Sentences with phrase «military chiefs who»

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None of them has to stay, except McMaster, who as an active - duty military officer must obey the commander - in - chief.

The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.

To the surprise of many, Wang was transferred to the former General Staff Headquarters as a deputy chief, while Xu, who was the political commissar of the PAP, became the Academy of Military Sciences» political commissar in December 2014.

In a surprising interview with the small liberal magazine the American Prospect, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said there is «no military solution» to North Korea, declared that «ethnonationalists» like those who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, were «losers,» and threatened an «economic war» against China.

The news of Gorka's departure was greeted with resignation by Trump loyalists, who believe the president has handed over too much power to military officers and former generals — including his new chief of staff, John Kelly, and national security adviser H.R. McMaster — and is losing any connection to the base that elected him.

Stimulated by IT&T and other U.S. multinationals, the U.S. government first tried to prevent the election of Salvador Allende (a Marxist), and then financially underwrote the terrorists who murdered his chief military supporter.

He was greeted warmly in the pages of the Century by editors who had earlier expressed some uneasiness over a military general's assuming the chief - executive role.

Was it a secret that IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch worked under Francisco Franco, or that Ugandan IOC member Maj. Gen. Francis Nyangweso — who accepted $ 35,000 for Ugandan sports from the Sydney organizing committee the night before that city was awarded the 2000 Games — was Idi Amin's military chief of staff?

Bridget Bartlett, Deputy Chief Executive at the CIOB said: «Men and women who have served in the military often possess excellent leadership, team working, project management and problem solving skills, all of which are highly sought after in the construction industry.

Trump reshuffled his national security organization, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, from a top policy - making committee and restoring senior military and intelligence officials who had been downgraded when he first came into office.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.

It is very rarely that Professor Michael Howard, the doyen of military historians, writes of a book that «a work of such importance should be compulsory reading at every level in the military, from the most recently enlisted cadet to the chief of the defence staff, and even more important, the members of the National Security Council who guide him.»

Zimbabwean intelligence reports seen by Reuters suggest that former security chief Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was ousted as vice-president this month, has been mapping out a post-Mugabe vision with the military and opposition for more than a year.

The approval was confirmed by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan - Ali, on Monday who noted in a statement that the President extended the tenure of the defence and service chiefs after «having carefully reviewed the ongoing military operations across the country.»

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists»...

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From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

While unveiling the 3 books; «Curriculum for Basic Critical Thinking and Judgement», «Curriculum for Self - Awareness in Critical Thinking and Judgement» and «Curriculum for Advanced Critical Thinking and Judgement», as well as «Curriculum for Self - Awareness in Critical Thinking and Judgement Workbook», Lieutenant General TY Buratai, who was represented by Major General Chris Jemitola, Chief of Policy and Plans (Army) at the occasion, said top military and management experts have rated Critical Thinking as the most important skill set for the complex strategic environment of the 21st century.

In 2016 when President Buhari gave instructions for the investigation of two former Chiefs of Army Staff, Azubike Ihejirika and Kenneth Minimah and 52 other serving and retired military officers, the investigations excluded General Dambazau who had served as army chief under late President Yar» adua.

'' It is a level of professionalism and dedication of the Nigerian military that we find praiseworthy, we particularly acknowledge the service chiefs who have demonstrated their commitment to our democracy in several ways.

I repeat, without Chief Bode George who was his senior in the military, he would have been zero, distant from the Osun State Government House.

Military authorities prosecuting the war on terror disclosed yesterday that a wanted Boko haram terrorist believed to be the Chief Cameraman who had been posting photograph of their dastardly and murderous activities, has been arrested.

From this point of view, it is realistic to agree with Maduka Onwukeme, a Lagos - based Legal Practitioner, who rendered a fitting description of Jammeh's limits and bluffs: «Jammeh's «confidence seems to have been bolstered by the pledge of allegiance made by the country's military chief, but then hearing Jammeh's rhetoric, one would mistake the Gambia for the African version of North Korea in military might.»

Following the allegation by a group, «Save the Nation Movement», noting that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai was part and percel of those who partook in the $ 2.1 billion arms scandal for which 18 Generals of the military have been -LSB-...]

And then there was the coup warning by the Chief of Army staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, who warned the nation that unnamed politicians were actively procuring military officials for unpatriotic purposes.

«When you all reported lavishly how under the former president, the former defence chief set up a military tribunal to try soldiers who ran away from the battlefield and they were condemned to death, it was only Femi Falana who was consistent in fighting their case.

Many people wondered and even cried out for deployment of the core military to crush the invaders as had been done elsewhere with Operation Python Dance and others but the Commander - in - Chief who himself is a war veteran had the ace.

JOHN ALECHENU writes about some prominent politicians who participated in the formation of the All Progressives Congress but are no longer part of the party's activities Chief Tom Ikimi This architect and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs during the administration of the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was a member of the defunct -LSB-...]

Joining Gana from the PDP are a former Military Administrator of Katsina State, Sen. Joseph Akaagerger; a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Peter Godsday Orubebe; Chief Mike Oghiadhome, who was a former Chief of Staff to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan; ex-Governor Saminu Turaki of Jigawa State; and ex-Minister of Defence, Dr. Olu Agunloye and a former Deputy Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Dare Emiola.

