Sentences with phrase «holding cabinet meetings»

As one of the world's lowest - lying nations, the Maldives have been particularly heroic in their efforts to bring climate change to the international stage — to draw awareness, they've famously conducted stunts like holding cabinet meetings underwater.

New National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, April 9, 2018.

Theresa May held a cabinet meeting on Thursday which could see the UK sign up to military action in Syria within days.

In the middle of the testimony and while de Blasio was being grilled by state lawmakers, Cuomo across the street at the Capitol building held a cabinet meeting.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold a cabinet meeting on Monday and the UK parliament will reconvene Boris Johnson, who led the Leave campaign and is tipped to replace Mr Cameron, has said the UK will continue to «intensify» co-operation with the EU.

President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting late this morning.

President Donald Trump this morning receives his daily intelligence briefing, and then holds a Cabinet meeting.

President Donald Trump will receive his daily intelligence briefing in the morning, and will then hold a cabinet meeting.

This morning, President Donald Trump will receive his daily intelligence briefing and then hold a cabinet meeting.

While in Utica, Cuomo will hold a cabinet meeting and is expected to make an economic development announcement.

Governor Andrew Cuomo held a cabinet meeting today May 20, 2013 in the Red Room of the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

While de Blasio testified, Cuomo held a cabinet meeting and press conference inside the state Capitol.

He held cabinet meetings twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, usually in the mid-afternoon.

To dramatize their country's plight, Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks and held a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest.

Four years ago, the small island nation of Maldives, population 393,988, held its cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the problem, hoping the backdrop of coral would raise alarm bells about a rising [continue reading...]

Not exact matches

He will hold an emergency cabinet meeting and meet other party leaders on Thursday to discuss next steps.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

«I don't think he should be enormously worried, because Canada is held in very high regard,» he told reporters after his private meeting with cabinet.

The issue became a topic of discussion during a meeting last Thursday that President Donald Trump held with cabinet officials and Republican members of Congress to discuss agricultural trade.

May said: «I have just chaired a meeting of Cabinet where we agreed that the Government should call a general election to be held on 8 June.

And as Erica Orden astutely points out, lately Reporters who cover the Capitol have felt a little shut out by the Governor, who once seemed like he enjoyed his signature «Cabinet Meetings» and «Red Room» press conferences, and now seems determined not to hold them.

President - elect Donald Trump is busy filling his cabinet and holding high - profile meetings at Trump Tower with all manner of visitors — including former football stars and rappers recovering from mental health breakdowns.

As de Blasio was making his case to the Legislature, Cuomo held a public cabinet meeting in Albany where he threw cold water on the mayor's idea, arguing that mayoral control is still an experiment and should be extended but not granted permanent status.

Cuomo will hold at cabinet meeting this morning, starting at 11 a.m.

The new - look shadow cabinet has held an awkward first meeting in which Jeremy Corbyn was overheard...

The meeting was held in August, weeks before the current Chancellor angered his Cabinet colleagues by refusing to free up funds to prepare for Brexit.

The government has used a ministerial veto to prevent the publication of the minutes from Cabinet meetings held just before the war in Iraq.

Cuomo at a cabinet meeting this week pointed to local, state and federal prosecutors as the independent means of holding wrongdoers to account.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today will hold a rare cabinet meeting in the governor's ceremonial second - floor office at the Capitol, known as the Red Room.

The other two cabinet members were however present in the meeting which held at the Council Chambers in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday and, as such, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

At 10 a.m., de Blasio will hold an administration cabinet meeting, Bronx County Courthouse, 851 Grand Concourse, Room 123 Conference Room, Bronx.

The new - look shadow cabinet has held an awkward first meeting in which Jeremy Corbyn was overheard expressing concerns about letting the TV cameras film the event.

While in the country, Dr. Rowley and his 12 - member delegation will hold bilateral talks with President Mahama and members of Cabinet, meet with some Ghanaian businessmen and lay a wreath on the tomb of George Padmore, a Trinidadian Pan-Africanist Journalist, a close ally of Ghana's founding father, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who died in Ghana after residing here for many years.GhanaPoliticsonline.com

All the day's political news as Labour MPs nominate leadership favourites and Theresa May holds her first new cabinet meeting

cabinet met in 1979 after a vote of no confidence, a full 18 years before they were re-elected, with the only serious ex-govt minister left in 1997 being the likes of Tony Benn, who was widely held in contempt in the»70s for his performance as Energy Secretary when North Sea Oil was starting up.

Over his 12 years in office, he held, at most, three cabinet meetings.

At 10 a.m., de Blasio will hold a photo spray before a cabinet meeting, The American Negro Theater at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., Manhattan.

When The Guardian probed claims that Priti Patel broke the ministerial code by holding undeclared meetings in Israel, the ambitious cabinet minister issued a stern response in a calculated bid to kill the story.

The first full cabinet meeting of the Cuomo administration was held this morning for about 90 minutes, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out his legislative priorities for the rest of the year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a closed - door cabinet meeting Wednesday to crow about the long list of accomplishments during his rookie year in office, an administration source reports.

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[63][64] It was reported on 10 May that a meeting to discuss this scenario was held between Robertson, the SNP Chief Whip Stewart Hosie and Cabinet Office officials the previous evening.

But the prime minister indicated it might be held sooner during a tense meeting of the parliamentary Labour party last week where he faced calls for his resignation after a week of cabinet resignations and the European election drubbing.

Labour leader Ed Miliband and his team are holding their shadow cabinet meeting at the aquatics centre in the Olympic park.

President Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting and participates in the Celebration of Military Mothers... The Senate Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of CIA deputy director Gina Haspel to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency... The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a hearing on the food stamp program... The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Peterson Center on Healthcare hold a forum on «Why are Healthcare Prices So High, and What can be Done about Them?»

This suggests a debate will be held at the first meeting of the new - look shadow cabinet early next week.

A removal van arrived at Downing Street as David Cameron held his final Cabinet meeting as prime minister.

Trump held a private dinner with Romney Tuesday night, their second meeting to discuss the Cabinet position.

Ms Rudd will also hold meetings with cabinet ministers Priti Patel and Damian Green later this month

The Scottish Cabinet is holding an emergency meeting after the shock victory for Brexit campaigners in the European referendum.