the matter was underway.

The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met with top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.

Coalition officials say the change is helping speed up Iraqi military gains, but it marks a steady escalation of U.S. involvement in Iraq that could undermine the sustainability of Iraq's territorial victories.

Among the many scheduled American participants were the political advisor to the head of the U.S. Northern Command, the president for the Americas of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the senior director for the Western Hemisphere of the American National Security Council, the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Carla Hills (who was the primary U.S. NAFTA negotiator), the senior United States Air Force military assistant to the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from Mexico.

Guccifer claimed in a posting on their Wordpress site to have «penetrated Hillary Clinton's and other Democrats» mail servers,» but the self - described hacker was later characterized by U.S. officials as a front for Russian military intelligence.

[355] During the initial years of the Obama administration, the U.S. increased military cooperation with Israel, including increased military aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both comilitary cooperation with Israel, including increased military aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both comilitary aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both coMilitary Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both comilitary officials of both countries.

Also: Russian military spies were behind the cyberattack that hit the Olympics» opening ceremony, The Washington Post reports, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.

Six former U.S. intelligence officials, as well as former ArcSight employees and independent security experts, said the source code review could help Moscow discover weaknesses in the software, potentially helping attackers to blind the U.S. military to a cyber attack.

A U.S. military spokesman in Kabul, Martin O'Donnell, said Wednesday that Conde was carrying out an operation alongside Afghan forces against Taliban officials.

The U.S. believes an operation in North Waziristan is key to success in the Afghan war because the area serves as the main base for the Haqqani network — a militant group that military officials have said poses the greatest threat to troops in Afghanistan.

Magid said it was unprecedented to have a ranking American military official address the All - Dulles Area Muslim Society, which he said is one of the largest Islamic congregations in the U.S.

The organization evolved into the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) in 1993, where NYSCA became one of many programs Mr. Engh oversaw — along with spearheading innovative training programs for parents, administrators and officials that have been embraced and utilized in more than 3,000 cities nationwide and on U.S. military bases worldwide.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs.

Members of a military detail assigned to Vice President Mike Pence's communications team have been removed for bringing women back to a hotel during a trip to Latin America, U.S. defense officials said.

President Trump's decision on Wednesday to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military was blasted by elected officials in New York.

At a March 2013 Senate hearing, Gillibrand shakes hands with Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Harding and other senior military officials ahead of their testimony about sexual assault in the armed forces.

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP)-- Two members of Congress from New York are pressing Army officials to rename the U.S. Military Academy barracks named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Vacco noted that the opinions of the three retired colonels do not represent the opinion of the U.S. military, which has not taken an official position on the matter.

The Health and Human Services Department is considering housing at military bases those children picked up crossing the U.S. border illegally either alone or after being separated from their parents by the government, according to two U.S. officials.

A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers.

Following the formal ceremony, nearly 800 veterans came forward to receive their medals from County Executive Astorino, Tocci and other officials, as music of the era was played by members of the U.S. Military Academy Band.

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership sided with beltway lobbyists and the U.S. Chamber of Congress over the professional advice of our nation's military and national security officials, and filibustered the Cybersecurity Act in July 2012.

In science news around the world, the European Commission proposes that the European Union consider funding military research, more investigations at Japanese universities cast doubts on claims for a leading hypertension drug, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials plan a culling of barred owls in the Pacific Northwest in hopes of saving the endangered northern spotted owl, and more.

Military officials have banned Google Earth cartographers from making 360 - degree, street - level video maps of U.S. bases because it would provide would - be attackers with important information.

Russian officials have made numerous suggestions that the failure was due to malign foreign influence, including U.S. scientific radars or covert military action, or natural phenomena such as solar flares and cosmic rays.

But U.S. officials have long held that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea specifically allows military ships to conduct research cruises within a nation's EEZ (although civilian research cruises need to get permission from the host country).

Eric Fanning is now the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service, and the highest - ranking openly gay Pentagon official in the country's history.

(All stats in this film come directly from official U.S. military sources, and it's hardly in their best interests to be wholly honest.