Looking hard at McCain, Ivanov said, "One of the major priorities of the Russian foreign policy is our relationship with our closest neighbors... relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States are in no way a hallmark of Russian-brand 'neo-imperialism,' as some try to depict it, but an imperative for security......
This is not only a human right but an imperative for security, inclusive development and peace".
Richard Burt, head of an anti-nuclear advocacy group called Global Zero, said the vote "was imperative for national security" and "will strengthen U.S.-Russian relations".
A unified, comprehensive approach to this issue is thus imperative for our security and prosperity.
Ray Mabus, the secretary of the Navy, responded that the military's biofuels effort is imperative for national security to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.
Donna Bowman, a writer for entertainment newspaper The AV Club sees the anti-hero as "driven by the imperative of success and the imperative of security to do horrible, horrible things".
"It is a moral, legal, and national security imperative for the United States to lead by example in addressing the world's worst refugee crisis of our time".
How does one strike the endlessly delicate balance between the need for security and the imperatives of free speech?
Mr. Powell said the American military would still have the right to imprison Iraqis, though he said internment would be resorted to only "where this is necessary for imperative reasons of security".
The judge ruled that expulsion to the Gaza Strip was permitted under the convention, which allows the occupying power to subject people to "assigned residence" in the area it controls for "imperative reasons of security".
