The groom's mother retired as a senior political affairs officer in the political affairs department of the United Nations, where she specialized in encouraging peace in Africa.
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DR. WALID PHARES, FOX NEWS POLITICAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: Enormity absolutely.
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Shannon is now the State Department's undersecretary for political affairs.
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Her boss, the under secretary for political affairs, is retiring.
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It has a far more significant impact on political affairs.
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Whether that will improve British political affairs is open for debate.
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Namely, asking a foreign power to interfere in domestic political affairs.
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Indians were paranoid about Americans meddling in our internal political affairs.
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Hale is the State Department's undersecretary of state for political affairs.
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman briefed theSecurity Council behind closed doors.
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Of course, the CIA has long been involved in domestic political affairs.
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Sherman, former under secretary of state for political affairs, who led the
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Elizabeth Gore is Environmental Defense Fund's senior vice president of political affairs.
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Ms. Sherman is the former under secretary of state for political affairs.
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman briefed the council behind closed doors.
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David Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the US embassy in Ukraine.
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David Kelly is the North Carolina political affairs manager for Environmental Defense Fund.
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Temer's minister of political affairs, Carlos Marun, said the president's name would be cleared.
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The U.S. intelligence community, for its part, is prohibited from investigating domestic political affairs.
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" Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns: "The big takeaway from Helsinki.
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The question of Beijing's influence over Hong Kong's political affairs is a major one.
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Holmes is a counselor for political affairs at the US embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Broadly: When did Merriam-Webster make the shift to commenting on political affairs on Twitter?
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman briefed the Security Council on the situation on Tuesday.
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Keith Gaby is senior communications director (climate, health and political affairs) at Environmental Defense Fund.
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Last Monday, the Chinese government intervened in the territory's political affairs in an unprecedented way.
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David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, will give his testimony alongside Cooper.
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At the time, they were both regional political directors in the office of political affairs.
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He was also the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during the Gulf War.
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As his entertainment career ebbed, Mr. Gavin became increasingly involved in inter-American political affairs.
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When they floated back to the current state of political affairs, they mostly sounded pessimistic.
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He said his department of UN political affairs is most effective when in the background.
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Paul Kawika Martin is the Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action.
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Undersecretary of State David Hale David Hale is the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs.
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The second effect is more subtle, and concerns the public dialogue surrounding our political affairs.
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Such an approach increases China's informal power over a country's internal economic and political affairs.
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Is it overwrought to project a metaphor from the cosmos onto our terrestrial political affairs?
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But according to Khabele Matlosa, AU director of political affairs, only Rwanda's parliament has ratified it.
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His remarks drew a strong admonition from Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.
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"We have never been involved in any political affairs," said Phra Pasura Dantamano, a senior monk.
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman told reporters on Monday that Ross had offered his resignation.
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Several artists used their sets to speak out against domestic political affairs, beginning with Laurie Anderson.
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For one thing, no good terms have emerged to describe the current state of political affairs.
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Thailand has a constitutional monarchy and public interventions in political affairs by a king are rare.
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The other, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, plans to retire when his successor is confirmed.
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China's annual "two sessions" meetings are as serious as they come when it comes to political affairs.
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The United States has, for example, intervened in countries' domestic political affairs in favor of preferred factions.
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The impeachment committees will hear closed-door testimony from David Holmes, the embassy's counselor for political affairs.
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Mr. Jeannet Arce, also 31, is a political affairs officer in the United Nations Secretariat in Manhattan.
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The personnel director is doing triple duty, also overseeing the offices of political affairs and public liaison.
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It is not known how tough he would be on political affairs he is less familiar with.
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"There is still time," Dawson, a director of Political Affairs at PL+US Action Fund, told Hill.
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General Colin Powell, former secretary of State, remains a dynamic force in international relations and political affairs.
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman is due to visit Myanmar on Friday, said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
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It gives the populace more than a voice, but a role as a decision maker in political affairs.
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In recent years Mugabe had given his second wife, Grace, a greater role in the country's political affairs.
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She most recently served as the director of legislative and political affairs for the Chicago Federation of Labor.
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Alleged American interference in domestic Russian political affairs is a recurring talking point on Kremlin-run propaganda outlets.
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It said Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu summoned William Klein, the U.S. embassy's minister counselor for political affairs.
