Sentences with phrase «war powers in»

Didion's point is that this tendency has flattened discussion since 9/11, and has created a government in which Democrats, with few exceptions, either have remained silent or have supported whatever the president wants with respect to foreign policy — the congressional vote on war powers in regard to Iraq being the, prime example.

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She writes in the Asia Times, «the first stage of this war on Iran is Syria; the first campaign in a much wider sectarian power - bid.»

While Army private pay in the Spanish - American War was still $ 13 like it had been in the Civil War, a period of deflation had strengthened the purchasing power of that monthly salary.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foresWar II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foreswar on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Putin's appeal to nuclear might as a tool of persuasion and national power in 2018 represents a bygone era of Cold War competition, and doesn't really change anything.

BEIJING — A high - powered U.S. delegation arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks with Chinese officials on defusing tensions that are propelling the world's two largest economies toward a trade war.

While the cabinet members felt at the time that they were seriously involved in the war effort, the unnamed former minister, in retrospect, said he realized how little power and influence they actually wielded.

Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959, survived a CIA - sponsored invasion, brought the world to the brink of nuclear war and ruled with a repressive hand for five decades until poor health forced him out in 2008.

The result is that this third generation, now moving into the ranks of power in North Korea, has a greater understanding and interaction with the West compared to their parents, who came of age at the height of the Cold War.

In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Soros said that for the US to avoid nuclear war, President Donald Trump and other leaders should accept North Korea as a nuclear poweIn a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Soros said that for the US to avoid nuclear war, President Donald Trump and other leaders should accept North Korea as a nuclear powein Davos, Switzerland, Soros said that for the US to avoid nuclear war, President Donald Trump and other leaders should accept North Korea as a nuclear power.

Japan and China have a long history of animosity and war in their attempts to be the dominant geopolitical power in the region.

Putin first began to reassert Russian power in the Georgian war of 2008.

The proposed rise in the Pentagon budget to $ 603 billion comes as the United States has wound down major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and remains the world's strongest military power.

During World War II, the neutral country became the center of the gold trade in Europe, making transactions with both the Allies and Axis powers.

That's because in the world of Amazon's series, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, the Axis powers won World War II and occupied America, where a scrappy resistance movement is taking shape.

The U.S. military's 15 - year focus on counterinsurgency during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan allowed other military powers — in particular China — to produce new equipment and modernize its forces at a rate that has Pentagon leaders concerned.

When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.»

As an unusual bit of history, Adolf Hitler sent his body back to Istanbul in 1943, hoping to persuade Turkey to join the Axis powers in World War II.

Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers... and her true destiny.»

Three foreign powers who have shaped Syria's civil war will discuss ways to wind down the fighting on Wednesday despite their involvement in rival military campaigns on the ground.

As the US was rising to its power and glory during the 19 th Century, we had a horrible civil war, 15 depressions [Yes, with a D.], few human rights, little rule of law, periodic massacres in the streets, etc., etc. yet we still became the most successful country in the 20 th Century.

The fight for Afrin, a once stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever greater role of foreign powers in the seven - year - old conflict.

The fight for Afrin, a once - stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever - greater role of foreign powers such as Turkey in the seven - year - old conflict.

But Malone isn't one of those executives, and he proved it by drawing the now - pervasive comparison between Amazon and the Death Star, the evil Empire's battle station in the «Star Wars» franchise that had the power to destroy entire planets.

In May, the regenerative powers of the cartel led Chicago's police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, to call America's war on drugs a «wholesale failure.»

The drive to break the power of landed aristocracies in Britain, France and other countries became the major political fight from the century spanning 1815 and World War I.

Fears about a trade war between the world's two biggest economic powers emerged in March after Mr. Trump unveiled tariffs on global imports of aluminum and steel.

Alberta has granted sweeping new powers to its energy minister as the province ups the ante in its trade war with British Columbia

But industrial capital as well as labor has come under attack in an internecine war of finance capital against industrial capital, and even against the power of governments to retain control over national economies.

