Sentences with phrase «times during the administration»

In principle, as we argued many times during the administration of the last government, control orders should be scrapped.»

Not exact matches

This is more than triple the number of times President Barack Obama was mentioned during the same period of his administration.

A senior administration official told reporters there is not enough time on the president's schedule during his Asia trip.

Trump had targeted both the tech industry and Wall Street during his presidential campaign, but once elected, he tapped former investment bankers, hedge fund managers and private equity investors to join his administration — most notably Goldman Sachs's long - time chief operating officer Gary Cohn, who will now head the National Economics Council.

Tapper said after listing priorities that Bannon pushed during his time in the administration.

The Trump administration said it wanted to review its vetting system during that time.

In March, the Federal Aviation Administration released a report that said nearly 600 drones flew dangerously close to both airplanes and airports during a period of time between Aug. 22, 2015 through Jan. 31, 2016.

Stryker was known for his time with the Farm Security Administration, where he launched the photo documentary program during the Great Depression.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

In a statement to the New York Times, Elsa Kania, an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, stated that the United States's own AI initiatives during the Obama administration might have ironically triggered the artificial intelligence boom in the Asian economic superpower.

Some significant pay equity adjustments took place in public administration during that period of time, and the workforce in public administration has been aging at a more rapid rate than average.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said during an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this month that it was «time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: a non-state, hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors, like Russia,» and he criticized prior administrations as having been «squeamish» about going after publishers of state secrets.

After denying any war on coal during the election, now the administration is engaged in one — and this time, unlike the President's war in Afghanistan, with what seems a genuine commitment.

Back during the (George W.) Bush Administration, I spent (or rather wasted) some time reading books and articles written by journalists who were suspicious (I hesitate to say paranoid) about those suspicious and paranoid fringe religious kooks (theonomists and theocrats) who threatened to take over....

Chuck Colson, implicated in the Watergate scandal during President Nixon's administration, pointed out the difficulty of several people maintaining a lie for an extended period of time.

The administration of the order was in the hands of the presiding chief at Konya who was appointed or removed from office by the Sultans during the time of the Ottoman empire.

During this time the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical administration was reduced to a condition of severe dependence under the Russian rule.

The labor - backed Working Families Party, an organization that has at times been at odds with Cuomo during his tenure as governor, released a similar statement, noting the impact of the incoming Trump administration in Washington.

Later, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who will not seek reelection at the end of his term, tore into the administration during an interview with the New York Times.

During her time as an activist, Good has been arrested four times for various charges including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstruction of governmental administration.

A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour budget discussions.

But every time congestion pricing has come up — and not just recently — it's been shot down by legislators in Albany, from John Lindsay's attempt in the 1970s to Michael Bloomberg's close - but - no - cigar efforts during his administration, which ultimately died (thanks to Sheldon Silver) in 2008.

He worked in intelligence and security during his 12 - year military career, took part in a five - month tour of duty with peace - monitoring forces in Bougainville, and also found time to complete Masters degrees in business administration and information technology by part - time study.

Ms. Crowley has been an active defender of firefighters during her time in the City Council, often working against the Bloomberg administration's efforts to close firehouses in cost - cutting moves.

Over the past week, several former Spitzer administration officials quietly reached out to refute that claim, saying they don't recall things operating that way during their time in the governor's office.

Pataki mentioned Solyndra at least three times when comparing his efforts during the 1990s on job creation to the Obama administration.

Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Roy Blunt of Missouri has scheduled a Wednesday afternoon markup of a proposed new standing order that would restore and make permanent reductions in post-cloture debate time that were in effect during part of the last Democratic majority.

During his time as Rochester Mayor, now Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy spearheaded the initiative as part of his administration's commitment to affordable housing and community renewal.

Before her time in the Council, Gonzalez — who collected a salary of $ 141,713, according to city data — worked as El Diario's executive editor and as director of communications for the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs during the Bloomberg administration.

In that exchange, the governor can effectively say to the Legislature, «Either pass my budget, or shut down the government,» Cuomo said, recalling the federal shutdown that occurred during his time working for the Clinton administration.

Cameron's administration criticized the BBC in July for «extraordinary and outrageous waste» during difficult financial times and proposed cutting its budget.

It was, after all, during the same time period that the U.S. attorney who is now investigating Percoco and others in the governor's administration was probing the premature closure of Cuomo's Moreland Act ethics panel.

I should say this has been out there for some time during Kufuor's administration.

During that time he's been assembling his administration, making sure the diversity and bipartisanship throughout his campaign transfered into governance.

He responded by describing himself as a problem - solving unifier during the Giuliani administration, without reference to Dinkins or de Blasio's time in the Dinkins administration.

«I do not believe it is essentially philosophical because these same individuals voted for the renewal of mayoral control, the exact same form, in some cases many times, so that doesn't stand to reason,» de Blasio said, referring to Senate Republican support of mayoral control during former mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The lead investigator for the Board of Elections looking into the 2014 fundraising efforts of the Bill de Blasio administration believes there was a `'» willful and flagrant» violation of campaign finance laws during that period of time.

But they had plenty to say afterward, as did the newly elected Democratic national chairman, Snyder native and Obama administration Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez, who tweeted five times during the speech.

«During the time Dr Okonjo - Iweala was Finance Minister in the second Obasanjo administration, $ 500m was recovered.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been feuding with mayor over the last year, has touted a state government during his administration that has enacted the broad strokes of his agenda over the last years as well as enacted on - time budgets.

That's because the governor and his recruitment agents (the outreach is being handled by both current and former top administration aides) are having a hard time finding people interested in working for the governor during his second four - year term.

«It has been an honor to serve in Governor Cuomo's administration as executive director of the Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation during such a pivotal time in the history of the organization,» Madison said in an emailed statement.

A stitch in time is said to save nine and I wonder how Daniel claimed to have done same during the tenure of the Former president His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and he still misbehaves whiles the police administration looks on as if he is an untouchable.

He noted that, in the 6 years of the current NDC government administration, they have borrowed the equivalent of $ 27 billion, which is more than four (4) times the amount of money the NPP borrowed during its 8 yrs in power.

Hon Eric Opoku was the regional minister during the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration and is serving as Member of Parliament for the third time.

He revealed that during the latter period of President Kufuor's Administration he was shuffled to another Ministry but due to his open support for Nana Akufo - Addo against Alan Kyeremanten, because he believed Nana Akufo - Addo was the choice of the majority, he was denied the new Ministry and made a minister of State at the Castle, a designation that required that he stepped at the Castle just three times till they lost power.

«The decision of SERAP to anchor its case on a baseless and unsubstantiated allegation by former CBN governor, Professor Charles Soludo that N30 trillion — about seven times the total annual budget during the Jonathan administration — is missing confirms SERAP's dubious motives and its role as a tool for politically motivated actors.

It was, after all, during the same time period that the U.S. Attorney who is now investigating Percoco and others in the governor's administration was probing the premature closure of Cuomo's Moreland Act ethics panel.

«The facts are that education funding is at an all - time high, (we) have increased 32 percent during this administration and per - pupil spending is 87 percent above the national average,» he added.

The administration had simultaneously ordered state agencies to sever contacts with lobbyist Todd Howe, who had worked under Cuomo during his time at the U.S. Department of Housing and urban Development during the 1990s and who had maintained an office at the SUNY Polytechnic campus, a key player in the Buffalo Billion initiative.