Sentences with phrase «decisions about national security»

We still want someone to make decisions about our national security and our dealings with other countries.

«There has to be some deference» to the president's decisions about national security, he added.

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However, the investigation appears to be gathering momentum, after the decision of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to plead guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials during the transition between the Obama and Trump administrations.

But his decision to do so while facing increasing scrutiny — the deepening FBI probe regarding his administration's contact with Russia and damning new Senate testimony from former acting attorney general Sally Yates about Trump's now - fired national security adviser Michael Flynn — instantly recalls Richard Nixon's infamous «Saturday Night Massacre» in which the 37th president purged the Justice Department during the Watergate investigation.

The decision to invoke national security trade protections over the objection of the defense secretary raises questions about the coherence of policy processes.

Much has been said about the global environmental, economic and leadership consequences of United States President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement but there is also a national security dimension.

He has also taken into consideration insights from national and international experts in the areas of security, health, and research; the positive advice of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity [NSABB] to the U.S. government about publication of the research; and the U.S. government's decision to follow thatnational and international experts in the areas of security, health, and research; the positive advice of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity [NSABB] to the U.S. government about publication of the research; and the U.S. government's decision to follow thatNational Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity [NSABB] to the U.S. government about publication of the research; and the U.S. government's decision to follow that advice.