Sentences with phrase «change secretary in»

Davey, who was energy and climate change secretary in the coalition government of 2010 - 15, said there was frustration that the party had failed to make progress in the polls since last year's general election under its new leader, Vince Cable, another former coalition minister.

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The national security strategy the Trump administration released in December made no mention of climate change whatsoever, despite the fact Defense Secretary James Mattis has acknowledged it as a threat.

«I can imagine these changes would be really good for the morale for the Chinese diplomats at the foreign ministry at a time when the morale of the diplomats in the US foreign service is at an all time low,» Susan Shirk, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, told Bloomberg.

In a blog post on Medium, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew laid out the reasons for the redesign, as well as the thinking behind proposed changes for the $ 5 and $ 10 bills.

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.

A 1994 Pentagon policy preventing women from serving in combat was rescinded in 2013 by then - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and ultimately led to the current DoD head Ash Carter making the historic change.

The decision whether to make changes in the military personnel rules ultimately will rest with the next defense secretary.

China must accelerate the pace of economic reforms, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said after the first day of talks between the two nations in Beijing, but his Chinese counterpart warned change will take time.

The proposed change provides a path to the eventual sale and deployment of self - driving vehicles in California, state transportation secretary Brian Kelly said in a statement.

Last week, U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May gave a speech at the Conservative Party conference in which she said that, «When immigration is too high, when the pace of change is too fast, it's impossible to build a cohesive society.»

«Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton,» FBI Director James Comey wrote in a letter to Congress on Sunday.

«Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, we will be heading for dangerous temperature increases by the end of this century, well above the target set by the Paris climate change agreement,» Petteri Taalas, the WMO's secretary - general, said in a statement.

Also an energy secretary, Rick Perry, who wrote a book in which he referred to climate - change science as a «contrived phony mess.»

Secretary Perry, for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of wind capacity in the country during his 14 years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.

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Founded by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 1997, the organization trains and mentors women leaders as agents of transformative change in economic development, human rights and political participation.

The tie - in with the Commerce Secretary and President suggest that Iancu will have the political backing to implement changes within the USPTO, although legislative changes are still an uphill battle.

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Secretary O'Neill said he believed the administration needed the flexibility to deal with changes in the international economic system and would oppose anything that reduces the administration's «flexibility.»

Interestingly, there's been far less turnover in Trump's Cabinet so far, with the only change being John Kelly's move from secretary of homeland security to White House chief of staff.

In October 2013, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson, and business leader and philanthropist Tom Steyer, founded a new initiative to assess and publicize the economic risks to the U.S. associated with climate change.

In his opening remarks to dialogue, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said China's $ 347 billion trade surplus with the US was not the product of market forces and that the bilateral trading relationship needed to change.

In a joint interview with Marketplace on March 13, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former president of the New York Federal Reserve and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke stressed that while the financial system is stronger now than it was before the 2008 financial crisis, that could change if certain regulations are rolled back.

NEW DELHI (AP)-- Given a rare opportunity to lunch with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Gaurav Dalmia was less interested Thursday in discussing the planned topics at hand, including climate change or even the trade dispute between India and the U.S. Instead, the Indian businessman was focused on Kerry himself — and whether he would be able to smooth over brittle relations between Washington and New Delhi for the sake of economic growth.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. would have the smallest percentage increase, about 16 percent... Of the changes proposed in June by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the one that would probably have biggest impact on profit is allowing banks to buy U.S. government bonds entirely with borrowed money.

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I loathe their misrepresentations of job placement, I am angry that they won't change it even after I complained about it to various chairs / secretaries / Web designers there three years in a row, and I know for a fact that many of the other listings are just as bogus.

There was some agitation in the WCC to find a new site for the assembly, but general secretary Konrad Raiser says that a change «would mean almost total loss of credibility» for the WCC among African churches (over seventy member churches are in Africa).

Konrad Raiser, now General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, uses it to describe, a change in theological perspective which affects the whole range of ecumenical work.1 His colleague and former student Martin Robra applies it specifically to a change in perspective on social ethics in World Council work.2 K.C. Abraham describes it as a change in theological and ethical perspective brought about by the participation of the Third World in the ecumenical movement.3 They all make important points.

