Sentences with phrase «official position by»

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He said, «There is no official position by the government of Nigeria, and the Federal Executive Council never sat down to take a decision to say that some categories of officials will not be sent to the National Assembly any longer.

According to the criminal complaint, the charges stem from a scheme where Skelos, 67, abused his «official position by extorting money from others» by receiving payments to his son Adam Skelos, 32, from companies to whom he promised to use his elected office to benefit.

The director of the Office of Government Ethics says White House counselor Kellyanne Conway misused her official position by hawking Ivanka Trump's product line on TV and recommended the White House punish her.

Not exact matches

The official said the EPA chief has alienated colleagues by jockeying for the role of attorney general, a position currently held by Jeff Sessions, who has come under frequent public criticism from Trump.

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.

We participate in the policymaking process by informing public officials about our positions on issues significant to our customers and our business.

Wildrose Critics The new Wildrose Official Opposition Caucus captured some earned media this week by releasing their list of critic positions.

Trump jarred Chinese officials on Sunday by saying the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long - standing position that Taiwan is part of «one China.»

Further, drug - related corruption continues to undercut international reconstruction efforts and good governance, as government officials abuse their positions by benefiting financially from the drug trade.

In mid-August he was selected, or called (as Mormons say) by local church officials to serve in an LDS Church leadership position in San Francisco.

If by the power of God's grace we are in a position to accept ourselves as pilgrims, as mortal men seeking their way with difficulty through the darkness, as failing again and again and yet bound in duty to an earthly task; if the Church effects that acceptance by celebrating the death of the Lord, and makes us men of prayer who are really conscious of the future judgment of God, if the Church sends its children strengthened with God's grace out into their own maturity which burdens them but sets them free, then the Church by its official ministry has done what it alone can and must do.

Finally, Judaea was reduced to the position of a province governed by an imperial official, while the rest of the country was left to native princes responsible to the emperor.

The ACSM's 16 - member board was so incensed by this false inference that it unanimously passed a resolution asking that this misuse of its name be retracted, since the ACSM has taken no official position on the projection.

The present position of the Church's official teaching can also perhaps be made clearer by reference to the views of theologians at the present day.

The report of the NCC mission reliably parroted the position of Israel's neighboring enemies while omitting any mention of, inter alia, the anti-Semitic hatred daily spewed by the Arab media, official Arab support for Palestinian suicide bombers, Muslim prohibition of Christian (and, needless to say, Jewish) religious practice, and the conspicuous absence of democracy or freedom of expression in all the countries of the region except Israel.

Instead, too many atheists simply regurgitate the «official» atheist position (ironic, given that this is what they accuse believers of doing vis - a-vis the Bible...), not only without having read the book recently enough to cite it accurately, but also not taking into account the most recent arguments supporting or undermining — not only by believers, but by atheist scientists as well.

During the Vietnam war, when government officials talked of «regrettable by - products,» they meant civilians killed by mistake; «pacification» meant the forcible evacuation of Vietnamese from their huts, the rounding up of all males, the shooting of those who resisted, the slaughtering of domesticated animals and the burning of dwellings; «incursion» meant another invasion of another country; creating a «sanitized belt» meant forcibly removing all the inhabitants of the area being «sanitized,» cutting down the trees, bulldozing the land and erecting «defensive positions» with machine guns, mortars and mines.

The study also included an effort to determine how much agreement exists between individual members» views and the official theological positions of the church, first by interviewing theologians to determine what the official positions were, then by surveying pastors to see if these positions were taught, and finally by surveying members about their own beliefs.

Apart from the pressures on my time, which have been quite heavy as we prepared for the various events in the life of CCA, one of the reasons for this is the fact that there has been a tendency, perhaps even the assumption, that by virtue of my position in the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), what I say on any given topic indicates official position.

For example, they occur in the Dialogues of Pope Gregory, 2 the Great, a man whose high official position is surpassed only by the magnitude of his services to humanity.

I think the most powerful arguments against unrestricted legal abortion are made by Feminists for Life, which organized in 1972 when the National Organization for Women would not reconsider its official position on abortion.

Delta immortality was the position taken early on by American Reform Judaism, as expressed in this official statement from the 1885 Pittsburgh platform: «We assert the doctrine of Judaism that the soul is immortal, founding this belief on the divine nature of the human spirit, which forever finds bliss in righteousness and misery in wickedness.

