Sentences with phrase «of his political career as»

I think that was true when he was an academic, true when he was in the army and true of his political career as well.»

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But Sandberg is also still adjusting to life as a single parent after the passing of her husband, Dave Goldberg, and, at 46, she has time to gain political experience in a more junior capacity before possibly building a political career.

The district director, Ron Bew, has an unusual pedigree: a long career in commercial banking and then a political appointment at SBA headquarters as head of the Capital Access division.

Titled «Talking Points Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo advised Trump not to choose a career diplomat to lead the embassy in Bogota.

By the time the final result of the by - election was called, members of Goldsmith's family were in tears and the former Conservative MP could only look down at the floor as the end of his political career was confirmed to the room.

One long - time friend and political ally of Cameron described him as someone who would privately prefer Brexit if he hadn't staked his career on the opposite.

Clinton, who pushed boundaries as First Lady of Arkansas and then of the U.S., launched her own political career in 2000, becoming a twice - elected Senator of New York and then Secretary of State under President Obama, whose legacy she had promised to build on as president.

It is likely, therefore, that Morneau, whose political career began last autumn when Stephen Harper dropped the writ, will be tempted to draw on the work of the master as he embarks on a new era of deficit financing.

The Midwestern state that launched the political careers of Presidents Lincoln and Obama isn't as well known for its leadership in electric grid technology.

For a «backroom boy» who is supposed to avoid the press, Patrick Kinsella's name has turned up in a remarkable number of headlines during his 30 - year career as a political insider.

Meanwhile, President Trump has weaponized the vilification of women as liars throughout his political career.

A possible political career for Sandberg has been mentioned a lot before, too — especially since she has been a Washington wonk before (she worked as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers in the last Clinton administration before moving to Silicon Valley to work at Google).

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, a career Republican pollster, has continued as a principal Trump spokesperson even after being accused of violating the Hatch Act for partisan political activities last year in the Senate race in Alabama.

Inappropriate and unacceptable began their modern careers in the 1980s as part of the jargon of political correctness.

Once an ardent political activist, Marianne is now in law (a career imposed by her parents), but she is not pleading the cause of the oppressed as she had once dreamed.

Asked on the call how his faith had shaped his success as a businessman and his political career, the presidential candidate spoke about «a conviction that life is eternal, that your family is your greatest prize, that ultimately what we accomplish in life is of little significance compared to the interests of the savior Jesus Christ and his purposes.»

He began his political career as a liberal Democrat (for 30 years), and admirer of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

HF: I came into the University of Notre Dame as a rather clueless freshman, tentatively saying I would major in political science or english, unaware that theology was even a plausible option as a major, vocation, or career.

During his Massachusetts political career, Romney presented himself as something of a social liberal.

A general sense of unease — social, political and especially spiritual — was found everywhere in Germany, and found expression in Luther's periodic depressions in spite of his career advancements and popularity as a preacher.

What is the particular relevance of Pope Benedict XVI's first «Apostolic exhortation», Sacramentum Caritatis --(issued on March 13 as the concluding act of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in October of 2005)-- to the political career of Ruth Kelly, since May 2006 Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government?

Ironically, Rice's political career as Secretary of State in the Bush Administration is why some people don't believe she should be on the committee.

The Governor described Mama Akande as a great mother, loyal wife and, above all, one of the last bastions of progressive women in the region, who diligently served the people, the party and his husband till her last moment on the surface of the earth, noting that Mama Akande was a great pillar behind Chief Bisi Akande through thick and thin during the elder statesman's political career.

Indeed, Mr. Paladino's career as a landlord has revolved around political payoffs making him the pay to play king of New York State, so he should really know better.»

Naturally, as a politician he is expected to try and take advantage of the facts and data to advance his political career.

That last generation of working class Labour MPs — the people whose political career started as a shop steward rather than a special adviser — mostly left in 2010.

[7] Some MPs classed as career politicians in the dataset have worked only briefly in politics and have had successful careers outside of the political arena.