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NBC's "Meet the Press " was the most-watched Sunday morning political affairs show for the 22019–2017 season.
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Age 43 Occupation Staff assistant, United Nations department of political affairs; musician What brings you to the Public?
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman is due to brief the Security Council on the situation later on Thursday.
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U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, painted a grim picture of the situation on the ground.
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Thomas R. Pickering is a former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
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Former U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns said the events represented a test for China's leaders.
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The spokesperson said the department's undersecretary for political affairs is working with the bureau to improve leadership and management.
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"Let him do his political affairs and let me handle my son and let's just stay in our lane."
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Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, is scheduled to appear on Friday, Nov.
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Another prominent client was Sara M. Taylor, a White House political affairs director in President George W. Bush's administration.
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The undersecretary for political affairs, the number-three post at State, is currently occupied by Obama-appointee Thomas Shannon.
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The White House officials and their associates who were prosecuted included Lyn Nofziger, President Ronald Reagan's political affairs director.
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Search crews are looking for people reported missing in the mountainous Cordillera region, Political Affairs Secretary Francis Tolentino said.
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Minister for Political Affairs Carlos Marun told journalists the government plans to appeal a court decision that blocked the sale.
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His Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs, Edwin Sagurton, also has spent years on the peninsula and worked in the North.
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Recent reports had him assuming at least temporary leadership of three other departments: Intergovernmental Affairs, Public Liaison, and Political Affairs.
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The promise of peace has given way to civil war, and tribal rifts continue to run deep, permeating political affairs.
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U.N. political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council the United Nations could not independently verify what had happened.
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The groom, 38, was until March 1 a political affairs officer for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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I'm told Dearborn, with his new portfolio, will be "coordinating" the White House's external functions, notably political affairs and outreach.
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Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, is one of Taylor's top staffers in Kyiv.
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But there is no disentangling the performance of classical music from a state of political affairs that many object to.
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Earlier Tuesday, Trump told reporters "no" when asked by a reporter whether Russia continues to interfere in U.S. political affairs.
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U.S. officials said U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon will attend the Brussels summit in his place.
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Australia's community of China scholars has been divided over whether there is evidence of China's interference in Australian political affairs.
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Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale: He spoke to what many officials described as Yovanovitch's questionable removal.
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The instruction came via an intermediary from David Hale, the undersecretary of State for political affairs, according to Kent's understanding.
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The White House was vocal in its opposition to Britain's exiting the EU, a rare foray into another country's political affairs.
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Chief among them is Tom Shannon, the former undersecretary for political affairs who served as acting secretary before Tillerson was confirmed.
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NSC stands for the National Security Council and OPA stands for Office of Political Affairs, an office in the White House.
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The vision is to maintain integration of Africans on the continent, according to Khabele Matlosa, the organization's Director of political affairs.
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He has been a diplomat for more than four decades, most recently undersecretary of state for political affairs, also under Clinton.
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Ottawa is ready to continue sharing its insights, according to Martin Loken, minister of political affairs at Canada's Embassy in Washington.
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"Through modernized forms of subversive tactics, Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries around the world," the document states.
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Thomas Shannon, under secretary of state for political affairs, was confirmed to his position toward the end of the Obama administration.
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The Trump administration has sanctioned Venezuelan human-rights violators, overruling Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, an Obama holdover.
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Thomas Shannon, Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Days in the administration: 385 Resigned for personal reasons.
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The bill will be submitted to parliament on April 27, said Chikako Ikeda, an official at the LDP's political affairs committee.
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Political Affairs Minister Carlos Marun said that subsidizing diesel would cost the federal up to 10 billion reals (roughly $2.7 billion).
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The Intelligence Committee also released testimony Monday from another State Department official, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.
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By the end, Mr. DeStefano was in charge of the Offices of Presidential Personnel, Intergovernmental Affairs, Political Affairs and Public Liaison.
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Because we're rich and we could afford it ... There is no difference in a country between military, economic, and political affairs.
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She also worked an associate director of political affairs in the George W. Bush White House, according to her EPA bio.
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Mr. Putin was far less emphatic in his take on Russia's own political affairs, particularly its next presidential election in 2024.
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That aid package was eventually released in mid-September Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, will testify alongside Cooper.
