His victory would give Republicans 54 seats in the 100-member Senate, enough for a majority but not the 60 seats needed to avoid the tactical blocking procedure known as a filibuster.
But Colonel Cummings declined to confirm the statement's assertion that General Allen had agreed to Mr. Karzai's demands to halt airstrikes in Afghan villages or against homes, saying only that "tactical directives and procedures" were under review, The Associated Press reported.
"General Petraeus has ordered all commanders and attack helicopter crews to thoroughly review procedures in the tactical directive, and to reinforce the need to protect innocent Afghan lives as we pursue a ruthless enemy," the statement said.
Between Russia's new bomber, first use, disagreements over verification procedures, and its tactical nukes (as well as Europe's reliance on those), we can be excused our skepticism about a follow-up to the START agreement, not to mention a follow-up to the follow-up.
Both men point out mistakes relating to tactical decisions, chain-of-command procedure, the amount of ordnance characters lift, and even the vintage of their uniforms.
The decision made by antiabortion activists in the mid-nineties to concentrate their lobbying efforts on the prohibition of one specific, rare, and morally questionable procedure was an unusual tactical choice.
A supply chain model in fuzzy environment is formulated, and the decision variables at strategic and tactical levels are determined by combining strategic level and tactical level models through the following iterative procedure: 1. Stage 1: Solve the supply chain modeling problem in crisp environment and obtain a payoff table.
He was a world authority on voting procedures, a study of the problem of ensuring fair results as free as possible from distortion by tactical voting.
Tactical nuclear weapons scattered across Europe had minimal security; misplaced tools and failed repairs triggered serious accidents; inadequate safety procedures and poor oversight led to dozens of close brushes with nuclear explosions.
