Sentences with phrase «sanctions against the program»

USC quarterback Matt Barkley told me that sanctions against the program played a major role in his decision to forgo the NFL draft and return to school.

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The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program.

Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January 2016 when some international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear program.

Trump's threat to hit North Korea came as that nation — reacting to new United Nations sanctions against its nuclear program — warned the U.S. would «pay dearly» and said it was examining plans to fire a missile toward an American military base on Guam.

He said the latest and toughest sanctions resolutions against North Korea «are working, having an effect on the situation... on the capacity of the regime to obtain hard currency because to go along with the military programs or missile or nuclear (programs) you need money, and that's the objective.»

And with international sanctions against Iran about to be lifted — in exchange for an agreement to halt its nuclear program — the country has promised to increase its own production from 3.3 million barrels a day to as many as 4 million barrels a day by the end of 2016.

More than 500,000 Iraqi children were malnourished even before the war, partly due to United Nations sanctions against the regime for its weapons programs.

USC's Cody Kessler passed 10,000 career passing yards in the Pac - 12 title game against Stanford, and he put together a solid career despite NCAA sanctions (and coaching issues) lingering around the Trojans program like a bad cough.

McNair sued the NCAA in 2011 for «ruining his career» after sanctions were filed against the coach for his alleged involvement in the Reggie Bush scandal that resulted in severe punishments for the USC Trojans football program.

Following the denial of USC's appeal of the NCAA ruling in the SC football program's illegal benefits case, the BCS has taken an unprecedented strike against a sanctioned team and moved to formally strip the Trojans of their 2004 college football national championship title.

State Senate Republicans demanded that New York's representatives in Congress — in both parties — vote against the Obama administration - backed deal to drop sanctions against Iran in exchange for a pause in its nuclear program.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that she would vote for a President Barack Obama - backed agreement to drop sanctions against Iran in an exchange for a pause in its nuclear program — even as she called the deal «imperfect.»

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was in North Syracuse on Tuesday and she responded to Sen. Charles Schumer's decision to vote against the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal, which would lift U.S., China, Russia and European Union sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits put on Iran's nuclear program.

If at any point during the program they are not keeping up with court and council recommendations they could be subject to further sanctions against them or be discharged from the court entirely, which would mean jail time.

CNN: U.S. slaps sanctions on companies working with Iran The United States is imposing sanctions against seven companies for working with Iran in the energy sector, part of an effort to suppress Tehran's nuclear program, the State Department said Tuesday.

AIPAC was just one of the forces arrayed against the plan for the Western democracies, Russia and China to drop sanctions against Iran in exchange for a decade - long pause it its nuclear program, a plan deeply unpopular with military hawks, Sunni Muslims, evangelical Christians and the GOP in general.

Rep. Ed Ableser, D - Tempe, is asking the Arizona Interscholastic Association to conduct an inquiry into the program and possibly impose sanctions against Saguaro for what he described as unsportsmanlike conduct.

The EU has significantly tightened its sanctions regime against Iran over the last two years in order to end the proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities and to halt the program the Western world fears is aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.