Sentences with phrase «defense secretary in»

A former Member of Congress, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, former CIA director and defense secretary in the Obama administration.

This follows a Wall Street Journal article I pasted here somewhere arguing for the same thing, by Reagan's former assistant defense secretary in charge of star wars.

Not exact matches

In January, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the decision to delay the drills was because of logistical concerns, since many South Korean security forces would be occupied with protecting the Olympics.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Trump Administration is replacing «strategic patience» with «strategic accountability» in dealing with North Korea.

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And Ash Carter, former Defense secretary, weighs in.

And Ash Carter, former Defense secretary and Harvard / MIT technologist, weighs in.

Thomas Harvey III, the acting assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities, told South China Morning Post that US bombers had been deployed to assure US allies in the region.

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.

Abu Ghraib was a moral failing of the U.S. military that should have resulted in the resignation of the Secretary of Defense.

The national security strategy the Trump administration released in December made no mention of climate change whatsoever, despite the fact Defense Secretary James Mattis has acknowledged it as a threat.

The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962.

Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the Pentagon's $ 800 million Afghanistan Task Force for Stability and Business Operations — which was designed to focus on economic redevelopment in US war zones — when he complained about a lack of financial accountability, and now says he has been «singled out for retaliation and retribution,» Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) said last week in a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

Transgender servicemembers have been able to serve openly in the military since last year, when former Defense Secretary Ash Carter ended the ban, declaring it the right thing to do.

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

In April, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter declared a cyberwar against the Islamic State group, or ISIS.

In fact, one of his first moving requests was from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Karoblis, who recently hosted US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in his homeland close to the Belarus border, said he remained positive about Washington's commitment to NATO.

Although the US military, Secretary of State Tillerson, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis all say unequivocally that the US does not want or train for regime - change missions in North Korea, the president and the military have to do what's best for the country at any cost.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday underscored the distrust between Moscow and Washington, telling the House Armed Services Committee that he's seen nothing to indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin is interested in cooperation with the United States.

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 decision whether to make changes in the military personnel rules ultimately will rest with the next defense secretary.

CNBC's John Harwood reports on Defense Secretary Ash Carter's remarks on Capitol Hill and President Obama's remarks in Cuba about the attacks in Brussels, as well as those from current presidential candidates.

A ballooning sexual harassment scandal in Westminster claimed its first victim late Monday as Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon, saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position.

Aramco has been the victim of a high - profile cyber attack in the past, with former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta describing the 2012 so - called Shamoon attack as perhaps the most destructive cyber attack on a private business.

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.

Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara spoke about intuition in a 2003 documentary about his role in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

«Much progress has been made with the identification of several highly sensitive, unconventional aerospace - related findings,» Sen. Reid said in a letter to William Lynn III, a deputy defense secretary at the time.

In 2012, for example, then - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Iran was one of the most prolific hackers, targeting everything from government systems to company networks.

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Chuck Hagel as defense secretary — calling him «the leader our troops deserve» and a man who could make «tough fiscal choices» in a time of increasing austerity.

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.

Last month, Defense Secretary James Mattis put a hold on the president's transgender military ban, but the measure in the Senate still appears to have widespread support.

Department of Defense, then - U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ron Lewis, right, greets then - Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, May 13, 2013.

Defense Secretary James Mattis in a statement Wednesday called the report «absolutely false» and «erroneous.»

LONDON (Reuters)- The United States is concerned about Russia's presence in Afghanistan and its interactions with Taliban fighters, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday.

«But the truth is, most of them probably see Secretary [of Defense James] Mattis, General McMaster, and Secretary [of State Rex] Tillerson as figures in which basically they see the same basic national security policies that they would have seen under Bush - or even Reagan for that matter.»

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Japan Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera, in a phone call on Monday, «condemned North Korea's reckless and unlawful behavior,» according to a Pentagon statement.

A provision in the government funding bill would make it easier for Trump to win confirmation of General James Mattis to be defense secretary early next year.

He served 20 years in the federal government, including as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Clinton and Bush Administrations.

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.

«We reiterated to China that they have a diplomatic responsibility to exert much greater economic and diplomatic pressure on the regime if they want to prevent further escalation in the region,» U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters at a joint news conference with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

No formal announcement, no position papers had been prepared; significant cabinet officers, such as the secretaries of Defense and State, were caught off - guard, as were his party leaders in the Congress.

St. Paul, Minnesota, 01 May, 2013: The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans & Programs — the Honorable Sharon Burke — visited the Twin Cities on Wednesday to survey the technology innovation available in this region for Department of Defense energy needs.

He has told officials in the Pentagon building that at an uncertain time, he intends, as defense secretary, to provide an even - keeled, measured approach to national security issues.

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.

Tanks, however, will not appear in the Nov. 11 procession — as they could damage the streets of Washington, D.C. — but the event will include plenty of airplane flyovers, according to the office of Defense Secretary James Mattis, whose staff will coordinate the festivities.

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday the US is «still assessing the intelligence» on whether the Assad regime is to blame for the recent suspected chemical attack but added that the US stands ready for military strikes in Syria.

-- 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.»