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Following a Pentagon survey that showed only 55 % of soldiers and 40 % of Marines would report a colleague for abusing civilians, Mattis told his Marines in May 2007, “ Whenever you show anger or disgust toward civilians, it's a victory for Al Qaeda and other insurgents .” Reflecting an understanding of the need for restraint in war as key to defeating an insurgency, he added that, " Every time you wave at an Iraqi civilian, Al Qaeda rolls over in its grave.
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Following the September 11 attacks against the United States, the Pentagon organized and implemented the Office of Strategic Influence in an effort to improve public support abroad, mainly in Islamic countries.
Following the end of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, the Pentagon, led by then defense secretary Dick Cheney, paid Halliburton subsidiary Brown & Root Services over $ 8. 5 million to study the use of private military forces with American soldiers in combat zones.
Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, she spent her first few months at EPA in the role of assisting in environmental cleanup activities at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, the Pentagon in Washington, D. C., and the anthrax attack at the Hart Senate Office Building.
Following a stateside tour at the Pentagon and promotion to lieutenant colonel, Hackworth co-wrote " The Vietnam Primer " with Marshall after returning to Vietnam in the winter of 1966-67 on an army-sponsored tour with the famous historian and commentator.
Following the September 11 attacks, SR 110 was closed to trucks and tour buses due to its proximity to the Pentagon.
Following the attacks on the U. S. of September 11, 2001, then Rear Admiral Stufflebeem became the face and voice from the Pentagon of U. S. military operations being conducted in Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power and rid the country of al Qaeda.
Following congressionally ordered investigations, the inspector-general at the State Department concluded that Barlow had been fired as a reprisal ; however, the inspector-generals at the CIA and the Defense Department stated that the Pentagon was within its rights to fire Barlow.
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Following a Summer 2011 height survey by The Munro Society, Beinn a ' Chlaidheimh was confirmed by the SMC in September 2012 as having been demoted from Munro to Corbett status.
Following a PennDOT conducted survey, improvements have been planned starting in 2014.
Following a survey in August 1818, they were to find that their new homes did not fall under the territories encompassed by the congressional approval, and the Vine and Olive Colony was soon forced to move.
Following a survey of the area by John Tomlinson in 1768, the land was estimated to be and was subsequently divided, and new public roads were laid out.
Following the introduction of listing, an initial survey of Northern Ireland's building stock was begun in 1974.
Following the Norman conquest, Runcorn was not mentioned in the 1086 Domesday survey, although surrounding settlements were.
Following a detailed survey in 1905, the eastern route was proposed.
Following maturation, the lymphocytes enter the circulation and peripheral lymphoid organs ( e. g. the spleen and lymph nodes ) where they survey for invading pathogens and / or tumor cells.
Following a survey of Isle of Man viewers in autumn 2008, coverage of the Isle of Man was transferred from ITV Border to ITV Granada on Thursday 16 July 2009.
Following a cross-Canada survey of possible sites, North Bay was selected:
Following this sale William Napier made the first survey of the island in 1856.
Following an archaeological survey conducted in 1999, it was decided to embark on a large-scale scientific project of excavations and in July 2010 the eleventh season of excavation was conducted.
Dimboola is located in Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. Situated on the Wimmera River in the State of Victoria, the town of Dimboola was previously known as ' Nine Creeks '. Following a survey conducted in late 1862 by contractor Frederick Smith of Ararat, a plan for a township in the County of Dimboola was proposed.
Following a recent traffic census, Hampshire County Council has carried out a survey within Whiteley and affected surrounding villages ( Burridge, Swanwick and Park Gate ) asking similar questions, but accompanied with information about the consequences of various road openings.
Following a survey of potential sites, the observatory was built at El Leoncito, Argentina, near Barreal in the province of San Juan, in the eastern foothills of the Andes mountains at an elevation of approximately 2400 m ( 8000 ft ).
Following the survey, an extensive fundraising project was commenced in early 1986.
Following this survey Matyushkin explored on his own a vast tundra area east of the Kolyma river and collected valuable ethnographic data.
Following the granting of an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1757, which included additional powers for the Southwold Harbour trustees, a new survey was carried out by Langley Edwards, who estimated the cost at £ 3, 000, which included the purchase of Wenhaston watermill.
Following the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he directed the U. S. Air Force's official four-volume survey, the Gulf War Air Power Survey, until 1993, for which he received the Air Force ’ s Exemplary Civilian Service Award.
Following the disappearance of a 20 strong survey team on Uranus, Colonel Raeburn dispatches the Space Patrol crew to locate larger versions of the plant, where they discover the adult specimens of the plant are far from friendly.
Following that survey, several legal rulings in Canadian courts from 1996 to 2000 made public toplessness legal, but very few women take advantage of the rulings.
