Sentences with phrase «white house i helped»

Bernstein and Politi add some interesting detail (gleaned from recently released Soviet archives and interviews with Reagan Administration officials) to the story of how the Holy See and the White House helped nurse Solidarity through the imposition of martial law in December 1981 and the hard years of struggle that led to the electoral dismantling of Polish communism in June 1989.

«After I left the Clinton White House I helped build my own business.

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After Trump won the White House in 2016, in part with the firms help, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix went to more clients to pitch his services, the Times reported last year.

May 2 - The Trump administration has invited a group of U.S. senators to the White House early next week to discuss biofuels policy, the latest in a series of such meetings aimed at helping refiners cope with the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

«He'll pledge proudly $ 1 million of his own personal money to help the people of both Texas and Louisiana,» White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.

«A lot of the action you're able to take at the White House is by calling people up and saying, «Hey we're interested in getting this done, will you help,»» Fingert says.

Some of Trump's allies say it would be a «lethal» mistake for the president to oust Kelly, who many feel is a stabilizing force within the White House and helped quell some of the backbiting that plagued the administration for much of its first year.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters on Thursday that the administration is pushing for a 20 % border tax on Mexican imports to help pay for the wall.

Trump is set to meet Ezekiel Emanuel, a health policy special adviser under Obama who helped shape the Affordable Care Acton, at the White House on Monday, along with Ryan and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.

The U.S. has told the British government that it would not repeat accusations that it had helped former U.S. President Barack Obama to spy on President Donald Trump when he was running for the White House.

It didn't help that China put out a list of products it would target with retaliatory tariffs after the White House issued its own the night before.

The Trumps and Macrons helped plant a tree on the White House grounds together before boarding Trump's Marine One helicopter for a scenic tour of monuments built in the capital city designed by French - born Pierre L'Enfant as they flew south to Mount Vernon, the first U.S. president's home along the Potomac River.

Mellon helped Mrs. Kennedy redesign the White House Rose Garden.

However, in the push to drive people to sign up to Obamacare, the White House could still utilize an array of contacts to help spread the word.

The White House, with its big promise to help create jobs and raise incomes for the middle class, might have taken note.

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer then followed this up with comments suggesting that the Trump administration is considering a 20 % tax on imports, starting with Mexico, that would help finance the building of a border wall between the US and Mexico.

During his six day trip, Harry went to the White House, Walter Reed Military Medical Center, and Arlington National Cemetery before heading west to help kick off the Warrior Games with wounded athletes and veterans.

With help from the White House and some savvy investors, low - income families now have access to healthy food options.

That the White House is now repeating the boring, fact - based narrative will help it gain more attention from the media and the public.

Hope Hicks, the White House communications director, helped draft the statement, people familiar with the matter told CNN.

Though the Trump White House has acknowledged that Russia meddled — while maintaining that it was not to help Trump and did not have an effect on the election's outcome — it has so far fallen short of making a specific statement or calling out Russia for its aggression.

Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, a longtime ally of Sandy Hook families who helped craft the bipartisan health legislation, said the bill «probably would not have just been signed into law without Sandy Hook Promise's advocacy in Congress and with the White House».

The hurricane might have helped put climate change back on the White House agenda, and once the Keystone debate resumed earlier this year it didn't take long for environmentalist groups to link Canada's planned pipeline to the devastating storm.

Part spokesperson, part negotiator, Ivanka has led the White House's effort to promote the effort, using the small but important piece of tax reform as an opportunity to translate her campaign promises, which centered on helping women and working families, into policy.

The White House's postponement of a decision on imposing hefty tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum products from some countries helped boost investor sentiment.

It's unclear whether Barack and Michelle Obama hired help raising Malia and Sasha during their time in the White House; same goes for George and Laura Bush.

Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump's son - in - law, helps lead the White House Office of American Innovation, which he said aims to bring «business sensibility» to the government.

With Porter now finding himself in a central White House position executing what in the Trump era is a more - than - usual critical job, the staffer said Porter deserves credit for helping the West Wing start to mellow out.

And the RNC, realizing how important television is to this particular White House, has added employees to help book Trump proponents on cable shows.

The report, a redacted version of which was released publicly last week, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed a cyber campaign aimed at helping Trump beat his rival Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House.

The fundraising numbers help explain why more Republicans — particularly those facing re-election next year — aren't openly distancing themselves from a president whose approval rating hovers below 40 percent and whose White House has been wracked by public back - biting and legislative stumbles.

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Kirby's remarks left open the possibility the White House might decide not to send more advisers or to provide more hands - on help to Baghdad's troops.

To help educate the masses and push for regulatory acceptance, Airbnb recently hired Chris Lehane, a former White House crisis manager, as its global policy chief.

The honorees will include Joanne Smith, the Chief Human Resources Officer for Delta Air Lines (No. 98 on this year's list), for helping the airline to build a more inclusive workplace by pushing it to commit to the White House Equal Pay Pledge, which encourages U.S. companies to take action to advance equal pay among men and women.

Even though Cramer would've liked to have seen Cohn stick around at his post to help manage the growing deficit and bring his seasoned perspective to the White House, he wished him well.

On Wednesday, the White House announced that it had hired a veteran lawyer who helped President Bill Clinton weather impeachment, while Trump's top personal lawyer expressed new defiance towards special counsel Robert Mueller and his Justice Department superiors.

Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, said the bill aimed to hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the epidemic and force them to help pay for the crisis, which the White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated cost more than $ 500 billion in 2015..

Pledges to withdraw from trade deals helped Trump win the White House, and many Democrats have also slammed some agreements as harmful for workers.

Cohen flipping «would be Trump's worst nightmare,» said John Dean, the former White House counsel whose cooperation with Watergate prosecutors helped lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.

The White House is declining to offer public support for long - awaited legislation that would give federal judges clearer authority to order technology companies like Apple to help law enforcement crack encrypted data, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

The departure of Mr. Porter, who organized weekly trade policy meetings and coordinated the trade advisers, has helped fuel a chaotic situation that has descended into an all - out war among various trade advisers, people close to the White House said.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

The borrowing will help the government boost a cash balance that was depleted during the debt - ceiling standoff between Congress and the White House.

He said he has yet to see a proper analysis showing that tariffs help the economy, although he said «I hope» the White House turns out to be correct that a showdown with China won't damage the U.S. economy.

After Trump won the White House in 2016, in part with the firm's help, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix went to more clients to pitch his services, the Times reported last year.

Still, Clinton and her defenders have long argued that the Comey announcement was the decisive factor that helped Trump win the White House.

The event, which helped to shine a national spotlight on the issue of work flexibility, was hosted by the White House, the Center for American Progress, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Executives largely viewed the GOP's control of the White House and Congress as a rare opportunity to cash in on a wish list of policy goals that they felt would help their firms and the economy, such as tax cuts and regulatory rollback.