Sentence examples for secretive missions from inspiring English sources

But then July 2011 became December 2014, only this time with the caveat that "combat" would end – though not counter-terrorism, to be waged by special operations forces whose secretive missions do not inspire domestic political backlash.

Beginning in late 2007, when George Bush was president, a group of leading Republicans and Democrats led two secretive missions to China to try to secure a bilateral climate agreement.

Australia's domestic intelligence agency failed to notify the intelligence watchdog of a controversial "special intelligence operation" for 10 days in what is the first official confirmation of highly secretive missions that give intelligence officers immunity from prosecution.

The base, operated by the Navy adjacent to Djibouti's international airport, is home to some 4,000 personnel, including those involved in highly secretive missions in the region, including at least two Navy SEAL raids into Yemen.

The tours — part of a package deal complete with lodging, ground transportation and three meals a day from the Navy mess hall — offer what the Pentagon promotes as a behind-the-scenes peek into one of the government's most secretive missions in the campaign against terror.

But Friend said there was greater risk in small teams of special operators conducting far flung and secretive missions on the continent.

"The US Central Intelligence Agency on Friday did something anathema to its usually secretive mission: it joined Twitter.

Illustration: Ed Nacional "The US Central Intelligence Agency on Friday did something anathema to its usually secretive mission: it joined Twitter.

By Joe Veix June 11 , 2014"The US Central Intelligence Agency on Friday did something anathema to its usually secretive mission: it joined Twitter.

Mr. Haq, 43, was killed Friday by the Taliban as he traveled through eastern Afghanistan on a secretive mission to incite an uprising.

A mysterious robotic space plane launched its secretive mission for the US air force on Wednesday, its fourth long orbital flight in five years.