Sentences with phrase «as a civilian government»

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She joined Promontory from the Department of Homeland Security, where she served as the deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity and communications and led responses to cybersecurity threats against corporations, civilians, and the government.

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Yet the Ugandan government's army is hardly innocent of atrocities either, having displaced, tortured, and killed numerous civilians in Uganda as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Witness for Peace and other religious groups, former CIA officials, and human rights organizations such as Americas Watch and Amnesty International have all documented and condemned U.S. support for the contras and other «friendly» governments that terrorize civilians.

As several studies are showing now, whole civilian barrio communities were razed by the hi - tech military invasion, displacing tens of thousands and killing many more than the 300 the U.S. government admits.

He became part of a conspiracy against Hitler at the highest levels of the German government, using his role as a civilian agent in military intelligence as a cover for ecumenical contacts that allowed the conspirators to make tentative overtures toward a peace settlement with the British government.

As Nigeria begins its transition from a military to a civilian government» the process working its way up from local levels, where civilians are already in charge, to the national level, where elections are scheduled for next year» it faces the possibility of a crisis like the one that almost destroyed the country twenty - four years ago.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Though clergy and ecclesiastical officers must refrain from partisan political activity, as I have cautioned elsewhere, condemning the taking of innocent lives is not partisan, whether through protesting abortion clinics or (as the British clergy did in World War II) denouncing a government for bombing civilian targets.

«More veterans are coming back from war and getting back to work in the civilian job force, thanks to efforts by both employers and the government, as well as the improving economy.»

«Whilst the government continues to present these cases as a purely administrative matter, the fact remains that the destruction of houses of worship violates all international norms, as does the use of excessive force on civilians who are peaceably exercising their right to worship in communion with others.

At least 20 unarmed men were executed by Syrian troops in Damascus, according to opposition activists, as the government said Monday that the country's chemical weapons were secure and would never be used against civilians.

As at 8 pm of Thursday, camp officials were already complying with Governor Shettima's orders as meetings were being held between officials and chairmen of the two local government areas at the camp with participation of members of the civilian JTF while the camp was combed with searches being conducteAs at 8 pm of Thursday, camp officials were already complying with Governor Shettima's orders as meetings were being held between officials and chairmen of the two local government areas at the camp with participation of members of the civilian JTF while the camp was combed with searches being conducteas meetings were being held between officials and chairmen of the two local government areas at the camp with participation of members of the civilian JTF while the camp was combed with searches being conducted.

The Tamils are protesting against the treatment of civilians trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan government's military and the separatist Tamil Tigers, who are fighting their last stand as a 20 - year conflict draws to a close.

As government forces fired live rounds into crowds of unarmed civilians, Egypt took a step closer to civil war.

The government - funded Dutch Safety Board (DSB) describes its remit as investigating accidents where «civilians are dependent on the government, companies or organisations for their safety».

After civilian rule was established in the Fourth Republic in January 1993, Amidu continued to serve in the government of Jerry Rawlings as Deputy Attorney - General.

Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as «the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives» (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).

Syria: From War to Dissolution With Help Of Media The Syrian opposition has accused the government of launching a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs that killed large numbers of civilians as they slept.

An incoming Conservative government would slash civilian staff at the Ministry of Defence, potentially by as much as a quarter.

Aregbesola said though May 29, in 1999, was the date the military handed over power to civilian administration, opined that June 12 would remain symbolic in the political structure of Nigeria as it represents the day of reckoning and the realization of a truly democratic government that approximates the yearnings and aspirations of the people.

In general, there is a divide between the military and civilian parts of Pakistan's government and this divide plays an important role in its politics (which is also true of many other countries that are relatively newly democratic such as Turkey and Egypt).

Blair said handing over the anti-terrorism operation to the military would make it easier for the U.S. government to discuss targeting procedures and precautions taken to avoid civilian casualties, sometimes referred to as collateral damage.

But the relationship between the former colleagues cooled as Mr Buhari's coup ousted a civilian government, led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won elections organised by Mr Obasanjo.

Although the Nigerian army has dislodged Boko Haram from much of the territory it claimed as a caliphate in 2014, the group continues to launch attacks against civilians, government officials and troops.

The local security volunteer group, known as Civilian JTF in Konduga local government Area of Borno State claimed that it had arrested a notorious Boko Haram Kingpin, named Bashir who had been acting as Abubakar Shekau in some videos on the social media.

