Sentences with phrase «american citizens support»

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There are a lot of facts that support that, of all the terrorist activities in this country since 9/11, most have been caused by American citizens radicalized by policies implemented by past administrations.

She continued: «They just up and announced that I was prohibited from speaking anyway... I feel like the Constitution is important and that taxpayer - supported universities should not be using public funds to violate American citizens» Constitutional rights.»

Without support from the U.S. federal government, «Puerto Rico may have to choose between paying its creditors and providing essential services to the island's 3.5 million American citizens,» the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, told lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Thursday.

While not neglecting his duties to his day as a professor or citizen (he supported the anti-Nazi Confessing Church and welcomed the Americans in 1945), he felt called to essentially one work as a preacher.

One section of the bill gives the President the authority to detain indefinitely American citizens, picked up on American soil, because they are allegedly supporting the enemy...

This classic essay explains and justifies his refusal, arguing that each citizen has a duty to resist a government whose actions — in this case, supporting slavery, mistreating Indians and prosecuting the Mexican - American War — offend the higher law of conscience.

The Democratic Party's elites have thoroughly abandoned their mid-1990s skepticism about increasing future low - skill immigration, and have tried to present support for upfront amnesty and increased low - skill immigration as a referendum on whether Hispanic Americans (and nonwhites generally) are to be accepted as full American citizens.

Conflict after conflict, U.S. Jewish groups and citizens have wielded grass - roots political clout to garner American support for Israel.

We support citizen action to expand television viewing options for the American public, particularly for children.

I do not like that my taxes supported the killing of civilians in war but I choose to be an American citizen and abide by its rules.

The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America seeks to make a significant contribution to the health of local communities by providing grants to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABHFA) seeks to make a significant contribution to the health of local communities, by providing grants to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

(Bonn, 23 February 2015) «IFOAM — Organics International» is supporting «The Letter from America», an open letter from 57 million Americans to the citizens, politicians, and regulators of the UK and the rest of the European Union highlighting the hazards of genetically modified crops and calling on them not to follow the US example when it comes to GMOs.

Team Red, White & Blue's goal is to transform the way America supports its veterans when they leave the military by bringing veterans, their families, and American citizens together through authentic social interaction and shared experiences in communities all over America.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

Additional testimony also in support came from the American Civil Liberties Union - New Hampshire, Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin King, The New Hampshire Citizens Alliance, the New Hampshire Breastfeeding Rights Coalition, the New Hampshire Departments of Labor and Public Health, the NHBTF, the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center and New Hampshire Voices for Health.

In addition to Citizens for Midwifery, organizations supporting the media briefing include: the American Association of Birth Centers, Childbirth Connection, Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, International Cesarean Awareness Network, and Lamaze International.

«Chris is a man of strength and integrity who is willing to make the difficult decisions to protect American citizens and provide the support and commitment to the guardians of our freedoms, the Armed Forces and the law enforcement community.»

The data (EDIT: Provided by the OP) also doesn't support that (EDIT: the OP's assertion that) American's love the constitution more than other countries because we do not have a similar line for rate at which another country's constitution is googled by their citizens (What's the trend of Canadians googling the Canadian Constitution?).

That includes helping establish the Capital South Campus Center, supporting the creation of Albany's Citizens» Police Review Board, creating a program to honor influential African - American city residents and pushing affordable housing development in the South End, she said.

I hope Skoufis wins, the Republicans are not in support of ESL and other immigrant friendly things like translation services for parents of AMERICAN citizens in AMERICAN public schools.

Cuomo, in the op / ed, pointed to the state's work with the Office of New Americans, which provides support services those who wish to become citizens.

As an American citizen, I'm well aware of the bad blood between the U.S. and Iran, dating back to the U.S. support of the the Shah Mohammad - Reza Pahlavi, the Iranian Revolution, and the Iranian...

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today encouraged Oneida County residents who know remarkable senior citizens or employers and community partners that strongly support seniors to nominate those individuals and organizations so that the county can honor them during «Older Americans Month» in May.

There foreign Policy was to be friendly to all nations and avoid alliances, fearing that they might have to commit to actions that compromised American ideals and may commit us to support a regime over a nation's citizens.

The financial support came from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) training grant that Weir, who was studying the genetics of sex ratios in mice, had won to fund graduate students — a grant, it turned out, that was intended only for American citizens and permanent residents.

We must reduce the barriers to violence prevention and mental health treatment for all Americans and provide the community supports so that our citizens can build lives of meaning and purpose.»

I fully support the idea of regulation of online dating services and more protection for foreign people marrying American citizens.

Oprah Winfrey, Common, Martin Sheen, and Cuba Gooding Jr. also play supporting roles, with Winfrey making the biggest impression as a Annie Lee Cooper, a woman fighting tooth and nail for her right to vote as an American citizen (she was also a producer on the film).

