Sentences with phrase «general national matters»

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«But the truth is, most of them probably see Secretary [of Defense James] Mattis, General McMaster, and Secretary [of State Rex] Tillerson as figures in which basically they see the same basic national security policies that they would have seen under Bush - or even Reagan for that matter.»

Like Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement, the Canada Pension Plan was placed under the general administration of the Department of National Health and Welfare, although the Department of National Revenue would take care of matters related to the collection of contributions.

Clearly they are right that the public has a crucial stake in the scientific enterprise, whose general direction at least should be a matter of national policy, for example in the allotment of federal funds.

The broad ranging speech covered the ACCC's new role regarding the repeal of the carbon tax, general competition issues, emerging product safety matters, regulation of the National Broadband Network (NBN) as well as the Harper Review of Australia's competition laws and privatisation.

The general manager who most admired Divac's play as a young member of the Yugoslav national team was the Lakers» Jerry West, ahead of the curve as usual on NBA matters.

Further, an ensuing tussles between the party's general secretary and the national treasurer worsened matters.

Neither, for that matter, does the assassination of General Hadia al - Feitouri, a high ranking Defense Ministry official, by unidentified gunmen only a day after the new National Assembly assumed power.

In such matters, one would have thought that the Disciplinary Committee would exhaust the process of ensuring that the petition was properly filed in the records of the General Secretary as well as ruling on the preliminary objections as raised by the lawyers of the National Chairman.

Please contact the office of the National Secretary General for any clarification on this matter.

«Dr Hassan Ayariga and the National Executive Committee wish to inform all APC members nationwide and the general public to refrain from dealing with these two suspended individuals with matters concerning the party till further notice,» said in a statement to Pulse.com.gh.

Thornton basically stayed well away from national issues, focused on local matters and general came across as a meat - and - potatoes effective politician: nothing impressive, but not defective.

Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Angus MacNeil, added: «It is with some alarm that I hear the attorney general is to involve himself with a matter where there is such an obvious conflict of interest.

Mercer has little time for the hierarchy — ministers, generals and for that matter the Afghan National Army.

The General Secretaries of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the People's National Convention (PNC), made the call at a meeting with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on the election and other matters ahead of next year's polls.

«Apart from the killings at Nsukka and Awgu (Enugu State), the people of Benue, in general, have been severally and severely killed in tens and hundreds without the Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces, making a national broadcast or giving a specific instruction on the matter even when the treasury of Nigeria was depleted to give him adequate medical attention to save his own life.»

This email was also sent to, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Democratic National Committee, National Gay / Lesbian Alliance, Republican National Committee, Media Matters, Black Action Network, Racheal «Butch» Maddow at MSNBC, Senator Charles Schumer, Senator Kristen Gillibrand, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder, CBS, NBC, ABC, Washington Post, N.Y.Times, Miami Herald, Chicgo Tribune, L.A. Times, Huffington Post, N.Y.Governor David Paterson and my local news media outlets.

In a petition dated 18th December 2017 addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and copied President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Chairman, Council for Legal Education, Director General, Nigeria Law School Bwari campus and National President, Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), MSSN while reacting to refusal of the Nigerian Law School and Council of Legal Education to call a University of Ilorin law graduate, Firdaus Amasa to bar last week due to her refusal to remove her Hijab, insisted that anyone found guilty in the matter should be punished in order to forestall future occurrences.

The Senate again on the 26th of April 2018 wrote the Inspector - General of Police re-inviting him to appear before the Senate in person on the 2nd of May, 2018 but this time around the IGP was on official assignment to Birnin - Gwari Area of Kaduna State in company of the General Officer Commanding, One Division, Nigerian Army Kaduna, Major General Mohammed Mohammed to attend to some very serious security matters of National Importance, but he promptly delegated the Deputy Inspector - General of Police, Research and Planning, Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police to represent him and brief the Senate on the same subject matter, the Senate again refused to accord them audience insisting that the Inspector - General of Police must appear in person.

«In general, a fundamental theory of nature can explain certain phenomena, but it may not always end up giving you the right amount of dark matter,» said Hooman Davoudiasl, group leader in the High - Energy Theory Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an author on the paper.

Russell Hobby, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, cautioned that although the idea is overall a good initiative, there are still issues such as budget cuts and recruitment matters which mean some schools are simply not in a position to offer the service.