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In February 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Shannon as undersecretary for political affairs, the third-top position at the State Department.
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"Through modernized forms of subversive tactics, Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries around the world," the document stated.
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"Through modernized forms of subversive tactics, Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries around the world," said the document.
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The U.S.-South Korea drills coincide with a rare visit to the isolated North by U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman.
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This is also a sad commentary on the state of our political affairs when supposed professionals cannot put aside their personal enmity.
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Climate change affects the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, our economy, our political affairs, conflict, war.
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Thomas R. Pickering is former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Ambassador to the UN, Russia, Israel and Jordan.
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"Texans don't want harmful, anti-transgender legislation," Winterhof, the campaign's senior vice president for policy and political affairs, said in a statement.
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Carlos Marun, Temer's political affairs minister, earlier said that any investigation into the president would only find that he committed no crimes.
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When a general suggested that the military might have to intervene in political affairs to combat leftist extremists, Mr. Batlle fired him.
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Thomas A. Shannon, undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department and a respected career diplomat, will lead a small American delegation.
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Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of state for political affairs, announced his resignation as the department's third-highest ranking official.
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi is heading to Paris to hold talks with French officials about the deal.
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Pompeo also helped select David Hale, another senior Foreign Service officer, to serve in the key role of undersecretary for political affairs.
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David Holmes, counselor of political affairs at the US Embassy in Ukraine, testified he overheard a phone call between Sondland and Trump.
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman pushed on Tuesday for the United Nations to be involved in any operation to return Rohingya.
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Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, is a career Foreign Service officer whose role in the Ukraine issue remains unclear.
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At the same time, Ellis's story continued to engage with cultural and political affairs, often by upending the tropes of comics themselves.
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"Negotiations with Americans will not take place," Lieutenant Commander for Political Affairs Brigadier General Yadollah Javani told the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
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Jeffrey Feltman, the under-secretary of political affairs, told the council that the cessation of hostilities needed to be put back on track.
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This year America's most famous investor has spoken out loudly on political affairs—aged a liberating 21970 and with a left-leaning credo.
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Under a doctrine known as dwifungsi (dual function), the military was granted power over civil and political affairs to promote nationalism and development.
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Libya desperately needs the world's democratic communities to stop Egypt, The UAE and other Middle Eastern powers continued interference in the political affairs.
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"Through modernized forms of subversive tactics, Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries around the world," read the congressionally-mandated document.
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She says that she is more optimistic than many about the current state of political affairs, believing in the value of fierce debate.
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This is just one more example of the Spanish government's strategy of using judicial measures to interfere in the political affairs of Catalonia.
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Washington has pledged Haiti more aid, and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale is expected to arrive on Friday.
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" Singling out Wray, he went on to note that sometimes the officials' jobs intersect with political affairs — which Risch said can get "messy.
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In a statement, the foreign ministry said Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu summoned William Klein, the U.S. embassy's minister counselor for political affairs.
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He has been fired from the consulting firm where he was the political affairs director and has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
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Yadollah Javani, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' deputy head for political affairs, said Iran would demolish cities in Israel if the United States attacked.
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The President enjoys touting his supposed negotiating expertise -- despite a record of failed deals -- along with sticking his nose in other countries' political affairs.
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Multiple aides to President Park have resigned in the wake of the scandal, including four senior secretaries responsible for political affairs and policy coordination.
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State Tom Shannon, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Democratic and some Republican opposition to Tillerson has raised questions on the timeline of his confirmation.
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Fundamentally, what Hong Kong needs is for China gradually to reverse years of ever-tightening control over Hong Kong's community, social and political affairs.
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At the State Department, an assistant secretary of state for arctic affairs should be created, reporting directly to the undersecretary for political affairs. 7.
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Churchill considered herself a counterpart and adviser to her husband, stepping in to assist in engaging the public or when political affairs went awry.
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She is especially interested in the space where art and activism intersect and how social media shapes political affairs and uprisings across the world.
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Jeffrey Feltman, the UN's undersecretary-general for Political Affairs, will meet with officials and discuss "issues of mutual interest and concern," the UN announced.
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"That really is a new day," JoDee Winterhof, the senior vice president for policy and political affairs at the Human Rights Campaign, told me.
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He is senior vice president of federal and political affairs for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and chairman of the BuildStrong Coalition.