The AT&T Foundation has awarded a $ 1 million grant to the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Washington - based nonprofit organization that supports programs that address the needs of at - risk Latino youths.

The best way to do this, in my view, is to support the educational opportunities of Hispanic, African - American, Asian, Muslim, of racial and ethnic minority children and youth and low income students and to systematically look for ways to help these our children and youth develop agency, and understanding of the political process and of the many opportunities to make democracy work in the acts of ordinary citizens, to discover and master the codes of political participation and power, to develop political efficacy.

Educator Joe Nathan, for example, supports a pair of charter schools in the Twin Cities that educate mostly Somali and Oromo students, because the schools provide a space where children can retain their home language and knowledge of their home culture.59 Likewise, Letitia Basford's qualitative study of Somali youth concluded that «attending a culturally specific charter school promotes positive intercultural competence in which students are able to build a good self - concept and find comfort in who they are as East African immigrants, as Muslims, and as American citizens.»

As such, they deserve support from every Democrat — and every American — who is committed to advancing equality and opportunity for all our citizens.

Both the Jeep and RAM Truck initiatives encourage citizens to support two key elements of American society - our troops and our farmers.

I don't have much to say here (for now) because I have not seen the complaint yet, but I would say that American citizens are entitled to know the details of the bailout plans because they are a large part of the Federal budget, supported by our taxes.

-- You are at least 18 years old — You are an American citizen or a permanent resident of the US — You have good or excellent credit rating — Your income and assets can support your existing debt obligations as well as the desired loan amount

Do Ho Suh: Almost Home is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Altria Group, Asian Pacific American Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Joanne and Richard Brodie Exhibition Endowment, The Coby Foundation, Ltd., the James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Barney A. Ebsworth, the Global Citizens Fund, Dorothy Tapper Goldman, Maureen and Gene Kim, Korea Foundation, the Margery and Edgar Masinter Exhibitions Fund, the Michael A. and Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, and the Share Fund.

Then, with their freely - chosen support, the sky is the limit: reallocate sections of the defense budget to selective nation - building; change agricultural policy to favor sustainable home - grown food where possible in the interests of health and national security; create programs that encourage Americans to help with sanitation, agriculture and birth control in developing countries; slice away the parts of government that get in the way (thereby freeing up the budget); protect citizen and consumer's rights; strictly regulate pollution; shut down destabilizing financial schemes, and eventually earn enough respect in the world that we're not the only ones on the bandwagon.

I think many American citizens concern which presidential candidate support mandatory limit and join Kyoto protocal, I just suggest CNN open a debate on TV to ask presidential candidates about these problem on CNN.com.

Supported by millions of American citizens, and developed with widespread State and Federal support to protect whales, seabirds, marine wildlife and ecosystems, the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Cordell Bank, and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries symbolize our natural legacy and protect some of the healthiest marine ecosystems in the world.

For evidence that US Congress members are more responsive to the interests of Big Oil than to the citizens who elect them, one need look no further than Congress's recent decision to lift the 40 - year ban on oil exports, despite the fact that 69 percent of Americans across both parties support the ban.

Washington, DC — The American Independent Business Alliance, a non-profit organization helping communities design and implement programs to support independent locally - owned businesses, today filed a friend - of - the - court brief in Citizens United v. FEC, No. 08 - 205, a case in which the Court has taken the unusual step of requesting reargument to overturn long - standing First Amendment doctrines regulating the engagement of for - profit corporations in political campaigns.

This is an abuse of power and an attempt to intimidate American citizens to keep quiet, and to send those who support them running scared.

Make no mistake: This #WebOfDenial stunt is an abuse of power and an attempt to intimidate American citizens to keep quiet, and to send those who support them running scared.

«Energy Citizens» is supported by the API, National Association of Manufacturers, American Farm Bureau, American Highway Users Alliance, National Black Chamber of Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, FreedomWorks, American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform, and Council for Citizens Against Government Waste.

With another school year rapidly approaching, a flotilla of partners are working together to support educators in enhancing the climate literacy of American students and citizens.

Majorities of Americans say that global warming and clean energy should be among the nation's priorities, want more action by elected officials, corporations, and citizens themselves, and support a variety of climate change and energy policies, including holding fossil fuel companies responsible for all the «hidden costs» of their products.

The Senate vote tightened in the evening hours, as the Senate's privacy hawks worked to drum up support for further debate around the surveillance bill, opening the door for amendments that could limit the government's ability to use the loophole to surveil American citizens without first obtaining a warrant.

«Americans and most first world citizens know that when they swipe a card that their government will support the dollar or currency that is being spent but in places like Zimbabwe there are 100 trillion - dollar notes in circulation because the government of that country mismanaged their currency and left the people in dire circumstances,»

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