Sentences with phrase «state visit as»

1955 January: Loïs» life - size portraits of Haitian president Paul Magloire and his wife are featured at a reception and solo exhibition of her Haitian works at the Pan American Union Building in Washington, D.C. during their state visit as guests of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Ms Davidson, meanwhile, put out a statement yesterday saying there should be no state visit as long as British nationals were caught up in the refugee ban — a condition that may have been met by the clarification obtained by the Foreign Office last night.

The Speaker torpedoed the prospect of Trump addressing both Houses of Parliament on his upcoming state visit as he said he was «strongly opposed» to such an idea.

Last year, May proclaimed the strength of the «most special relationship» between the two countries, and the government extended an invitation for a state visit as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II.

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But the image of the First Lady in stiletto heels as she walked to Air Force One had already made the rounds on social media, with some opining about the optics of wearing expensive footwear to visit a state ravaged by the worst flooding in its history.

The Financial Times, citing British officials who had been briefed during a state visit, reported that Aramco's IPO — widely seen as the cornerstone project of the kingdom's bid to reform — is struggling to arrive at the $ 2 trillion valuation sought by Saudi's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

The U.K. is bending over backwards to welcome Saudi Arabia's crown prince as he starts a three - day state visit aimed at deepening economic ties between the two countries.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings with Congress members to discuss the fate of a Utah man imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of an American imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

Earlier this year, Nike (nke) CEO Mark Parker said the retail landscape is «not in a steady state» as consumers spend more online and make fewer visits to brick - and - mortar stores.

Trump, who attaches great importance to the optics of pageantry and ceremony, chose to honor Macron with the first state visit of his administration as he woos the French president.

The U.S. bank had approached Scotia about selling itself, and so, masquerading as real estate consultants, the Canadians visited the bank's branches across several states.

As a host based in the United States, if you're fluent in French, for example, and promote this within your profile, travelers visiting from France may be more inclined to stay with you because you speak their language.

A retired Army officer, for instance, who wanted to take a post as a visiting professor at a foreign university, would have to jump through multiple hoops, seeking permission from both the Army and the State Department.

As an AmeriCorps member, I served in an organization called the United States Veterans Initiative (U.S. Vets), where I worked as an outreach coordinator — which meant I was responsible for visiting shelters, forests, highway underpasses, and anywhere else one might find homeless veterans to tell them about our prograAs an AmeriCorps member, I served in an organization called the United States Veterans Initiative (U.S. Vets), where I worked as an outreach coordinator — which meant I was responsible for visiting shelters, forests, highway underpasses, and anywhere else one might find homeless veterans to tell them about our prograas an outreach coordinator — which meant I was responsible for visiting shelters, forests, highway underpasses, and anywhere else one might find homeless veterans to tell them about our program.

North Korea's state media on Saturday released the joint statement as part of a multi-page spread with more than 60 photos from the visit, lauding Friday's summit as a turning point for the peninsula.

Gingrich won't be visiting the primary states as frequently, and instead will focus on reaching voters through videos and social media.

The countdown begins, as the team begins its trip across America, visiting each of the top five states in days ahead..

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Asia this week as North and South Korea grappled wi

And ignoring Beijing's protests, the Dalai Lama will also visit the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as part of its own territory.

Alaska Air said the merged airline will become the fifth largest in the United States and will help it compete against larger rivals for lucrative business and international travelers visiting San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as Seattle, where the company is based.

With President Trump's visit to Poland on his way to the July 2017 G20 summit, energy and infrastructure issues will likely be on the agenda as he meets with the leaders of the Three Seas Initiative, a collection of Central and Eastern European states working to increase connections between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas.

As President Donald Trump prepares to welcome his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, for the first ever state visit of his presidency, Paris and Washington are closer now than they have been since the early days of the Iraq War.

The trade deal came as the Chinese state news media reported that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong - un, made an unannounced visit to Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping weeks before planned summit meetings with American and South Korean leaders.

Priceonomics investigates what are the most dangerous countries for Americans to visit as measured by State Department warnings.

