Sentences with phrase «officials spoke on the condition of anonymity»

A few elected officials speaking on the condition of anonymity expressed some serious doubt to the allegations regarding John's connection to a recent FBI probe, but affirmed that they will keep their distance publicly.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because discussion in the executive mansion meeting Monday night wasn't supposed to be released before Cuomo's budget address on Tuesday.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the closed - door negotiations.

Coming through a variety of sources all through the afternoon, not the least of which is the AP talking to Obama administration officials speaking on condition of anonymity, is word that a new

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According to town officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity and documents obtained by Business Insider, AMC has kept the Celebration theater empty for close to a decade because it's cheaper to take the loss on the theater than to pay staff and operate it.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the munition landed a few hundred yards from coalition forces and failed to explode.

«Local police also have been investigating our company since last year, they think what we do is gambling,» said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The smaller amount in 2002 was partly due to the North Koreans» cheering squad staying and eating on the ferry they had arrived in, a ministry official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Such a notation could refer to either a physical or mental condition but the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, said Lubitz's file did not specify which.

The fight started when the male passenger, seated in a middle seat of row 12, used the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining while he was on his laptop, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak.

«There was G7 unity on opposing Russia's malign behavior,» the senior State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters at the end of the first day of meetings in Toronto.

Television screens in the office began flashing the news, and Comey initially chuckled, according to a law enforcement official who was present and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Army and Air Force wanted a two - year delay to further study the issue, said the officials, who were not authorized to talk about the internal discussion publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The new request for a delay will go to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for a final decision, said the officials, who weren't authorized to discuss the internal deliberations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

That official, who spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, said Mattis has been directed to take a number of factors into consideration in determining how to deal with transgender individuals already serving.

After buyouts and retirements, that number could drop to 14,428 by October, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said in an email.

The first official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the directive is not aimed at a specific country but is «product oriented.»

The EPA has historically doled out fewer than ten hardship exemptions per year to U.S. refineries, according to a former U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said many governments, including the Organization of American States and the Latin American community, «have called on the United States to close down the detention facility and we look forward to their continued cooperation.»

Jones was elevated to serve as acting assistant secretary of state responsible for the Middle East and had neither been offered the job on a permanent basis not told that he would not get it, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A senior administration official confirmed the planned reduction to corporate rates, speaking on condition of anonymity in order discuss details of the plan the president is expected to unveil Wednesday.

A senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said this week that despite the lack of specific details the discussions with the Defense Department to secure the border with troops is by no means new.

Trump agreed to exclude Canada and Mexico from the duties because of their status as key regional allies and partners with the U.S. in renegotiating a new North American Free Trade Agreement, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

«The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world,» said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Trump was not expected to put much emphasis in his talks with Xi on thorny issues like the disputed South China Sea and self - ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as its own, although the two presidents» aides may deal with those matters privately, the official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

«They tried to raise them (the Russian aircraft) on the radio but they did not answer,» the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, adding the U.S. ship was in international waters.

«The rule is, you almost never know where these guys are,» said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Determining further exceptions will depend on whether countries can convince Trump that there's a «satisfactory alternative means» for resolving trade inequities, said an administration official familiar with the tariff proclamations who spoke on condition of anonymity.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they did not know where WikiLeaks might have obtained the material.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.

During a staff meeting, Kelly told those in attendance to say he took action to remove Porter within 40 minutes of learning that abuse allegations from two ex-wives were credible, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because discussions in such meetings are supposed to be confidential.

This account of Trump's tumultuous first days in office comes from interviews with nearly a dozen senior White House officials and other Trump advisers and confidants, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations and moments.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Coinone was cooperating with the investigation.

In any case, a Direxion official who spoke to IndexUniverse on condition of anonymity stressed that it's always the company's aim to minimize such distributions.

«Until a bishop shows some leadership over their own staff, it's going to be hard to negotiate,» the official said, who would speak only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss White House negotiations.

«The [FBI] official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, questioned the logic of the mapping program, reasoning that the wholesale plotting of Muslim communities - rather than zeroing in on suspected extremists - could drain counter-terrorism resources and alienate Muslim residents at a time when they are crucial to law enforcement efforts.»

The official, who also spoke under condition of anonymity, also said that the exercise was exerting pressure on their routine operations.

Some of them, including a Cuomo administration official, spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not have permission to discuss the proposed mandate.

According to the Cuomo administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the ongoing discussions have not yet been formalized, the chief executives of the largest employers in New York City are willing to consider the move to a payroll tax system.

A top government official, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity, said this shortly after the Presidency announced Buhari's decision to extend his two - week vacation.

The GOP blueprint is still in its infancy, according to a Republican source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the first draft of the districts was not made official, but it could include some significant shuffling in Queens.

An official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in Washington, said more than a year after the group's pledge of allegiance, it has no link with IS.

The group has sent «hundreds of operatives» back to the European Union, with «hundreds more in Turkey alone,» according to a senior United States intelligence official and a senior American defense official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence.

Those four countries are China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, a UN official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

«I don't get what they're thinking,» said one senior Democratic official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to be candid.

A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said, «We lost four men, including the general (Jacob Kodji)» and a colonel, a senior military official who is involved in the fight against Boko Haram.

«He lost the legislature, he didn't recruit any candidates and he didn't raise any money,» said one elected official, speaking on the condition of anonymity in the interest of party unity.

Having executed search warrants, detectives are still reviewing telephone and computer records related to the case, one law enforcement official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.

Mr. Felder, of Brooklyn, is expected to become a deputy comptroller for Mr. Liu, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the move is not yet official.

A top government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told one of our correspondents on Friday that the dinner President Muhammadu Buhari held with APC chiefs was planned to hold in batches.