Sentences with phrase «with military officials»

Chen's was subjected to ridicule and physical abuse by fellow soldiers and superiors in part because of his Chinese ethnicity, advocates and Chen's family said, based on conversations with military officials.

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According to the White House, the decorations include a tree tribute to Gold Star military families, President Ronald Reagan's china, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1866 edition of «A Christmas Carol,» and an official White House Christmas tree adorned with glass ornaments emblazoned with the seal of each state and territory.

«We have consistently called on China, as well as other claimants, to refrain from further land reclamation, construction of new facilities, and militarization of disputed features, and to commit to managing and resolving disputes peacefully with other claimants,» a Pentagon official told CNBC when asked about China's recent military activity in the area.

The Houthis and allied militias loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi territory during a 2-1/2 year war, said on their official news agency they had launched a mid-range ballistic missile that «hit its military target with high precision».

China's Chengdu J - 20 stealth fighter has just officially entered active service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF): «China's latest J - 20 stealth fighter has been officially commissioned into military service, Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Wu Qian told global media in a September 28, 2017 press release on the Xinhua.net and the official state defense media website.

European stocks closed higher on Monday afternoon after senior U.S. officials sought to play down risks of a military conflict with North Korea.

Yves Robins, a senior vice president with Dassault, the French aircraft - maker, said the Conservative government's recent overhaul of the military procurement system means federal officials would be hard - pressed to explain a return to the F - 35 sole - source plan.

China will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high - level contact with Taiwanese officials, according to a report by The Global Times.

A U.S. official familiar with the military planning said there could be more air strikes if the intelligence indicates Assad had not stopped making, importing, storing or using chemical weapons, including chlorine.

Most had been equipped with bombs, but one was rigged with a tank turret and gun that Iraqi officials said was meant to target military aircraft and ground troops.

When German and Allied military officials gathered again in Berlin near midnight on May 8 to sign surrender documents, the atmosphere in the room was laden with emotional and political weight.

In February of last year, Trump described the removal of authorized immigration by his administration as «a military operation,» a comment that contrasted with other officials in his administration, who stressed that deportations would not be pursued en masse or in the style of a military operation.

Earlier on Thursday, Trump described his efforts to remove unauthorized immigrants from the US as «a military operation,» a phrase that seemed to contradict efforts from White House officials who said the military would not be involved with the deportation plans.

An official familiar with the proposal said U.S. President Donald Trump's request for the Pentagon included more money for shipbuilding, military aircraft and establishing «a more robust presence in key international waterways and choke points» such as the Strait of Hormuz and the disputed South China Sea.

«I think that in the Syrian theater, Russia is unlikely to interfere with the coming US operation or take military steps to prevent it or in retribution, despite their comments,» Cliff Kupchan, a former US State Department official who is now chairman of the Eurasia Group, told Business Insider.

The official declined to elaborate, but experts say providing the $ 930 Samsung phone could violate U.N. sanctions that ban the sale of luxury items and electronics with a potential «dual» commercial and military use.

«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.

The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met with top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.

And according to a top - secret National Security Agency document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials.

Military officials complained at the time that the technology interfered with the radar used by planes — a problem that shouldn't hinder Musk's effort, industry officials said.

US security head John Bolton would risk military conflict with China to achieve goals, former US officials say

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.

Canadian and Malaysian officials met briefly with Pakistan's deposed leader, Nawaz Sharif who has been charged by the new military government with treason - a charge which could result in life in prison or death.

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[355] During the initial years of the Obama administration, the U.S. increased military cooperation with Israel, including increased military aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both comilitary cooperation with Israel, including increased military aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both comilitary aid, re-establishment of the U.S. - Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both coMilitary Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group, and an increase in visits among high - level military officials of both comilitary officials of both countries.

The bill bans bump stocks, increases the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21 — with exceptions for military and law enforcement officials — and imposes a three - day waiting period for all gun sales.

But if Indian officials distrust Canada's assurances it has no sympathy with Khalistan, perhaps our military support for the Kurds and our recognition of Kosovo separation from Serbia in 2008 contribute to that.

The father of a military veteran with PTSD who was shot by a guard at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Oregon says he feels betrayed by the VA and county officials.

CNN reports that the military was serving on an «advise and assist» mission with the Somali National Army helping them with their ground forces, according to a United States defense official.

Consequently, all public servants, including military, judicial staff, and election officials, will have to comply with the prohibition if it's passed, AFP reported.

Our own President didn't even issue an official objection when the Israeli military executed with multiple point - blank gunshots to the head an American teen - aged citizen on a ship in international waters not three months ago.

It begins with a call to the Imperial Princes, Ministers of State, and high officials, to give ear to the great purification by which «are purged and washed away all sins which have been committed by Imperial officials and attendants,» men or women, civil or military.

Long years in public view have trained him in the art of maintaining stillness and dignity while speeches are made and greetings are exchanged, but he still doesn't look quite at home with military bands and official formality; he walked nicely along the guard of honour but was much smaller than all of them.

The same violation applies to women in military leadership, women with male subordinates, and women acting as officials at professional sporting events, he says.

With bombs pounding mostly military targets in Baghdad 15 hours a day, and a humanitarian disaster looming in the rest of the country, Iraqi Christians and international relief agency officials fear that bottled - up aid may be too little, too late for thousands.

The group of Jewish worshipers entered the site without proper permits and did not coordinate their visit to the tomb with Israeli or Palestinian officials, the Israeli military spokesman said.

The organization evolved into the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) in 1993, where NYSCA became one of many programs Mr. Engh oversaw — along with spearheading innovative training programs for parents, administrators and officials that have been embraced and utilized in more than 3,000 cities nationwide and on U.S. military bases worldwide.

At that time, the displaced people, ex-combatants, military officials, indigenous leaders and other local people I spoke to greeted the news with deep scepticism.

Although the UAE's Prime Minister stated in an interview with the BBC that he «hopes (El Sissi) remains in the military, and that another person [runs] for the presidency», a clarification was soon issued by the official news agency saying that the «brotherly advice is that General al - Sissi should not run as a military man for the post of the presidency».

Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs.

Rather, with Venezuela being an important cocaine trade transit country, some military officials might well increase their willingness to act as «facilitators» along drug trafficking routes that feed European and US markets.

US military regulations designed to bring about compliance with the Emoluments Clause of the US constitution, which forbids US officials such as military reservists from receiving payments from foreign governments.

At a March 2013 Senate hearing, Gillibrand shakes hands with Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Harding and other senior military officials ahead of their testimony about sexual assault in the armed forces.

It is the deceit and secrecy about the origins of the Iraq War that have been most damaging to Blair's reputation with the connivance of those civil servants, intelligence officials and senior military who were drawn into his magic circle or remained silent rather than challenge his policy.

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Washington (CNN)- About a dozen members of Congress were invited to meet at the White House Thursday with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and the first lady's chief of staff Tina Tchen to address the issue of sexual assault in the military, a senior administration official said.

Officials with the New York Army National Guard and the New York Air National Guard are reporting that military funerals for state veterans will total nearly 11,000 this year.