Rood, who previously served as a congressional investigator for Sen.
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Before working for Coburn, Rood was an influential investigative reporter.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday morning acknowledged Rood was leaving.
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"Sea-level rise is already really present" in Bangladesh, Rood said.
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Most recently, the White House ousted Pentagon policy chief John Rood.
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Rood also reportedly clashed with the administration on several other fronts.
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"That is an erroneous item," Rood said of the Journal report.
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Trump in a tweet Wednesday morning thanked Rood for his service.
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A department official said that Mr. Trump had told Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper that he wanted Mr. Rood out; in his resignation letter, Mr. Rood himself made it clear that he had been pushed out.
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The White House in October named Rood to the top Pentagon policy position.
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At the Pentagon, policy chief John Rood submitted his resignation at Trump's request.
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Most recently, Rood was a senior vice president at Lockheed Martin's international arm.
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The Defense Department's undersecretary for policy, John Rood, has overruled those concerns, the people said.
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In his statement, Rood did not say when and where the new warhead was deployed.
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Most recently, the Pentagon's policy chief, John Rood, resigned at Trump's request earlier this month.
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John Rood, the Defense Department's top policy official, had been expected to deliver that briefing.
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The White House in October named Rood to take over the top Pentagon policy position.
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"The secretary of Defense has not made any decisions to deploy additional troops," Rood said.
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Rood said his books have taken 6,700 bets on McGregor and only 300 on Mayweather.
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Another exec, Lockheed's head of international sales, John Rood, is also reportedly expected to be nominated.
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Rood directs the Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care at the Jewish Federations of North America.
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Most recently, the president asked John Rood, the former undersecretary of defense for policy, to resign.
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Rood certified to Congress that Ukraine was eligible to receive the aid the president later withheld.
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Rood, who has served as undersecretary of Defense for policy since January 2018, resigned on Feb.
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Rood had warned against Trump's hold on military aid to Ukraine, which prompted the impeachment inquiry.
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Rood did not provide details about what information he was basing that on or any timeline.
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Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) hammered home to Rood in subsequent questioning.
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Instead, Elise Bean and Justin Rood are former congressional investigators from both sides of the aisle.
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But Rood was also a source of frustration in the administration beyond the Ukraine aid issue.
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"Sports betting has proven to be something that drives activity and visitation to our property," said Rood.
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A man rose from his pew to deliver a mocking encomium to "your Mastership", the ascendant rood.
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Unknown deployments: In his statement, Rood did not say when and where the new warhead was deployed.
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Rood ran into trouble during the hearing over his nomination to become undersecretary of defense for policy.
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" McCain told Rood to submit his response in writing "because obviously you are ducking the answer here.
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"Obviously, the budget that will be rolled out is consistent with the Missile Defense Review," Rood said.
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Margot Rood, a member of Tenet, embodied the spirit of "Rejoice greatly" with a brilliant, zippy tone.
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Missouri tree farmer Mike Rood told the AP that large trees could be particularly hard to find.
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Undersecretary for Defense Policy John Rood also said Wednesday there were no plans for such a deployment.
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"It's my understanding from [Defense Secretary Mark] Esper that you requested my resignation," Rood wrote to Trump.
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Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said at the time that the department had the "utmost confidence" in Rood.
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The why: Trump's tweet didn't say why he wanted Rood gone, and the Pentagon isn't saying either.
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"Sorry to be losing John Rood as my US opposite number," tweeted British defense official Angus Lapsley.
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John Rood, U.S. under secretary of defense for policy, declined to comment on U.S. intelligence on Russian capabilities.
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Also, instructions from a complete random to stop being "rood" and take a pie out of the freezer.
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According to CNN, Rood was expected to depart the administration after losing support from top national security leaders.
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Rood reportedly also emailed Esper just hours after Trump's July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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When the marchers finally encountered four Taliban fighters in the village of Nawzad Rood, it was nearly dusk.
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It's actually pretty cool -- Harper's Bazaar hooked up with longtime 'Star Wars' illustrator Brian Rood for the feature.
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"It's a great match-up and the Patriots fanbase brings out really strong players," Rood said in an interview.
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" McCain added that he would give Rood the question in writing "because, obviously, you are ducking the answer here.
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Officials tell CNN that Rood has differed with the administration on a number of issues including Afghanistan and Ukraine.
