Sentences with phrase «house officials positioned»

It was later revealed that White House officials positioned Ryan with Kenyan journalists so Kibaki was more likely to ask her a question.

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He should be staying at the White House, taking phone calls, getting briefed, talking to his Cabinet, talking to local officials, and putting his administration in a position to respond where needed.»

White House lawyers and other officials studied the option of overriding the ban but did not develop a strong legal position or an effective political sales pitch in an election year, a source familiar with the discussions said.

White House lawyer Ty Cobb is leaving his position, two White House officials confirmed to CNN on Wednesday.

Now it appears that the prickly America First advocate who played a crucial role in driving Cohn to quit could, in fact, be taking his old position: Trump administration officials are reportedly considering White House trade adviser Peter Navarro as one of the leading candidates to head the National Economic Council (NEC).

Police said that the suspect, identified as Nii Afade, managed to convince his victims that he was an official of the Flagstaff House and could, therefore, use his position to help them get the above - mentioned needs.

By the succession laws, the next person in line is the Speaker of the House, which is a semi-elected position (elected by elected officials from elected officials, plus being elected from their district), as is the next person, the President pro Tempore of the Senate.

«Because of the rather measured position that the hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) had to present on behalf of the official Labour party, it falls to me to be the first Member of this House to set out the case for why I believe... that it is in the national interest for the United Kingdom to be a member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45 years and, most importantly, why I believe that future generations will benefit if we succeed in remaining a member of the European Union.

The official White House position is still a 30 - day extension.

Sebastian Gorka, an outspoken adviser to Trump and lightning rod for controversy, has been forced out of his position at the White House, two administration officials said.

After his boss's election in 2010, David joined the administration as its principal adviser on civil rights; after Cuomo's second win, in 2014, David ascended to his current official posting as Cuomo's chief in - house lawyer — arguably the third most powerful position in Albany.

The director of the Office of Government Ethics says White House counselor Kellyanne Conway misused her official position by hawking Ivanka Trump's product line on TV and recommended the White House punish her.

Mortgage deals with Eisner are a common thread among several Cuomo insiders who worked for the future governor in the 1990s when he was the country's top housing official, and who later held prominent positions in Albany after Cuomo's election as governor in 2010.

In the tense final hours before the close vote, Katko said he was not among those House members who White House officials and GOP leaders were trying to lobby to change their positions.

De Blasio, a former city councilman and federal housing official, has been a frequent critic of the Bloomberg administration, and appears to be positioning himself to the left of his major challengers, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Last week, the Palace took center stage at its own press conference, where officials announced an ambitious project to revitalize the old movie house, with the intent to position the Palace as a gateway to downtown.

GOP officials told The Washington Post that the White House has communicated with Republican congressional leadership about the shift in Trump's position.

The White House has not taken a position on the legislation, but Science has learned that budget officials asked NSF earlier this year to write a stern letter opposing the program.

The state's official position is that Yucca Mountain is a singularly bad site to house the nation's high - level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel for several reasons:

In what can be described as «teenage Romy and Michele take down the president,» teen dim bulbs Betsy (Dunst) and Abigail (Michelle Williams) fall into the good graces of President Nixon (Dan Hedaya) and the positions of «Official White House Dog Walkers» after witnessing the Watergate break - in.

A spokesman said the department had sent names of proposed nominees to the White House for every position but that of assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, and officials are anxiously awaiting further action.

Six high - ranking positions in the Education Department remain vacant, and department officials say the White House is to blame.

In a brief statement, Random House officials said that for now the company was «maintaining its current policy regarding digital library sales,» but added it is «actively reviewing» that position.

No decision has been made on whether she would be replaced or if the position would simply disappear, a White House official said.

The White House stated that the video did not «represent the official agency position,» and instead represented the «personal opinions» of the White House's Office of Science and Technology director, John Holdren, and OSTP Senior Communications Advisor, Becky Fried.

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Doctors, clergymen, police officers, teachers, federal employees, including White House staffers, National Security Agency employees, FBI agents and Senior State Department officials have purchased bogus degrees to seek employment, promotions, higher positions and better pay.

«This policy will help us when advocating to elected officials and the public about affordable housing by making our position clear, and it will help us in educating our members on the necessity of affordable housing,» says June Wiener, ABR ®, CRS ®, president of the Saint Paul Area Association of REALTORS ®.