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"This is the biggest part of the problem," said Jeremy Symons, the Associate Vice President for Climate Political Affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund.
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Tom Shannon, the State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, is expected to recommend the approval Friday and send the recommendation to the White House.
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After a brief stint as Peru's ambassador to Venezuela, he returned to the United Nations in 1979 as undersecretary-general for special political affairs.
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Deputy assistant secretary of defense, Laura Cooper, a Pentagon staffer who handles Russia affairs and David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs.
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Such a trove would be valuable for the multiple House committees that are delving into almost every aspect of Trump's business and political affairs.
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"We believe that the SAFE Banking Act provides a solid foundation," said James Ballentine, ABA's executive vice president of congressional relations and political affairs.
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JEFFREY D. FELTMAN JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX, NEW YORK The writers are United Nations under secretaries general for political affairs and for peacekeeping operations, respectively.
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The now former UN undersecretary-general for political affairs warned that many of the leaders of UN member countries are pulling away from diplomacy.
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Regardless of the outcome, for the time being, we will see a Germany that is inward focused and consumed with its domestic political affairs.
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Thomas H. Henriksen is an emeritus senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he focuses on American foreign policy, international political affairs and insurgencies.
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Ms. Cho was accused of working with Mr. Kim while she was Ms. Park's senior presidential secretary for political affairs from 2014 to 2015.
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Defense Department official Laura Cooper and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale testified Wednesday in the second impeachment hearing of the day.
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Multiple aides to President Park have also resigned in the wake of the scandal, including four senior secretaries responsible for political affairs and policy coordination.
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AU Director for Political Affairs Dr. Khabele Matlosa believes opening borders will have a profound effect for workers at the lower end of the scale.
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"This legislation gives new meaning to the term 'draconian,' " said Jessica Grennan, the Montana-based National Director of Political Affairs and Advocacy for Compassion & Choices.
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Political campaigns produce winners and losers, but the enduring example of President Bush's legacy is that America's political affairs cannot be a zero-sum game.
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In the afternoon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale will appear before the panel.
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The Puppers Act also presents an opportunity for the Trump administration to change the conversation about the first family's role in its political affairs, too.
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"Kim understands what has protected the Pakistanis," said R. Nicholas Burns, the under secretary of state for political affairs during the George W. Bush administration.
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For Mr. DeStefano, the new title was a recognition that he has already effectively been overseeing the offices of personnel, political affairs and public liaison.
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And Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of state for political affairs, summoned the Turkish ambassador, Serdar Kilic, to his office the next day.
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The American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) dispatched President Lillian Pinkus and CEO Howard Kohr to meet with Netanyahu to protest the move last week.
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Despite his veneration by Tibetans - and mistrust from China - the Dalai Lama says he spends most of his time on spiritual activities, not political affairs.
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David Hale is the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, the third-most senior official in the department and the most senior Foreign Service Officer.
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She was testifying alongside David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs at the State Department, who also shed new light on the timeline.
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Temer's new minister of political affairs, Carlos Marun, said the bill's approval will be his biggest challenge as he takes over government relations with Congress.
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Late Monday, the House Intelligence Committee released transcripts of the testimony of Mr. Holmes and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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"She's taken this bizarre position," said R. Nicholas Burns, who served as under secretary of state for political affairs during the George W. Bush administration.
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" Sara Fagen, former White House director of political affairs for George W. Bush, disagreed and said that she thinks Pence "brings a lot to the ticket.
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Freely downloadable protest artworks offer members of the public a means of peacefully expressing what can feel like impotent rage at the state of political affairs.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon in Washington on Monday to discuss the compounds.
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The Chamber also brought in Sara Armstrong from the Republican National Committee in 2628 to lead political affairs and federation relations, and Mike Morello from Inc.
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But he argued that it "makes a lot more sense" for the assistant secretary to report to the undersecretary for political affairs rather than economic affairs.
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Yasser Delwan, head of political affairs with the Jaish al-Islam rebel faction in eastern Ghouta, said around 25 patients had left the enclave on Wednesday.
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She serves as rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Political Affairs and Security and as a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration.
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Mr. Shannon, the under secretary of state for political affairs who previously served as an ambassador to Brazil, Guatemala and Venezuela, announced his retirement last month.
