Sentences with phrase «of military response»

April 10, 2018 • A suspected chemical weapons attack this past weekend on a rebel stronghold near Damascus, Syria has prompted international outrage and threats from President Trump of a military response.

Here are two of the more astonishing aspects of the military response to sexual assault: Sometimes victims are required to report the crime to the person who committed it; and women who are raped by married men are often charged with adultery while their attackers go unpunished.

Faced with the recent appalling events in Paris, most people are in favour of some form of military response to Isis.

Third, for those in Congress who worry that a more aggressive national security team in the White House may push the President too quickly to use military force, this week should focus their concern about the increased risk of military response to Iranian actions.

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«The tunnel issue is a top priority for the IDF, and the military has already begun putting the majority of the report's comments and suggestions into practice,» the army said in response to the comptroller probe.

President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria on Wednesday, in response to a suspected poison gas attack over the weekend.

With his ambiguous response to the unambiguous situation in Charlottesville, President Trump has now completed his alienation of the congressional leadership of his own party, his top military leadership, and his top allies in the business community.

And any use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with a massive military response that is both effective and overwhelming,» Mattis said.

Over the last three months of military suicides reported, the response from the brass has generally been that programs and services are in place, and it's up to individuals to seek treatment.

The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world.

«The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world,» said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

North Korea said an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long - range missile was tested on Sunday, prompting the warning of a «massive» military response from the United States if it or its allies were threatened.

The pressure to decentralize has increased in recent years as the shadow of military downsizing has forced the marines to further differentiate themselves from the army to stave off steep cuts — and that means gearing up for even faster, more - effective responses to an ever - wider range of scenarios.

Most of Japan's response has been geared towards Japan's acquisition of more military equipment and systems.

«A responsible source at the Foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's full support for the American military operations on military targets in Syria, which came as a response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians,» a statement released by state news agency SPA said on Friday.

Three defense officials with knowledge of the deliberations said the move would be a response to Russian activities in the region and aligns with the new National Defense Strategy that calls on the military to be less operationally predictable.

It includes free credit freeze and year - long fraud alerts, largely a response to last year's Equifax data breach, and some new protections for veterans, seniors, and members of the military.

The CLC president said that the presence of peacekeepers in East Timor calls for a less extreme response but that the boycott should continue until Indonesia's military is out of the country and Indonesia...

Instead, the North Korean test firing was in response to the unexpected announcement of further US / South Korean military drills to take place starting on December 4.

The U.S. just levied fresh sanctions against the Eastern European country for its alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, and early last week President Donald Trump warned Russia that the U.S. military could soon strike its ally Syria in response to its use of chemical weapons — a promise he kept Friday evening.

-- 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.

The purpose of this escalation in the East China Sea is to test US willingness to back its military alliance with Japan, just as Kaiser Wilhelm provoked seemingly petty disputes with France to test Britain's response before the First World War.

Tweeter in Chief: Despite his pronouncements that he would never publicly telegraph military plans, President Trump's threats of military action against Syria may have already triggered a response from adversaries.

The CLC president said that the presence of peacekeepers in East Timor calls for a less extreme response but that the boycott should continue until Indonesia's military is out of the country and Indonesia acknowledges the East Timorese vote for independence.

In 2013, the former leader said the use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war would trigger an American military response.

US military and emergency relief teams ramped up their aid efforts for Puerto Rico amid growing criticism of the response to the hurricanes which ripped through the Caribbean island.

When Mitt Romney was asked why none of his five sons ever served in the military (campaign forum in Iowa) his response:

The far left's disgraceful response to September 11» it has temporized about terror, embraced moral equivalence between the Islamist fanatics who killed thousands of innocent Americans and the military actions of the democratically elected U.S. government, and even blamed the U.S. for....

This statement comes from one of my ninth graders in response to yet another lecture of mine on how important it is for students to bring their literature books to class — a particular hurdle in my case because I teach at a military school....

It is likely that low - intensity - conflict planners, in the post-Reagan phase of their global war against the poor, will continue creatively to mix military, economic, psychological and diplomatic aspects of warfare in response to specific needs.

Congregational disagreements in response to the denominational stance on the military campaign have also been reported in some Mennonite churches (although there have also been reports of newcomers who have begun attending precisely because of the peace position).

But with the massive and U.S. - dominated military response, and with the talk of American military tribunals, this option is no longer a possibility.

This means that any morally appropriate military response must still address just war issues such as «reasonable hope of success» and proportionality.

Finally, one may hope that the encounter with Pope Francis, a man of peace, might lead Patriarch Kirill to take a more prophetic position in response to Russian military aggression in Ukraine.

He examines the impact of global terrorism and U.S - led military responses in his provocative critique The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West (Harvard University Press).

His avoidance of the term «Rohingya» and his encouragement for Ms Suu Kyi's government disappointed activists and human rights groups who have criticised her for what they consider a weak response to the military crackdown.

They fear that calling terrorism evil commits us to rule out any course of action but violent military response.

In the aftermath of the United States military response to the car - bombing of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania last August, New York's John Cardinal O'Connor drew a distinction between ad hoc, after - the - fact moral judgments about such particular responses to terrorism and a....

It is sobering that the most immediate U.S. responses to the murder of the Jesuits were to deny the involvement of the Salvadoran military, to harass a key eyewitness, and to speed up delivery of military hardware to the Salvadoran government.

With the management teams many years of food service experience in areas such as global emergency response, remote oil and gas, and their roots in full - service dining, Geaux is focused on bringing quality food, nutrition and service to the men and women of the military and their families.

This shift is occurring essentially in response to NATO's military exit from Afghanistan, and entails an unavoidable compromise in its past policy of realizing India - specific security interests in Afghanistan through sponsorship of religiously radicalized Afghan groups, the Mujahideen in the 80s and the Taliban afterwards.

If you're looking for good, clear military cases for and against building more F - 22s, you can't do better than checking out Mark Bowden's Atlantic Monthly article arguing for more and Fred Kaplan's very effective Slate.com response (Kaplan in a nutshell — it's hard to imagine too many geopolitical scenarios in which our having an extra 20 % of this one particular type of aircraft is going to make enough of a difference to justify the cost of building them).

In response, secular factions under the leadership of General Khalifa Hifter launched a military assault against the GNC to force it to hold parliamentary elections.

Has there been a response or a mobilization of their military that might...

Her response that foreign policy took into account the military's security interests but is made on wider considerations of national interest raised the vital question of who defines «national interest» in Pakistan.

Beginning with the 2003 European Security Strategy, EU leaders outlined the major security issues shared by member states and underscored the importance of combating these largely non-traditional threats [1] with an interplay of military and civilian prevention, response and management strategies.

Labour, on the other hand, says Cameron's response is typical of his character, and that he was unable to win the support of the country for military action against Assad because he failed to listen to the opinions of others.

Cautioning against a military response, as capable only of delaying any nuclear program by a couple of years rather than preventing it entirely and likely to fortify the cause of nuclear hawks within Iran, Ambassador Pickering believes that a diplomatic solution is possible and should be pursued with commitment on the part of the US.

The Bureau of National Investigations on Sunday arrested the three South Africans, Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis, 54, (Rtd), WO / Denver Dwayhe Naidu, 39, (Rtd) and 45 - year - old Captain Mlungiseleli Jokani (Rtd) were arrested at the El - Capitano Hotel, at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region, while training fifteen youth of the NPP in various military drills, including unarmed combat, weapon handling, VIP protection techniques and rapid response maneuvers.

What it certainly does not need, is the consensual reframing of search and rescue as fighting crime instead so as to warrant a military response under a Chapter VII resolution of the UN Security Council.