Sentences with phrase «u.s. uses military force»

It is turning into a combination of ideological tics and irritable gestures even as the worst actors gain power.Ross Douthat argues that the Obama administration is shifting the U.S.'s foreign policy strategy from a Pax Americana model (where the U.S. uses military force to impose order) to one of offshore balancing (where the U.S. strategically sides with one local power or another while keeping U.S. commitments to a minimum).

Not exact matches

The tailors collaborated with an American military contractor to get their hands on the same technology used by the U.S. Special Forces in Iraq.

Instead of supporting this attempt — a drive that has the positive consequence for world peace that it will limit U.S. military adventurism (much as the Vietnam War finally forced the dollar off gold in 1971), Krugman is using the crisis to attack China — as if its success is what is harming U.S. labor.

The Arias and Contadora peace initiatives would have curtailed U.S. «rights» to use military force in the region.

Janet Reno, the Attorney General of the United States at the time, authorized and ordered the use of UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES, WITH THEIR MILITARY ASSUALT ARMAMENT, to MURDER seventy - six American men, women and children in their own home in the U.S.....

Disagreements will arise over the seriousness of particular threats, whether «just cause» and «last resort» are present for the use of military force, the utility of nonviolent and persuasive methods, whether a missile defense system (required by the strategy paper) is itself defensible practically and morally, and whether the U.S. should make interventionary decisions unilaterally or with international consent and support.

Why it matters: President Buhari is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 30, and both men would likely discuss further U.S. military assistance to Nigeria against the backdrop of serious human rights violations by security forces who use the same weapons to kill civilians.

«However, unilateral military action by the U.S. in a Middle East conflict causes grave concern, given the lack of any Authorization for Use of Military Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral actionmilitary action by the U.S. in a Middle East conflict causes grave concern, given the lack of any Authorization for Use of Military Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral actionMilitary Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral action.»

What Clark actually said in reference to «a» Resolution on 10/09/02: http://premium1.fosters.com/2002/election%5F2002/oct/09/us%5F2cong%5F1009a.asp «Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark said Wednesday he supports A congressional resolution that would give President Bush authority to use military force against Iraq, although he has reservations about the country's move toward war.

HARLEM — U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel has made no secret of his disapproval of President Barack Obama's decision to use U.S. military force in Libya, but that didn't keep the Harlem Democrat from attending the president's events on Tuesday night.

The 2018 defence cooperation agreement, which was ratified by a Majority - only Parliament last week will permit the U.S. Military to use Ghana as a base for staging and deploying forces.

Japan's constitution, written during the U.S. - led occupation after World War II, renounces war and the use or threat of force to resolve international conflicts and says military forces «will never be maintained.»

GPS was designed, as the responsible federal agencies are careful to remind us, to serve «as a dual - use system with the primary purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of U.S. and allied military forces.»

If adopted, the legislation would allow (1) using military force, even if Japan is not attacked, if another nation is attacked and the administration deems this situation a threat to Japan's survival; (2) sending SDF units anywhere in the world where the U.S. or other militaries are waging war and having them provide support in close proximity to combat zones, and (3) deploying the SDF alongside U.S. and other allied forces and authorizing them to fire their weapons ostensibly in defense of their military and other supplies.

As used in this paragraph, a «Covered Borrower» means any person who, at the time such person becomes obligated on a loan transaction or establishes an account for consumer credit, satisfies the requirements under any one or more of the following classifications, or is otherwise under applicable laws deemed to be a «Covered Borrower» under the Military Lending Act, 10 U.S. Code Section 987: (a) An active duty member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, or a person serving on active Guard and Reserve duty (a person described in this clause (a) of the definition of «Covered Borrower» is hereinafter referred to as a «Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's hoMilitary Lending Act, 10 U.S. Code Section 987: (a) An active duty member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, or a person serving on active Guard and Reserve duty (a person described in this clause (a) of the definition of «Covered Borrower» is hereinafter referred to as a «Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's homilitary service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's household.

«We use it to synchronize all military operations, we use it to navigate everywhere — it's just something the U.S. military can't live without,» says Brian Weeden, a former Air Force officer now with the Secure World Foundation, a nonprofit that studies security issues in outer space.

A 1996 report by top military personnel in the U.S., «Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025» to evidentiary details (like governmental spraying schedules, chemical orders, correct nomenclature used in airline operating manuals, and calls for geoengineering by economists) to support its notion of «heavy involvement of governments at the top level in climate control projects.»

Answers to these questions are important because they will determine «what constitutes a cyberattack worthy of a full — throated U.S. military response» including the use of physical force (Markoff and Shanker, 2009b).

Veterans of the U.S. Navy or other branches of the military may also have suffered exposure to asbestos due to dangerous materials used by the armed forces.

The U.S. Air Force, Coast Guard and Army military transition centers use the Jobseeker's Guide (workshop handout) and curriculum to help military personnel write federal resumes for USAJOBS.

The U.S. Air Force, Coast Guard and Army military transition centers use the Ten Steps Jobseeker Guide (workshop handout) and curriculum to help military personnel write federal resumes and submit to Resumix databases.