Sentences with phrase «army of political»

«[They have] a small army of political workers around the country,» Moe said.

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These companies use political contributions and armies of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.

The broad range of people who make up Paul's ragtag army — and the depth of their feeling for the Movement — suggest that this is a force that the political Establishment will have to contend with sooner or later.

Given the additional political scrutiny on the Pentagon in the aftermath of the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that killed four Army Special Forces personnel, classifying vital metrics of progress in our 16 - year - old Afghanistan campaign doesn't cast the US military in the best light.

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.

These included its legalization as a political party, and a requirement that the Syrian army stay out of Douma.

The first was General Tian Xiusi, a former political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Air Force and a member of the party's elite Central Committee.

In a legal filing on Monday, ETP asked a judge to grant the permit, saying that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in its decision, responded to «political pressure and an escalating campaign of violence and disorder waged by protesters» against the project.

Potholes the size of P.E.I., mummified patients spending eternity in emergency room lineups, a Senate whose sole purpose is to reward political cronies, our troops arriving in Afghanistan equipped with Swiss army knives and Korean War surplus.

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, met with Pakistan's army ruler Pervaiz Musharraf, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and other political leaders and government officials as they assessed the political situation in the country.

Facing the prospect of a blue wave this fall, the White House's political arm is devoting unprecedented resources to building an army of paid staff and trained volunteers across more than two dozen states.

An Army veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan, Mast may be evidence that some in Congress are shedding their political fear of guns.

Hwang Pyong So was apparently dismissed as director of the Korean People's Army General Political Bureau and succeeded by Kim Jong Gak, former minister of the People's Armed Forces.

Rev. 19:19: «I saw the wild beast [human political rulership as a whole] and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage the war with the one seated on the horse and with his army.»

Make no mistake, Norman Mailer's latest is neither a great retelling of the gospel nor Mailer anywhere near the peaks that he reached with his political writing that culminated in the compulsively readable account of the 1967 march on the Pentagon, The Armies of the Night, or even Executioner's Song, his story of the ending of the Supreme Court's ban on the death penalty with the 1977 execution of Gary Gilmore.

And, you will find they are all working hard to live up to God's standards, free of false teachings, having true love for their brothers around the world, living in peace even today, not willing to join anybody's army, nor join political parties but respectful of national governments and authorities, law abiding but God's kingdom interests come first, carrying out the world wide assignment God has given them.

Make no snide remarks about «streets of gold,» because Revelation 21 depicts a radical new economic and political order that will replace the banks and corporations and armies that dominate our world.

The reality is that «The greatest security will not come through armies or counterviolence, not through revenge or hatred, but through building a world of love and open - heartedness, a world in which the recognition of the sanctity of everyone on the planet shapes every economic, political, and social institution» [Lerner, 2001].

It is a political, warlike, militaristic and ideologic concept which Muhammad wrapped up like a burrito in the trappings of a religion, in order to have armies who would obey him like robots.

This is part of the peace agreement Britain made with the Irish Republican Army and its political front - men in Sinn Fein.

Veteran Israeli politicians expect the Obama administration to give Israel an ultimatum later this year to make peace with the Palestinian Authority» that is, with a political entity that is kept alive on the West Bank by an American - trained militia and the Israeli Army, and that is headed by a prime minister, Salam Fayyad, whose party won 2 percent of the vote in the last elections and who faces a constituency two - thirds of which tells pollsters that it doesn't want any deal with a Jewish state.

We were ardent New Model Army fans and it was a sort of uniform that made you part of a tribe, a joint love of music, a shared political viewpoint and friends in all corners of the country.

Going negative always risks blowback, but when you're trying to put political hurt on someone with an army of grassroots supporters, the reflected pain may be monetary.

The political left has taken up this principle with enthusiasm - in fact, it often feels like there's an army of white middle class left - wingers looking for things to be offended by on other people's behalf.

At the 1976 Conservative conference, Michael Heseltine fired a volley of attacks on Labour, calling it «a rabble of political extremists» and «a one - legged army limping away», mimicking their imagined marching orders: «Left!

