Sentence examples for military and development from inspiring English sources

(Egypt receives almost two billion dollars a year in U.S. military and development aid).

Washington condemned the coup and suspended about $18 million in mostly military and development aid to the de facto government.

But the United States is heavily invested in both countries, fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban and financing multibillion-dollar military and development programs.

The Americans' presence is critical for the logistics, air support, intelligence and "medevac" they provide and for the continued flow of military and development aid.

A former U.S.A.I.D. worker described the area as a place where the American military and development officers had no idea whom they were dealing with.

But others are nervous that Afghanistan's nebulous private sector will not be enough to fill the gap left by the United States' military and development spending.

episode illuminates a stark fact: having been coddled for a decade as the problem children of a spendthrift international military-and-development mission, Afghanistan's élites are still unwilling to take responsibility even in a case in which their own self-interest and dollar-denominated bank accounts are so clearly at stake.

Together, France and the United Kingdom account for 45 per cent of Europe's defence budget, 50 per cent of its military capacity and 70 per cent of all spending in military research and development.

THE MILITARY The Defense Department, historically an incubator of energy technologies, has made efforts to "green" the military, allocating nearly $1.4 billion this fiscal year for energy efficiency, solar and wind power on military bases and development of advanced biofuels.

The primary users of these computers were expected to be scientists and engineers developing elaborate 3-D software for corporate and military research and development.

Funneling international military, humanitarian and development aid through the central government can help.