Dr. Piwowar's first tenure at the SEC was in the Office of Economic Analysis (now called the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis) as a visiting academic scholar on leave from Iowa State University and as a senior financial economist.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visits the holiday island in northern Greece on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 where a state of emergency has been declared as a forest fire burns out of control for a third day, gutting homes and small farms.

Trump is scheduled to visit Texas on Tuesday and said he would probably return to the state Saturday and make a stop as well as in Louisiana, which could also experience massive flooding from Harvey.

On state visits to Italy and France, Rouhani signed 14 economic and cooperation agreements as well as a massive $ 25 billion order with Airbus for 118 aircraft.

In one of those sessions, two representatives of Canadian unions who had visited Cuba gave what might be described as a naively sympathetic account of the role of Cuba's state - sanctioned labour unions, prompting Kenney to set aside the customary reserve of the chair to ask a few pointed questions of his own.

The United States and China had clashed on issues from cybersecurity to trade in the final years of the Obama administration, although they had struck a landmark climate deal during Barack Obama's 2014 visit to Beijing that served as a prelude to the Paris climate accord.

The Chinese have described Trump's trip to the country as a «state visit plus» and so far have lavished him with special treatment.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who also serves as the Vatican's Secretary of State, made the comment during a news conference while on an official visit to Chile.

They gathered in this district, first to plant a cross and then later, after bloody fights with the State and its forces, to build a church — a church which is due to the sweat and resistance of the workers — as Pope John Paul expressed it at his first visit to his home country.

London, England (CNN)- As the United Kingdom braces to receive one of the best - known and most controversial figures on the planet, Pope Benedict XVI, a question hangs over the state visit: Why is he coming?

It's Francis» first visit to the United States as pope and he becomes only the fourth reigning pontiff to visit the U.S.

President Obama's visit to Asia has been covered largely as a political and economic tour, but it is hard to avoid the religion angle of the story, which is taking the president from the country with the most Christians (the United States) to the country with the most Hindus (India) to the country with the most Muslims (Indonesia).

Media rumours suggest that Pope Francis will make his first trip to the United States as pontiff in order to visit the international event.

«Before we even got behind a lot of policy changes, what we did was we went around the country and just visited prisons and visited state legislatures and visited with district attorneys and police officers and survivors of crime, all these folks who have a stake in the system right now, and we tried to listen and amplify voices that may not have been heard as much,» he explains.

In Europe this is symbolized by the churches «having become empty shells, visited only as objects of architectual interest, and in the United States by the growing chasm between what churchgoers profess and how they act.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

The battle comes as Secretary of State John Kerry visited the capital city, urging officials to ensure that the nation's upcoming elections will be peaceful and fair.

Francis Campbell sees Benedict XVI's message — especially as delivered to a gathering of MPs and leaders of civic society in Westminster Hall, a highlight of the State Visit — as central for today's Catholics, striving to make a positive contribution to national and community life in the 21st century.

The Vatican - Portuguese Missionary Accord has aligned the Roman Catholic Church and its local hierarchy with the colonial regime in that country, and when all positive efforts of the White Fathers failed to end the flagrant injustices visited on blacks in Mozambique, they decided, according to one report, that «they had to withdraw so as not to allow themselves to be considered partners of the church - state collusion.»

You republicans, the bible toting ignorents are what's wrong with christianity, religions because you're using it as a leverage devise for, against your political agendas... What ever happened with seperation of church and state and its consequences if you religious freaks stuck your nose in politics too deep and IRS paid you and your churches a visit!!

The Vatican later said in a statement that the medal was conferred to Ploumen as a pro forma exchange of honors in the context of state visit, and that no support for her views should be inferred.

As Dave said, we received an invitation to visit Kurdistan and a series of events happened that seemed to really be God opening the door to the opportunity — both being able to race through Kachin State on the heels of a moving Burma army force and financial support to make the missions happen.

seems to be social justice as Jesus states» 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.»

As a young girl Caterina accompanied her father on state visits, turning heads everywhere they went with their ostentatious train.

[2] Hoover had visited revival meetings in the United States and was aware of a pamphlet from India calling for a «clear and definitive baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire» [3] as a necessary supplement to justification and sanctification.