Worse, President Donald Trump's head nod to troops to use deadly force against any rock-throwing migrants stokes tension at the border, where agents have already killed at least 97 people — citizens and noncitizens alike — over the last 15 years under opaque use-of-force policies.
China is particularly cagey about the size, status and capabilities of its nuclear forces and opaque about the doctrinal approach that might govern their use.
China is cagey about the size, status and capabilities of its nuclear forces and opaque about the doctrinal approach that might govern their use.
But the Chinese military operates in ways that are far more opaque than Western armed forces, Pentagon officials say, leaving the United States uncertain about the exact size of China's military budget or its long-range military goals.
Since 2013, it has been plain that President Obama believes it would be a mistake for the United States to intervene militarily, except to weaken isis; last week, in the latest iteration of the war's shifting and opaque battlefield alliances, Turkish forces, with American support, invaded isis territory in northern Syria.
It may be that hedge-fund styles are so opaque that investors are forced to rely simply on recent returns.
The annual statistics disclosed by the antitrust agencies since 2008 (when China's anti-monopoly law came into force) are opaque and incomplete.
"I am adamant that police forces cannot be opaque about such important matters, and I fully expect all forces to publish details of how they are spending taxpayer money".
Shadow wars, CIA military campaigns, and the opaque work of special operations forces go on without public knowledge or congressional approval.
Day 1. (aged 27 d) Forced swim: 10 min forced swim in an opaque circular water tank (diameter 0.5 m; height: 0.5 m; water depth 0.4 m), water temperature 22±2°C (adapted from Avital et. al. [90]).