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Rood is the Pentagon's top policy official and oversees aspects of the Pentagon's relationship with US allies and partners.
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"I would like to thank John Rood for his service to the Department," Esper said in a statement Wednesday.
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Cooper emailed Rood again on August 21 to note that another OMB apportionment was in place until August 26.
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"We've sent very clear and blunt signals to the Iranian government about the potential consequences of aggression," Rood said.
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Though Mr. Rood died before we moved to 620 Eighth Avenue in 2007, I still feel his presence here.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Lockheed Martin executive John Rood to be under secretary of Defense for policy.
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In his resignation letter to Trump, however, Rood indicated it was the commander in chief who wanted him out.
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CNN first reported that Rood was expected to leave the administration after losing support from other national security leaders.
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In an interview with The Associated Press about the deployment, Rood declined to provide those details, saying they were classified.
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In an interview with The Associated Press about the deployment, Rood declined to provide those details, saying they were classified.
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"We're going to have to see how we adapt our defense posture in response to that new reality," Rood said.
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They increasingly reflect "large force-on-force conflict against very high-end adversaries," says John Rood, the Pentagon's policy chief.
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"We have plenty of examples where if you prepare for these heat emergencies then you can survive them," Rood said.
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Rood, previously the senior vice president of Lockheed Martin International, served in several roles during the George W. Bush administration.
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Rood oversees implementation of national security policy throughout the Defense Department and is one of the defense secretary's top advisers.
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Rood said that the United States is "going to look at our options" in the twilight of the INF Treaty.
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How about "leapfrogged," asked George Rood, a metro copy editor with a cranky demeanor and the soul of a poet.
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Bean worked on the staff of Michigan Democratic Senator Carl Levin, and Rood worked for Oklahoma GOP Senator Tom Coburn.
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Mr. Rood declined to answer, and added that the department had "only done the preliminary preplanning" for such an event.
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The review had been underway before Rood took over, but he reportedly elected to redo the report upon his confirmation.
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Prior to joining the Pentagon in 2018, Rood held senior nonproliferation posts at the State Department and National Security Council.
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Historical accounts of the Rood of Grace are divided over whether or not pilgrims were actually fooled by the mechanical Christ.
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Jennifer Rood Bedford I remember having the option of keeping my spandex on, which I was very grateful for and chose.
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When pressed by Warren on whether he would commit not to seek such a waiver, Rood would not rule it out.
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"In private ... we've sent very clear and blunt signals to the Iranian government about the potential consequences of aggression," Rood said.
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"In private … we've sent very clear and blunt signals to the Iranian government about the potential consequences of aggression," Rood said.
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The Department of Homeland Security is currently tracking three migrant caravans containing 12,000 people moving toward the border, Mr. Rood said.
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Rood overruled concerns from Pentagon research and engineering officials that further restricting exports to Huawei would hurt U.S. companies' competitive edge.
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Rood was easily confirmed by the Senate despite a bumpy confirmation hearing where late-Armed Services Chairman John McCain and Sen.
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EST Wednesday: The Hudson Institute holds an event on U.S. missile defense with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John C. Rood.
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Chicago is in one of America's most severe heat zones, according to Richard Rood, a climate scientist at the University of Michigan.
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Americans should be grateful to have the likes of Shanahan, Esper, McCarthy, Lord and now Rood in key positions at the Pentagon.
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At the Pentagon, Trump earlier this week ousted the undersecretary for policy, John Rood; there's also no undersecretary for personnel and readiness.
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Lawmakers on Thursday pressed John Rood, the Pentagon's No. 3 official, on whether additional troops were being considered for the Middle East.
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If McGregor wins, Rood said MGM will be a big loser and the state will suffer its biggest single event loss ever.
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The Pentagon is looking at sending more troops now because of new intelligence about possible Iranian attacks in the region, Rood explained.
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In a tweet on Wednesday morning following reports of Rood's resignation, the president wished Rood well and thanked him for his service.
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Rood departs as undersecretary of Defense for policy, one of the department's most senior posts, just over two years into the job.
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The magazine reported that nearly a dozen former and current Pentagon officials said Rood was to blame for an increase in departures.
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Rood turned a Millennium Falcon landing port into a catwalk for the Hadids, and had Kaia strike back on the planet Hoth.
