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He's been nominated for the third highest position at the Pentagon and this is a time where there is particular stress on civil-military relations, the country needs a professional in that position. – Wesley Clark	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The munition with knives has been around since at least the Vietnam War.The military term for the warhead is flechettes, which are dart-like submunitions that are released and spread out in flight as an anti-personnel device, munitions have had a variety of warheads since before the Civil War, where they used everything from classic exploding cannonballs, todumbbell-shaped projectiles and grapeshot, which was basically shotgun-shell BBs (only much larger) that used mass and velocity as the engagement mechanism. – John Venable	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
All forms of technologically enhanced contact tracing should be voluntary, there are significant civil rights and civil liberties concerns with employers requiring employees to wear trackers or be subjected to other forms of invasive surveillance in order to have a job. – Evan Greer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune. As many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society, i should not have been there. – Mark Milley	Found on CNN 4 years ago
HHS respects the dignity of every human being, and as we have shown in our response to the pandemic, we vigorously protect and enforce the civil rights of all to the fullest extent permitted by our laws as passed by Congress. – Roger Severino	Found on CNN 4 years ago
North Carolina's had voting by mail literally since the end of the Civil War, so this is not a new phenomenon for us. – David Lewis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune. As many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society. – General Milley	Found on CNN 4 years ago
While the military sets an example for civil society through our inclusiveness, we too have not come far enough. We all need to do better. For example, although the United States military has a higher proportion of African Americans serving in our ranks than in society at large, only 7 % of our flag and general officers are African American. – National Guard	Found on CNN 4 years ago
As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune, as many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society. – General Milley	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In order to prevent more civil unrest in our city, I think it is very imperative that we remove this statue that's in Linn Park. – Randall Woodfin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The very image of America is breaking, i truly hope that this will have a positive impact in the long term, just like the Civil Rights Movement. – Tadashi Yanai	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Philonise Floyd appeared Wednesday before House Judiciary CommitteeHouse for an oversight hearing on policing and law enforcement accountability. The testimony came after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody in late May, an event that has sparked a national outcry along with sustained protests and civil unrest over the issue of police misconduct and racial injustice, as well as calls for Congress to act.In the wake of national protests and unrest, House and Senate Democrats have unveiled sweeping police reform legislation, while Senate Republicans are also now working to craft their own reform proposal. It remains unclear, however, whether there will be enough bipartisan support for anything to pass through both chambers of Congress. The path to any kind of bipartisan compromise is expected to be difficult as well with congressional Republicans already sounding skeptical of a number of proposals that Senate Democrats are pushing. In Senate Republicans testimony, George Floyd brother referenced the mass protests unfolding across the United States and urged policing reform and accountability. Read More. – George Floyd	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If the police want to use the civil law as a tool in their policing, those of us who pay their salaries have the opportunity now to engage in some real reform, which is, stop the indemnification of cops, stop the free lawyers for the police, stop the qualified immunity for the police --and well see how that works out for them. – Ron Kuby	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
After nearly a week assisting civil authorities on the streets of California, soldiers with the California National Guard will begin transitioning back to their home armories. – California National Guard	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
My basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic. – Bill Barr	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without George Floyd, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society, this will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens ; to past generations that bled to defend our promise ; and to our children. – James Mattis	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Some people would probably disagree with what I told him, but I did lay a lot of it on gang activity, my basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic. – Attorney General Bill Barr	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Active duty elements are postured on military bases in the National Capitol Region but are not in Washington, D.C., they are on heightened alert status but remain under Title X authority and are not participating in defense support to civil authority operations. – Johnathan Hoffman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The civil code is a big step, but much more will need to be fleshed out, after all, U.S. sexual-harassment law is still developing after decades and grappling with its failures, as laid bare by #MeToo. – Darius Longarino	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If there's a judgment rendered from the judge, then we should be held accountable, and I believe I am willing to accept that, because that is a lower cost than civil unrest in our city. – Randall Woodfin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Many of these professional agitators don't fit a simple left vs right identity, they are part of a growing anti-government extremist movement. They hate law enforcement want to tear the whole system down even if it requires a new civil war. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think it's really important again for folks to think about the uniqueness of George Floyd and hell nation, of protecting civil liberties, is to make sure that civilians control the military and -- especially inside the United States -- is carried out by civilians, by citizen-soldiers, by National Guard, that's why we're accessing and George Floyd and hell're helping us access all these assets through National Guard and our surrounding states. – Governor Walz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The situation in Minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of George Floyd, its about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great cities. – Tim Walz	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The civil code doesn't put restrictions such as kinship or gender on the people who can be given the right to reside. – Zhang Qianlin	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

He's been nominated for the third highest position at the Pentagon and this is a time where there is particular stress on civil-military relations, the country needs a professional in that position.

