Sentences with phrase «secretary of state said»

Nevertheless, the secretary of state said that ss 6 and 7 were to be interpreted in such a way that in the instant, exceptional cases, a victim was left remediless in the British courts.

The Secretary of State said he did not want to create a «hire and fire» culture but both of these proposals have the potential to promote just that.

Copyright 1988 A spokesman for Washington's secretary of state said that all votes had not yet been counted in the race to succeed Frank Brouillet, who is retiring from the nonpartisan post.

«I have seen parts of it and I do like it,» the former Secretary of State said of Beyoncé's latest on «The Ellen DeGeneres Show.»

The Secretary of State said on May 3 that she would not print Johnson's name on the November Read more»

After receiving an endorsement from what some consider New York's most powerful labor group, SEIU Local 1199, and and immigrants» rights group, the former secretary of state said this office would build on what President Barack Obama has done with immigration.

«I would like to keep talking about this in very emotional terms,» the Democratic front - runner and former secretary of state said of immigration, «but it also has to be political.

The secretary of state said he spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al - Jubeir earlier this week.

In June, the former Secretary of State said that she doesn't believe there is «anything controversial» about being labeled a feminist.

The secretary of state says this is a watershed moment.

«What does the Secretary of State say to Mr. Daniel Baker, a constituent of mine who was a victim of mistaken identity?

The secretary of state says even though the legislature hasn't passed the Dream Act — legislation that would assist children whose parents are in the country illegally go to college — the governor is committed to the proposed legislation.

The Secretary of State says the Republican Party should have filed this case earlier.

Will the Secretary of State say a little more about why he thinks that the regulatory environment here will be superior to that of the United States, thereby disproving many of the alarmist stories that are circulating?»

(CNN)- The Obama transition talking points for Sen. Hillary Clinton's Tuesday confirmation hearing as secretary of state say she will stress «a renewal of American leadership» and a «revitalization of diplomacy to promote our security interests and advance our values.»

Bridgeport, Connecticut mayor Bill Finch said he'll go to court to challenge a decision from the Secretary of the State saying he can not appear on the ballot this November as a third - party mayoral candidate.

HANNITY: When the president says the debate is settled, when the secretary of state says that we're not going to — we have no time for a meeting with the Flat Earth Society — five years ago, Al Gore predicted the north polar ice cap would be completely ice - free.

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During his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State Wednesday, former Exxon Mobil (xom) CEO Rex Tillerson said climate change exists — its future impact is just hard to predict.

TEL AVIV, April 29 (Reuters)- The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's «destabilising and malign activities», new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone from the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.

«The President has made this matter a priority,» said Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of State.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he told Kim during their secret meeting at the beginning of April that North Korea would have to agree to take «irreversible» steps toward shutting its nuclear weapons program in any deal with the United States.

«While he expressed his disappointment, given Canada's position on this issue, we both agreed that our close friendship on a whole range of issues — including energy and climate change — should provide the basis for an even closer co-ordination between our countries going forward,» Obama said at the White House after meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry.

«The United States, though inherently hostile to North Korea, will get to know once our talk begins that I am not the kind of person who will use nuclear weapons against the South or the United States across the Pacific,» Moon's press secretary Yoon Young - chan quoted Kim as saying.

However, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said shortly after that he doesn't believe there is «any imminent threat» from North Korea, including on Guam.

The scandal related to her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state also hurt her chances, Gundlach said.

Hours before the US launched the missiles, Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state, said the previous administration «should have been more willing to confront Assad» after previous chemical attacks killed thousands of innocent civilians.

Moderator Anderson Cooper then asked Sanders, «To Secretary Clinton's point, there are a number of Democratic governors in many states who say that fracking can be done safely, and that it's helping their economies.

By holding our primary earlier, we will ensure that issues important to Californians are prioritized by presidential candidates from all political parties,» California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a Tuesday release.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Warsaw on Jan. 27 that Washington views the project as a threat to Europe's energy security.

John McCarrick, the deputy assistant secretary at the State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources, said his staff helped pave the way for some of the energy supply agreements by meeting with private and public officials in Europe and Asia to promote the strategic value of U.S. energy.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is attending the security forum in Manila, said Monday that the best signal North Korea could give that it's ready for talks with the U.S. was to halt missile launches, the Associated Press reported.

Perhaps in a pilot project in Scottsdale, or in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for example,» said Kenneth Merten, a deputy assistant U.S. secretary of state.

As secretary of state, Clinton said in 2010 she was inclined to approve it.

Secretary of State for Culture Karen Bradley, who is responsible for media issues, said Tuesday she had written to media watchdog Ofcom for more information on its views on Fox's bid for London - listed Sky Plc, the biggest pay - tv operator in the U.K.

The State Department issued a statement about the call, saying «the secretary made clear the United States and its partners hold Russia responsible for this situation, including the use of incendiary and bunker buster bombs in an urban environment, a drastic escalation that puts civilians at great risk.»

«Adopting an ambitious amendment to phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons — or HFCs — is likely the single most important step that we could take at this moment to limit the warming of our planet,» Secretary of State John Kerry said in Kigali, in remarks before the passage of the agreement.

Trump supporters say Clinton deserves to be prosecuted for her handling of U.S. foreign policy as President Barack Obama's first - term secretary of state and for her use of a private email server while in that office.

Although the US military, Secretary of State Tillerson, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis all say unequivocally that the US does not want or train for regime - change missions in North Korea, the president and the military have to do what's best for the country at any cost.

It said some officials believed he decided not to come because he felt the arrangements for the visit were too low key, and would instead send Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to open the embassy.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that he is not concerned about his independence from President Donald Trump following his surprise firing of former FBI Director James Comey,

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

«Nominating Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state would be handing over the keys to US foreign policy to Big Oil,» Cardin said in a statement last week.

Democrats have not said whether they will take any seats on the Republican - majority special committee, saying the new probe - following several other congressional investigations on Benghazi - is also aimed at damaging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's chances if she runs for president in 2016.

«It was a really good model for Mexico, and Mexico has exploited that model up till today,» says Marcelo López Sánchez, Querétaro's secretary of state for sustainable development.

A ballooning sexual harassment scandal in Westminster claimed its first victim late Monday as Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon, saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position.

Sanders, who is still far behind Clinton in the delegate count needed to secure a nomination, says he will battle it out with the former Secretary of State through to the convention.

Richard Kauzlarich, the former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European Affairs, said the White House should have backed the British from the beginning.

The «unceremonious» firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is «very concerning,» especially in light of the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Bill Richardson, whose past diplomatic missions included negotiations with Pyongyang.

U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo's move to visit North Korea was «very much the right one,» says Curtis Chin of the Milken Institute and former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank.