Sentence examples similar to defense assessment from inspiring English sources

Faraj was allegedly part of a dismantled Syrian terrorist cell, and to avoid arrest fled to Afghanistan, where he fought against US forces in Tora Bora, according to a Department of Defense assessment dated March 2008.

El Ouerghi allegedly was a senior explosives trainer for al-Qaida, knew Osama bin Laden, and even had prior knowledge of the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to a Department of Defense assessment dated June 2007.

Neither defense nor assessment should be confused with endorsement.

Reacting to the release of a defense intelligence assessment saying North Korea could launch a nuclear missile, Pentagon spokesman George Little said "it would be inaccurate to suggest that the North Korean regime has fully tested, developed or demonstrated the kinds of nuclear capabilities referenced in the passage".

Iranian Threat, Missile Defense 8. (S/NF) U/S Tauscher proposed that Russia and the U.S. implement together the understandings reached by the two Presidents in Moscow regarding missile defense, joint threat assessment and the Joint Data Exchange Center JDECC).

The conclusion is that the best defense against inequitable assessment is openness.

Hence to fully evaluate the value of a trait in defense requires an assessment of both costs and benefits.

As president, I will ask the secretary of defense to conduct an assessment of our nuclear force posture and determine how best to meet our security needs.

There is a degree of difficulty component that is inherent in the assessment of defense that just isn't there for batting or pitching.

Whether the threat of "rogue states" is serious enough to require a missile defense system is an assessment that should not be made during the heat of an election campaign.

Such paranoid language is more of an outcome of sensationalist commentaries by warmongering journalists and self-serving defense wonks than sober assessment of realities on the ground.