According to a recent review of the research on the systemic correlation between education spending and school quality and student achievement, William Mathis and Kevin Welner, of the National Education Policy Center, find, «While specific results vary from place to place, in general, money does matter and it matters most for economically deprived children.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: «This is a pivotal moment in education, and members need a united voice to speak loudly and authoritatively on the issues that matter.

As a general matter, national creditors are more difficult to deal with than local creditors, and secured creditors (mortgages, car loans) are much more difficult to deal with than unsecured creditors.

TRIBECA & SOHO & NOHO & EAST VILLAGE & MURRAY HILL 100 Painters of Tomorrow / 23 Warren / thru 12/6 Material Way curated by Kathleen Kucka / BMCC — CUNY / 81 Barclay / thru 12/1 Carey Denniston / Kansas / 59 Franklin / thru 12/20 Anton Perich / Postmasters / 54 Franklin (new location) / thru 11/22 Terry Winters / The National Exemplar / 381 Broadway @ White — suite 206 / thru 12/31 Bianculli's Personal Theory of TV Evolution organized by David Bianculli / Apexart / 291 Church / thru 12/20 Seokmin Ko; Elena Berriolo / API / 434 Greenwich / thru 12/20 Basim Magdy; Daphne Fitzpatrick; Will Yackulic / Art in General / 79 Walker / thru 1/10 Mohammed Kazem / Grahne / 157 Hudson / thru 12/20 MFA Thesis Exhibition (Part I) / Hunter / 205 Hudson (on Canal) / thru 11/22 Ariel Orozco / Brownstone / 3 Wooster / thru 11/22 Design Series / Swiss Institute / 18 Wooster / thru 11/23 Classical Nudes / Leslie - Lohman Museum / 26 Wooster / thru 1/4 Roy Lichtenstein / Feldman / 31 Mercer / thru 12/20 Opening 11/22 Pedro Cabrita Reis / Freeman / 140 Grand / thru 12/20 Sam Samore / Team / 83 Grand / thru 12/21 Opening 11/23 Tim Noble & Sue Webster / Geiss / 76 Grand / thru 12/20 Chris Domenick / Recess Activities / 41 Grand / thru 12/20 Smoothie Social: 11/22 (3 - 6 PM) Performance: 12/18 (6 - 8 PM) Prime Matter / Senaspace / 229 Centre / thru 12/6 Thread Lines; Xanti Schawinsky / Drawing Center / 35 Wooster / thru 12/14 Open Sessions 2 / Drawing Center: The Lab / 35 Wooster / thru 12/14 Opening 11/21 Andreas Schulze / Team / 47 Wooster / thru 12/21 Opening 11/23 Phillip Chen, etc. / Museum of Chinese in America / 215 Centre / thru 3/1 Nadja Frank; Jessica Segall / Denny / 261 Broome / thru 12/7 Paul Cowan / Clifton Benevento / 515 Broadway / thru 12/20 Mitsuko Miwa / Longhouse / 285 Spring / thru 12/6 Reuven Israel / Fridman / 287 Spring / thru 12/20 Plasmatik: K.K.Thoen, G.Kroenert, S.A.March, T.Francke, S.Tufnell; curated by N.Kates / Melissa / 102 Greene / Opening 11/20 (7 - 9 PM) Social Photography IV / Carriage Trade @ Harvey Foundation / 537 Broadway / Closing Reception 11/22 (6 - 9 PM) The Right Amount of Wrong curated by Lovina Purple / ISE Foundation / 555 Broadway / thru 12/19 Ernesto Burgos / Werble / 83 Van Dam / thru 12/20 Suzatte Bross / Geary / 185 Varick / thru 12/6 Amy O'Neill / Karma / 39 Great Jones / thru 12/6 Alex Kwartler; LeRoy Stevens / Karg / 41 Great Jones / thru 11/26 Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter / 80WSE / NYU / 80 Washington Square East / thru 2/14 Opening 12/2 Reception 12/12 Ernest Cole / NYU Grey Art Gallery / 100 Wash..

So long as the economy is not crashing, well, hell, all in all, the general state of the national economy certainly seems to be the «only» thing that really, really matters — and this is not only the case here in Norway, I know.