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"It's been very, very surprising to us how well the activity level has been," Jay Rood, the chief risk officer at BetWorks, said.
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Rood would only offer that he would live "very scrupulously" by the ethics agreement he signed, but did not rule out the waiver.
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"Predicting North Korea's future behavior is always hazardous," Undersecretary of Defense for policy John Rood told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
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Before he leaves at the end of the week, Rood will testify Thursday afternoon before a House Armed Services subcommittee on nuclear issues.
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Rood told reporters on Wednesday that the Pentagon had tracked indications that Iran may soon attack U.S. forces or interests in the area.
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"I would like to thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors!" he tweeted.
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Last May, Rood certified to Congress that Ukraine made enough progress in combating corruption that it should receive $250 million in military assistance.
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Here are all the details on each of the three wines, including exclusive detailed images of their labels, all designed by artist Brian Rood.
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"The whole Cubs history is playing right into it," Jay Rood, vice president of the race and sports operations at MGM Resorts, told Reuters.
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" Smith also said Rood failed to "reference an increase of active duty military personnel, nor offer personnel numbers or estimates to support that mission.
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Miles and Miles can been seen at Rood Gallery through July 30th and more of Peter Opheim's work can be seen on his website.
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Officials have said Rood often was perceived as not embracing some of the changes in policy the White House and senior Pentagon officials wanted.
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" Rood added "we could very well see" more missile tests "or other activities" from North Korea, but added that's "very speculative at this stage.
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"We created this program because there are few places that have as much authority to investigate, with as little training [as Congress]," Rood said.
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Rood was also responsible for the Pentagon's about-face on a proposed crackdown on sales by U.S. companies to sanctioned Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei.
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CNN first reported Wednesday morning, followed by Trump tweeting confirmation, that John Rood was leaving his job as under secretary of Defense for policy.
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Rood appears to have made no documented statements on climate change, despite widespread agreement throughout the Pentagon that global warming is a national security threat.
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Mr. Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, will step down at the end of February, the department's press secretary, Alyssa Farah, said Wednesday.
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"It is my understanding from Secretary Esper that you requested my resignation," Mr. Rood said in the letter to the president, which was dated Wednesday.
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Of 58 Senate-confirmed positions at DoD, 18 are vacant, and that will rise to 19 once Rood departs at the end of this week.
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Rood, the Pentagon's No. 3 official, did not give details on what information the Pentagon has received to tip it off to a potential attack.
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And John Rood, the undersecretary of Defense for policy, also confirmed that the administration could deploy more U.S. troops to the region to counter Tehran.
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Bean and Rood launched the boot camp in 2015 after their bosses retired, inspired to pass on the institutional knowledge they worried Congress was losing.
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The university specializes in transplantation research and technology, owed in large part to the work of a former faculty member, the Dutch immunologist Jon van Rood.
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" Smith writes that it is "disappointing and disconcerting that Undersecretary Rood, when asked comparable questions could not or would not share similar information with the committee.
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Rood had signed a White House ethics pledge to recuse himself from all decisions involving Lockheed for two years and divest himself from the defense contractor.
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CNN's Jim Sciutto and Barbara Starr report that Trump wanted John Rood, a Defense Department official who had raised concerns about withholding aid to Ukraine, gone.
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And at a Senate hearing Thursday, John Rood, the undersecretary of Defense for policy, also confirmed the administration could deploy more U.S. troops to the region.
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"Based on what we're seeing with our concerns about the threat picture, it is possible that we would need to adjust our force posture," Rood said.
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That reduces the liability some, though MGM Resorts oddsmaker Jay Rood said the sheer volume of McGregor bets at long odds still overwhelm big Mayweather bets.
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John Rood will leave his position as undersecretary of defense for policy at the end of this month, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday, confirming earlier reporting.
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Sources told Foreign Policy that Rood was asked to resign because the president had lost confidence in him following the departures of several senior Pentagon policymakers.
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John Rood, undersecretary of Defense for policy at the Pentagon, will exit his post by the end of the month, Pentagon press secretary Alyssa Farah said.
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Rood indicated that his resignation was in response to a request from the president, according to a copy of his resignation letter shared by Breaking Defense.
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Its annual shareholder meeting in the Netherlands on Tuesday also drew protests from activists called Code Rood (Code Red), who called for the company to be dismantled.
