For a time it appeared that a common European army might be created, but the project for a European Defense Community was rejected by the French National Assembly in 1954.

The Council on National Defense of the American Medical Association contributed a brief article to each issue entitled, `` This Is Your A.M.A. ''.

Similar restrictions on the strength of the Army National Guard contained in the 1960 Department of Defense Appropriation Act should likewise be dropped.

The latest major change in this program was introduced by the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Title 8, of which amended the George-Barden Act.

During World War 2, about 7.5 million persons were enrolled in courses organized under two special programs administered by state and local school authorities: ( 1 ) Vocational Education for National Defense, and ( 2 ) War Production Training.

For the Smith-Hughes, George-Barden, and National Defense Act of 1958, the cumulative total of Federal expenditures in 42 years was only about $740 million.

The Title 8, program of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 was a great spur to this trend toward area schools.

What could rescue the bill would be some quick progress on a bill amending the National Defense Education Act of 1958.

The U. S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense ( GMD ; previously known as National Missile Defense – NMD ) system has recently reached initial operational capability.

On September 12, 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dedicated the Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

* 1949 – U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.

Supporters of the withdrawal argued that it was a necessity in order to test and build a limited National Missile Defense to protect the United States from nuclear blackmail by a rogue state.

Reaction to the withdrawal by both the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China was much milder than many had predicted, following months of discussion with both Russia and China aimed at convincing both that development of a National Missile Defense was not directed at them.

The three services are separate from each other, except in three areas: the Armed Forces General Staff ( Estado-Maior das Forças Armadas-EMFA ), the National Defense Council ( Conselho de Defesa Nacional-CDN ), and the Armed Forces High Command ( Alto Comando das Forças Armadas-ACFA ).

In 2008 the Brazilian minister of defense has formulated the " Estratégia Nacional de Defesa " ( National Defense Strategy ), that claims to build a strong national industry and make strategic partnerships with allied nations to develop technology together.

The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.

They founded a semi-secret society — Narodna Odbrana ( National Defense ) which gave the Greater Serbia idea a focus and an organization.

Improving the law Enforcement-Intelligence Community Relationship National Defense Intelligence College Washington, DC June 2007

* National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( Department of Defense )

The United States Navy also maintained a naval training school for aeronautical engineering, resident inspectors of ordnance and naval material, and a liaison officer to the National Defense Research Committee on campus.

The largest federal agencies contributing to research are NASA, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy.

The objective is reportedly to protect another parts of US National Missile Defense from long-range missile strikes from Iran and North Korea, but Czech PM Mirek Topolánek said the main reason is to avoid Russian influence and strengthen ties to US.

The CMC reports directly to the United States Secretary of the Navy and is responsible for ensuring the organization, policy, plans, and programs for the Marine Corps as well as advising the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the Secretary of the Navy on matters involving the Marine Corps.

Congress included text in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 ( passed in 1993 ) requiring the military to abide by regulations essentially identical to the 1982 absolute ban policy.

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 would have authorized indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, but enforcement of the relevant section was blocked by a federal court on May 16, 2012, ruling on a suit brought by a number of private citizens, including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, and Birgitta Jonsdottir.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 ( Public Law 105-85 ) changed the criteria to delete authorization for award of the Purple Heart to any civilian national of the United States while serving under competent authority in any capacity with the Armed Forces.

# The Montgomery Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987

# The National Defense Authorization Act 2008 Pub. L.

These changes were included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (), which was signed into law on October 17, 2006.

* John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

Final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008 ( H. R.

He played key roles in legislation that shaped Alaska's economic and social development, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and the Magnuson – Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

It was not until the National Defense Authorization Act in 1992 that the position was made a full voting member of the JCS.

1585, the " National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ", even though the House of Representatives had designated agents to receive presidential messages before adjourning.

NIMA was established on October 1, 1996 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.

With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 on 24 November 2003, NIMA was renamed NGA, to better reflect its primary mission in the area of GEOINT.

In 2011, McClintock voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.

The 2003 military appropriations authorization act was named after him in recognition of his commitment to the military as the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

5122, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 in the Oval Office at the White House.

The public law in question, which began as S. 1160, was the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986, sponsored by Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona.

was later modified by, Nov. 29, 1989, which originated from H. R. 2461, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 and 1991.

The Senate members of the conference committee for the FY1990 National Defense Authorization Act eventually drafted an amendment that “ would clarify the intent of Congress that persons serving with the U. S. armed forces who are taken prisoner and held captive by certain hostile, foreign armed forces should receive the prisoner of war medal.

This bill, S. 487, was eventually incorporated into the FY1990 National Defense Authorization Act, and became part of the 1989 amendment to the POW Medal statute.

* HR 5658 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act FY09, 2008, 110th Congress ( did not pass )

Vasquez argued unsuccessfully for continued inclusion of the Peace Corps in that program, and the Peace Corps was removed from the National Call to Service program on December 22, 2005, when the United States Senate completed congressional action on the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.

In 2011, Capps voted for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.

He also recently voted in favor of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.

McKeon inserted language into the 2012 National Defense Authorization Bill that would grant the President of the United States unprecedented powers to wage war freely against persons abroad.