Sentences with phrase «from defense secretary»

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in AfghaDefense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghadefense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

A Department of Defense memo to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross supports the findings from Ross that steel and aluminum imports impair U.S. national security.

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

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— but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

A 1994 Pentagon policy preventing women from serving in combat was rescinded in 2013 by then - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and ultimately led to the current DoD head Ash Carter making the historic change.

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.

WILLIAM PERRY, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY FROM 1994 TO 1997 AND HAS NEGOTIATED WITH NORTH KOREA: «This is a major improvement over diplomacy that consisted of shouting insults at each other.

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.

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Chuck Hagel, who served as defense secretary from February 2013 to last February, told the Atlantic Council earlier this month that backing down on the red line «hurt the credibility of the president of the United States.»

Gates served as the US secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011.

The Committee on Foreign Investments has nine members, including the secretaries of the treasury, state, defense, homeland security, commerce and energy; the attorney general; and representatives from two White House offices (the United States Trade Representative and the Office of Science and Technology Policy).

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.

More sober policymakers, like Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, have figured out ways to steer him away from his cruder impulses and toward a more measured, conventional policy approach.

Defense Secretary James Mattis sensibly suggested that we might consider exempting our close allies from the tariffs to avoid creating a ridiculous diplomatic incident, but Trump blocked that idea because exempting allies would make the policy economically meaningless.

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.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter and Leading Experts Assess Challenge from China's Military (September 28 2012)

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.

Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney and other governmental and military leaders have been under pressure to change the current policy which excludes homosexuals from military service.

Unlike the cabinet (e.g., Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Defense, etc.), and the White House Staff (e.g., Chief - of - Staff, Press Secretary, etc.) the office of the Vice President, his term and the requirements for his removal from office are all established explicitly in Article II of the Constitution.

Several U.S. officials say Trump has given his defense secretary the authority to make decisions on U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, amid repeated calls from commanders for more forces.

We've had an amazing few weeks of momentum on DADT repeal following the mention of DADT in the State of the Union, the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing during which both the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs both stated their support for repeal, and the unexpected support we've received from former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell and former Defense Secretary and Vice President Dick Cheney.

[41][42] In May 2012, the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to name a team of advisers to recommend steps the U.S. military should take to comply with an eventual repeal of its «don't ask, don't tell» policy barring gays from serving openly in uniform, congressional sources said.

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Responding to an Associated Press investigation, three U.S. senators — including Kirsten Gillibrand of New York — urged Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to lift what they called the military justice system's «cloak of secrecy» and make records from sex crimes cases readily accessible.

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.»

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Responding to an Associated Press investigation, three U.S. senators — including Kirsten Gillibrand of New York — on Tuesday urged Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to lift what they called the military justice system's «cloak of secrecy» and make records from sex crimes cases readily accessible.

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.

The fear that Trump will fire Mueller from leading the probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has caused fear among Democrats for months, but gained new traction on Friday when Rep. Jackie SpeierKaren (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Calif.)

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 RuDefense (Comptroller), as part of a sweeping review of defense spending launched by Defense Secretary Donald Rudefense spending launched by Defense Secretary Donald RuDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

«Where the limits of reality lay» The entry of Secretary Chu and a team of government scientists — pulled from the U.S. Department of Defense's JASON independent advisory group — began May 10, three weeks after the blast that killed 11 workers.

The study was supported through the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Program within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, as well as through a grant from The Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation, Inc. to the Department of Neurology at Wake Forest Baptist.

She received an award for Outstanding Achievement from the office of the Secretary of Defense in 2007 for her work on the President's Commission, and received a Commendation from the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2009.

The Post does not need these gimmicks, standing as it does for the real dangers that can take place from decisions of the White House and especially the defense secretaries — and the important role of the media in checking this immense power.

Recently graduated from an Ivy League school and looking for work, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) throws a whining temper tantrum when hardnosed US Secretary of Defense Charlotte Mearing (Frances McDormand) refuses his help after another alien threat is discovered.

From Vice President Cheney to Secretary of State Colin Powell to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Director of Reconstruction Paul Bremer, all the Administration's hatchet men are exposed here as inept idiots without a viable plan for winning the peace.

As final Oscar ballots approach, the controversial Kathryn Bigelow movie picks up support from the secretary of defense, families of 9/11 victims, Martin Sheen and Michael Moore

Look to accomplished actors such as Morgan Freeman (who plays Speaker of the House / Acting President Allan Trumbell), Angela Bassett (Banning's higher - up, the Secret Service Director), and Melissa Leo (Secretary of Defense) for some very basic reaction shots in response to lines uttered by others that seemed to have been lifted from a child's storybook.

A documentary profile of former Secretary of Defense and Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld, who discusses his career in Washington from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had his eye on Tillman right from his enlistment, and it becomes clear that the power brokers were determined to make use of him in death.

On the flight home Ellsberg catches wind of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's (Bruce Greenwood) view that the facts of an unwinnable conflict are being kept from the American public.

Blomkamp also doesn't get much help from his big Hollywood stars; Matt Damon is fine in the lead role, but a lesser known actor probably would have been more effective, while Jodie Foster delivers a laughably bad performance as Elysium's Secretary of Defense.

Guerilla forces from North Korea seize the White House, making South Korea's Prime Minister the first of numerous recorded executions and taking President Asher, his Secretary of Defense (Melissa Leo), and other high - ranking officials hostage.

The time is the early stages of Richard Nixon's presidency when employee Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) of the RAND Corporation made the bold decision to release a study from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood) revealing the corrupt and unnecessary Vietnam war that spanned for four different U.S. Presidents and a total of 19 years.