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He said he would oppose any more such nominations after John Rood, Trump's pick for the Pentagon's No. 3 job, who appeared before the committee on Thursday.
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Rood said a heat wave of this magnitude could happen again at any time in Chicago, which sees high humidity in the summer and regular continental heat.
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According to Rood, the increased frequency of flooding and extreme weather in cities like Lagos could make it difficult for the areas to recover after each event.
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In particular, the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of Russian interference stands out as an example of precisely the kind of partisan gamesmanship that Rood and Bean detest.
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Van Rood made significant contributions in the 1960s and 1970s to understanding HLA typing, the technology that determines how well patients will accept foreign cells into their bodies.
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Paul Selva; Pentagon policy head John Rood; undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment Ellen Lord; head of Pentagon technology Mike Griffin; Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen.
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She noted that Rood joins the ranks of Mark Esper, Ryan McCarthy, Pat Shanahan and Ellen Lord — all former defense industry executives now serving in senior DoD positions.
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"The U.S. Navy has fielded the W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead," John Rood, under secretary of defense for policy, said in a statement.
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Rood seemed to suggest that the DoD is considering deploying thousands more troops, but he added that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has not yet made a decision.
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Mr. Rood told Congress that Ukraine had made necessary changes to justify sending the country aid, undermining an argument made by President Trump's defenders in the impeachment battle.
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But long before the scandal, sources say Rood clashed with NSC officials, particularly former national security adviser John Bolton and his core advisers Victoria Coates and Charles Kupperman.
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"We are evaluating the threat situation and the secretary if he chooses to can make decisions to deploy additional forces based on what he's observing there," Rood said.
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Larry Nassar's abuse victims, in their own words Jennifer Rood-Bedford said she played volleyball at Michigan State and went to Nassar for shoulder, back and leg injuries.
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Rood also reportedly clashed with other administration officials on Trump priorities including peace talks with the Taliban and harder-line cost-sharing negotiations with South Korea and Japan.
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Pilgrims would travel from across the land to see a statue of Christ on the cross that was housed in the monastery and known as the Rood of Grace.
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Van Rood was also one of the founders of Eurotransplant, which coordinates the international organ trade among eight European countries and is run from the University of Leiden's campus.
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Created by Jon Leland, Colin Everest, Jake Hudson, David Rood-Ojalvo, Sam Fleischner, and Pete Hoy, Animal Meditations was funded on Kickstarter by nearly 240 people from 30 countries.
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Washington (CNN)Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood on Friday defended the White House's invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to come to Washington in the fall.
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"The US Navy has fielded the W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead," John Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, said in a statement Tuesday.
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On July 26, Rood emailed Defense Secretary Mark Esper a readout of a meeting in which top national-security officials voiced their "unanimous support" for sending the security assistance.
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" Mr. Trump, for his part, said on Twitter, "I would like to thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors!
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He and Mr. Esper were known to clash frequently early in their careers, and Mr. Esper was expected to fire Mr. Rood after he became Defense Secretary last year.
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Beyond the house, the road meandered upward past more villas, then dustily through a cluster of old cottages around the medieval parish church, which had a distinguished rood screen.
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" Pressed by Hawley about the contradiction between Rood's comments Thursday and Farah's tweets Wednesday, Rood said he "wouldn't agree with your characterization that I have directly contradicted the spokesperson.
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" Asked about a Wall Street Journal report on the possible deployments, Rood called it an "erroneous item" since "we haven't made a decision to deploy an additional 14,000 troops.
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Rood, who joined the administration in 2018, was involved in approving $250 million in security assistance for Ukraine — aid that was temporarily withheld by the White House last summer.
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John Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy since 2018, will step down at the end of this month, the Pentagon said in a statement, confirming the earlier reporting.
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Rood expressed concern about withholding aid to Ukraine in an email to Esper following Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that set in motion Trump's impeachment.
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Rood had reportedly become a source of frustration among Defense officials, who alleged in a Foreign Policy article in December that he was responsible for a toxic work environment.
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The president quote tweeted a Bloomberg News reporter who said Rood faced pressure to resign from some officials who lacked confidence in his ability to carry out Trump's agenda.
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The person who will be filling in once Rood leaves has been filling in as Rood's deputy after that official left, highlighting how many jobs are open right now.
