Sentences with phrase «concerns about his nomination»

«While Rex Tillerson is a respected businessman, I have serious concerns about his nomination,» Rubio said in a statement.

Collins also sought to allay perhaps the biggest concerns about his nomination last month by President Barack Obama, saying that he will protect investigator - initiated science and that his religious interests will not influence how he runs the agency.

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Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who isn't on the panel considering the nomination, said the allegations «raise questions about the White House vetting process,» and added that she had concerns about Jackson even before the new questions came to light.

Washington (CNN)-- Senior members of the White House staff called key American Jewish interest groups on Sunday to tell them about the impending nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense Secretary and to try to answer their concerns about his record, several sources familiar with the calls told CNN.

With concern setting in among downstate Republican leaders that the three declared candidates vying for the nomination to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the fall will be crushed, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox called Rep. Bob Turner this weekend about possibly jumping into the race, a source familiar with the conversation said.

Although Cameron denounced Juncker's nomination as a «bad day for Europe», a No 10 spokesman insisted Juncker said he was fully committed to finding a solution to British concerns about the EU.

Asked if Blumenthal is open to supporting Gorsuch, the senator said he will wait until after the Judiciary Committee holds hearings on Gorsuch's nomination to make a final decision but that he has «serious and deep concerns» about him.

BREAKING: From CNN producers Ted Barrett and Paul Courson: The nomination of the president's pick to be ambassador to Iraq appeared to be in jeopardy Thursday as Senate Democrats raised concerns about recent revelations of questionable conduct.

With all these serious concerns being expressed, it seems almost trivial to talk about what effect the Globes might have on Oscar nominations, which will be announced the morning of Jan. 23.

Last month, both the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) joined other organizations in expressing a «deep concern» about the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

The World Heritage Centre and IUCN received information about a number of issues related to the management and the state of conservation of the property, namely uncontrolled and unregulated new buildings on the shores of Lake Elementaita, concerns of the involvement of the Endorois people in the nomination of the Lake Bogoria component and the development of geothermal power plants at Lake Bogoria.

Eyal Weizman, the Israeli architect and director of the fifteen - strong group which contains investigative journalists, scientists and filmmakers, has said that while they are pleased that the nomination will widen the audience for their work, he has concerns about their research — which currently involves investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire and a torture prison in Syria — becoming part of the «art - industrial complex».

She shares her concerns about the effect of this NSA scrutiny in the announcement of her nomination as a 2015 Library Journal Mover and Shaker: ``... surveillance is not only counter to the ideals of a democratic society, it's detrimental to the future of libraries.»