Some years before Harold Lindsell triggered The Battle for the Bible in 1976 (9) by arguing that inerrancy is the hallmark of evangelicalism, the AG published in 1970 an official position paper bearing the title «the Inerrancy of the Scriptures.»

The rich were very rich, but their position was often insecure because of demands made upon them by emperors and other officials.

Let me start by saying that the views expressed here are largely my own, as the Brewers Association does not have an official position on.05 BAC legislation as of this writing, and the board... More

In 1976, ACF forever changed the culinary industry by elevating the position of the executive chef from service status to the professional category in the U.S. Department of Labor's Dictionary of Official Titles.

Las Palmas posted the confirmation on their official Twitter account, writing: «The RFEF and LaLiga confirmed to UD Las Palmas that they can sign a player who occupies the position of Jonathan Viera, as long as he meets the «unemployed player» requirements demanded by FIFA and the RFEF.»

«It's a difficult question,» Fosu - Mensah said when asked about his best position by the official club site.

District 97 sent out a statement last week saying officials were surprised by the park district's decision to forgo the project — especially since the village's financial analysis still is coming at the end of this month — but respects it position.

The evolution of the award - winning MATRIX, it is the only infant car seat on the market (patented) that offers the option of safely travelling with your baby in the sitting up or lying down position in the car, especially recommended by health officials for long journeys.

The position statement is published in Breastfeeding Medicine, the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

When used on the pram chassis or separately as a carrycot it can be fully reclined to be used in the healthier 180 ° Lie - Flat position which is recommended by health officials.

The proposal is based on the federal government's email retention policy and would create standards for permanent preservation of records generated by statewide public officials, state lawmakers and those in senior agency positions.

Labour's official policy is now to stay in the single market and customs union for a transition period - a position backed by trade unions, business bodies and all opposition parties apart from the DUP.

As far as the fora are concerned, this was for instance the position of some officials of the Spanish EU presidency, but was opposed by the Commissioner Hedegaard and by Runge - Metzger, EU chief climate negotiator.

By the succession laws, the next person in line is the Speaker of the House, which is a semi-elected position (elected by elected officials from elected officials, plus being elected from their district), as is the next person, the President pro Tempore of the SenatBy the succession laws, the next person in line is the Speaker of the House, which is a semi-elected position (elected by elected officials from elected officials, plus being elected from their district), as is the next person, the President pro Tempore of the Senatby elected officials from elected officials, plus being elected from their district), as is the next person, the President pro Tempore of the Senate.

On the contrary, many officials expressed the belief that only by forcefully pressing China's position abroad would the country win the respect and cooperation of other great powers.

Education officials said most of the teachers in those schools, some of whom may be under - performing, will have some kind of position at other schools by the fall.

I am wondering how many modern states keep this principle, by not allowing electoral riggers for accessing high official positions.

NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

Terry, 61, a private practice lawyer from Roslyn Heights, earned more than $ 217,000 last year from six government positions controlled by Democratic Party officials or in party enclaves.

The Joint Committee chaired by both Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji of Committee on National Security and Intelligence and Hon. Oluwole Oke of the Committee on Public Procurement had recently called for submission of written memoranda / position papers from top government officials and 241 firms.

Cuomo has held few public appearances since his office was served with a bombshell subpoena by Bharara on April 29 seeking information on whether Percoco used his official position and ties to Cuomo to gain favors for two companies that had paid him as a «consultant» in 2014 while he was also being paid to run the governor's re-election campaign.

He hammered at the «motivation» of that Board of Elections official, Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman, a former staffer for Governor Andrew Cuomo and appointed by Cuomo to a specially created position at the Board of Elections.

Under Cuomo, in some instances the positions held by Executive Chamber officials have had a correlation with the entity paying them.

The Brooklyn Teen Republican Club (BTRC) is calling for the resignation of Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who they feel has taken advantage of her position as an elected official and committed fraud by stealing thousands of taxpayers» dollars.

Audio recordings released by the US Attorney's office at the corruption trial of Senator Dean Skelos aim to show that the Senate Leader and his son colluded to use Skelo's official position to help his son get employment.

In the letter dated 14 July 2017 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organization said that, «Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states» meagre resources, and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.»

According to town records, after the inauguration of town officials on New Year's Day, on a motion by Costello and seconded by Leeanne Thornton, MacIsaac's name was put before the board for the open town - board position.