When it launched its complaint in December, 2015, Ecojustice told the National Observer it would press the Commissioner of Competition to refer the matter to the Attorney - General of Canada for «criminal charges against the denier groups.»

On July 1, Penn State found «no substance to the allegation against Dr. Michael E. Mann;» this would be followed by the National Science Foundation Office of the Inspector General finding «no research misconduct or other matter raised...»

Non-privileged applicants who seek to challenge a legislative act might still find themselves without effective legal redress if they lack standing before national courts (see however, paras. 105 - 124 of the Advocate General's Opinion on this matter).

Prior to her appointment as Military Judge, Smith served as Command Judge Advocate for two Brigades over six years and most recently served as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate of the Illinois Army National Guard where she advised general officers and other senior level commanders on all military matters.

Advocate General Cruz - Villalón, found that the offence of murder and hence the question of the application of a more lenient sentence was a matter of national law.

Ms. Walters served as general counsel for a national franchisor, where she was responsible for the company's franchise transactions, regulatory and corporate governance matters, and supply and distribution transactions.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Our experience ranges from serving as general counsel to private elementary and secondary schools to representing national research institutes in complex patent matters.

In other words, granting Binyam Mohamed and his four co-defendants their day in court might result in official confirmation, or new revelations, of the CIA's relationship with Jeppesen; of the cooperation and complicity of foreign governments in rendition and torture; about the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program in general; and about the CIA's practices and methods — all matters which, our government insists and the narrowest of majorities of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agrees, «in the interests of national security should not be divulged.»

Participants in the survey were comprised of a national sample of 1,321 in - house general counsel, senior litigators or attorneys, and other senior executives at companies with at least $ 100 million in annual revenues who indicated they are: (1) knowledgeable about litigation matters at companies; and (2) have first - hand, recent litigation experience in each state they evaluate.

The final results are based on interviews with a national sample of 1,321 in - house general counsel, senior litigators or attorneys, and other senior executives who are knowledgeable about litigation matters at public and private companies with annual revenue of at least $ 100 million.

Charles also advises national and multinational manufacturing, service and technology companies and other clients as to general corporate matters, contracts (including sales and supply agreements), licenses, and leases.

During his tenure with the Attorney General, Mr. Levy was responsible for the investigation and trial of organized crime and corruption matters with statewide and national significance, including investigations into allegations of voter suppression in the 1993 gubernatorial election and the «computer gate» investigation involving the infiltration of the New Jersey Assembly Democratic staff's computer system.

She has experience assisting clients of all sizes in matters before the Federal Trade Commission, National Advertising Division, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and State Attorneys» General, as well as in private litigation.

(4) A relevant decision may not be taken except on imperative grounds of public security in respect of an EEA national who: (a) has resided in the UK for a continuous period of at least 10 years before the relevant decision; or... (5) Where a relevant decision is taken on grounds of public policy or public security it shall, in addition to complying with the preceding paragraphs of this regulation, be taken in accordance with the following principles --(a) the decision must comply with the principle of proportionality; (b) the decision must be based exclusively on the personal conduct of the person concerned; (c) the personal conduct of the person concerned must represent a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society; (d) matters isolated from the particulars of the case or which relate to considerations of general prevention do not justify the decision; and (e) a person's previous criminal convictions do not in themselves justify the decision.

This public hearing which was held in National Assembly to throw light on matters related to cryptocurrency accepted the insights of seven panellists including general public, academia and government on tax incidence, pros and cons of cryptocurrency and consumer protection.

General responsibilities include index, organized and maintained case documents for all national and local matters, generated correspondence between parties and counsels, contacted local counsels for case updates, prepared case materials for trials, service hard copy of pleadings, deposition preparation and all other general paralegal General responsibilities include index, organized and maintained case documents for all national and local matters, generated correspondence between parties and counsels, contacted local counsels for case updates, prepared case materials for trials, service hard copy of pleadings, deposition preparation and all other general paralegal general paralegal duties.

In an effort to standardise approaches to policy implementation in the APS, and ultimately improve policy outcomes, the Australian National Audit Office and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet have recently produced the Better Practice Guide to the Implementation of Programme and Policy Initiatives — Making Implementation Matter (or the Better Practice Guide).3 Although this publication is a general guide for policy makers across all portfolios — not just in the areas of Indigenous affairs — it represents the collective wisdom and experience of senior managers and executives across the APS.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,