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White House spokesman Sean Spicer said last week that the administration expected to make a decision on whether to remain a party to the deal by the time leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet in late May.

Leitch said the campaign aimed to reach its goal by end of June, but a spokesman contacted late last week said the number of pledges was nowhere near 5,000.

and journalist April Ryan, were publicly insulted on the same day last March — by then — Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and then — White House spokesman Sean Spicer, respectively — a Twitter conversation took off that amplified the difficulties black women often face in the workplace.

«Iran sees (the summit) as an important step in the right direction that can contribute to lasting regional and global peace and security,» Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by state media.

An indication of Shulkin's already perilous standing within the Trump administration last month was a statement in response to the report by the VA's own spokesman, Curt Cashour, who pointedly did not defend Shulkin.

The anxiety was sparked by surprise comments from White House spokesman Sean Spicer last month that the government would likely step up its enforcement of drug laws.

However, a statement by the Conservative campaign spokesman last week about Novak has been contradicted by what's emerged from the Ottawa courthouse since then.

Three ordinances supporting the Department of Planning and Development's acquisition of land for the parks were introduced in City Council late last month and will likely be approved by fall, according to Pete Scales, spokesman for the Planning Department.

«By a strong 55 - 34 percent margin, voters say New York is headed on the right track, not in the wrong direction, the highest margin ever in a Siena poll, and up from 50 - 40 percent last month,» poll spokesman Steve Greenberg said.

«Senate Republicans are seeing the writing on the wall and realizing their grip on power is crumbling In the last two weeks the Senate Democratic Conference has grown by 10 members and a blue wave is sweeping across the state that will net us even more seats in November,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.

The statement from Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif amounts to an opening salvo in what is expected to be a heated and expensive campaign for the Westchester County Senate district vacated last week by County Executive George Latimer.

Our members look forward to discussing these proposals alongside the more comprehensive plan outlined by the Independent Democratic Conference last week,» IDC Spokesman Eric Soufer stated.

His former immigration spokesman Phil Woolas's shameless tactics in Oldham East and Saddleworth during the last general election campaign, and subsequent ejection from Parliament, have offered a well - timed opportunity for Labour to give the coalition and, in particular, Nick Clegg, a thrashing in the by - election on 13 January - the first significant electoral test of the coalition's popularity.

Two volunteers for City Council candidate Kevin Kim have filed a police complaint that they were harassed last week by a group of youths, who shouted racial slurs and tossed a football at them as they campaigned along Francis Lewis Boulevard, a spokesman for Kim said.

A spokesman for Buhari, who won elections last year vowing to fight corruption, said he was deeply «shocked and embarrassed» by the comments, which he assumed must refer to problems in Nigeria that pre-dated his presidency.

At the same time, the statement released by spokesman Rich Azzopardi pointed to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's numbers faring similarly to Cuomo's over the last several months.

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif hammered the message into POLITICO New York, saying his party will grow its Senate majority this year as «the last thing anyone wants is our entire state government controlled by Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Democrats.»

A visit to Washington by Pauline Neville - Jones, Conservative security spokesman, last week was used to finalise arrangements for the trip.

Suozzi spokesman Jeff Guillot focused on contributions by Maidenbaum and others who represented tax refund companies, saying: «In the last three weeks, as residents were hit with higher taxes due to his mismanagement, Ed Mangano's campaign has been bankrolled by $ 160,000 from tax attorneys who profit from the broken assessment system.»

A move by education spokesman Don Foster last year to allow some schools to be run by trusts if a ballot of parents approved was rejected by the party conference.

Scottish Labour's community safety spokesman James Kelly said more details were needed about the decision by Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill to free Megrahi last August.

A Cuomo spokesman Wednesday knocked by name Assemblyman James Skoufis, a sponsor of a free SUNY tuition bill in the chamber, for questioning the governor's tuition plan, and suggesting the lawmaker was motivated by the lack of a pay raise agreement last month.

A DfT spokesman said: «Britain has some of the safest roads in the world and the number of fatalities has fallen by 44 % over the last 10 years, but we are determined to do more.

Former Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon urged Democrats not to get distracted by the outdated and truncated information released last night, saying it should not deter the focus from the current health care battle.