– Wesley Clark

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The munition with knives has been around since at least the Vietnam War.The military term for the warhead is flechettes, which are dart-like submunitions that are released and spread out in flight as an anti-personnel device, munitions have had a variety of warheads since before the Civil War, where they used everything from classic exploding cannonballs, todumbbell-shaped projectiles and grapeshot, which was basically shotgun-shell BBs (only much larger) that used mass and velocity as the engagement mechanism.

– John Venable

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

All forms of technologically enhanced contact tracing should be voluntary, there are significant civil rights and civil liberties concerns with employers requiring employees to wear trackers or be subjected to other forms of invasive surveillance in order to have a job.

– Evan Greer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune. As many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society, i should not have been there.

– Mark Milley

Found on CNN
4 years ago

HHS respects the dignity of every human being, and as we have shown in our response to the pandemic, we vigorously protect and enforce the civil rights of all to the fullest extent permitted by our laws as passed by Congress.

– Roger Severino

Found on CNN
4 years ago

North Carolina's had voting by mail literally since the end of the Civil War, so this is not a new phenomenon for us.

– David Lewis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

– General Milley

Found on CNN
4 years ago

While the military sets an example for civil society through our inclusiveness, we too have not come far enough. We all need to do better. For example, although the United States military has a higher proportion of African Americans serving in our ranks than in society at large, only 7 % of our flag and general officers are African American.

– National Guard

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune, as many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society.

– General Milley

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In order to prevent more civil unrest in our city, I think it is very imperative that we remove this statue that's in Linn Park.

– Randall Woodfin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The very image of America is breaking, i truly hope that this will have a positive impact in the long term, just like the Civil Rights Movement.

– Tadashi Yanai

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Philonise Floyd appeared Wednesday before House Judiciary CommitteeHouse for an oversight hearing on policing and law enforcement accountability. The testimony came after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody in late May, an event that has sparked a national outcry along with sustained protests and civil unrest over the issue of police misconduct and racial injustice, as well as calls for Congress to act.In the wake of national protests and unrest, House and Senate Democrats have unveiled sweeping police reform legislation, while Senate Republicans are also now working to craft their own reform proposal. It remains unclear, however, whether there will be enough bipartisan support for anything to pass through both chambers of Congress. The path to any kind of bipartisan compromise is expected to be difficult as well with congressional Republicans already sounding skeptical of a number of proposals that Senate Democrats are pushing. In Senate Republicans testimony, George Floyd brother referenced the mass protests unfolding across the United States and urged policing reform and accountability. Read More.

– George Floyd

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If the police want to use the civil law as a tool in their policing, those of us who pay their salaries have the opportunity now to engage in some real reform, which is, stop the indemnification of cops, stop the free lawyers for the police, stop the qualified immunity for the police --and well see how that works out for them.

– Ron Kuby

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

After nearly a week assisting civil authorities on the streets of California, soldiers with the California National Guard will begin transitioning back to their home armories.

– California National Guard

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

My basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.

– Bill Barr

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without George Floyd, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society, this will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens ; to past generations that bled to defend our promise ; and to our children.

– James Mattis

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Some people would probably disagree with what I told him, but I did lay a lot of it on gang activity, my basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.

– Attorney General Bill Barr

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Active duty elements are postured on military bases in the National Capitol Region but are not in Washington, D.C., they are on heightened alert status but remain under Title X authority and are not participating in defense support to civil authority operations.

– Johnathan Hoffman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The civil code is a big step, but much more will need to be fleshed out, after all, U.S. sexual-harassment law is still developing after decades and grappling with its failures, as laid bare by #MeToo.

– Darius Longarino

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If there's a judgment rendered from the judge, then we should be held accountable, and I believe I am willing to accept that, because that is a lower cost than civil unrest in our city.

– Randall Woodfin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Many of these professional agitators don't fit a simple left vs right identity, they are part of a growing anti-government extremist movement. They hate law enforcement want to tear the whole system down even if it requires a new civil war.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think it's really important again for folks to think about the uniqueness of George Floyd and hell nation, of protecting civil liberties, is to make sure that civilians control the military and -- especially inside the United States -- is carried out by civilians, by citizen-soldiers, by National Guard, that's why we're accessing and George Floyd and hell're helping us access all these assets through National Guard and our surrounding states.

– Governor Walz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The situation in Minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of George Floyd, its about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great cities.

– Tim Walz

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The civil code doesn't put restrictions such as kinship or gender on the people who can be given the right to reside.

– Zhang Qianlin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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