Sentences with phrase «leaders of a foreign state»

The turning point came last week, when the elected prime minister of Greece was marched into an office and dressed down by the leaders of a foreign state.

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In part, those expectations were stoked by photos of Western influences seeping into the regime: Jong - un has done photo ops at water parks and taken roller - coaster rides with foreign diplomats, Disney characters have performed for the new leader on state TV, and Jong - un's wife has sported a Dior handbag, to name a few examples.

Though the behavior of «playful Sue» may sound outlandish to some women, there are no shortage of high - powered and deeply serious professional women that admit to using their feminine charms to get what they want, including Clinton - era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has admitted to flirting with male foreign leaders on the job.

A former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, the 64 - year - old has no previous experience as a diplomat but nonetheless has had deep exposure to dealing with foreign leaders in countries with interests opposed to or in competition with those of the United States.

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking with world leaders including UN Secretary General Ban - ki Moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Kerry and asserting Israel's right to defend itself against incessant rocket attacks and terrorist infiltrations which no country can be expected to suffer without responding.

What's going on is that thousands of oil workers are fleeing the state - run oil firm under the watch of its new military commander, who has quickly alienated the firm's embattled upper echelon and its rank - and - file, according to union leaders, a half - dozen current PDVSA workers, a dozen former PDVSA workers and a half - dozen executives at foreign companies operating in Venezuela.

It's dawning on foreign leaders that warm relations with the United States carry little weight with a president dismissive of diplomatic norms and the ground rules of trade.

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Although Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar stated that the informal meeting does not have a set agenda, India's support for the Belt and Road will likely form part of the discussions between the two leaders on Friday and Saturday.

Trump's comments to donors that laid bare his approach to arguing trade facts with foreign leaders show how he might try to engage with other heads of state in the coming weeks.

As Pope Francis assumes his role as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he is also the newest head of a sovereign state that accepts and accredits foreign envoys while sending its own diplomats around the globe to advance its interests.

Some members have held high - level meetings with foreign leaders, urged U.S. embassies to investigate situations of repression, and lobbied the White House and State Department to address particular issues in bilateral discussions.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage welcomed the departure of Rogers, stating: «The Foreign Office needs a complete clear out.»

Explaining the decision to give all three Brexiteers joint use of the property, the prime minister's spokeswoman said it «reflects the fact that all of these secretaries of state will, as part of their work, be needing an opportunity to host foreign visitors and leaders».

He subsequently served in Labour leader Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Foreign Secretary.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following on the passing of Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister, President and Foreign Minister of Israel: «He was a leader of global renown and respect, and the world deeply mourns the loss of such a treasured visionary for peace.

Prime minister: David Cameron Deputy prime minister: Nick Clegg (LD) First secretary of state and foreign secretary: William Hague Chancellor of the exchequer: George Osborne Home secretary: Theresa May Defence secretary: Philip Hammond Business secretary: Vince Cable (LD) Work and pensions secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Energy and climate change secretary: Ed Davey (LD) Education secretary: Michael Gove Communities and local government secretary: Eric Pickles Scotland secretary: Michael Moore (LD) Chief secretary to the Treasury: Danny Alexander (LD) Leader of the House of Lords: Lord Strathclyde Attorney general: Dominic Grieve

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

An online medium had yesterday, reported that Biafra agitators have allegedly hijacked a merchant ship and threatened to blow it up with its foreign crew if government authorities do not release its detained leader agitating for a breakaway state of Biafra.

Becoming leader of the Commons after being foreign secretary is normally seen as a demotion, but, by ensuring Hague remains as first secretary of state, Cameron is signalling that Hague will still be a very senior member of the government.

The highest - profile members of parliament leaving were: Gordon Brown, a former Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party (both 2007 — 2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997 — 2007); and William Hague, the outgoing First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2010 — 2014), Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (both 1997 — 2001).

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

Gordon Brown (prime minister) Jack Straw (justice secretary) Alistair Darling (chancellor) Hilary Benn (environment secretary) Harriet Harman (leader of the Commons) David Miliband (foreign secretary) Douglas Alexander (transport secretary) Lord Mandelson (business secretary and first secretary of state) Alan Johnson (home secretary) John Denham (communities secretary) Shaun Woodward (Northern Ireland secretary) Baroness Royall (leader of the Lords) Jim Murphy (Scotland secretary) Peter Hain (Wales secretary) Michael Wills (justice minister) Nick Brown (Commons chief whip) Lord Bassam (Lords chief whip)

US Secretary of State John Kerry will fly to Brussels and London today to discuss the implications of Brexit with leading EU leaders and Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

In 1998, when the three doctors wrote their letter, the secretary of state in charge of health was prominent physician and socialist politician Bernard Kouchner, who until last month was France's foreign minister; his boss in 1998, the minister of employment and solidarity, was Martine Aubry, the current leader of the Socialist Party and a likely presidential candidate in 2012.

Appearing with Mr. Unz were the in - state leaders of the ballot initiative and several foreign - language - speaking parents from Chelsea.

The other issues in Rio are mostly trouble for an American president, having to do with foreign assistance, inequitable distribution of wealth and power, oceans (the United States is still blocked from ratifying the Law of the Sea treaty by a small Senate bloc) and efforts to find common approaches to conserving global assets like the planet's biological diversity — a fight far beyond the power of a single leader to sway.

Jerome Ringo (The Apollo Alliance & NWF)- Jerome Ringo is chairman of the board of the National Wildlife Federation, the first African American in such a leadership position at a major national environmental group and was recently named president of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of organized labor, environmental, business and civil rights leaders determined to free the United States of dependence on foreign oil.

The Queen, the Danish parliament and the office of the Danish prime minister all operate from within the confines of the Palace, from exclusive dinners to welcoming foreign state leaders, you can discover the royal reception rooms.

We are leaders in helping clients with: reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States («CFIUS») of deals affecting U.S. national security or the protection of critical infrastructure; and compliance of U.S. economic sanctions and anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act and USA PATRIOT Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act («FCPA») and the Exon - Florio statute (as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007).

The C.I.A. has a long history of so - called influence operations to help favored candidates in foreign elections with money or propaganda, and on a few occasions even helping overthrow elected leaders seen as hostile to the United States.

International Visitors Council of Los Angeles, Los Angeles • CA 2011 Citizen Diplomat Assisted U.S. State department in solidifying foreign affairs, and welcomed international citizens, leaders, and global diplomats.

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