Sentences with phrase «president against striking»

Importantly, Tillerson was reported to be one of the members of Trump's innermost circle cautioning the president against striking North Korea, while Pompeo has taken a hawkish line against Pyongyang.

Not exact matches

The moves came after President Donald Trump tweeted a threat about the U.S. military launching missiles strikes against Syria.

The Israelis have said their strikes aim to prevent Irans garrison in Syria from entrenching itself deeper in support of President Bashar al - Assad and linking with Hezbollah in Lebanon to form a broad front against them.

President Francois Hollande's Socialist government, accused by political opponents of doing too little to avert the attack that killed 84 and hurt hundreds, also said it would step up strikes against Islamic State in its strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

Many of the departures have been blamed on the company's current PR mess, which began in January with the #DeleteUber boycott over accusations that the company tried to profit from a taxi driver strike against President Trump's immigration ban.

Eric Brammer, 30, an information technology specialist from Roanoke, Virginia, who describes himself as Democrat, said he expects tensions to continue over Russia's support of the government of President Bashar Assad in civil war - wracked Syria, where the U.S., Britain and France last week launched missile strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities.

Formally launched in December 2006 by former President Felipe Calderon and then continued under his successor, Enrique Pena Nieto, the drug war struck a series of high profile blows against Mexican cartels.

Between 2001 and 2007, I appeared on Kudlow's various CNBC shows a number of times, and though he always struck me as highly intelligent, informed and accomplished — he served as Bear Stearns» chief economist and even advised President Ronald Reagan — it was clear he had a strong bias against gold.

The measures come as President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond «forcefully» to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians.

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.

The Philippines» president has launched a military strike against the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers.

President Donald J Trump is now preparing some sort of strike against Syria in response to their alleged blatant use of chemical warfare.

The likelihood of a United States strike against Syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack increased Sunday as President Trump said there would be a «big price to pay» and officials in France vowed the country would «do its duty» in responding.

It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of «judicial supremacy» in their critique of the president's statement about a «group» of unelected people striking down a congressional law.

It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of «judicial supremacy» in their critique of the president's statement about a «group» of unelected people striking down....

Update (Feb. 25): Assyrian activists tell CNN that they expect ISIS to release a video today threatening to kill the approximately 150 Christian captives unless President Obama and other leaders end joint air strikes against the group.

Last night the United States President Barack Obama authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.

The United States President Barack Obama has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.

So President Obama is proposing a limited missile strike in order to send the message to foreign governments that if they deploy chemical weapons against their own people, the US might eventually launch an attack that wil leave the targeted regime intact.

The American military strike against Syria threatened Russian - American relations as the Kremlin denounced President Donald Trump's use of force and the Russian military indicated it would suspend an agreement to share information about air operations over the country that was devised to avoid accidental conflict.

(CNN) Many of the congressional Republicans who are praising President Donald Trump's decision to strike a Syrian airfield were opposed to President Obama's request to approve a similar action against Syria in 2013.

This was the third strike against al - Awlaki in recent weeks, so speculation that the necessary intelligence may have been provided by President Saleh's security service as part of his bid to stay in power seem far - fetched.

Lavrov noted that despite the escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington, the U.S. made sure it didn't harm any Russian personnel and positions during the strikes against the regime of President Bashar Assad following a suspected chemical attack on the town of Douma.

Sen. Charles Schumer, who had been leaning heavily toward supporting President Obama's call for military strikes against Syria, made his position official today.

President «Trump's decision to launch military strikes against the Syrian regime — without congressional input or authorization — shows a contempt for the U.S Constitution and is without legal justification,» said Rep. Barbara Lee (D - Calif.).

The pro-school funding group Alliance for Quality Education struck back against the governor's proposed limits on education funding this year, accusing Cuomo of using President Donald Trump as an «excuse» to reduce school aid.

«He saw that his father against a much more popular president in Ronald Reagan did strike a very good chord in the early 1980s,» Gyory said.

