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Trump’s role as commander in chief.”[44] All told, criticisms of Trump as lacking vision and as supporting a dangerous troop withdrawal appeared in three-quarters of all the Time’s editorials. . ... His announced withdrawal from Syria, regardless of the potential negative effect on Syria’s..…
The fledgling economies of the Bric countries, with their combined population of more than three billion, command attention through sheer people power. . ..…
Notes . [1] At the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the Ottoman commander Ali Pasha is said to have taken with him his entire treasure because he feared expropriation. . [2] In per capita terms by 1700, taxes in the Dutch Republic were 26 times higher (in silver prices) than in the Ottoman empire. ..…
In the Philippines, it has conducted large-scale joint military exercises in cooperation with President Rodrigo Duterte’s military, even as the police at his command continue to inflict horrific violence on that country’s citizenry. . ..…
Top US commander at odds with Trump over Syria and ISIS . . . . . . . . . ..…
They can command a working majority of eight thanks to their confidence and supply arrangement for support from Northern Ireland’s 10 Democratic Unionist (DUP) lawmakers. . ..…
Please attribute to Inspector Stefan Sagar, Acting Area Commander, Waitemata West: . ..…
JUBA, South Sudan — The lawless activities of South Sudan's security and military intelligence risk turning the war-torn country into police state run on fear and corruption, said United Nations on Wednesday.. ..…
Massachusetts, Nevada, Arizona, and elsewhere by election-rigging, Sanders endorsed her the most ruthlessly dangerous in US history, instead of denouncing extremism, the threat she'd pose to peace as commander-in-chief of the US military.. ..…
Very few things seem certain, one of them being that Socialist Party will, win the elections with majority, something that does not guarantee it ability to remain in government.. ..…
(Russo was commander of the Israel Defense Forces Depth Corps and head of the IDF’s Operations Directorate.) . ..…
Losing three MPs weakens Mrs May's already feeble hold on the Commons and leave her even more dependent on her DUP allies to command a majority of MPs. . ... Losing three MPs weakens Mrs May's already feeble hold on the Commons and leave her even more dependent on her DUP allies to..…
Far left-wing party Podemos immediately offered to open coalition talks with Sanchez, though the two parties together cannot command a majority. . ..…
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TEHRAN - The Damascus Army pounded the headquarters of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at Northern Hama and Southern Idlib in response to their intensified attacks from the demilitarized zone on government forces, killing terrorist commander.. ..…
Hill, commander of US Army Central, told AFP on the sidelines of in Emirati Abu Dhabi on Sunday.. ..…
US-led coalition fighting Daesh Takfiri terrorist group dozen of the extremists and their family members from their shrinking enclave Syria's of Dayr al-Zawr and near Iraqi border.. ..…
Va and University of Maryland, Baltimore County served as Co-Editor of Department of State's Foreign Relations of United States series. ..…
“There is a standing command order to all the field commanders to report any illegal recruitment of children in the army. ... “There is a standing command order to all the field commanders to report any illegal recruitment of children in the army. ..…
McCabe charged that the inspector general report that was used to justify his firing was the result of improper command influence, with it being clear that President wanted him gone before his scheduled retirement date. . ..…
The President had made his dog, Fala, a household word when his joke about Republican attacks on the pet revived his flagging final campaign and dispelled rumours that he was sick and no longer in command. ..…
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