Sentence examples for complement the military from inspiring English sources

General Petraeus, why have the White House and State Department failed you by neglecting a diplomatic and economic surge to complement the military one?

The plans are intended to complement the military contingency planning set out by Cameron in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in January last year, which would allow up to 10,000 troops to be deployed to protect the public in the event of an emergency.

A person with a different background could have brought an outside perspective to the job, maybe one that would have complemented the military mind-set.

Jahn's physical regeneration ideas complemented the military reforms instigated in Prussia by August von Gneisenau and Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst and by Johann Gottfried von Herder's Romantic concept of the Volksgeist ("national character").

Tensions between the Islamic world's rival powers — the Sunni monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the Shiite theocracy in Iran — that erupted over the New Year's weekend now jeopardize a string of fragile peace initiatives: Peace talks on Syria (the political complement to the military campaign against the Islamic State) are set to begin January 25th.

The story of Mr. Paulk's cosmetic and emotional revival says much about the ways private philanthropy can complement the overtaxed military and veterans health care systems.

Now, with Washington's enthusiastic support, Brazil has stepped in at the head of a United Nations mission, and is using unconventional diplomacy to complement the usual military show of force.

Mr. Clinton will press Mr. Pastrana to complement the new military anti-narcotics offensive against those groups in the south with civilian aid programs to avert a refugee problem that could add fighters to the guerrilla ranks and spread the conflict to neighboring countries.

Vala's renegade qualification to infiltrate the Ori served as a useful complement to the military-oriented SG teams, and Vala had already proven a degree of allegiance through her actions in "Beachhead", holding off an immediate invasion of the enemy.

The major developments in the strategy – such as eschewing the pursuit of lengthy engagements on more than one front, and using the military to complement diplomatic and economic initiatives – are discussed.

A considerable number of nonindigenous officials, unfamiliar with the societies of the region, were brought in to consolidate Soviet rule and to complement the heavy presence of military and coercive forces.