A spokesman for North Carolina Gov. Gov. Pat McCrory called Cuomo's ban on nonessential publicly funded travel to the Tar Heel State «hypocrisy and demagoguery,» and questioned whether Cuomo would ask the SU basketball team to boycott the upcoming Final Four because it is hosted by Houston, where voters last year defeated a non-discrimination ordinance.

Last month, a Cuomo spokesman told the Times Union that acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker had determined a study on the health impacts of fracking could be completed by the end of the year.

«What the public is hungry for, post Shelly Silver, is ethics reform — specifically, the pension forfeiture bill that was agreed to last year and promptly reneged on by the Assembly,» said Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for the Democratic governor.

Spokesmen had no comment Monday on whether the Legislature will oppose the commission's request, revealed last week in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said the only GOP Senate candidate Cuomo backed was one who put his career on the line by voting for gay marriage and noted Gianaris has said the governor did everything the Senate Dems asked to during last year's elections.

The President gave the order last night, a statement by the force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood stated.

A Heastie spokesman did not rule out the introduction of a new bill to address the situation, but said the Assembly first wants to see the outcome of a lawsuit seeking to block the rules brought last week by the city and state teacher unions, who are powerful allies to the Assembly Dems.

Rensselaer County employs five public health sanitarians who do restaurant visits as part of their jobs; last year they performed 627 inspections, figures supplied by county spokesman Chris Meyer show.

However, a spokesman for the Parks Department said last week that the issue had been resolved and that work on the project had resumed by June 19.

By Matt Pommer Late last month, a spokesman said Gov. Scott Walker has «zero plans» to change the Wisconsin Retirement System, which covers more than 500,000 people.

Thompson, who lost the last mayoral race against a cashed - up Michael Bloomberg by less than 5 points, raised $ 600,000 from March 12 through May 11, a spokesman for his campaign said Tuesday.

By Jason Horowitz and Chris Cillizza Updated at 3:41 p.m. New York Gov. David Paterson, who last week sought to entice the backers of a proposed mosque near Ground Zero to consider another location, expects to meet soon with the Islamic center's developers, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.

Council spokesman Eric Koch said the protesters were excluded because the group had disrupted a hearing last week on the resolution by yelling and screaming.

A spokesman for Turner said the candidate has not endorsed Paladino, who won last week's Republican primary, has been cheered by the Tea Party movement and is running against Democratic state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Two days after a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a spokesman for the family of Akai Gurley, a Brooklyn man shot and killed by a cop last month, called for the Brooklyn district attorney to charge the police officer with homicide.

A Success Academy spokesman cited a survey administered by the DOE last year, in which 98 percent of Success Academy parents said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall education their kids were receiving.

«This is among the more than 500 bills passed by the Legislature at the end of the last session,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.

But the home affairs spokesman is still relatively unknown to many members and could well lose an early contest to environment spokesman Chris Huhne, who made a name for himself by running against Sir Menzies last time round.

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Rep. Annette «Polly» Williams is backing a proposal by state education officials to bar private schools in the program from charging voucher students registration and book fees that public schools do not impose, according to Greg Doyle, the spokesman for the state education department, which proposed the rule last month.

By the way, if you didn't catch last week's AEI debate between the Romney and Obama edu - spokesmen (Marty West for Romney and Jon Schnur for Obama), you can catch their clash here.

Outlining certain decisions made by Michael Gove while leading the Department for Education, a party spokesman outlined the need to dramatically improve the «farcical situation» created during the last government.

When a state judge scolded the governor in 2011 for underfunding public schools by $ 1.6 billion, Christie's spokesman scoffed at «the failed assumption of the last three decades that more money equals better education.»

A White House spokesman last week said President Bush was expected to sign the measure, which substantially alters the breakdown of groups admitted and raises overall legal - immigration levels by 40 percent, from 500,000 to 700,000 visas annually.

As for the amount of testing, Department of Public Instruction spokesman Patrick Gasper said Common Core requires no more testing and that the only new state tests, in ninth and 10th grades, were added by lawmakers as part of the last state budget.

A Department for Education spokesman said last year 95.9 % of parents in England received an offer at one of their three preferred primaries last year and said its reforms would «ensure we continue to spread excellence everywhere by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best».