But the scheme adds to doubts over the role of private-security firms in the war and efforts to hold contractors accountable.
This will lead to more Parliamentary debate on security matters, public hearings on the national security strategy, and - as promised - greater transparency over appointments to the Committee so that the Committee can not only review intelligence and security but also perform a public role - more akin to the practice of Select Committees - in reporting to and informing the country on security matters.
Because Petraeus was so successful - and because his role involved national security and warfare, not working the halls of Congress - some have questioned whether the Clinton-era rules of sex scandal should apply.
The debate has taken on added urgency since Bill Clinton's visit to Tokyo last year, when it was agreed that Japan would play a more active role in the long-standing security alliance between the two countries.
Not all agree with Wiranto's dilution of the military's "dual functions, " or dwifungsi, which grants the armed forces a role in both political and national-security matters.
The problem, he says, is the little-discussed role of the National Security Agency in the project, in partnership with the DHS and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Just last week, all agencies with an operational role in security participated in an hour-by-hour run-through of the event.
Here she performed in an anti-piracy and maritime security role.
After World War II, a generation of far-sighted leaders forged NATO, which has given us a half-century of security, and played a strong role in ending the Cold War.
After the Iran-Iraq war, the Basij returned to its role as an internal security force to enforce Islamic morality.
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Gates didn't say whether the tenure-based pay system and job security favored by unions plays a role, but he wants to figure out a fix.
We will immediately go ahead to introduce a resolution of both Houses - in advance of any future legislation - that will enshrine an enhanced scrutiny and public role for the Intelligence and Security Committee.
The Arizona senator, who often mentions his time as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam era, graduated from the Academy in 1958 along with John Poindexter and Robert "Bud" McFarlane, two consecutive national security advisers under President Reagan who played a role in the Iran-Contra affair.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing suggests that the State of California and its public employee retirement funds may play a critical role in fashioning a template for a truly national effort to introduce new national security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" into debt and equity purchasing decisions.
Finally, we will continue to push for a genuine, broad-based political reconciliation process and reinforce the critical role of women in promoting peace and security.
He dismissed criticism that the presence of foreign troops was the cause of violence, saying that the mission's role was to clear al-Qaeda, help the Afghan state establish itself and then to train security forces.
The Director-General highlighted the importance of the role of women, especially rural women, in achieving food security, by generating income, and improving their livelihoods and overall well-being.
We believe this plan does not adequately consider the challenges to U.S. security that may arise in the next century, and the central role that the B-2 may play in meeting those challenges.
Now, however, America says that it is trying to prise the Kurds out of their security role, and to institute a government in which the town's four ethnic-confessional groups (Kurds, Turkomen, Arabs, and Christians) are equally represented.
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The role of space is a paramount national security area for communications, control, and intelligence and as a force- multiplier for terrestrial forces.
"It would be a transition to an Iraqi-centric approach to security, with Americans in support rather than an American-centric approach in the primary combat role, " Vickers says.
The economic relationship we have -- and then the security of that region of the world and of the entire world -- are important in the role that the Chinese must play as world actors.
The key to meeting these challenges -- to improving our health and well-being, to harnessing clean energy, to protecting our security, and succeeding in the global economy -- will be reaffirming and strengthening America's role as the world's engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation.
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