Buratai, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Maj. - Gen. Rasheed Yusuf, warned that resorting to the social media was highly prohibited by the military.

Chancellor George Osborne endorsed the view of former military chief Field Marshal Lord Bramall, who described Mr Johnson's remarks as «simply laughable» and «absurd».

It is an honour to most respectfully recognize and welcome the Special Guest of Honour and indeed the Guest Speaker, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army, who is ably represented by Major General PJO Boje, the Chief of Civil Military Affairs (CCMA), and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina along with other senior military officers and distinguished invited guests in our midsMilitary Affairs (CCMA), and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina along with other senior military officers and distinguished invited guests in our midsmilitary officers and distinguished invited guests in our midst today.

One interesting aspects of the camp fire was the disposition of troops who surged, formed a ring and girated round the fire, shouting / praising the Chief of Army Staff and the GOC for providing them the necessary logistics to successfully conduct one of the successful military Exercise in the history of Nigerian Army Exercises.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists» in the North East to terms of 10 years imprisonment.

The COAS who was in company of top military chiefs while assuring Nigerians that the Nigerian army will not lag said a number of actions have been intensified to enable the military get to the insurgents before they cause any havoc or even run away from their hideouts.

The Defence Chief, who spoke in Abuja when a coalition of civil society group paid solidarity visit on Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said criticism of the military by Boko Haram sympathizers under war situation was meant to weaken operations and give the enemies an edge over troops in order to destroy the nation.

In fact the only thing the military was interested in controlling was the hot plasma, says Bill Bristow of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who is HAARP's chief scientist.

He approaches the matter from the perspective of US Military Intelligence Corps officer Douglas Kelley, who was chief psychiatrist at Nuremberg Prison during the war trials.

The labs «provide essential capabilities for university and industrial researchers» and have made important contributions to America's economic and military might, Moniz reminded a room packed with science policy heavyweights, including 15 lab directors, National Cancer Institute chief Harold Varmus, former White House science adviser Neal Lane, and lawmakers and staffers who serve on key committees overseeing federal research agencies.

While Saving Private Ryan excels at portraying the randomness of survival on a battlefield, and is easily cinema's greatest and most realistic achievement in depicting the uncompromising horror of war, it's not without its flaws, chief of which is a horribly sentimental coda in which an ageing Ryan — who is bequeathed a responsibility which would rest heavily on anybody's shoulders — visits the military cemetery in which some of his former comrades are buried.

Raylan soon teams up with his long beleaguered boss, Chief Deputy Art Mullen (Nick Searcy), to track down a person who may or may not be involved with Arlo's bag, but again this is mostly a superficial bait and switch that exists as a framework to highlight a promising array of new villains: Preacher Billy (Joe Mazzello) and his wife, Cassie (Lindsay Pulsipher), who may be using a traveling tent show to horn in on Boyd Crowder's (Walton Goggins) enterprises, which enticingly suggests the potential for a showdown that could pointedly play on Boyd's own discarded past as a hypocritical born - again Christian; Colton Rhodes (Ron Eldard), a former military police operative recruited as Wade's new right hand; and Randall Kusik (Robert Baker), a brutal bare - knuckle brawler who has a closer relationship to Raylan than he knows.

There's also Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov, the conceited buffoon who is the dictator's deputy; the great Simon Russell Beale as chief of Soviet security and known rapist / murderer Lavrentiy Beria; Python's own Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov, whose wife was imprisoned for treason with his permission; and the sidesplitting Jason Isaacs as Georgy Zhukov, the leader of Russia's military.

McTiernan follows suit with the sort of panicked direction that is the purvey of directors who don't know how they used to do it but ardently wish that they did, while Travolta as another paunchy military man doesn't so much evoke his performances in The General's Daughter or Broken Arrow as his Rastafarian security chief from Battlefield Earth.

Dwayne Johnson stars as Chief Ray Gaines, a former military helicopter rescue pilot who now works for the Los Angeles Fire Department saving lives alongside the same crew that served with him overseas.

He is a 30 - year military veteran who retired from the United States Air Force as a chief master sergeant.

«This story [Steal the Stars] is 14 episodes, and it is about security chief Dakota Prentiss and Matt Salem, who are both ex-military, working at a secret military base that happens to have a flying saucer, an alien, and a mysterious thing called the harp.

Co-founder of Tor Labs Interview starts at 16:53 and ends at 40:00 «This story [Steal the Stars] is 14 episodes, and it is about security chief Dakota Prentiss and Matt Salem, who are both ex-military, working at a secret military base that happens to have a flying saucer, an alien, and a mysterious thing called -LSB-...]

Sally Ann Zoll, Chief Executive Officer of United Through Reading, explains what United Through Reading does to connect families who are separated due to military service and why this service inspires children to learn about the places that their parents are stationed.

In the current season of the television drama Homeland, the character played by Claire Danes is hot on the trail of a mysterious woman who may be involved in the poisoning death of a treasonous military general — at the request of a chief of staff serving under an authoritarian president.

Nix, who serves as Cambridge's chief executive, said that none of the information the company collects is «particularly intrusive,» adding that SCL's data - science techniques were predominantly developed in the political space, not for military clients.