Even after resigning as an MP in 1979, before joining the Social Democratic Party in the mid-1980s, the driving passions of Paul's political career continued to define his life.

Huhne, once seen as a future leader of the Lib Dems, saw the final end of his political career this year.

At 11 a.m., Duchess County Executive Marc Molinaro holds the first of two events at which he'll announce his run for governor, Tivoli, where he launched his political career as the youngest mayor in the US at the time.

It's not every day you put your political career in the hands of one man — especially one as unpredictable and forthright as Lynton Crosby.

Molinaro made his 20 - minute address in the village of Tivoli, where he served as a trustee and then mayor, starting off his political career, to a crowd that filled a small room wall - to - wall.

«As soon as this happened — my name means more to me than my political career — the first thing I did was assemble a team to reach out to Justice, the Department of Justice, to the FEC, and to Congressional Ethics,» the congressman told LouiAs soon as this happened — my name means more to me than my political career — the first thing I did was assemble a team to reach out to Justice, the Department of Justice, to the FEC, and to Congressional Ethics,» the congressman told Louias this happened — my name means more to me than my political career — the first thing I did was assemble a team to reach out to Justice, the Department of Justice, to the FEC, and to Congressional Ethics,» the congressman told Louis.

His political career began as an elected member of Connah's Quay town council.

Reyes noted that «Until a career in the state legislature is seen as a public service, instead of a license to steal, we will continue to be plagued by political corruption.»

During much of his political career, Martins also served as vice president and general counsel at J&A Concrete Corp., a Bohemia - based construction company started by his father.

Former Long Island Congressman Steve Israel has traded in a political career for one as an author — but, the politics have not been discarded completely — especially as the issue of guns in America continues with massive demonstrations led by the teens who survived the shooting at their high school in Parkland, FL in February.

David Miliband, who resigned from parliament in 2013, is based in New York doing important work as the head of the International Rescue Committee, having had his political career destroyed by his brother.

And existing blogs such as Political Gastronomica and Blog P.I. have been weighing in ever since the first ’08 exploratory committee sites were launched, with the folks at the Bivings Report seeming to build a second career as online campaign critics (they're very good at aggregating the reviews of others as well).

One Abrony3, communicator of the party recently described an appointee of the President (Brong Ahafo Regional Minister) as the most corrupt politicians he has ever seen in his political career and predicted doom for the party if the man is made to remain as the regional minister.

She began her political career as spokesperson in the press office of the governor's father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

So you can bounce between parties as much as you want in the United States until you decide to run for office... than you better be prepared to part with the party only on pain of death or (worse of an elected official) future political career.

One of the towering political figures of the last half century was Ronald Reagan, a former actor whose political career started with being elected as Governor of California.

Until the late 1990s, a central fear was of a bar to a political career, either through discrimination by poltiical party selectorates or, as often, a feeling among would - be liberal party activists that the public wouldn't buy it.

Character does matter in this race... but it is not my character that is at issue in this election; it is Mr. Fidler's record of highly questionable, unethical behavior as a career politician, a City Councilman and a power broker whose the product of the corrupt Brooklyn Democrat political machine.

A lifelong third - party activist and veteran of Dr. Benjamin Spock's 1972 presidential campaign on the long - forgotten People's Party ticket, the 61 - year - old Hawkins is hoping New York's 125th Street and Lexington Avenue — a familiar spot picked out by Credico — proves to be his lucky corner, just as 116th Street and Lexington Avenue proved to be the late Fiorello H. La Guardia's «Lucky Corner» during his long and colorful political career.

«That is to say that if the President acted according to law it is inimical to his political career, President Mahama's political career, by the grace of God with the support of the sovereign people of Ghana as president will be terminated on January 6th 20121.»

Chicago, of course, is where Obama began his political career as a community organiser.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei says his days as a political candidate are over, following a seesaw career in which he won two and lost three out of the last five races for Congress in the Syracuse area.

Greenberg says Andrew Cuomo is not likely to repeat that choice and has learned from the mistakes, as well as the successes of his father's political career.