Sentences with phrase «government officials pressed»

Imagine if, after arresting a wave of celebrities on narcotics charges, American government officials pressed the heads of major Hollywood studios, A-list actors, record label chiefs and chart - topping singers to sign promises that they'd stay away from...

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Former press secretary Sean Spicer said the meeting was to establish a «primary point of contact with foreign government officials.»

Yves Robins, a senior vice president with Dassault, the French aircraft - maker, said the Conservative government's recent overhaul of the military procurement system means federal officials would be hard - pressed to explain a return to the F - 35 sole - source plan.

As The New York Times points out, this puts the Russian governement in an unusual position, as the messaging app has been known to be used by Russian government officials, including President Vladimir Putin's press office.

The top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is pressing the Republican committee chairman on Thursday to subpoena the White House for documents related to top White House officials» security clearances.

A number of senior officials in the Trump government, however, argue that WikiLeaks is not a press organization at all, but a «non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia,» as CIA director Joe Pompeo referred to it in a recent speech.

In a press release government officials reaffirmed the country's role in meeting commitments under the Paris Agreement and said France wants to be the first to issue a sovereign green bond in 2017.

The documents — dating from 2006 to 2010 and obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act — show officials getting increasingly exasperated with the Afghan government's lack of interest in investigating the crime.

A government official speaking on background told The Canadian Press last week, that on the environment side, Canada will be looking to the free trade agreement recently signed with Europe, known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, as a template.

The Chinese media has reportedly been instructed not to report on the meetings beyond what is contained in an official government press release.

Legal actions launched by the government targeting reporters to demand the names of confidential sources represent gravest threat to journalistic expression in Canada, said a senior official with Reporters Without Borders amid celebrations of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

can only occur where there exists some institutional umbrella that can protect human rights advocates and offer both political and material support for human rights activities: a church...; a press sufficiently independent so that it can report information the government would prefer not be made public and that can offer a forum for some opponents of the government; professional associations, academic and intellectual centers which are financially solvent and not directly controlled by military or government officials.

A few days later, in a press conference, that bishop repeated that, while he didn't know the particular circumstances of every case, the right of conscientious objection is a human right and enters into every human right, for government officials and for everyone.

The degree to which the press accepts the parameters established by government officials can be illustrated by press coverage of the Arias Peace Accords.

The diplomats — officials in charge of New York consulates separate from United Nations missions — say they are hard pressed to explain to their governments and the news media back home why scores of people remain in detention, usually on minor immigration charges, at a time when the United States seeks the support of public opinion abroad for its war on terrorism.

Industry leaders presented the results at a press event held at Fort Mason in San Francisco, attended by the media, government officials, members of the wine community from throughout the state and other key stakeholders.

«For emphasis, let us restate the fact that on the basis of the statement obtained from the accused, the Police had issued a statement read publicly at the May 10 press conference in the state capital and there was no mention of their naming or implicating any top government official at the state or federal level.»

National governments around Europe, including HMG, will be briefing the press, European officials will be briefing the press, and Members of the European Parliament will be briefing the press, on and off the record.

OccupyGhana ® has noted that its last Press Release on the above - matter has been met with silence from government officials, and two farcical denials of there even being an agreement: one by Woyome and another by Mr. Selby, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Transport.

«I am not aware that he has done that, which makes me suspect that these payments were the reason why he aborted the 23rd December 2011 press release, why he instigated the late President against me, and why he championed all the false press against my integrity for wanting to bring corrupt Government and party officials involved in Woyomegate to book as the Attorney General.

The Senior Special Assistant to President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, had at a press conference on Friday confirmed that some of officials of the Federal Government were already holding discussions on how to end the violence.

Child Victims Act Since 2006 Safe Horizon has taken an increased leadership role in advocating for passage of the Child Victims Act by organizing an energetic, statewide coalition of survivors and advocates, leading press conferences with key government officials, advocating directly with lawmakers in Albany, and more.

Since 2006 Safe Horizon has taken an increased leadership role in advocating for passage of the Child Victims Act by organizing an energetic, statewide coalition of survivors and advocates, leading press conferences with key government officials, advocating directly with lawmakers in Albany, and more.

Also at 11 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, along with local elected officials, housing advocates, and community members hold a press conference to announce legislation creating two new refundable tax credits for people who live in rental or government - subsidized housing, Woodside Houses Park, 50th Street between Newtown Road and Broadway, Queens.

