Sentences with phrase «by national ambassador»

Forthcoming titles include The Prince: A Selection Novella by Kiera Cass, a companion to the New York Times bestseller The Selection; Tags, a one - act play by National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Walter Dean Myers; and One Day More, a prequel novella to bestselling author Aprilynne Pike's forthcoming novel, Life After Theft.

A hilarious saga of growing up in a household with five brothers during the 1950s and 1960s by the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, illustrated with candid pictures from the period.

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Trump fired Comey unexpectedly, one day after Yates — who was fired by Trump in January after refusing to enforce his first immigration order — testified before Congress that she had warned the White House about former national security adviser Michael Flynn's contact with Russia's ambassador to the US during the transition.

He also addressed the issue of the «unmasking» of US persons caught up in surveillance of monitored foreign agents — the process by which it was revealed that former national security adviser Michael Flynn had been speaking with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, during the presidential transition period.

As of late, he has come under fire for his firing of FBI director James Comey, his alleged sharing of guarded intelligence about ISIS with the Russian foreign minister, and allegations that Trump obstructed justice by asking Comey not to look into his former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, who Trump has since fired for misrepresenting talks he had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kisylak.

The firm also secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with John Bolton's Super Pac, formed by the hawkish former UN ambassador to support conservative candidates campaigning on national security issues.

During their discussion on Canada-U.S. relations, Premiers were joined by Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington and immediate past chair of the National Governors Association, and Gary Doer, Ambassador of Canada to the United States.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Carey Casey is the Ambassador for Fathers with the National Center for Fathering, a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the culture of fathering in America by enlisting 6.5 million fathers to make the Championship Fathering Commitment.

K. T. McFarland, the former Fox News commentator appointed by Trump as deputy national security adviser and a onetime Senate candidate in New York, is expected to leave her administration position soon and may be nominated to be the United States ambassador to Singapore.

Trump didn't issue additional sanctions against Russia Monday, contradicting an announcement by his United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and underscoring the schism between the president and his national security team.

The firm also secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with John Bolton's Super Pac, formed by the hawkish former UN ambassador to support conservative candidates campaigning on national security issues.

Tory Boyz, which Graham wrote in 2008 but has now revived for a run by the National Youth Theatre at the Ambassadors Theatre, is equally as incongruous for modern theatre - goers.

The PDP had dragged the INEC and former Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ambassador Rufus Akeju before the court seeking a reversal of all actions taken by Akeju as REC after an earlier order of March 28th 2011, given by the same court which restrained him from conducting the 2011 elections to National Assembly as well as State House of Assembly.

The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly has rejected the nomination of two names following its approval of the nomination of 45 non-career ambassadors forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari to them for screening.

The flagbearer for the People's National Convention (PNC) for the 2016 elections Dr. Edward Mahama has been appointed an ambassador by President Akufo - Addo

At 9:30 a.m., President Trump and VP Mike Pence attend the National Governors Association meeting, and then — at about 10:30 a.m. — participate in a listening session with health insurance company CEOs, followed by lunch with UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Pingjian, who was accompanied by the Chinese Deputy Ambassador, Jing Lin and Political Officer, Peng Chen, further intimated the Odigie - Oyegun and members of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) present on China's domestic politics and China - Nigeria strategic bilateral relations.

In addition, just recently too while receiving a report on National Intelligence Agency (NIA) over Osborne Tower Scandal from Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, President Buhari in a statement by his Spokesperson Femi Adesina said the scandal «must be understood that this (investigation) can not be done in a manner that jeopardises national security or exposes the operations of any intelligence Agency, which must, by nature be conducted in secrecyNational Intelligence Agency (NIA) over Osborne Tower Scandal from Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, President Buhari in a statement by his Spokesperson Femi Adesina said the scandal «must be understood that this (investigation) can not be done in a manner that jeopardises national security or exposes the operations of any intelligence Agency, which must, by nature be conducted in secrecynational security or exposes the operations of any intelligence Agency, which must, by nature be conducted in secrecy.»

The President had equally ordered a full scale investigation into the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, over which the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) made a claim, hence suspending the DG, Ambassador Ayo Oke.

Northern pine snakes are charismatic ambassadors for the Pinelands National Reserve, an ecologically important region - designated as a U.S. Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and as the first National Reserve in the United States.

Patricia is a member of the McLean Hospital National Council, a group of advocates, ambassadors and philanthropists dedicated to the hospital's mission of improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.