When I saw who had written that, my hopes for an intelligent, or at least receptive, government response to the campaign against gay «marriage» then getting under way died within me: those words were written by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and they appeared on the very morning she launched a «consultation» on the government's proposals to enforce a change in the legal definition of this ancient institution.

«From Masagana 99 and high - yielding varieties in the 1960s, to Masagana 6000 and Golden Rice today, it seems nothing has changed,» said Antonio Flores, a farmer from Mindanao and secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.

USDA established the FVIAC in 2001 to examine the full spectrum of issues facing the fruit and vegetable industry and to provide suggestions and ideas to the Secretary on how the department can tailor its programs to meet the changing needs of the produce industry.

At present there is no legislation on the age limit of any tyres fitted to vehicles in the UK, so Frances has enlisted the help of Maria Eagle MP and they have met with Patrick McLoughlin, The Secretary of State for Transport to try to change the law on this important matter.

The former climate change secretary entered the plea alongside his ex-wife Vicky Price at London's Southwark crown court this morning, shortly before resigning as an MP and triggering a by - election in Eastleigh.

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson added: «If there was a major fundamental change in our relationship, emerging from the creation of a new bloc which would be effectively a new country from which we were excluded, then I think inevitably there would be huge pressure for a referendum.

I am immensely grateful for the huge contribution you have made to the government over the past 18 months; both in the trailblazing work you have undertaken as Energy and Climate Change Secretary and in your wider role in government as a key architect of the coalition.

Earlier, Tony Blair expressed full confidence in the home secretary, saying the changes he was implementing would bring improvements.

In this book, Douglas Hurd, ably assisted by Edward Young, has attempted to show how the role and responsibilities of foreign secretaries have changed over two centuries.

Tories and Lib Dems presented united front in calling on the new environment secretary to join their climate change consensus.

Read energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in full on politics.co.uk.

Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, also asked if asked if the prime minister would have «have the moral backbone to tell [Trump] he is wrong on climate change» when she visits him in Washington.

«Whilst it is encouraging that student numbers have not decreased in our universities, it is extremely worrying that there has been no change in the number of students from the very backgrounds the government is spending considerable sums of money on persuading to apply,» UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said.

The former defence secretary, now viewed as a standard - bearer for right - wing Tories within the parliamentary party, will use a speech to business leaders in Birmingham to make the case for a change of tack, the Guardian reports.

Environment secretary faces calls for his resignation, as Green campaigners warn that a climate change sceptic should not be in post during extreme weather events

«For me this has been a phenomenal experience, I made history as the first Latino (in serving as Secretary of State) and we have reaped many successes because I've had a phenomenal employees but things change, the governor decided not to stand for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community service.

The coalition government is unwaveringly refusing to reverse a combination of the housing and climate change policies formulated by Ed Miliband as secretary of state for energy and climate change in Gordon Brown's last Labour government.

The loss of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) nameplate sends entirely the wrong signal, however much Greg Clark, the new secretary of state in charge understands climate risk.

The changes, announced by Finance Secretary John Swinney in the Scottish Parliament today, mean that the tax, which will apply from 1 April 2015, will be lower for those buying properties at average Scottish prices than initially proposed in the Draft Budget 2015 - 16 and also lower than in the rest of the UK.

In response, and in direct contradiction to, the Secretary of State's declaration, the White House denied the reports that the President's position on the issue had shifted, with the deputy press secretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris agreemenIn response, and in direct contradiction to, the Secretary of State's declaration, the White House denied the reports that the President's position on the issue had shifted, with the deputy press secretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris agreemenin direct contradiction to, the Secretary of State's declaration, the White House denied the reports that the President's position on the issue had shifted, with the deputy press secretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris aSecretary of State's declaration, the White House denied the reports that the President's position on the issue had shifted, with the deputy press secretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris asecretary dismissing this perceived alteration: «There has been no change in the United States» position on the Paris agreemenin the United States» position on the Paris agreement.

And Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith said Labour's Brexit policy is «deepening and evolving», in a further sign that the party is ready to change tack.