Sentences with phrase «by defense secretary»

Ironically, the report was announced by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who helped block the Kyoto treaty when he represented Nebraska in the Senate.

According to reports, the summary of the new National Defense Strategy signed by Defense Secretary James Mattis makes no mention of «global warming» or «climate change» and little mention of energy issues, «except that the U.S. would «foster a stable and secure Middle East» and «contributes to stable global energy markets and secure trade routes.

Positive assessments by U.S. commanders there during a visit by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are a stark contrast to darker appraisals from the U.S. intelligence community and a top Afghanistan scholar.

The proposal comes from DOD's bean counters, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), as part of a sweeping review of defense spending launched by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

The Act would make permanent the order signed by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to give the «benefit of the doubt» to vets, by putting the burden of proof on the Defense Department that PTSD did not cause the behavior that led to the discharges.

Not exact matches

This is further complicated by the fact that Graham is close friends with secretary of defense Robert McNamara, who is the one who commissioned the Pentagon Papers as, he said, a record for future administrations to study.

The unilateral statement issued by the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, initially caught some defense, military, and intelligence officials off guard, NBC News and BuzzFeed reported late Monday, and struck many as President Donald Trump's attempt to draw a red line for US military intervention in Syria — something he had criticized President Barack Obama for doing in the past.

In June, Defense Secretary James Mattis delayed an Obama administration plan to begin allowing openly transgender recruits into the military by six months.

«I do not believe that any new policy decision is appropriate until that study is complete and thoroughly reviewed by the Secretary of Defense, our military leadership, and the Congress,» he said.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

A 1994 Pentagon policy preventing women from serving in combat was rescinded in 2013 by then - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and ultimately led to the current DoD head Ash Carter making the historic change.

The shipyards employed as many as 70,000 people during World War 2 and were shuttered a couple of decades later by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed Americans and others are being held by Islamic militants after what he calls a «terrorist attack» occurred at a natural gas facility in Algeria.

Warren's words echo a statement made by former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who ended the transgender military ban for service members just last year.

Trump's announcement reverses the Obama administration's decision in 2016 to allow transgender individuals to openly serve, though the implementation of that policy had been delayed by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.

A former top military aide to Secretary Ash Carter used a government credit card to pay large bar tabs at strip clubs in Rome and in South Korea frequented by prostitutes and engaged in «inappropriate» behavior with women, a long - awaited report by the Department of Defense Inspector General released Thursday found.

By early 2007, Skelton was working at the Pentagon as a military aide to the deputy secretary of defense while undergoing additional surgeries.

Trump was briefed by Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford at a meeting of members of his national security team, the statement said.

«It's kind of like the old Robert McNamara saying,» says Chesky, referencing a comment about nuclear weapons by the controversial 1960s U.S. defense secretary to explain his own voracious pursuit of management knowledge.

The announcement Monday by VA Secretary David Shulkin said Cerner's work on the Department of Defense's system, now known as MHS Genesis, pushed the decision in Cerner's favor.

Arctic Care 2018 is run by the office of the Secretary of Defense to provide military readiness training while also providing local communities essential services that are much needed in some remote areas over the next two weeks.

-- Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Defense to develop, prepare, coordinate, or, when authorized by the President to do so, conduct a military cyber operation in response to a malicious cyber activity carried out against the United States or a United States person by a foreign government or an organization sponsored by a foreign government or a terrorist organization.

Echoing then - Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's remarks last month, Goldfein said most view the January strike in Libya as a B - 2 strike, but forget that its journey and mission were supplemented by Air Force tankers, maintainer airmen and weapons loaders, among other «family of systems.»

Prior to being appointed to that position by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, he was associated with Arthur Andersen & Co. for 25 years, except between 1967 and 1971, when he served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management, where his work earned him Distinguished Public Service Awards from both the Navy and the Department of Defense.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called the kind of high - purity aluminum produced by the Hawesville smelter «a hugely important thing to defense.»

The unknown head of the Advanced Research Sector 7 arm of the government makes himself known to the Secretary of Defense, informing him of the existence of Sector 7, and how it was formed in secrecy 80 years ago by then - President Hoover to deal with extraterrestrial threats or occurrences.

Readers will be sobered by Dorrien's account of Deputy Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz arguing that Saddam Hussein would have to be overthrown whether or not a connection to 9/11 was found.

(Tillerson has relationships with Russia, but he comes recommended by widely - respected figures such as former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.)

When one reads Phillips's description of the crusaders» arrival at their destination 800 years ago, it's impossible not to think of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's 2003 predictions that the American forces would be greeted by Iraqis as liberators.

And, curiously, Bush avoided mentioning his own economic sanctions policy, the continuation of which had been persuasively urged by two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, six former secretaries of defense, and forty - seven senators.

The Secretary of Defense, Mr. Weinberger, noted, «I have read the book of Revelation and, yes, I believe the world is going to end — by an act of God, I hope — but everyday I think that time is running out» (New York Times, Aug. 23, 1982).

According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.

The ancestors of the September document are the Defense Policy Guidance paper of 1992, prepared in the Department of Defense under then Secretary Richard Cheney, and «Rebuilding America's Defenses; Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century,» issued in September 2000 by the Project for the New American Century.

I can't figure out what is the worst thing to come out of this Washington Post article on the new book by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

With the concurrent replacement of National Security Advisor HR McMaster by foreign policy «hawk» John Bolton this leaves the «moderate wing» of the Trump administration reduced to Defense Secretary General Jim Mattis.

Cuomo was invited on the trip by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and is also joined by Under Secretary of the Army Brad Carson, Tennesee Gov. William Haslam, Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and other DoD officials.

The recent visit to Beijing by the U.S. secretary of defense, Leon Panetta — which coincided with State Department statements that the U.S. - Japan security treaty would apply to the disputed Senkaku Islands — highlights the growing tension with China over America's military presence in Asia, Chinese efforts to counteract it, and the dangerous misperceptions that can arise if defense strategy gets in the way of diplomacy.

The Reyes campaign proudly announces that Juan Reyes has been endorsed by former U.S. Senator Bob Dole (pictured above with Reyes) and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

The White House is reportedly mulling replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster, an Army general — a move that is being orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis.

The move to oust McMaster, an Army general, is being orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, MSNBC reported.

For months, the United States has been frustrated by the Islamic State's ability to keep producing and exporting oil — what Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter recently called «a critical pillar of the financial infrastructure» of the group — which generates about $ 40 million a month, or nearly $ 500 million a year, according to Treasury Department estimates.

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter removed one of the final barriers to military service by lifting the Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving openly in the armed forces.

The United States has a two - man rule in place, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense (there is a hierarchy of succession in the event that the president is killed in an attack).

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said it was a «personal decision driven by privacy concerns and significant challenges (Bilden) faced in separating himself from his business interests.»

The mandatory days off without pay were ordered by the Secretary of Defense as a result of the across the board federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand penned a letter to Defense Secretary Mattis, which was signed by nearly 50 senators.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called on Defense Secretary James Mattis to immediately initiate a full audit of required notifications to the FBI by all military criminal investigative organizations after the Air Force's failure to report.

The United States has a two - man rule in place, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense

Defense Secretary Gates reluctance to support the release of photos of Osama Bin Laden was influenced by the altered photos of the Situation Room that were floating around the Internet, reports Politico's Josh Gerstein:... Read More

Suspended Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has risen in defense of former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over claims made by erstwhile chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, urging the latter to stop making disparaging comments at old age and quietly retire from politics.