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Mr Aziz found room to placate, if not satisfy, his military masters: defence spending is to rise 10%, more than Pakistan can afford but less than the near 30% rise in the larger defence budget of the country's adversary, India.
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In the run-up to Mrs Clinton's visit both Mexico's ambassador to the United States and the general in charge of its defence college declared that the country needed international help to win the drug war.
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The joint security treaty that Japan signed with the United States in 1960 remains the cornerstone of the country's defence policy.
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But what if the Clyde were in a foreign country to the Ministry of Defence on Whitehall?
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The Israelis have moved Iron Dome missile defence batteries to the north of their country in preparation for a possible repeat of the brief 2006 conflict in which the two belligerents traded thousands of bombs and rockets across the border.
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The US defence secretary added that officials were planning to leave troops in all sectors of the country - north, south, east and west - as well as in the capital, Kabul.
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There is no change to the number of troops that can be stationed in the country: a maximum of 800 soldiers and 600 defence contractors.
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Almost all of Tufin's employees in the country are, like Mr Kitov himself, veterans of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
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Prime Minister David Cameron offered a staunch defence of the coalition's record in government and its vision for the country, despite the series of set-backs it has suffered in recent weeks.
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In June Mr Jang was promoted to the post of vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, the country's decision-making body.
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This, too, is an unfamiliar turn of events for a country that until recently saw the European charter of fundamental rights as much too lax in its defence of personal freedom.
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