Furthermore, America now has global security responsibilities that require a more robust military posture than in the days before World War II.
Annan said he recently urged al-Assad "to radically change his military posture, " saying the government has the prime responsibility to halt the violence.
Preserving a U.S. military posture with the inherent size, flexibility, technological sophistication and robustness to constitute reliable deterrents to the range of prospective threats.
Japan's aggressive embrace of antimissile defenses is forcing the nation to undergo the most wrenching revamp of its military posture since the end of World War II.
Moreover, advocates of a much humbler military posture underestimate the rewards military dynamism brings: in Britain's relationship with America and its clout at the United Nations and elsewhere.
As a practical matter, the upshot of such developments will almost surely be not only to worsen America's military posture but also to degrade its trade and economic posture, as well.
In Washington, President Barack Obama's spokesman that "despite the harsh rhetoric we are hearing from Pyongyang, we are not seeing changes to the North Korean military posture, such as large-scale mobilisations and positioning of forces".
If you are forced because of the sequester to change our military readiness posture, that has an effect on our safety.
Ted Stevens (R-AK) raised a series of questions this week on the Senate floor concerning unsettling developments in Russia's military force posture.
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Whatever improvements in military effectiveness the actual posture decisions produce, they will serve our interests fully only if they also help sustain and strengthen our ties with our friends, allies and partners around the world.
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Hoss is that rare combination of technical expert -- from cyber to missile defense -- and strategic thinker, whether it was updating our nuclear posture or preparing our military for 21st-century missions.
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U.S. Navy installations throughout California and Nevada were "maintaining a heightened security posture, " a U.S. military official told CNN.
At the same time, both the 2006 QDR and the 2008 National Military Strategy argued that additional risk could be taken in the conventional force posture and even in some areas of advanced technology in order to harvest the additional resources needed to win the current fights.
Apart from the warm glow created by this change of line, Britain feels emboldened to set the tone for its partners' military efforts because it has just completed a sweeping review of its defence posture, while several other European states, including the new German government, are only now embarking on similar exercises.
Amid the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the broader drawdown in the U.S. military, the Obama administration appears to be showing the kinder-gentler U.S. posture abroad that some have been looking for.
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