Philip Bobbitt, a US constitutional lawyer and former government official has written The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that he Made (Grove Press # 15), in which he introduces general readers to the Florentine thinker's work.

Nine officials in de Blasio's office have civilian government - paid chauffeurs, including four deputy mayors, his chief of staff, his press secretary and director of intergovernmental affairs.

Design: After listening to Tyre government officials and residents, the company lowered the height of the hotel and parking garage, moved it further from homes and farms and increased green space, according to a press release.

«No VIP, no government official, no individual should put onto themselves the responsibility of monitoring, except the press and accredited observers.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A government official who traveled to Mexico City to support the delegation accompanying President Barack Obama later came down with flu - like symptoms, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday.

Saddled with a largely uninquiring press, the truth is that we are more often than not misled and misinformed with a labyrinth and forest of official lies, government cover - ups and disinformation.

He also announced a weekly media briefings, which would enable government officials to offer better explanations on pressing national issues and ensure a free flow of information on government policies, programmes and activities.

Although the event was supposed to be open to the press, security operatives locked out many journalists and some top government officials.

Instead, a sanitized press release from the governor's office, put together by the former congressman and his wife Ilene, (unread) quoted the man who did not speak as stating, «This glorious day is the fulfillment of a 30 - year dream made possible by the passion and persistence of so many dedicated people, from hard - working public officials at every level to government to devoted community groups across the region.»

Unfortunately, the governor isn't the only public official who employs press liaisons who believe reporters should only talk to government sources in researching their stories.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)-- President Donald Trump is planning to oust embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin amid an extraordinary rebellion at the agency and damaging government investigations into his alleged spending abuses, three administration officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.

They are::: The revelation in November 2007 that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was aware the Security Industry Authority had granted licences to 5,000 illegal workers but did not think the Home Office's official explanation was «good enough» for the press office or ministers to use;:: The fact that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a cleaner in the House of Commons, which emerged in February this year;:: A whips» list of potential Labour rebels who might vote against the Government over plans to increase the pre-charge terror detention limit to 42 days in a crucial Commons vote;:: A letter from Ms Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that the recession could lead to a rise in violent crime and burglaries.

The freshman senator was criticized by Republicans and some good government groups last summer after the Daily News revealed that soon after taking office he pressed state Workers Compensation Board officials to take action favored by his multi-million-dollar law firm.

The ethics officials informed Woodstock Times that, pursuant to an opinion from Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, the board would vote to conduct the hearing in an executive session that would be closed to the public, including the press.

The trade mission will leave for Cuba on April 20 and will include «New York State government officials and business leaders,» according to the press release from Mr. Cuomo's office.

We recently announced an event that will explore how hostile government officials at the federal, state and local level have become to the press, and by extension, the public's right to know.

Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.

The Treasury Department announced sanctions against a top Socialist Party official in Venezuela, part of a campaign to press the government over antidemocratic moves ahead of Sunday's vote.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday rounded up three of the dozens of local government officials supporting his property tax freeze on Monday for a press conference to push back against growing criticism that his tax relief plan ignores the real drivers of high taxes.

The family of the late Naa Salifu Dawuni, has reacted to a press statement by the Minority in Parliament alleging that government officials are meddling in the Bimbilla chieftaincy issue.

At a press conference yesterday at a Brooklyn middle school, Mayor Bill De Blasio explained his hopes to meet with some government officials while he vacations in Italy for the next 9 days.

The task before her is especially important because of the need for this agency to succeed as an impartial panel charged with oversight and enforcement of our state's new ethics law and the pressing need to restore the public's faith in our government and elected officials.»

Ola suggested that the parents of the girls should press ahead with the closed door talks they plan to have with the government, devoid of any taint from BBOG, adding that they should concentrate on discussing specifics with government officials and the military so that they can arrive at practical approaches and solutions that will ensure the girls were rescued.

Meanwhile, companies and government officials in Germany have come together against supplying the United States with any sodium thiopental for executions, according to the Associated Press.

After a series of tremors in late March, the committee met, after which a government official informed the press that «the scientific community tells us there is no danger, because there is an ongoing discharge of energy,» apparently referring to the aforementioned tremors.

However, a senior Indian official, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, told The Press Trust of India on Tuesday that the government has no plan «for a national seminar to prove Darwin wrong.»