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Rood played a role in initially certifying to Congress that Ukraine had taken actions to make institutional reforms within its government in order to receive $85033 million in security assistance from the U.S. "The United States remains committed to assisting with the implementation of these reforms to bolster Ukraine's ability to defend its territorial integrity in support of a secure and democratic Ukraine," Rood wrote, according to a letter previously obtained by The Hill.
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Rood played a role in initially certifying to Congress that Ukraine had taken actions to make institutional reforms within its government in order to receive $250 million in security assistance from the U.S. "The United States remains committed to assisting with the implementation of these reforms to bolster Ukraine's ability to defend its territorial integrity in support of a secure and democratic Ukraine," Rood wrote, according to a letter previously obtained by The Hill.
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"The Rude Screen," a play on the traditional church rood screen, is a discarded billowing blue fabric hanging abandoned on a branch, the blue evocative of so many Virgin paintings.
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The House Armed Services Committee's first hearing of the new Congress, scheduled for Tuesday morning, will see lawmakers question John Rood, under secretary of Defense for policy, and Vice Adm.
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" Trump wrote, also sharing a story from Bloomberg News which indicated that Rood "faced pressure to resign from some who lost confidence in his ability to carry out Trump agenda.
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"Trump expressed concern about corruption in Ukraine and Zelensky's ability to deal with it, indicating to OMB officials that we should freeze our security assistance," Cooper's email to Rood added.
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Trump's campaign to root out "anti-Trump" members of his administration following his impeachment acquittal provided the NSC the perfect opportunity to finally oust Rood, current and former officials said.
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White House spokesman Hogan Gidley was asked about Rood on Wednesday morning and referred comment to the Pentagon, which did not respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
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According to an analysis by Erik Rood, over at Data-Driven Thoughts, more than 20143 percent of today's cereals are manufactured by five brands (General Mills, Kellogg's, Post, Quaker, and Ralston).
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"I think having an exchange and having a frank discussion amongst our leaders is something to be done," Rood told CNN's Barbara Starr at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado.
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Rood had certified that Ukraine had taken necessary anti-corruption steps to merit giving them $250 million, undercutting Trump's later argument that he held up the aid over concerns about corruption.
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The Trump administration demanded the ouster of John Rood, then-undersecretary of Defense for policy, in February, and has since rejected several of Defense Secretary Mark Esper's choices to replace him.
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What follows is a witch-against-witch battle for Ruggiero's soul — with a memorable, all too quick appearance by Margot Rood, as Alcina's damsel Oreste — that seems to prefigure opera history.
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John Rood, a former Lockheed Martin senior vice president, was appointed in June as undersecretary of defense for policy—the Defense Department's number-three official, who shapes the Pentagon's policy agenda.
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WASHINGTON — John C. Rood, the Defense Department's top policy official, is the latest member of President Trump's national security team involved in the Ukraine matter to be ousted from the government.
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Another Pentagon spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, pushed back on Wednesday against speculation that Mr. Rood was pushed out of the government because of his role in supporting the security aid to Ukraine.
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At the National Security Council, Rood was known for his tendency to explode at underlings, leading to a steady string of high-level departures from the Pentagon over the past year.
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"Based on what we're seeing and our concerns about the threat picture, it is possible that we would need to adjust our force posture," added Rood, the Pentagon's No. 3 official.
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" Also addressing the security conference, John C. Rood, an under secretary of defense, said that "Iran has made clear its intent to pursue a pattern of aggressive behavior that is destabilizing.
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"We also continue to see indications, and for obvious reasons I won't go into the details, that potential Iranian aggression could occur," John Rood, the Pentagon's No. 3 official, told reporters.
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In St Paul's Cathedral hung a rood, a grand figure of Christ on the cross, the centre of the medieval churchgoer's attention and piety, which provided a political bellwether through these years.
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" After Rood again declined to say yes or no, McCain, who is the committee's chairman, warned: "I suggest you answer the question or you're going to have trouble getting through this committee.
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In National Security Council staff meetings, however, Mr. Rood was a constant voice of skepticism over the administration's troop reductions in Syria, its pending peace deal with the Taliban and other issues.
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Rood is just the latest in a raft of senior departures, including the Pentagon's acting personnel chief, top Asia policy official, No. 2 intelligence official, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency director.
