Sentences with phrase «counterterrorism efforts»
"Counterterrorism efforts" refers to actions and strategies taken to prevent and combat terrorist acts. These efforts are aimed at identifying, tracking, and stopping individuals or groups involved in planning or carrying out acts of terrorism, ensuring the safety and security of people and society. Full definition
Cuomo and the other governors were invited by the Defense Department, to receive briefings on counterterrorism efforts and increasing global threats, and to meet with the troops, including 270 Members of the New York National Guard and 900 members of Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division.
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While increased US activity in Yemen and Somalia is readily apparent, the renewed counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan and Libya has largely gone under the radar.
Mr. Obama said American counterterrorism efforts had put pressure «on these networks that are well - financed and more sophisticated and can engage and project transnational threats against the United States,» but that «one of the dangers that we now face are self - radicalized individuals who are already here in the United States.»
Responding to the report, President Barack Obama lauded the CIA's role in protecting the country, but said that the report «reinforces my long - held view that these harsh methods were not only inconsistent with our values as nation, they did not serve our broader counterterrorism efforts or our national security interests... I hope that today's report can help us leave these techniques where they belong — in the past»...
Protest over the mosque / Islamic center proposed for construction near Ground Zero has reportedly stepped up anti-US chatter and threats on jihadist Websites, although the White House has said there's no evidence the controversy has had an impact on US counterterrorism efforts.
A bill authored by Rep. John Katko, R - Camillus, requires Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to better coordinate the nation's counterterrorism efforts through an oversight board.
The ticket blitz follows Governor Cuomo's said state troopers would be posted at TBTA bridges and tunnels to help with the transition to cashless tolls, and to help the city with counterterrorism efforts.
They will be focused on two new efforts — a new counterterrorism effort focused on critical response, and what de Blasio called a «pioneering» neighborhood policing strategy.
Editor's note (11/16/15): Following the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 and the ensuing debate about counterterrorism efforts and encrypted communications, Scientific American is republishing the following article.
'' (T) error» examines the human costs of counterterrorism efforts on the homefront, as an FBI informant tries to befriend a terror suspect.
The Resume Place can help you prepare your resume and navigate the sometimes byzantine application processes of the myriad federal departments and agencies that hire for our nation's critical counterterrorism efforts.
In her 33 years at the agency, Acting Director Haspel has held senior positions around the globe, overseeing covert operations and counterterrorism efforts to protect the homeland.
Nothing really has ever intrigued me as much as coaching has, although I could see myself being in charge of the DEA or the counterterrorism effort.
Trump, a Republican, has defended his executive order banning the entry of travelers from the seven countries, casting it as a counterterrorism effort.
In 2013, 20th Century Fox Television bought the rights to «Enemies Within,» the investigative story that unearthed many previously undisclosed facts about the NYPD's counterterrorism efforts, written by two reporters then with the Associated Press, Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo.