Sentences with phrase «own national security interests»

«The claim that there are national security interests in these tariffs could be challenged....

«I have consistently taken the best course that I can to try to end the civil war, while having also to take into account the long - term national security interests of the United States,» Obama said.

«We stand with President Trump and are happy to see the national security interests of American citizens at the forefront of his administration's policies.»

«While deliberating the spectrum of potential responses, we believe it is critical to consider the role that the U.S. energy industry and refining sector play in our economic and national security interest.

The potential for massive destruction on both sides forces countries to rethink moves that may threaten an adversary's national security interests.

The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an intra-government agency that scrutinizes foreign groups» purchases of U.S. assets to protect national security interests, rejected the initial application for the Alerian deal, one of the sources said on Tuesday.

Titled «Talking Point Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo says the ambassadorship is «no ordinary post, but one with a major U.S. national security interest.»

Do corporate employees have a patriotic duty to engage enthusiastically to projects that are conducive to their nation's national security interests?

The World Trade Organization provides substantial leeway for countries to pursue trade measures in their national security interest, but few countries have tested those permissions.

Trump's business conflicts with America's national security interests can not be resolved so long as he or any member of his family maintains a financial interest in the Trump Organization during a Trump administration, or even if they leave open the possibility of returning to the company later.

Trump is expected to decline to certify on the national security interest grounds, which kicks the ball to Congress.

Under US law, the Trump administration has to certify that Iran is complying with the deal, and that it's in the US's national security interest to remain in it, every 90 days.

The country, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, has sought to build up businesses it considers critical for defending its national security interests and meeting its economic goals.

Still, two - thirds of Protestant senior pastors (67 %) believe the United States can balance national security interests with compassion when assisting refugees, according to LifeWay's 2016 survey.

Clinton said paying attention to the needs of women and girls was «in America's national security interests».

It regards changes in the present world order as communist - inspired threats against U.S. national security interests.

However, two - thirds of Protestant senior pastors (67 %) believe the United States can balance national security interests with compassion when assisting refugees, according to LifeWay's 2016 survey.

President Donald Trump plans today to deliver a broad and harsh critique of Iran in a speech declaring that the landmark Iran nuclear deal is not in America's national security interests.

This also requires a 21st century - relevant theoretical paradigm, one in which distinct national security interests and competitive postures can accommodate multicultural exchanges and the continuing march forward of globalization.

Cameron said that it was in Britain's national security interests to strike IS jihadists and deny them a «safe haven» in Syria, arguing that the burden should not fall only on Britain's allies.

Except to the extent that «national security interests», immigration policy, or the enforceability of tax laws are involved, a major theme of U.S. law is that the legal standing of a person should not depend on who that person is.

It's a convenient excuse to claim «national security interests» to cover up wrong - doing.

Putting a foreign intelligence officer on trial in an open court is going to be disastrous to external national security interests.

But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.), who opposed the deal in 2015, said he agreed with Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford «that it's in our national security interest to keep the deal in place.»

Let's see Liz Cheney oppose President Obama, Secretary Gates, Admiral Mullen, and General Petraeus as they stand four - square behind a plan that delivers on the American national security interest.

Dismissals are announced in the Official Gazette with no reasons given beyond «membership of, or links to, terrorist organisations or groups deemed to be acting against national security interests».

What we want, in our national security interest, is to hand power over to an Afghanistan that is able to take control of its own security.»

It is in the UK's national security interest to keep the Trident nuclear weapons system, a group of former ministers, diplomats and generals say.

In an Oct. 17 letter to President Trump, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and dozens of prominent scientific and engineering societies said the president's Sept. 24 proclamation on visa and immigration policies poses «serious implications for diplomatic, humanitarian and national security interests in part because it weakens our U.S. science and engineering capacity.»

As the ice retreats, financial and national security interests advance.

To preserve our national security interests and foster innovation and competitiveness, we must sustain our preeminence in space, launching more science missions, guaranteeing unfettered access, and maintaining a source of high - value American jobs.»

Kim Budil, a Lab employee on assignment in Washington D.C. to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), has received a rarely bestowed honor, the NNSA Administrator's Award for Excellence Medal, for distinguished service in the national security interests of the United States.

Water is important and drives many phenomena important to biomedical and national security interests, among others.

The letter said that «in addition to saving money, ending the current MOX program would be in the (United States») national security interest.»

The Maritime Administration's National Security Objective, which supports the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Security Initiative, is to assure that sufficient sealift capability and intermodal transportation infrastructure exist to support vital homeland and national security interests.

States safeguard their national security interests in numerous ways, some on their own, and some in cooperation with others.

We judge global climate change will have wide - ranging implications for US national security interests over the next 20 years.

This is why some U.S. national security interests have begun to focus on climate change.

We judge that the most significant impact for the United States will be indirect and result from climate - driven effects on many other countries and their potential to seriously affect US national security interests.

In addition to being good for our economy, boosting domestic energy production is in America's national security interest.

A robust natural gas export policy will enhance our energy leadership, and it also will help grow our economy, support our manufacturing sector, strengthen our national security interests and protect our environment.

offered an amendment limiting H.R. 910's applicability until the Secretary of Defense certifies that climate change does not threaten U.S. national security interests.

National security interests: The time will come when fossil fuels are exceedingly expensive to bring to market.

Chairman of Bush's National Intelligence Council highlighted global warming's «potential to seriously affect US national security interests.»

(12) the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad; (13) the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible; (14) new cars sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and (15) such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.

That plant was built from a core that was intended for a Navy ship, a reminder of the national security interest in energy technology innovation.

The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, or their designees, will chair an interagency working group (Working Group) to coordinate the development of a strategic approach to identify, assess, and share information on current and projected climate - related impacts on national security interests and to inform the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans.

While recognizing that intelligence gathering is a legitimate function in the national security interest, Congress passed the law to limit the government's power to break into homes and spy on U.S. citizens.»

The Pentagon created the site, it says, to help «provide fair and transparent trials of those persons subject to trial by Military Commissions while protecting national security interests.»

«Judges Press C.I.A. Lawyer Over Withheld Documents»: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, «A federal appeals court panel in Manhattan questioned a lawyer for the federal government yesterday as to whether the Central Intelligence Agency had a legitimate national security interest in refusing to confirm or deny the existence of documents authorizing it to detain and interrogate terrorism suspects overseas.»