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Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood met in the "tank," a secure meeting space inside the Pentagon reserved for senior leaders to discuss sensitive issues and military operations.
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The vast majority of the wagers BetWorks has seen in the state are aiming for bigger scores with parlay bets that require two or more teams winning to get a payout, Rood said.
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"Undersecretary Rood spoke with Chairman Smith directly and the briefing was instead scheduled at a time after recess when more members will be able to fully participate in this important briefing," he added.
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Jay Rood, vice president of the race and sports book at MGM Resorts, said he was already seeing good money coming in and was optimistic that this year's Super Bowl wagers would be big.
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It examines ghoulish art and literature, from a fifteenth-century rood screen depicting a pair of fashionably dressed skeletons to the Christmas Eve cameo of Marley's ghost to the "everyday apparitions" of Muriel Spark.
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US Customs and Border Protection "has requested that an additional 150 miles of concertina wire be emplaced no later than March 31," Rood and the Director of Operations for the Joint Staff Vice Adm.
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Mr. Rood was part of the team at the Defense Department that told Congress last year that Ukraine had made the necessary changes to justify sending the country $250 million in promised security assistance.
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In his role at the Pentagon, which involved building partnerships and encouraging defense cooperation with US allies and partners, Rood certified to Congress that Ukraine was eligible to receive $250 million in security assistance.
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James Anderson, who has been performing the duties of the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy since David Trachtenberg left in July, will serve as acting under secretary for policy when Rood is gone.
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And in this case, the Defense Department had already assessed the aid package and John C. Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, had made that clear to congressional committees in a May letter.
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Rood said he did not intend to participate in talks about the sale of Lockheed products but did not give the "yes or no" reply sought by Warren, triggering a charged exchange with the committee.
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The United States was concerned about potential Iranian aggression in the near future, John C. Rood, an under secretary of defense, told reporters on Wednesday, but he provided no details about what prompted officials' concerns.
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Pentagon policy chief John Rood is leaving his job at the end of this month, the Defense Department confirmed on Thursday, marking yet another high-level departure from the Trump administration's senior national security ranks.
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" (It) supports our commitment to extended deterrence; and demonstrates to potential adversaries that there is no advantage to limited nuclear employment because the United States can credibly and decisively respond to any threat scenario," Rood added.
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Rood, one of the leaders in creating the Trump administration's newly released Missile Defense Review, said U.S. officials will discuss their defense options with allies at a NATO defense ministers meeting later this month in Brussels.
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Rood, up to be the next undersecretary of Defense for policy, has signed a White House ethics pledge to recuse himself from all decisions involving Lockheed for two years and divest himself from the defense contractor.
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The two offices have not yet settled on a choice to replace John Rood, who served as the Pentagon's top policy official until he was forced out in February, four defense and administration officials tell POLITICO.
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Mr. Rood clashed with Mr. Trump on issues beyond Ukraine, including a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan and the president's designation last year of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
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John Rood, the Pentagon's No. 3 official, told reporters that the United States was concerned about potential Iranian behavior but did not provide details about what information he was basing that concern on or any timeline.
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In the email, Rood informed the Pentagon chief of an upcoming meeting that would address Trump's "concern about endemic corruption in Ukraine and his reported view that US should cease providing security assistance," according to CNN.
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James Anderson, the current senior official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy will take over the responsibilities of Undersecretary Rood until a permanent replacement is appointed by the President and confirmed.
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In all, 18 nominees are pending in the committee, including John Rood for undersecretary of Defense for policy, Robert Wilkie for undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, and Joseph Kernan for undersecretary of Defense for intelligence.
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On July 26, John Rood, the head of policy at the Pentagon, emailed Defense Secretary Mark Esper a readout of a meeting in which top national-security officials voiced their "unanimous support" for sending the security assistance.
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Rood, up to be the next under secretary of defense for policy, has signed a White House ethics pledge to recuse himself from all decisions involving Lockheed for two years and divest himself from the defense contractor.
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"I haven't seen an instance yet where the White House position seems to be on particularly solid ground," said Justin Rood, a congressional oversight expert with the Project on Government Oversight and a former Senate Republican staff investigator.
