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Trump also published a memo requiring all government employees return to work in person on a full-time basis, and another instituting a hiring freeze for nonmilitary government positions.
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
In February 1942, Alfred Stanford, commodore of the Cruising Club of America, one of the country’s leading amateur sailing groups, sent a proposal to the Navy to use nonmilitary sailing vessels for anti-submarine patrols and rescue operations.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Beijing will continue to escalate ... continue to squeeze Taiwan and the U.S. by testing both sides' reactions to China's escalating grey-zone campaign [nonmilitary and quasi-military activities that fall below the threshold of armed conflict] against Taiwan.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Moscow may also be more willing to engage in nonmilitary cooperation projects, potentially even subsidizing such joint ventures.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
In February 1942, Alfred Stanford, commodore of the Cruising Club of America, one of the country’s leading amateur sailing groups, sent a proposal to the Navy to use nonmilitary sailing vessels for anti-submarine patrols and rescue operations.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Beijing will continue to escalate ... continue to squeeze Taiwan and the U.S. by testing both sides' reactions to China's escalating grey-zone campaign [nonmilitary and quasi-military activities that fall below the threshold of armed conflict] against Taiwan.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Moscow may also be more willing to engage in nonmilitary cooperation projects, potentially even subsidizing such joint ventures.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Nonmilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmilitary. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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