Sentences with phrase «major issues our country»

«The government is focused on solving the many major issues our country faces in the areas of the economy, corruption and security; yet, almost every week, the Presidency has to also deal with the distractions which do nothing but distract from the task of government,» he said.

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Between the wall on the U.S. - Mexico border and the status of the undocumented young people who were brought to the country as children (known as Dreamers), immigration has been a major policy issue for the Trump administration.

With 90 % of Israelis driving less than 100 km a day — it is, after all, a tiny country — the range isn't a major issue for most.

«There is the danger that work on major issues for the future of our country will be delayed for a prolonged period of time,» DIHK President Eric Schweitzer wrote in an email.

The company polled 6,000 adults in 27 major countries around the world to judge their anxiety level and see what issue keeps them up at night.

LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.

According to a press release issued jointly by several South Korean government agencies on December 20, the country's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has sent representatives on a three - day «field survey» of the country's 13 «major» cryptocurrency exchanges.

Equity markets fell as investors shifted to the relative safety of bonds issued by the major countries — even though S&P had announced a downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating.

«Small business is a major force in the U.S. economy, and business regulations and taxes are always a hot issue during elections — it's no surprise with nearly 28 million small business in this country,» said Swanciger.

But they often become major public issues in Canada and a significant source of irritation between the countries.

The U.S. is seemingly immovable on five issues that pose major problems for the agreement's other two member countries, Canada and Mexico.

It is a major issue in the country, making sure that we have background checks, but the background checks have all the information that's needed on it.

This is a major issue in this country.

The report says that, «No other major country's military forces face the challenges of weight gain confronting America's armed forces,» One issue that has never been brought up is the possibility that maybe they're just making military uniforms too small...

As our occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq turned into major fiascoes, discrediting our military leadership, ruining our public finances, and bringing death and destruction to hundreds of thousands of civilians in those countries, I continued to ponder the issue of empire.

The major benefits of the 3 day - long conference for me was gaining insight and understanding pertaining to international agriculture and food security issues encountered in different countries of the world.

Can not stand the smell of Tide and Persil; my daughter is allergic to Country Save; and BumGenius and Rock in Green caused major stink and build up issues) I thank you for any help or insight you may have on continuing or not continuing to use all free clear on my diapers.

Both the main political parties have promised «change» in 2008, although there is little chance of voters being given a say on the major issues facing the country.

The passionate gun control rallies that brought out large crowds around the country sent a vivid signal that the issue is likely to play a major role in the 2018 midterm elections, and that Republicans could find themselves largely on the defensive on gun issues for the first time in decades.

While a country like the UK generally has effective tax collection — give or take a major foreign corporation or two — significant non-tax payment of taxes can cause major issues, as we've seen recently in Greece.

What on earth is this House doing spending two precious days debating an issue that has no interest outside the Westminster village and for which there is no demand in this country at a time when we are facing a domestic crisis of major proportions?

Calls for greater devolution not just to Scotland but to the rest of the UK are now a major issue facing the country.

He said when he went around campaigning in 2008 and 2012, he observed that a lot of the roads in the country were in very bad shape «and any chief I went to complained that the major issue they had was the road network; so I decided that we must do something about it.»

The issue of election of MMDCEs had in time past taken centre stage in major discussions in the country with some Ghanaians demanding for it.

Akufo - Addo said at the time that, he is confident the project will help address the major unemployment issues in the country.

None of these were major issues, compared with problems common in many other countries, but they may still have undermined public confidence in the electoral process.

Indeed, the last time that so few of us highlighted crime as one of the key national issues, the country was just edging its way out of the last recession whilst the PM John Major was announcing plans to close coal mines and the Queen was about to famously surmise the year as Annus Horribilis.

He added: «We do need to make sure we get a binding international framework that allows us to tackle this issue on the only level it can be tackled, which is by making sure we have agreement with all the major countries including America, China and India.

Now, why is this such a major issue when both the countries could sit at a table and discuss this out?

The Minister for Information, Mustapha Abdul - Hamid has slammed critics who say the government is prioritizing trivial issues like the renaming of the presidency rather than addressing the major issues bedevilling the country.

Mr Boateng noted that drug abuse and addiction also caused sexual exposure which could lead to teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases that have been major health issues affecting the adolescents in the country.

Arogbofa also identified the ill - health of President Buhari as a major problem of the country, saying the inability of the President to attend to many issues relating to the country had been a major setback to the APC administration.

The Country and Sales Marketing Manager of Voltic Ghana, Raymond Mensah Gbetiv believes such issues must be addressed critically if government is to achieve major policy initiatives on industrialisation.

Q: Not just this race, but others throughout New York and throughout the country, Obamacare looms as a major issue.

Hague's statement that the option being proposed was the most easily employed to bring democracy and accountability to a wide range of issues is laughable; if only because true democracy does not exist in this country and there is no accountability of our politicians to the people — in that regard, is not Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and John Major (et all) still «at large»?

The issue of collection, management and disposal of solid waste, continues to feature prominently in major towns and cities across the country.

«The Reuters investigation of the superbug problem broke new ground on a major health issue threatening the country,» said Warren Leary, a science writer formerly with The New York Times, who helped judge the contest.

By a similar process, we calculated another 3.3 tons of CO2 in the next leg of the subscriber - issue journey, which takes them from the major distribution centers to postal facilities around the country.

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration screens new opioid drugs it should better anticipate how people might abuse them in the real world, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warns in a major report issued Thursday on the country's opioid crisis, which kills 91 people a day — often via overdoses on prescription drugs.

Even if scientists in developing countries have access to a reasonably fast Internet connection, costs are usually a major issue.

Chinese leaders have resisted binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions, and a major issue ahead of the talks is what steps developing countries with rising emissions would agree to take under the treaty.

Diarrheal disease is a major public health issue in developing countries and, while not generally increasing in the United States, remains a persistent concern nonetheless.

«It has the good potential to be a scientific think - tank for the country on major S&T and development issues.»

One major study has concluded that nearly 40 percent of Europeans are plagued by stress - related mental illness — and substance abuse along with chronic disease are just as big an issue in other countries.

October 2, 2012 • Despite millions of troubled mortgages around the country, housing hasn't been a major issue in the presidential race so far.

However, major education issues persist in all countries and regions of the world, and EFA remains an «unfinished agenda».

Today, in spite of all the work about it, the concern on all types of violence and discrimination against women continues to be a major issue and concern, to the point that in many countries there are offices to monitor them as femicides.

The Gates Foundation and Scholastic recently released «Primary Sources: 2012 - America's Teachers on the Teaching Profession,» which surveyed 10,000 teachers across the country on their honest, professional opinions about the major issues in American public education.

Twenty - three major organizations from across the country also signed a letter sent to Secretary DeVos, in which they stressed: «This federal guidance remains essential for holding our school systems accountable at the local level and for keeping this issue at the center of the national dialogue so that communities can work together to create solutions that bring an end to racial and discipline disparities and provide support so that all students can succeed in our nation.»

Lounges can be found in 120 countries, meaning you shouldn't have any issue finding a lounge in most of the world's major airports.