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"You'll see experiments in 2900, 220006, on-orbit experiments with, I'll say highly developed metal systems ... and I think you'll see operational systems in the mid and latter part of the 2202s," Rood told reporters Thursday at the Pentagon.
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John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and John Rood, under secretary of Defense for policy, will speak before a House Armed Services subcommittee on U.S. strategic forces posture and the fiscal 85033 budget request at 3:30 p.m.
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But recently, other Pentagon officials including Mark T. Esper, the defense secretary, and John C. Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, spoke up to overrule those objections, with the support of some officials in the Commerce Department.
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"The context of an attack that does not involve nuclear weapons initially would be very important to take into account," when considering whether or not to retaliate with nuclear weapons, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood said.
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John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and John Rood, under secretary of Defense for policy, will speak before a House Armed Services subcommittee on U.S. strategic forces posture and the fiscal 2900 budget request at 220006:2202 p.m.
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The boot camp is hosted by the Project on Government Oversight, where Rood works, the Levin Center, where Bean works, and the Lugar Center, a D.C. think tank named after Richard Lugar, a Republican former U.S. senator from Indiana.
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" Still, pressed by moderator Barbara Starr of CNN if that means an increase in U.S. military presence in the Gulf, Rood replied: "We haven't adjusted our force posture in response to any of those statements, and I don't think that's warranted.
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The duties of the troops so far has largely been to "harden" 2628 points of entry, which Rood said entailed putting up 28503 miles of concertina wire on top of existing barrier and creating barriers other ways including with shipping containers.
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In letters that leaked last fall but were written earlier in the year, Rood undermined the administration's argument that the aid was withheld due to concerns about corruption in Ukraine, arguing that the country had taken "substantial actions" to combat corruption.
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John C. Rood, who was removed as under secretary of defense for policy, did not speak out publicly but had written internal emails skeptical of the freeze on security aid to Ukraine that was at the center of the impeachment inquiry.
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"We are always considering and in fact, based on the threat situation in the Middle East are watching that, and as necessary the secretary of defense has told me he intends to make changes to our force posture there," Rood said.
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Appearing before the House committee for the first time since Democrats took control this month, Admiral Gilday and John Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, defended the deployments and said the military's presence have yielded "very successful" results.
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Between 8.53% to 93% of bets placed are on who will win the tournament, with about 5% to 10% of bettors wagering on the prop bets and match-ups, according to Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports at MGM Resorts.
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In Miles and Miles, one of the works in his current exhibition at Rood Gallery in New York, Opheim painted 100 of his whimsical figures, displaying each of the original clay creatures depicted in the painting alongside it in a large, wooden crate.
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They are: the Vercelli Book, which contains six poems, including the hallucinatory "Dream of the Rood"; the Junius Manuscript, which comprises four long religious poems; the Exeter Book, crammed with riddles and elegies; and the Beowulf Manuscript, whose name says it all.
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Designed by Mr. Puryear in collaboration with Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, it's in two parts, the most immediately visible: a high, white perforated wood mesh that stretches across the Pavilion's forecourt, like a church rood screen, half-obscuring what's beyond it.
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" Rood said the U.S. message has also been that getting back to the negotiating table "would be more constructive and productive," but added "certainly we've got to be alert to the possibility that we could see the North conduct those type of tests.
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"Through these engagements, the United States has effectively helped Ukraine advance institutional reforms through a number of substantial actions to align Ukraine's defense enterprise more closely with NATO standards and principles," John Rood, the undersecretary of Defense for policy, told oversight committees.
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"There is no question that there will be an exponential increase in requests from Congress going to the administration if Democrats take one of the chambers," said Justin Rood, who directs the Congressional Oversight initiative at the nonpartisan Project On Government Oversight.
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"The secretary of Defense is consistently, and continues to evaluate, with the advice of others, what the appropriate number of forces to be deployed to the Middle East is," Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John Rood told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Last week, just before the vote to confirm former Lockheed executive John Rood as under secretary of defense for policy, the Massachusetts Democrat took to the Senate floor to object to the "unprecedented number" of defense industry officials being nominated to top Pentagon posts.
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The White House personnel office, which is led by Trump loyalist John McEntee, put forth its own candidate to replace Rood: Elbridge Colby, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of Defense and is one of the primary authors of the National Defense Strategy.
