Sentences with phrase «take any military action of»

So the president may take any military action of any magnitude against any target so long as he informs congress within 48 hours and does not take longer than 60 days?

Not exact matches

Shares of defense companies tend to outperform the broader market when the United States takes military action in the Middle East, history shows.
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.
If you live near Joint Base Elmedorf - Richardson, you've likely heard the sounds of the military base in action; the guns firing, the planes taking off everyday like clockwork, and the base - wide sound system relaying everything from alert messages to the national anthem.
One is that if that type of military action did take place, that the stock market would move smartly to the downside.
Nevertheless, Netanyahu's hawkish retort not only increases the odds the US will pull out of the deal but raises the spectre of Israel taking military action against Iranian nuclear facilities.
In the late «90s the neocons urged President Clinton to take military action against Iraq; their letter to him is reproduced on the dust jacket of Dorrien's book.
The leaders of two of Britain's major church denominations have urged the government to think twice before agreeing to take part in military action against Islamic State (IS).
The committee's report recommends actions that can be taken by a range of audiences — including research funding agencies, legislatures, state and school superintendents and athletic directors, military organizations, and equipment manufacturers, as well as youth who participate in sports and their parents — to improve what is knows about concussions and to reduce their occurrence.
On the other hand, the Assad regime does not appear to have involved its own military forces in this strike by Iran on Israeli forces, or in many of the other actions taken by Iran supported forces against Israel.
With the rising Ukrainian nationalism and the increasingly more and more visible loss of control of the central government over the country (in the recent trade blockade of Donbass by Ukrainian nationalists, president Poroshenko protested the blockade but was unable to force its lifting), it is possible that Ukrainian military will take more forceful action against Donbass and Luhansk, which may force Russia's hand, so not all risk of war is beyond us.
The military actions they take is part of that goal (to keep and expand their territory).
Even if Congress doesn't declare war, the Vice President would be sworn in as President following from Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution and they would take military action:
That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.
The 66 Labour MPs who voted with the Government on the main motion to support «taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria» represented well under a third of the 231 current Labour members of Parliament.
If any NATO actions (NATO being a military and not a political organization) were to take place they could easily occur now as there little to prevent sea or land resupply of any military.
Jacksonians take a populist view of US foreign policy; they support unilateral military action to pursue American enemies and defend American honour, but are suspicious about global meliorative measures like overseas aid and global governance structures.
«We have a good record on consulting parliament - having a vote in parliament if we decide to take any military action and we're conscious of the views of parliament on these matters and the need to be consulted,» foreign secretary William Hague said before the recall announcement was made.
In a statement tonight, the Prime Minister said: «The decision to take military action is one of the most serious a Prime Minister can make.
Mr Cameron voted in favour of the invasion in 2003 as a Conservative backbencher and he said all those who backed the military action should «take our fair share of responsibility».
What happens in the dreadful event of this country being required to take military action?
However, as the leader of the UK's main opposition party there is at least a theoretical possibility that he will one day be in the position of deciding whether or not Britain should take military action to defend our neighbours and allies.
Having finally recognised the enormity of the crisis in Burma, Theresa May's government needs to take more decisive, concrete action to curb the repression of Burma's military and address the suffering and statelessness of the Rohingya.
The question of whether he would ever support the UK taking military action is one which he has repeatedly dodged and fudged.
«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»
While Congress prepares to vote on whether or not to take military action against Syria, two local members of Congress are still considering all the facts.
Britain has been accused of being spineless in its refusal to become further involved in the French military action taking place in Mali
Yes, the government lost the 2013 Commons vote on military action in Syria, largely because it was mishandled — but having lost that vote, Cameron had no choice but to rule out military action, and his decision not to take it was a reassuring signal that the era of hard - charging militaristic unilateralism was over.
The debate took place after the Speaker, John Bercow, allowed a Labour motion saying MPs had «considered parliament's rights in relation to the approval of military action by British forces overseas».
Take «invading Iraq» versus «liberating Iraq» — those are different ways of framing the same military action, but there is a fact involved here as to which it is, and that depends on whether the majority of the population resented the former regime and welcomes the new one, or vice versa.
The sorts of technologies this might draw upon are diverse, Schneider says: everything from sensors that monitor the activity of people to software that would guide the actions of military commanders in the field by taking social and psychological factors into account.
A device developed to monitor US military pilots looks at biomarkers in breath to spot the first signs of hypoxia, allowing action to be taken earlier
Like Errol Morris's The Fog of War, The Gatekeepers is a documentary that takes a hard and critical look at military / intelligence actions and their consequences.
The Gunman (R for profanity, sexuality and graphic violence) Pierre Morel (Taken) directed this international action thriller revolving around a military vet - turned - soldier of fortune (Sean Penn) ready to retire but on the run to clear his name when he unfairly becomes marked for assassination.
When two strange new M.U.T.O.'s (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms) hatch from their chrysalis, Godzilla's dormant slumber ends, as the big G reveals himself to the world to take on the M.U.T.O.'s, and the military decides the best course of action to take against creatures they don't yet understand.
With Lone Survivor, based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, the titular lone survivor of a botched four - man special forces mission in Afghanistan, Berg's examinations of the masculine take their logical turn from bachelor parties to football to superheroes to military action.
That recognition is critical, in an era where the country's continued military action is taking place off the front pages and increasingly out of view.
So when first lady Michelle Obama and I started Joining Forces, our initiative to encourage all Americans to take action to find ways to honor and support our service men and women, veterans and military families, I knew part of what I would focus on was raising awareness about the military child experience in the classroom.
This time around, Cameron was catching some heat for having taken a second summer vacation as Britain was getting deeper involved in military action against the Islamic State in Iraq but noted he would have no trouble taking care of his duties from his BlackBerry device.
Being ready to take action is a characteristic of the military.
Eventually the truth will out, revealing that the action takes place in the broken mind of a recovering injured military operative.
Playing as Jean - Luc Cougar, a member of the unfortunately named S.C.A.T. (Special Covert Action Team), you're tasked with infiltrating a military weapons compound that has been taken over by terrorists.
Blood Dragon is a parody of action films and video games from the 1980s and is set on a retro - futuristic island where players take control of a military cyborg named Rex.
The biggest flaw in the neocon approach is the hypocrisy of applying the precautionary principle to spend trillions of dollars responding to «best available» military intelligence, but posturing to insist on 110 % certainty when it comes to taking action to avert possible environmental threats.
For the military to take AGW seriously would mean taking expensive action, on the order of the expensive mitigation or adaptation steps the rest of the government is also not taking.
Countries are perfectly allowed to complain about the treatment of their citizens, to take diplomatic action against countries that mistreat them, and in extreme cases (not including this one) to use military action.
Courts are utterly unqualified to determine proper diplomatic or military actions to take, or to evaluate whether the President's actions were enough to meet the requirement of «do what's necessary to restore security;» foreign policy is a case where a country needs a unified face (because other countries aren't particularly willing to deal with US internal politics), and where the courts could easily screw up what the government is doing; and whether to send Americans to war is a question that is clearly a matter for those accountable to the people.
His family filed a negligence and wrongful death suit against the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, claiming the veterans home failed to take timely action.
Some people feel the military action taken by the U.S. will inevitably lead to some form of retaliation, increasing some people's fear of travel.
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