Sentences with phrase «for defense secretary»

(CNN)- Robert Gibbs, former White House press secretary and senior adviser to the president's re-election bid, said Sunday that President Obama's nominee for defense secretary didn't perform too well during his confirmation hearing last week.

Under consideration for Trump's cabinet, should he win: Rudy Giuliani for attorney general, Newt Gingrich for secretary of state, retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn for defense secretary or national security adviser, Trump finance chairman Steve Mnuchin for Treasury secretary, and RNC finance chair Lew Eisenberg for commerce secretary.

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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.

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And their leader, Secretary of Defense Mattis, testified yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the utility of the JCPOA for the U.S. and global security.

And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to start a company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative ideas into world - changing products and services.

VA Secretary David Shulkin said that there was a «public interest exception» for giving Cerner the contract without examining other bids, especially considering that the system would better be able to communicate with the Defense Department's EHR tech, which Cerner also worked on.

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.

William Cohen, a former U.S. defense secretary, said Tillerson's visit was important for both sides.

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.

The new request for a delay will go to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for a final decision, said the officials, who weren't authorized to discuss the internal deliberations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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.

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.

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.

Jim Townsend, who was deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy for eight years, told Defense News that pressuring Sweden with threats about defense cooperation is a flawed apdefense for European and NATO policy for eight years, told Defense News that pressuring Sweden with threats about defense cooperation is a flawed apDefense News that pressuring Sweden with threats about defense cooperation is a flawed apdefense cooperation is a flawed approach.

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.

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.

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She served for 15 years along with Hillary Clinton on the board of the Children's Defense Fund and was the longest - serving HHS secretary under Bill Clinton.

«I used to tell presidents, you have to be very, very cautious about drawing red lines or issuing ultimatums,» said Gates, the only defense secretary to hold the job under two presidents for two different political parties.

William Perry, the 19th secretary of defense for the United States, says today we have three clear paths towards nuclear destruction.

«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.»

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and top military commanders will review the assessment and then recommend possible missions for American military advisers, he said.

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.

When the secretary of Defense approves a brigade combat team for a combatant commander, it comes with the CSA's guarantee that the brigade is fully manned, trained, and equipped.

Among the many scheduled American participants were the political advisor to the head of the U.S. Northern Command, the president for the Americas of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the senior director for the Western Hemisphere of the American National Security Council, the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Carla Hills (who was the primary U.S. NAFTA negotiator), the senior United States Air Force military assistant to the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups froSecretary of Defense Carla Hills (who was the primary U.S. NAFTA negotiator), the senior United States Air Force military assistant to the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from Defense Carla Hills (who was the primary U.S. NAFTA negotiator), the senior United States Air Force military assistant to the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups frosecretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups frosecretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups frosecretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from Mexico.

He served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1983 to 1989.

He said he was planning to oust several lower - down State and Defense Department officials who might object to economic war with China; he named Susan Thornton, the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, as one example of someone he wants to fire.

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.

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday that the US is «still assessing the intelligence» on the recent chemical attack but noted that the US military is on standby should Trump give the order for a strike.

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.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke on Saturday with their South Korean counterparts after the historic meeting between leaders of the two Koreas, and Trump said «things are going very well» as he prepares for an expected...

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.

«Trump is drawing a decisive red line for himself, we all think back to Obama's red line in Syria, which ultimately became an embarrassment for him,» Peter Jennings, Australia's former deputy secretary in defense, told CNBC.

Is it possible that Netanyahu has forgotten that, just a week ago, a Pentagon spokesman warned, in a special celebratory announcement, that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta would shortly ask Congress to release funds for Israel because the latest flare - up in Gaza proved that Iron Dome was essential?

Even before Obama officially nominated Hagel to be secretary of defense, the Vietnam War veteran was being attacked not just for displaying insufficient affection toward Israel but for allegedly being an anti-Semite.

(CNN)- As I have read recent neoconservative diatribes against President Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel - including charges that he is an anti-Semite and a full - page advertisement attacking him in The New York Times on Thursday - I have asked myself, «What would George Washington do?»

«On behalf of Secretary Panetta, and the Department of Defense, I offer my sincere regret for the incident at Bagram Air Base,» said Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Lavoy.

Mary, a thirty - two - year - old secretary, adopted the moving - toward defense particularly in relating to men, denying her need for autonomy and assertiveness.

Just when you were starting to get used to no bitter fighting, mudslinging or hand - wringing from the White House, here comes the new nominee for Secretary of Defense.

The day that the Secretary of Defense left for the Middle East and Central Asia, I spent a morning with John McWethy.

In speaking of plans for a protracted nuclear war, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger said recently that nuclear war was not winnable but that «we certainly are planning not to be defeated» (New York Times, August 9, 1982).

Kinzer's book should be required reading for every legislator on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations or on the House Committee on International Relations — and for President Bush, the secretaries of state and defense and others shaping U.S. foreign policy toward predominantly Muslim countries.

Many of the key contributors became high ranking officials in the subsequent Bush administration, including the vice president, secretary of defense, deputy secretary of state, under secreatary of state for global affairs, the president's chief of staff, the president of the World Bank and the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and to the UN (amongst others).

In Steffan v. Cheney, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on December 19, 1991 in favor of the Secretary of Defense.

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.

Delonge's group works closely with the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Chris Mellon.

You recall that the SABC, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, the exclusive state monopoly for radio and television, had the night before run an American Defense Department film version of their latest report on «Soviet Military Power,» with Secretary Casper Wineberger issuing dire warnings as animated hammer - and - sickle emblems marched menacingly down the coast of Africa.