Sentences with phrase «barack obama administration»

«So far, they've failed at every state of this, and at every level of the organization,» said Ari Ratner, a former Barack Obama administration official who now runs Inside Revolution, a strategic communications firm.

Which attorneys may be appointed to senior positions in a John McCain or Barack Obama administration?

Throughout the Barack Obama administration, McKibben was a leader in the campaign to oppose the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Fossil Fuel Divestment campaign, the Keep It In The Ground campaign, the campaign to criminalize climate skepticism — which included collusion with the 18 Attorneys General for Clean Energy) and the #ExxonKnew attack campaign.

«Here in Washington, D.C., one of the hottest debates around the Barack Obama administration's fight against climate change is perhaps the most important number you've never heard of: The social cost of carbon (SCC).»

In 2012 the Barack Obama administration introduced emission standards mandating the doubling of vehicle fuel efficiency by 2025.

A collaboration with artists Chris Johnson, Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair, the work is an accumulation of interviews with hundreds of African - American men throughout the United States documenting their views on family, love, education and community during the Barack Obama administration.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is contemplating abolishing softer disciplinary actions imposed during the Barack Obama administration, leaving some concerned.

In a move reminiscent of the Buhari administration's penchant for blaming his administration's under - performance on his predecessor, American President Donald Trump has said that the «mess» he inherited from the Barack Obama administration is responsible fir the crisis engulfing his young administration.

In July, the Barack Obama administration criticized Russian actions in Syria, particularly its role in ending the ceasefire.

But they already had the clock at 3 minutes during the Barack Obama administration.

During the Barack Obama administration, the Democrats controlled the legislature and the Presidency.

NEW YORK (CNN)- Caroline Kennedy has called New York Gov. David Paterson to ask about the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she is confirmed as secretary of state in the new Barack Obama administration, Democratic sources tell CNN.

This special election was held to select a new senator to replace former Senator Hillary Clinton, who had resigned to serve as Secretary of State in the Barack Obama administration.

But the message from the Barack Obama administration was clear: avoid military confrontation with Moscow.

Focus on the Family Action posted a pretend letter in which a writer signed «A Christian from 2012» looks back on a Barack Obama administration in 2012, including terrorists attacks on four U.S. cities.

«So far, they've failed at every state of this, and at every level of the organization,» said Ari Ratner, a former Barack Obama administration official who now runs Inside Revolution, a strategic communications firm.

Speaking after Netanyahu's speech, Trump said that it «showed I was 100 percent right» in opposing the Barack Obama administration - led agreement.

During the financial crisis and its immediate aftermath, Dr. Piwowar served in a one - year fixed - term position at the White House as a senior economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations.

Not exact matches

President Trump took to Twitter to announce that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military, reversing former President Barack Obama's administration's nixing of a ban on transgender troops.

This is more than triple the number of times President Barack Obama was mentioned during the same period of his administration.

It is not unusual for a president's staff to tell reporters to focus on some facts and not others, but things are qualitatively different now in the Trump administration compared to that of his predecessors Barack Obama and George W. Bush in terms of «the number of untruths,» said the Times «David Leonhardt.

Immigration advocates criticized the move as unnecessary, but the Trump administration and others were quick to point out that the National Guard has been deployed to the border in the past — most recently by former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

Nearly 200 nations, including the United States under President Barack Obama's administration, agreed in 2015 to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat climate change.

Newer innovations involve train travel, with pilot projects to have rail passengers clear U.S. customs in Montreal and B.C., as the latest in ongoing efforts between the administrations of Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry commissioned the study in April to evaluate whether «regulatory burdens» imposed by past administrations — including that of President Barack Obama — had forced the premature retirement of baseload power plants that provide nonstop power, like those fired by coal and nuclear fuel.

Maria Contreras - Sweet, who led the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama, has reportedly submitted an offer to acquire Weinstein Co..

Sprint and T - Mobile's first round of merger talks ended in 2014 after U.S. President Barack Obama's administration expressed antitrust concerns about it.

Peters, who was highly critical of President Barack Obama's administration, was suspended from Fox for a short period in 2015 for calling Obama a «total pussy» while on the Fox Business Network.

Later that month, the administration deported 23 - year - old Juan Manuel Montes, who was granted protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that was created under Barack Obama.

Jacobson, a career diplomat, was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama in June 2015, but her confirmation was held up for 10 months in the Senate — led by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez — over objections to the Obama administration's reestablishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba, which she helped negotiate as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

But look, at the moment president Barack Obama's administration... is looking at new visa requirements and screening from Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, because of the recent terrorist attacks,» he said.

In particular, some telecoms industry players believe a Trump administration could try to walk back the net neutrality rules that were instituted by the Federal Communications Commission under President Barack Obama.

Without comprehensive immigration reform, which President Barack Obama estimates could lead to an expansion of up to $ 250 billion in economic output, this effort marks the latest in a patchwork of initiatives proffered by the administration.

President Barack Obama is set to nominate Maria Contreras - Sweet, the founder of ProAmerica Bank, as the new leader of the SBA later today, according a senior administration official.

Andrew Wright, a professor at Savannah Law School who was an associate in the White House counsel's office under President Barack Obama, said he was «glad to see the Trump administration acknowledging the legitimacy of the findings of our intelligence community and the Mueller grand jury: that Russians illegally interfered with our elections.»

On Monday, the White House announced Barack Obama's plan to complete his administration's LGBT trifecta.

The US signed the agreement under President Barack Obama in December 2015 alongside 194 other nations and remains part of it, but the Trump administration has pledged to withdraw the US from it.

Gates said he hoped the new Trump administration would continue crucial malaria commitments, which he noted were ratcheted up by the previous Republican President, George W Bush, and maintained at those levels by President Barack Obama.

«It's much more complicated,» says Karen Mills, who ran President Barack Obama's Small Business Administration until 2013, and who remains a passionate advocate for increasing credit access to small - business owners.

President Donald Trump's administration plans to kill the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate - change action.

The conclusion, reached by administration officials, narrows the already slim chances that President Barack Obama can fulfill his pledge to close the notorious offshore prison before leaving office in January.

These seats have remained open throughout much of President Barack Obama's administration due to political wrangling between the president and Congress.

Contreras - Sweet, who served as head of the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama, first made an offer for the studio in November, after a sex - harassment scandal forced co-founder Harvey Weinstein from the company.

Of particular concern to Goodlatte were some actions taken by officials in former President Barack Obama's administration, including former attorney general Loretta Lynch, Comey, and Clinton.

The North Dakota project, opposed by a Native American tribe fearful of water contamination from potential oil leaks, had stalled in Democrat Barack Obama's administration.

Though he's thought by the United States to be held by the Haqqani Network, a Pakistan - based group that President Barack Obama's administration has declared to be a terrorist organization, leaders of the network said in December that Bergdahl was actually being held by another Taliban group.

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters)- California and a group of 16 other states on Tuesday challenged the Trump administration's decision to revise strict U.S. vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency rules put in place under former President Barack Obama.

The previous administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both pledged to establish eLoran but never followed through.

However, there is evidence that stocks have performed slightly better when a Democrat is president, especially when Congress is split, as it was during most of Barack Obama's administration.

Barack Obama's administration pushed for the Trans - Pacific Partnership, again over the objections of labor unions, this time joined by many public health groups.