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...But, as the former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld once remarked, Nato has the lucky habit of being “saved” every decade by a new crisis between the Kremlin and the west....
...Its unpredictability was to the fore this summer at the Nato summit when it did a U-turn in allowing Sweden to join the alliance....
...But economically for business, it gives the sense, well, if they’re gonna U-turn on that, what else might they U-turn on?...
...When the offer came from George W Bush to be secretary of state, the temptation was irresistible....
...Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is one of those who has tested positive. He said he had mild symptoms and would attend meetings virtually for the next five days....
...You do not do U-turns, you “spin round”....
...Charted waters There was, during the early stages of the pandemic, a lot of talk about a V-shaped recovery....
...By the end of the week, his U-turn was complete. “Covid Relief Negotiations are moving along. Go Big!” he tweeted on Friday....
...“There is strong evidence of a ‘V-shaped’ recovery in Asia,” said chief executive Noel Quinn. “We will not put our strong balance sheet and liquidity at risk . . ....
...years after leaving the Marines, became a senior fellow at Defense Priorities, a conservative think-tank that argues for the “more judicious” use of the American military....
...OECD secretary-general Ángel Gurría thinks the valley is “more like a U”. UK national statistician Ian Diamond can even see a cliff edge in the form of an “L”....
...“I am not convinced that we are going to have a V-shaped recovery,” he said. “I think it will be more like a U. The key thing is to shorten the lower part of the U . . ....
...But Mr Esper said he fired Mr Spencer for bypassing both the defence secretary and General Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, in secretly proposing a deal with the White House that was...
...But Matt Hancock, health secretary, wants to crush the virus before the lockdown is eased, arguing that earlier lifting of restrictions is too risky and could lead to a second peak....
...In his departing letter, Richard V Spencer, the outgoing US navy secretary, reminded president Donald Trump that “the rule of law is what sets us apart from our adversaries”....
...Mr Hammond added: “I’m afraid that I think those who are forecasting a V-shaped recovery are probably erring on the side of optimism....
...(WSJ) What else we’re reading Just one in 10 fund managers expect V-shaped recovery V, U, W, L — just a handful of the letter-shaped recoveries that investors have put forward as possible paths for the...
...“My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics,” the general said in a recorded address to graduates of the National Defense University...
...Speaking at the FT’s Global Boardroom event, he said: “I am not convinced that we are going to have a V-shaped recovery. I think it will be more like a U.”...
...While the Treasury hopes the recovery will be ‘V’ or ‘U’ shaped, the spectre of slower, much longer recovery remains — and with it, significant health consequences....
...My own feeling is that this will not be a V or even a U-shaped recovery, but a downwardly trending W that has a high risk of turning into a L....
...The Financial Times has seen an imaginary draft of the non-existent speech — part Henry V, part Winston Churchill, part Marlon Brando in ‘On the Waterfront’ — in which the former foreign secretary positions...
...Mr Trump has been known to do U-turns....
...Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, landed in Riyadh on Tuesday morning on what Mr Trump described as a fact-finding mission....
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