This is not a situation of President Obama's making but a direct result of Assad using chemical weapons against his own people, so if you're getting all jacked up and thinking about giving Putin some type of international accolade on the level of the Nobel Peace prize, I'd caution you Congressman, I fully expect this whole deal to fall apart in about 3 days in any case; and for the President Obama to be forced to move forward post haste with Syrian Strike legislation.

He said he would incite the judiciary against the President and call on them to embark on strike if the three persons are pardoned.

Trying to reassure a nation on edge, President Obama said the Islamic State group «can not strike a mortal blow» against the U.S., and he warned that overreacting to the Paris attacks would play into extremists» hands.

At the G20 summit on Thursday, President Obama faced growing pressure from Russia's Vladimir Putin and other world leaders to decide against launching military strikes in Syria.

In Saudi Arabia, the president urged Muslims leaders to work with the United States to fight back against terrorism, though he declined to use the phrase «radical Islamic terrorism» and sought to strike a more moderate tone than his campaign rhetoric.

Borough President Diaz visited the site following an Israeli strike against Hezbollah terrorists who were planning an attack on the Golan Heights.

Tenney criticized Hanna in 2015 for voting against a measure that would strike down a part of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan.

Mr. Obama's walk back seems to be a preemptive strike against Republican House minority leader John Boehner who planned to blast Obama Monday evening, taking umbrage with the President's use of the word enemies to describe Republican opponents.

«If at the close of work today (Friday), May 18, 2018, one month after the strike commenced JOHESU fails to call off the strike as ordered by the court, we shall commence contempt proceedings on Monday, May 21, 2018 against the president and the entire executives of the JOHESU.»

«We need to strike a balance between our expenditures on instructional programs and our expenditures for hardening buildings against a disaster,» said Flatley, who serves as president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents.

(CNN)-- Sen. John McCain, whose endorsement of President Barack Obama's plan to launch military strikes against Syria provided the president a key Republican backer, faced vocal opponents of military action during a town hall in Arizona President Barack Obama's plan to launch military strikes against Syria provided the president a key Republican backer, faced vocal opponents of military action during a town hall in Arizona president a key Republican backer, faced vocal opponents of military action during a town hall in Arizona Thursday.

One of the coalition's biggest defeats of the last parliament came in 2013 over proposed air strikes in Syria against President Assad.

WASHINGTON — President Obama abruptly changed course on Saturday and postponed a military strike against the Syrian government in retaliation WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired as.

Since scores of women came forward to accuse the once - mighty Harvey Weinstein of victimizing them, the Oscar - winning studio mogul's downfall has been WASHINGTON — President Obama abruptly changed course on Saturday and postponed a military strike against the Syrian government in retaliation

March 22, 2018 • After President Trump unleashes new tariffs, China has a number of key U.S. imports — from soybeans to airplanes and iPhones — that it can choose to strike back against.

The counterattack has been especially fierce in Chicago ever since new union leadership in 2012 led a weeklong strike against Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's former chief of staff.

President John F. Kennedy was caught between two groups of advisers: the Hawks, who advocated making an immediate and aggressive strike against Cuba, and the Doves, who recommended taking a less antagonistic approach.

While some are skeptical of the strike's potential impact, others argue that it's a necessary statement against «normalizing» the new president, while others purport that the proposed strike is only sowing seeds of divisiveness.

Strike two against the Obama administration was the permission it granted early in the president's term to build a pipeline into Minnesota and Wisconsin to handle oil pouring out of the tar sands of Alberta.

The president said he ordered the strike against bin Laden and his compatriots because of «compelling information they were planning additional terrorist attacks against our citizens and others with the inevitable collateral casualties and..

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- From the Oval Office, President Clinton told the nation Wednesday evening why he ordered new military strikes against Iraq.

Because the pipeline crosses an international border, the authority to build it rests not with Congress but with the president, making this decision a unique opportunity for a world leader to strike a blow against global warming.

She said the strike will put pressure on Togo's men to take action against President Faure Gnassingbe.