Sentences with phrase «president did»

In his brief remarks, the former president did not once mention expanding preschool — the education plank that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential contender, has embraced with a campaign focused on the «word gap» between what poor children and middle - and upper - class children hear in their earliest years.

Indeed, at the same time the President's kids were heading off to private school, he was letting die an effective, popular, school - choice program in DC, a program that enabled poor families to make the same kinds of choices the President did.

The quote you attribute to the California Federation of Teachers president did not appear, as the editorial implies, during the effort by the school board to stop the petition but nearly a year earlier, before the bill became law.

(Inasmuch as the President did not say a governance change was needed, it remains unclear what Rep. Colon means by use of the word «explicitly.»)

However, the president did acknowledge the controversy in a written statement, sent to ScienceInsider today by Qorvis Communications, a Washington, D.C. — based PR company reportedly paid $ 55,000 per month to represent him.

Early on, the President did state his intention to seek some level of entitlement reform and tackle long - term fiscal sustainability.

Ikpeazu said the defence had written formally to Jonathan notifying him of the intention to have him testify in court but that the former President did not reply.

Mumeh said, «The Senate President did not give approval for any Senator to travel abroad because none applied or requested to travel abroad.

And how are we sure, the president did not forge his Phd or the school certificate he used for his admission into the university?

Gillibrand did express her dissatisfaction that the president did not use his speech to highlight the issue of sexual assaults on college campuses.

On the back of the Minority Leader's comment, Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, told Citi News the President's address was more of a campaign speech, adding that all the president did was talk about what he is going to do instead of what his outfit had done so far.

Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH revealed that the address by the President did not go down well with the southern governors and ministers, who were already enjoying a smooth working relationship with the Odigie - Oyegun - led national executives of the party.

So, when parliament makes laws about toll gates, in my view, the President did not have the power to demolish them without recourse to parliament to, first, repeal the Act.

The PDP chairman added that the former President did not spare members of the PDP then, unlike now when he alleged that the ruling party «protects its members.»

«The President didn't appoint the Minister alone and the President didn't create the office of the Minister... The kind of public service positions where you can exercise disciplinary control such as suspension from office are different from Ministerial appointments.

Though some have argued that the President did not seek to downplay Nkrumah's vital role that led to Ghana's independence, others believe Nana Addo attempted changing Ghana's history in favour of his father and uncle.

The President did so.

But if it is just that the President did not give assent, we have to look at the merit of the particular bill if it meets the standards and if the court matter is not going to impede what we are going to do.

«I also know that the President did not go through nomination process and confirmation by the Senate, before holding the office of Minister of Petroleum Resources.

The tweet posted on @NGRPresident read, «The President did not commission or launch Eko Atlantic City.

Otherwise, there is no former public office holder, including the President himself that did not profit from corruption.

The vice president didn't bring up the turbulent rollout of Obamacare - an issue that's creating heartburn for red state Democrats.

Shehu while refuting some medias claim that the President did not do much in the first week of his resumption from medical vacation in the United Kingdom.

He said the vice president did not deliver a message of substance to middle - class Western New Yorkers.

The president did not seize the opportunity to unite the nation - instead he declared some citizens part of a «5 %» who did not vote for him, while some other group gave him «97 %» of their votes.

Citing an instance, he regretted that the former President did not know that King of Morocco had withdrawn his ambassador to Nigeria in March, 2015 until a week later.

We have said that the sums that have been extorted should be refunded to the expatriates, and we have said that an apology is owed the people of Ghana, and if the President didn't know about this scam, he deserves an apology because his name was used, where you pay 100,000 dollars to sit at his table.

«The president did not consult with congressional leadership in any substantive way before he put this out,» said one senior Democratic Senate aide.

That is why Mr. President did the right thing by transferring power constitutionally.

Recent news from the Associated Press confirmed that while the president did not originally include this sum in his federal budget, his Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, is quoted in a statement from New Jersey Governor.

«The man is taking a cue from what his boss, the President did.

He said the president did not categorically say the reason why he was suspending him, except to clarify that as part of his campaign promise to fight corruption, it was important for him to step aside as investigations continue.

And the authorities of the Fumbisi Senior High Agric School in the Builsa South District, where Starr News captured the surprise, are considering making more than just a memorial out of what the president did.

While stating that Jonathan made history by conceding defeat after the March 28 election, he further noted that the former president did what no Nigerian leader had ever done since in the history of the country.

The president did give advice and warning that as far as that he had come to give support to this programme, I must come to give quarterly progress report on this project».

Mitt Romney claimed in the debate that the president did not refer to the incident as a terror attack, leading Crowley to jump in and referee the discussion by correcting him while also noting it took a while for the administration to fully explain what had happened.

Convener of the BBOG group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili also affirmed this through her twitter handle stating that the President did not storm out of the meeting with the group.

The Secret Service isn't known for talking about what the president did.

«The president did not say the next day that the attack in Bengahzi was act of terror.»

Billy Bush has pushed back at Trump's reported statements suggesting that the voice on the infamous «Access Hollywood» tape is not his, writing in a NY Times OpEd that the president did indeed make the comment in the presence of Bush and seven other men.

Though if the president did decide not to the Congress could decide to impeach that president.

Adegboruwa said all the president did was to condemn Nigerians and attack issues, instead of using words to soften the minds of agitators and the entire citizenry.

The President did not insult Nana as he mischievously posted on his wall and carried by some portals.Nana knows Mahama well even than some who are close to the President, his tolerance level and constant display of good manners these were the traits Nana considered when he once predicted Mahama's leadership although he went on further to question why a perfect human being like Mahama should be in the NDC.

He stated that of all the countries that President Bill Clinton visited, it was only Ghana that the American President did not sleep.

«All that the president did was service to the people because it is not possible to allow people to stay one or two years without salaries.

«The President did not know that there is going to be rail that would pass through Daura.

In cases where the President did not have an idea or could not respond to a question, he demonstrated honesty.

What the President did not say and should have, was that the families of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi murdered by Saddam, and the hundreds and thousands of those Iraqi tortured, maimed, and raped by Saddam, do not regret the price of their freedom.

Mrs. Buhari also threatened not to support her husband in 2019 if the President did not change tack.

Speaking to the gathering, Pastor Adeboye said he did not visit the state before the President did so that politicians would not read meaning into his action.