We have a constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense of this nation.
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As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.
We've been treaty allies, committed to our common defense, for nearly 60 years.
He is, without exception, the Senate's most formidable intellect on matters bearing on the common defense and foreign affairs.
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We have good allies in Eastern Europe because of our common defense interests.
Kyl have made to the common defense and look forward to working with them in that connection in the future.
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As it stands, the House GOP's Pledge treats the Constitution's obligation to "provide common defense" as a kind of afterthought.
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Finally, under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has no "more pressing need" or higher obligation than to provide for the common defense.
Of course, this illusion flies in the face of common sense, to say nothing of the constitutional duty to provide for the common defense.
" It requires a unique code of personal conduct and demands "extraordinary sacrifices, including the ultimate sacrifice, in order to provide for the common defense.
Kyl observed that there is no core commitment that supersedes the obligation to provide for the common defense, the first business of the federal government.
Yet, President Obama, congressional Democrats and at least a few Republicans aredetermined to make the sorts of reductions that will prevent us from assuring the common defense.
But even if they do, the "Grand Compromise" should be unacceptable to those who bear, first and foremost, the responsibility for assuring the common defense -- the Nation's military leadership.
The Constitution provides the federal government with few specific powers, such as providing for the common defense, regulating commerce, and taxation, which we know all too well this time of year.
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Such surprises frequently compel the federal government to give urgent attention to its constitutional mandate to "provide for the common defense, " often at the expense of fiscal discipline and other priorities.
Through a series of events and strategic partnerships, the coalition is calling on elected officials, candidates for office and others who share our commitment to the common defense to uphold these principles.
Each year the Center salutes an advocate "for the common defense" who has done the most for our nation's security to join the distinguished ranks of past awardees who include: Commandant James T.
Arguably, the need for a special relationship with Great Britain rooted in shared Western values and a mutual commitment to the common defense is as great today as at anytime since World War II.
Despite this centrality of nuclear deterrence to our individual security and the common defense, few of us feel any sense of ownership of the systems and required capabilities that make our deterrent credible, safe and effective.
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The Center's "Defense Breakdown Economic Impact Reports" are part of a broader 2012 initiative, the Coalition for the Common Defense, to educate and engage the American public on the importance of maintaining a strong national defense.
As members of the most successful alliance in human history, our commitment to our common defense is also a pillar of global security, from completing our mission in Afghanistan to preventing terrorist attacks to achieving our vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
While the United States may have arguments with its allies about the share of the burden for the common defense they bear, and while it may be possible to insist that they bear more of it, South Korea is arguably among the least deserving of such criticism.
When government is limited and the expenditures are on vital services, such as providing a legal system, local police forces, a sound currency, safe highways, the common defense and other services that secure our life, liberty and property, these expenditures increase the opportunity for voluntary exchanges in the private sector, and the economy grows.
These two darlings of the Tea Partiers made clear that anyone who tries to portray their grassroots movement as exclusively concerned with balancing the budget (important as that is) does not understand the conviction they and their cohort share about a Constitution grounded in Judeo-Christian values and the obligation to provide for the common defense.
What is not told is the fact that we have an enduring bond of values, interests, beginning with security and the way that we share both information and other things to help the common defense of our common interests -- and many others in the region who don't often admit to the beneficial effect of this cooperation.
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Therefore, I challenge Grover Norquist to engage in such a public debate, as soon as possible, in the interest of ensuring that the sorts of arguments about the common defense that he has made, both publicly and privately, about the direction of the GOP and America are tested and, if found wanting, repudiated before they do further, real harm to both.
At sentencing, it is common for defense counsel and judges alike to invoke the passage of time and intervening efforts by the cooperating witness to acknowledge his or her wrongdoing as factors in favor of a reduced sentence.
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And in the case of Dell, the common CEO or chairman defense of having known nothing about what went wrong does not apply.
Recognizing the difficulties inherent in the budget shortfall, the strategy relies on America's allies in Europe to aid in the defense of common interests.
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