That catastrophe, at least for the moment, recast the role of government, not as the enemy but as a mobilizer of our dedicated first-responders and provider for those in need.
And they saw the face of the enemy and they heard our argument.
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It sets back the willingness of our allies to work with us in fighting an enemy that operates in scores of countries.
Having by then, of course, a better feel for the security situation, the improvements and the capabilities of our Iraqi counterparts, and the enemy situation.
The purpose of the provision is both to unify POWs under a common set of guidelines but also to articulate to the enemy that our men and women in uniform will not willingly provide intelligence information.
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To his credit, Obama argued against a lot of the pork while stressing that time is our enemy.
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Yet, producing misleading indications of our intentions and otherwise acting to deceive an enemy is not merely a time-tested and -honored practice in warfare.
To do so would potentially offer enemy forces a tactical advantage and compromise the safety of our personnel.
"Our enemy here is not going to do some kind of final stand where they die to the last man, " Oliver says.
They do not want to send mixed signals to our troops out of the field, and obviously to the enemy.
Mr. FRANK LIBUTTI (Undersecretary, Homeland Security): We don't have the luxury of having in our back pocket the attack plan devised by the enemy.
It starts with explaining to Russia and our European friends and allies, that Russia is not the enemy of the United States ... that the attitude of mutually assured destruction is a relic of the cold war and that we must address the new threats of the 21st century if we are to have a peaceful continent and a peaceful world.
Following in the footsteps of the Bush administration, Mr. Obama wants to avoid labeling our enemy in religious terms.
But when it comes to addressing our health care challenge, we can no longer let the perfect be the enemy of the essential.
Yet no external enemy or group of enemies has the military power to threaten the American way of life or our existence.
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