To address power and prestige, while it may be true that Britain's loss of reserve - currency status in the 20th century coincided roughly with its loss of political and military preeminence, I think it is incorrect to imply that Britain lost power and prestige after the Great War mainly or even partly because sterling lost its status as the dominant reserve currency (which in fact really occurred some time in the 1930s and 1940s).

A high - powered U.S. delegation arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks with Chinese officials on defusing tensions that are propelling the world's two largest economies toward a trade war.

In addition, the ongoing war with Yemen, the abrupt resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi soil, and the internal power struggle within the Saudi monarchy leading to the detention of a large number of powerful members from the royal family sum up the major ongoing conflicts in the regioIn addition, the ongoing war with Yemen, the abrupt resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi soil, and the internal power struggle within the Saudi monarchy leading to the detention of a large number of powerful members from the royal family sum up the major ongoing conflicts in the regioin the region.

But almost every other foreign policy responsibility, McDougall shows, lies in a no - man's - land between the various branches of government: No mention is made of a power to recognize or de-recognize foreign regimes, terminate treaties as opposed to make them, make peace as opposed to war, declare neutrality in the wars of others, annex or cede territory, bestow or deny foreign aid, impose sanctions, regulate immigration and the status of aliens...

-- Buddhists have also backed and taken parts in wars and killings and been the instrument people in power use to force people into wars.

Those who think Congress can easily reclaim war powers that presidents have usurped since then don't see how powerful Polk's method generally proves in a democracy.

John Quincy Adams warned of the «inevitable tendency of a direct interference in foreign wars, even wars for freedom, to change the very foundations of our own government from liberty to power.»

But the day when outside powers can be counted upon to hunt down war criminals in conflicts where they have no other stake is still far away.

The research conducted by the group that put together «Yoda» concludes there is healing power in the stars and you add stars it is of astrological war proportion.

The treatment of the Nazi period in all its aspects - Hitler's rise to power; his establishment of a dictatorship in Germany; the abolition of the rule of law; the persecution of all kinds of political opponents; the racially motivated persecution of the Jews, culminating in the Holocaust; the reticence and opposition of German citizens; and, Germany's instigation of World War II - is compulsory teaching matter at all types of schools in Germany and at all levels of education.

After he became Pope, Pius XII did everything in his power to prevent the war from breaking out — issuing appeal after appeal, warning the mass destruction that would ensue — but the forces of evil would not listen, and war commenced.

They were, as are most wars, based in power seeking groups, or, concurrently perhaps, efforts to expand resources just as I noted about land and water above.

To stay in the war, Britain must cease forever to be an empire and independent world power.

Her own assessment of the Cold War was to see the anticommunist crusade as an end in itself embedded in McCarthyism, which was an indicator of the growth of populist lawlessness and a breakdown of the federalist balance of powers.

I can understand why the Vatican, given its entanglement with the powers in the Second World War, could not just let the matter lie.

We fight wars, commit genocide, and are quick to demonize those are not in our group to justify denying them rights, power, and resources.

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Jesus went to war with power in order to build relationships with people who needed an advocate.

In the civil war and struggle for power in the time of Uthman, the third Caliph, irreligious elements among the Muslim people did not refrain from fabricating traditions concerning the merits of some political figureIn the civil war and struggle for power in the time of Uthman, the third Caliph, irreligious elements among the Muslim people did not refrain from fabricating traditions concerning the merits of some political figurein the time of Uthman, the third Caliph, irreligious elements among the Muslim people did not refrain from fabricating traditions concerning the merits of some political figures.

As the world marked the silver anniversary of the Polish elections of June 1989, which eventually brought to power the first non-communist Polish prime minister since the Second World War, a conference met at the Vatican to consider «The Church in the Moment of Change in 1980 - 1989 in East Central Europe.»

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.