Sentences with phrase «many military officials»

When German and Allied military officials gathered again in Berlin near midnight on May 8 to sign surrender documents, the atmosphere in the room was laden with emotional and political weight.

By the 1850s, the Greenbrier was a popular vacation destination for government and military officials.

Numerous US military officials have also expressed concern about Russian activity in the country.

Aug. 28, 2017: A South Korean military official says the Hwasong - 12, a North Korean intermediate - range ballistic missile, was fired around 5:57 a.m. local time.

March 19, 2017: U.S. and South Korean military officials confirm a failed missile test on Wednesday from the North.

McMaster, whose February 2017 appointment was lauded by politicians of both parties as well as many military officials, will be replaced by former UN ambassador John Bolton.

Guo and Xu Caihou, two former CMC vice-chairmen, were the most senior military officials to be hit by Xi's far - reaching anti-corruption campaign.

A senior Iraqi military official also said he learned in operational meetings that al - Baghdadi had been wounded.

When military officials learned that two of Fred's brothers had been killed in action and a third was a prisoner of war, they ordered him to return to England for a period of rest.

Military officials complained at the time that the technology interfered with the radar used by planes — a problem that shouldn't hinder Musk's effort, industry officials said.

U.S. military officials raised concerns about the incident through a hotline established in the past two years between American and Russian air forces.

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 from Mexico.

American military officials have «figured out a very good way to give $ 10 billion to Raytheon,» he said.

[355] During the initial years of the Obama administration, the U.S. increased military cooperation with Israel, including increased military aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both countries.

It was further reported that a top military official and onetime Kim aide rumored to have been executed was instead undergoing ideological education by the Workers» Party of Korea.

High - ranking military officials from 30 nations fighting the Islamic State met Feb. 22 in Kuwait City, AFP reported.

U.S. military officials would not clarify on Tuesday Conde's exact role while deployed, but he was part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, in which the U.S. military targets terrorist groups in Afghanistan.

Gabriel D. Conde, 22, was killed in Afghanistan by gunfire April 30, U.S. military officials said.

The death occurred during a bloody day in Afghanistan in which 31 people, including 10 journalists, were killed in twin bombings targeting civilians in Kabul, and a suicide bombing targeted a military convoy in Kandahar province, wounding eight Romanian service members and killing numerous children who were nearby, coalition military officials said.

The material that was burned at Bagram Airfield was removed from the library of a detainee center «because of extremist inscriptions and an appearance that these documents were being used to facilitate extremist communications,» a military official said Tuesday.

The U.S. believes an operation in North Waziristan is key to success in the Afghan war because the area serves as the main base for the Haqqani network — a militant group that military officials have said poses the greatest threat to troops in Afghanistan.

Magid said it was unprecedented to have a ranking American military official address the All - Dulles Area Muslim Society, which he said is one of the largest Islamic congregations in the U.S.

«We were operating under the assumption that when they said COIN, that's what they meant,» said a senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan, «and they were serious about committing the necessary resources.»

The front page Washington Post headline isn't sensational; it merely reads» Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Mission.»

The current constitution specifically prohibits Suu Kyi from holding the title of president (though she will likely still maintain significant authority), and ensures certain powers remain in the hands of military officials.

Some American military officials had also chafed at what they viewed as long and onerous White House procedures for approving strikes under the Obama administration.

Services at the Church of Saint George, had been suspended months ago, following recent deadly assaults on Christians in Sinai, security and military officials said.

PFC Luna, it seems as if upon further reflection, military officials have ruled against you, and determined that standing at attention demonstrates appropriate respect.

Had Hitler won the war or cut a peace treaty in 1942, Herr Ratzinger would have done quite well as some top administrative manager or high ranking military official.

As I noted in an earlier post, Mission: Readiness, an organization of former high - ranking military officials concerned about obesity and other health problems in military recruits and personnel, has issued a hard - hitting defense of USDA's school nutrition standards.

Corrupt military officials have played their part, as have prominent narco - brokers such as Walid Makled, convicted in 2011.

Following de Maizière's interview, a number of high - ranking military officials publicly spoke out in favour of armed UAVs.

At that time, the displaced people, ex-combatants, military officials, indigenous leaders and other local people I spoke to greeted the news with deep scepticism.

The article acknowledges that military officials first came into government after the July Revolution, but it goes on to explore the deceptive myth of «sixty years of oppression» since, which has been heard often in recent months.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs.

The administration defended President Trump's idea for a national military parade, as some former military officials likened the proposed parade to affairs held by authoritarian regimes and some lawmakers questioned the costs that might be involved.

Two months ago, she ripped into military officials for letting commanders decide which sexual assaults to bring to trial.

Rather, with Venezuela being an important cocaine trade transit country, some military officials might well increase their willingness to act as «facilitators» along drug trafficking routes that feed European and US markets.

At a March 2013 Senate hearing, Gillibrand shakes hands with Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Harding and other senior military officials ahead of their testimony about sexual assault in the armed forces.

Military officials, who were initially caught off guard by Monday night's White House statement, would not discuss what options they were considering.

Chen, 19, who grew up in Chinatown and Lower East Side, was found dead of an apparent self - inflicted gunshot wound inside a guard tower in Kandahar Province on Oct. 3, 2011, military officials said.

Chen's was subjected to ridicule and physical abuse by fellow soldiers and superiors in part because of his Chinese ethnicity, advocates and Chen's family said, based on conversations with military officials.

Indeed, she notes that it was in October that year [right before the November elections] that the country's second most powerful military official arrived in Washington, and in full military uniform presented a letter of invitation to Clinton.

That briefing was a «point of conversation» during the 5-1/2 hour national security team meeting Monday in Chicago, a senior military official said.

The inquiry heard from over 100 witnesses, including Mr Blair, Mr Brown, former Downing St communications director Alastair Campbell and a host of former ministers, military officials and intelligence chiefs.

Though military officials assured that the bombs were safe, then - Southold Supervisor S. Wentworth Horton and East Hampton Town Supervisor Perry Duryea protested the training.

A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said, «We lost four men, including the general (Jacob Kodji)» and a colonel, a senior military official who is involved in the fight against Boko Haram.

He said the military officials and DVLA officers came to the house today take five vehicles including three Pick Ups and two Land Cruisers with two of the cars belonging to his brother.

, some House representatives and a high - ranking military official.