As an Ambassador and community activist for lululemon athletica, Elise is certified by the National Yoga Alliance, and holds multiple fitness certifications.

National Poetry Day free downloadable ebook: http://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/education/messages-national-poetry-day-ebook/ With Macmillan Children's Books, it has nominated 14 poets as National Poetry Day Ambassadors, with special responsibility for igniting enthusiasm nationwide by visiting schools, organizing events and competitions and writing new work on the theme of Messages.

The team from Bilton Junior School took part in the final on Wednesday 7th December at Cambridge University where they were revealed as winners and presented their trophies by Stefan Gates, popular CBBC presenter and this year's official Ambassador for the National Young Mathematicians» Awards.

National Schools Snowsport Week is supported by two Winter Olympic ambassadors: British snowboarder Aimee Fuller and British Alpine World Cup skier Dave Ryding, who will make an appearance at the event.

Elected by their peers or appointed by PDK International Chief Executive Officer Joshua P. Starr, the national student leaders are external ambassadors and internal thought leaders.

The Principal Ambassador Fellowship (PAF) program supports the Department's mission by employing a team of diverse and extraordinary principals to contribute their expertise to the national education dialogue.

Steven initially joined the Department through the Department's Teaching Ambassador Fellowship program, a nonpartisan program designed to improve education for students by involving teachers in the development and implementation of national education policy.

THE DREAM OF AMERICA by Jacqueline Woodson (August) The first middle grade novel in six years by four time Newbery Honor winner and current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

The Dream of America by Jacqueline Woodson Nancy Paulsen • August 28 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Woodson takes a cue from The Breakfast Club in her upcoming novel centered on a group of six vastly different middle school classmates who are thrown together — seemingly at random — by their teacher.

HIGH - DEMAND BACKSTORY: Books by the two - time Newbery medalist and former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature are always publishing events, and this will be no exception.

Katherine Paterson, two - time winner of both the National Book Award (The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer) and Newbery Medal (Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I loved), is the second person to be named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.

Also in April, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, a former ambassador to the U.N., was named as the administration's third national security adviser.

These «ambassadors» include Lily — an Italian greyhound whose tragic story inspired Theresa Strader, the founder of National Mill Dog Rescue (NMDR), to launch her movement — and Harley, a sweet one - eyed Chihuahua who was also cared for by NMDR, and sadly passed away recently.

She is a Travelocity ambassador and has worked on several successful campaigns with Adventures by Disney, the German National Tourism Board, Chevy, and Loew's Hotels.

The kitchen is led by award - winning Costa Rican chef Randy Siles, who is also Costa Rica's Chef Ambassador for the National Plan of Sustainable and Healthy Gastronomy.

Two of our Aventura Ambassadors, Elena Sonnino and Kara Williams were among the top 100 travel bloggers invited to the White House Travel Blogger Summit on Study Abroad and Global Citizenship, hosted by the National Security Council.

The exhibition is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division; the Southern California Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts; Pasadena Art Alliance; Kim and Al Eiber; Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York; the California Art Company, LLC; and the Pasadena Museum of California Art's Board of Directors and Ambassador Circle.

Operators seek to create ambassadors for Antarctica, to send the fortunate few home deeply touched by the experience, and without damaging the unique environment — those same people are treaty party nationals, tax payers and important supporters of their science programs in their countries.

1) National ambassadors from all 28 member states will meet to discuss the proposed changes on Wednesday 6 December, ahead of an expected agreement by energy ministers at the energy council on 18 December.

Manatt was founded by Charles Taylor Manatt, a family friend of the Boggses, who previously chaired the Democratic National Committee and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

These include membership into The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Super Lawyers ®, The National College for DUI Defense, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is an appointed Colorado State Ambassador by the DUI Defense Lawyers Association.

According to the annotated programme of work issued by the chair Ambassador Michael Biontino of Germany in March, the meeting will open on Monday, 11 April with a general exchange of views for delegations to share positions on national policies and legal provisions.

Harris worked for John Bolton's super-PAC, which was attempting to bring more attention to national - security issues in three select Senate races ahead of a prospective presidential campaign by the hawkish former UN ambassador.

The launch was attended by Neighbour Day Ambassadors Costa Georgiadis, host of Gardening Australia; Natalie Ahmat, journalist and presenter of National Indigenous Television News; and Andrew Heslop, Neighbour Day Founder.