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He wasn't a public face of the impeachment inquiry, but you can put the departure of Rood, the Pentagon's top policy official, alongside the ousters of so many other people who had anything to do with raising flags about the behavior for which Trump was impeached.
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The White House demanded the ouster of Pentagon policy chief John Rood last week after the former industry executive opposed the administration on plans to pull U.S. troops from Syria and its policy toward Chinese tech giant Huawei, six current and former Trump administration officials tell POLITICO.
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Pressed to explain his criticism of the article and Farah's statement given his testimony that additional deployments are under consideration, Rood wouldn't clarify whether he took issue with the 14,000 number or with how the article portrayed the seriousness of the consideration being given to the deployment.
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Around 20 activists from Dutch environmental action group Code Rood (Code Red) dressed in red jumpsuits held up banners with the slogan "shut down fossil power" and jeered at passing shareholders as they stood outside the energy giant's meeting in the seaside town of Scheveningen near The Hague.
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John Rood, third-in-charge at the Pentagon, has worked for both Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, while Ryan McCarthy, Mike Esper's replacement as secretary of the Army, worked for Lockheed on the F-35, which the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has determined may never be ready for combat.
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Greg Kausner, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Regional Security and Security Assistance, emailed Rood to note a "serious risk" of failing to meet Congressional requirements to obligate a portion of the $225 million Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds by September 30 due to ongoing OMB hold.
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"With respect to the Journal article, as mentioned the Iranians, we're watching this situation where the Iranians both have conducted attacks in recent months, and we're concerned about the threat stream that we're seeing," Rood told Blackburn, adding officials are scheduled to brief the committee in closed session next week on Iranian threats.
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In May, before the president decided to withhold the aid, Rood said in a letter to lawmakers that he "certified that the Government of Ukraine has taken substantial actions to make defense institutional reforms for the purposes of decreasing corruption, increasing accountability, and sustaining improvements of combat capability enabled by U.S. assistance."
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"In the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, the department identified the requirement to 'modify a small number of submarine-launched ballistic missile warheads' to address the conclusion that potential adversaries, like Russia, believe that employment of low-yield nuclear weapons will give them an advantage over the United States and its allies and partners," Rood said in his statement.
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"In the 2023 Nuclear Posture Review, the department identified the requirement to 'modify a small number of submarine-launched ballistic missile warheads' to address the conclusion that potential adversaries, like Russia, believe that employment of low-yield nuclear weapons will give them an advantage over the United States and its allies and partners," Rood said in his statement.
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"Given votes and member travel schedules, the Committee was unable to host the briefing any time other than one hour between 9 and 10 am - which conflicted with a previously scheduled inter-agency meeting for Undersecretary Rood," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told CNN on Wednesday evening, saying the postponement of the briefing was not a unilateral Pentagon move.
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"One of our missions for the United States military is, if called upon, to continue the free flow of commerce in that strategic waterway, whether that be vital oil shipments, whether that be other commercial goods, but to allow for the free and open navigation in the Gulf," John Rood, undersecretary of Defense for policy, told the Aspen Security Forum.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE plans to name John Rood, a Lockheed Martin executive and former State Department official, to the Pentagon's top policy post.
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She frequently refers to major names in the field, among them Michel-Eugène Chevreul, whose ground-breaking 1839 book explored how adjacent colors influence one another; James Clerk Maxwell, who used spinning color discs to show how people perceive mixtures of color; and Ogden Rood, who, among his other contributions, suggested that colors differ from one another due to variations in purity, hue, and luminosity.
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John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, is the latest senior national security official involved in the Ukraine controversy to be forced out following Trump's acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, but sources told CNN that he broke with the administration on several issues, in addition to the handling of aid to Ukraine, leading to a loss of support from leadership.
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By July 29, Cooper began pressing fellow Defense Department officials about the delay, telling Rood in an email, filled with bold and underlined font, that if the administration decided not to execute Ukraine funds, the President would need to transmit a special message to Congress to request withholding the funds, or the Defense Department would have to send reprogramming requests to four relevant Congressional committees.
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Hours after Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a conversation that was at the center of impeachment proceedings, Rood emailed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper -- who had been in the job two days -- informing him about an upcoming deputies meeting, "to discuss the President's concern about endemic corruption in Ukraine and his reported view that US should cease providing security assistance," according to emails reviewed by CNN.
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