Boko Haram Suspect arrested for Sneaking into IDPs camp In continuation of battle to clear out of Boko Haram remnants from the North East, the local security volunteer group, known as Civilian JTF in Konduga local government Area of Borno State yesterday claimed that it had arrested a notorious Boko Haram Kingpin, named Bashir.

«As I said when I received Amina Ali Nkeki, the rescued Chibok girl, our determination and commitment to the protection of our Children is unshaken, this Government is resolute in our efforts at rescuing all the missing Chibok Girls, the recent rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki and Sarah Luka by our gallant Soldiers and the Civilian JTF is a testimony to our unwavering resolve at defeating Boko Haram terrorists.

A Libyan government spokesman described the coalition attacks as «aggression without excuse» and claimed many civilians had been hurt.

Four gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko terrorist, on Tuesday, shot dead six members of vigilante youths known as civilian JTF in Damasak, Mobar Local Government Area of Borno State.

Monguno Local Government Area of Borno state is reported to have been attack by suspected members of the Boko Haram insurgents, who targeted particularly the volunteer youths known as civilian JTF.

Known as a strong backer of India's nuclear establishment, Singh in 2008 staked the future of his government on passage of the landmark Indo - U.S. civilian nuclear agreement, which allows India, once ostracized over its nuclear weapons program, to buy civilian nuclear technology.

Since the 1940s, when the U.S. government began to invest seriously in civilian research, the work has been done largely at the nation's universities and paid for through competitive, temporary grants awarded to individual professors by federal funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Syria's violence against civilians is being matched with online abuses as the government uses hacking and surveillance tools to track its people

«There is no target for government funding of R&D as a percentage of GDP, no encouragement for industry to increase its spending and no attempt to transfer funds from defence to civilian research.»

Historic structures at the other five sites, including ancient mosques, schools, and civilian as well as government buildings, have all been damaged and, in some cases, destroyed, AAAS reported.

I also worked as a civilian in the federal government..

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After an accident during the mission ends up killing innocent civilians, the remaining Avengers War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Vision (Paul Bettany) as well as Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) are told that the world's governments are unwilling to allow further incidents to continue without oversight and accountability.

Director Steven Soderbergh's big - budget thriller about the global spread of a mysterious illness stumbles by focusing too much on public policy and science and to little on the human drama as civilians and government officials race to stop the deadly outbreak.

Everything else is lifted directly from Armageddon, as we have problems with a space shuttle, the destruction of a European city (Rome in this case, whereas Paris got the ax in Armageddon), and the recruitment of civilians to aid the government in saving the world.

In Section 2331 of Chapter 113 (A), defines terrorism as activities that: involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (B) ``... activities that involve violent... or life - threatening acts... that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and... appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and... (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States...» (10) Subsequently paper will go deeper in counter-terrorism legislation of US.

UN Security Council will adopt Resolution 1566 in 2004 and gives a definition of terrorism as «criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act.»

In June 2009, he settled in the Colorado Springs area and currently works as a government civilian at United States Northern Command.

According to the IRS, income taxes are forgiven for a U.S. Government civilian employee who dies as a result of injuries or wounds incurred while employed by the U.S. Government.

Civilian opposition to such false government propaganda, as AGW and von Weizsacker's «nuclear binding energy,» is the most effective way to restore respect for the rights of citizens.

The automobile had been invented and entered mass production in the early 1900s, but just as the internal combustion engine started to prevail over electric cars at that time and mass production took hold with Ford's Model T bringing some cars and trucks into upper middle class households and into use by businesses and farms, the Great Depression and World War II dramatically reduced private personal consumption, so for the two decades from about 1929 until the several years after World War II that it took to convert factories from war production to civilian peacetime production, the automobile industry's private sector sales were greatly suppressed, domestic civilian road and bridge construction came to a near halt during World War II as government funds were diverted to the war effort, and domestic oil consumption was likewise suppressed.

Terrorism is defined as a willful and deliberate act that is 1) an act that is a violent felony; 2) an act that the person knows or has reason to know is dangerous to human life; and, 3) an act that is intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence or affect the conduct of government through intimidation or coercion.

Howard worked for the government as a civilian employee of the Air Force and in the Department of Housing and Urban Development; after he was finished with school, he owned a travel agency, which he ran successfully enough to retire in 1987.

Federal experience includes positions you have held as a civilian employee paid by an agency of the Federal government.