It ain't for nothin'that newspaper and television reporters and pundits have steadily lost audience over the last decade to a new army of amateurs and outsiders — a world of information scarcity is being replaced by a world of information plenty, and political journalism's place as the arbiter of public discourse is eroding fast.

«Certainly, the Free Officers Movement brought the army to power and ruled a one - party state with its own share of political prisoners.

Pakistan's current crisis is rooted in its elite's failure to establish a coherent national identity, its army's pursuit of an India - centric national security paradigm, and «the inability of its ethnic groups to find a workable political balance with one another» (p. 28).

Even after the return to democracy in 1999, with (apologies to Fela) the Army Arrangement that thrust Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo into the presidential chair, the Afenifere — indeed, all of the Yoruba political mainstream — still pushed for SNC (if they wanted to be politically irritating) or «restructuring» (if they wanted to be nuanced or coded).

Online volunteer organizing essentially built the campaign a structure in places where it didn't exist, letting paid staff parachute in and immediately take command of a working political army.

Despite the opprobrium that Mr Blair's interventions draw from Labour's new model army, his analysis and political approach remains the only coherent argument coming from the left of centre and Labour's leadership appears to be out of step with the Party.

Okay, it's not exactly a robot zombie army, but it might have a similar effect on the world of political action — an email arrived today from the Obama campaign about a training program they're starting which aims to educate a cadre of activists in the essentials of community organizing.

When the moment of crisis finally came earlier this year, with massive civilian protests first in provincial towns and then, spectacularly, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, splits emerged among the political elite over how to react and the army command waivered.

Christian Science Monitor, June 8th 1984 «The army went into Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress the culture of a people, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self - confidence.»

The Dems» fractious online army attempted to pull the party to the unelectable margins of political debate.

Its delegates termed the continuity of democratic process led by mainstream national and regional parties, without interference by the army and interruption by the judiciary, as crucial for the country's political stability.

I obviously do not wish to belittle the significance of the deaths of people in the other groups - ethnic Poles, Slovenians, Homosexuals, left - wing political activists, disabled people, Roma, and arguably also prisoners of war from the USSR (my own grandfather was both a Jew and a soldier in the Red Army); and it's important to mention them as well.

How have expert political observers evaluated these actions taken by Pakistan against terrorism since December 2014 in response to the Peshawar Army School attack, and what is the published opinion of senior political experts regarding the efficacy of such measures?

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The increasingly confident statements of support for the Syrian rebels worries some analysts, who warn that western governments remain ignorant of the make - up of the Free Syria army - especially given the complicated cultural, political and ethnic make up of the country.

It's for these entirely emotional reasons that the Liberal Democrats have become the most absurd Army of Darkness in political history and Nick Clegg is the new national bogeyman.

In fact, the only political activity (incitement is not political activity) which remains illegal is «willfully spreading of false news of the American army and navy with an intent to disrupt their operations, to foment mutiny in their ranks, or to obstruct recruiting.»

I think that was true when he was an academic, true when he was in the army and true of his political career as well.»

Reno, Nevada (CNN)- Some two weeks before the midterm elections, Tea Party activists are set to fire up their army of supporters to forge ahead in, what they see as, a political war.

Following what has been described as the lukewarm attitude displayed by officers and soldiers of the Nigerian army during current internal security challenges unfolding in the country like the violent Biafra protests in the South and other political threats -LSB-...]

In his response, the Chief of Army Staff assured the Governor that the Nigerian Army has been working in conjunction with other security agencies to rout out cattle rustlers and other criminals not only in the Zamfara State, but the entire North West geo - political zone where it was more prevalent.

He left the Army in 1995 being first a political consultant with Hill and Knowlton UK Ltd and then Managing Director of WorldSpace, a digital satellite company.

When asked whether he had any further ambitions to political life in Pakistan, he said anyone who was capable of uniting the army, bureaucracy and political forces would be beneficial.

Bolton — eyed to replace Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser should McMaster step down or be fired — would be the latest in a string of Trump administration insiders with strong links to big - spending, conservative political groups largely funded by an elite group of megadonors.