Following a survey conducted by the airport operator in 2008 as part of a campaign to attract additional business routes to the airport, popular destinations such as Aberdeen, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Brussels and Scandinavian cities were identified as lacking a current link.
Following its designation as the Capital of the Colony, immediate provision was made for construction of a capitol building and for platting the new city according to the survey of Theodorick Bland.
Following a survey begun in 1584 by Sir Valentine Browne, Surveyor General of Ireland, the thousands of English soldiers and administrators who had been imported to deal with the rebellion were allocated land in the Munster Plantation of Desmond's confiscated estates.
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Following developments in electrical theories such as Coulomb's law, which showed that positive and negative charges attract, analogs in human life were developed, such as " opposites attract.
For example, in 1952 Hans Hartelius conducted and published an animal study on cats entitled Cerebral Changes Following Electrically Induced Convulsions in which a double-blind microscopic pathology examination showed that it was possible to distinguish the 8 shocked animals from the 8 non-shocked animals with remarkable accuracy based on statistically significant structural changes to the brain, including vessel wall changes, gliosis, and nerve cell changes.
" Following its release in 1960, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen proved to be a " resounding success ... both critically and commercially ", later being described as " a tour de force of the imagination, a novel that showed almost every writer who came afterwards what it was possible to achieve in novels ostensibly published for children.
Following his success with Star Trek, he supplemented his income and showed continued support for his fans by making numerous public appearances.
Following this earthquake, the water levels of numerous wells located in the Lower Rhine Embayment showed significant coseismic anomalies.
Following the 1888 discovery of diphtheria and tetanus, Emil von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburō showed that disease need not be caused by microorganisms themselves.
Following a sting operation, Star TV showed clerics belonging to Darul Uloom Deoband receiving cash for fatwas.
Following a number of pre-war designs for the Royal Naval Air Service, such as the Three-seater and the Bat Boat, Sopwith's first major success was the fast and compact ( hence the name ) Tabloid, a design which first showed the influence of the company's test pilot, the Australian Harry Hawker.
Following Section III of Rayleigh ( 1873 ), Onsager ( 1931, I ) showed that in the regime where both the flows are small and the thermodynamic forces vary slowly, there will be a linear relation between them, parametrized by a matrix of coefficients conventionally denoted:
Following his family's footsteps, he showed interest in science at an early age.
Following a party to which both men no showed, there were indications that something had gone wrong when Dennehy's family had not heard from him and his roommate returned home to find that his dog had not been fed.
Following the Great Famine, the census of 1891 showed the population of County Wicklow had declined to 62, 136 with the proportionate fall in the uplands regions even greater as the populace deserted the marginal lands.
Following a visit to the Alps, Robinson wrote Alpine Flowers for Gardens, which for the first time showed how to use alpine plants in a designed rock garden.
Following the primary election in September, a poll on October 20 showed Humphrey leading 35 % to Coleman ( 34 %) and Ventura ( 21 %).
Following the draft fiasco, and the forgettable season which followed, the Blues showed signs of resurgence in 2007, finishing the round robin in fourth place, securing a semi-final against the Sharks in Durban.
Following the April 2012 release of DC Comics ' solicitations for that July, which included Liefeld's covers for The Savage Hawkman # 11, Deathstroke # 11, and Grifter # 11 – all of which showed characters ' feet – Liefeld, who had been criticized for avoiding drawing characters ' feet, commented, " The Hipsters don't know what to do when I draw feet.
Following an up and down first day, Ungar showed up for each subsequent day well rested and mentally sharp.
Following two partial seasons with the Indians, John showed occasional excellence during seven respectable years as a starting pitcher with the Chicago White Sox.
Following a report published in 2005 by Václav Havel and Desmond Tutu that showed that Burma fits the criteria for United Nations Security Council ( UNSC ) intervention BCUK calls on UNSC members to pass a resolution requiring the regime to work with the United Nations in restoring democracy to Burma, and to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.
Following the nuclear accident at Tokai, Ibaraki in 1999, physicists Masuchika Kohno and Yoshinobu Koizumi showed how this coin could be used to estimate neutron dosage to the surrounding population, by measuring its zinc isotope ratios.
Following the success of the 250 S in the Mille Miglia, Ferrari showed a more conventional chassis for the new 250 engine at the 1952 Paris Motor Show.
Following his return from injury, Dyer showed his versatility by playing in central midfield, right midfield and as an attacking midfielder, supporting Obafemi Martins.
Following the development of the Roentgenogram in 1895, population X-ray studies showed that isthmic spondylolisthesis is, in fact, quite common.
Following OnAir's series of tests that showed electromagnetic radiation of onboard GSM cells being lower than 1 % of the limits endorsed by the World Health Organization and so significantly undercutting radiation levels of common terrestrial emission levels, inflight usage of mobile phones is considered as harmless to passengers ' health.
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