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The State Department representative at the meeting, for instance, was Tom Shannon, a veteran career foreign service officer serving as undersecretary of State for political affairs.
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Here is the Pakistani army, which has ruled this country directly for more than half its life, accusing the Indian Army of interfering in political affairs.
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Katharine Emerson, former director of public policy and political strategy at the National Corn Growers Association, is leaving to be director of political affairs at Bayer.
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"It was not something that was apparent to me," Hale, who was appointed the under secretary of state for political affairs by Trump in 2018, said.
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On Friday, protesters broke into the Iranian consulate's offices, shouting condemnation of what many perceive as Iran's sway over Iraq's political affairs, and set it alight.
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It once enjoyed power over civil and political affairs to promote nationalism and development, but this was largely jettisoned after strongman Suharto fell from power in 1998.
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By the end of his tenure he was tasked with overseeing PPO, the Office of Public Liaison, the Office of Political Affairs, and Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
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State Department counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale have also been asked to testify on Wednesday, according to the official.
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"This is the biggest part of the problem," said Jeremy Symons, the Associate Vice President for Climate Political Affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund, of existing drillers.
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As a minority who happens to be a Republican, I have a unique view as it pertains to the current state of political affairs in our country.
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Afternoon session: Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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"If your recent statements come from frustration with internal political affairs, with your laws, or with your Congress, talk about them, not about Mexicans," Peña Nieto said.
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Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for political affairs and ambassador to NATO, noted the Trump administration supported the 2017 UN resolution condemning destruction of cultural sites.
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The key question here is whether Hong Kong's government and its population can come to an understanding or compromise on Beijing's influence over Hong Kong's political affairs.
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Eastern, Laura K. Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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Russia's deputy foreign minister has cancelled a scheduled meeting with Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of State for political affairs, the State Department said Wednesday.
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UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo stressed to the council that the United Nations was still reviewing components and collecting and analyzing additional information on the missiles.
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President Donald Trump should stick with imposing sanctions on North Korea and avoid military conflicts, a former undersecretary of state for political affairs told CNBC on Tuesday.
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Resignations Multiple aides to President Park have resigned in the wake of the scandal, including four senior secretaries responsible for matters such as political affairs and policy coordination.
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But when he spoke to a cheering crowd at the annual American Israel Political Affairs Committee (or AIPAC) conference Monday evening, he seemed to have changed his tone.
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"We continue to be optimistic that we'll move this bill over the goal line," said Paul Richman, chief government and political affairs officer at the Insured Retirement Institute.
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The spokesperson also confirmed that Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kılıç was brought in for a meeting with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon following the attack.
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"The rumors and news that have appeared in the press ... are not true," Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Afternoon: Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs Thursday, Nov.
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"The data show how public opinion is changing thanks to the disinformation on those outlets," said Jakub Janda, the think tank's deputy director for public and political affairs.
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Holmes, counselor for political affairs at the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, confirmed what the acting ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, revealed Wednesday during the first open impeachment hearing.
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After Sondland testifies on Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee will hear from Defense Department official Laura Cooper and David Hale, the under secretary of State for political affairs.
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Wendy Sherman, a former undersecretary of state for political affairs and a principle architect of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, is scathing in her condemnation of Trump.
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"I think Trump knows there's a big vulnerability for him going into the elections," said Craig Auster, senior director of political affairs at the League of Conservation Voters.
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She had previously worked for 14 years as the vice president of government and political affairs at the Consumer Technology Association, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Association.
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"China would love American troops to be gone from the Korean Peninsula," Wendy Sherman, a former undersecretary of state for political affairs, said in a "Squawk Box " interview.
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Her new role, announced by CBS on Thursday, makes Ms. Brennan, 37, the only woman currently serving as a solo anchor of a major Sunday political affairs show.
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Iran's government spokesman said Monday that Iran and France's views on the deal have moved closer ahead of the Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs' visit to Paris.
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The other pertinent context here is the messiness of political affairs in the US and Great Britain, a morass the punditry classes have attempted to decipher since 2016.
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David Hale, the undersecretary of State for political affairs, told lawmakers that he'd found call records showing that Pompeo called Giuliani on March 43 and on March 24.
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The prime minister discussed strengthening ties between the United States and Sudan during his meeting in Washington with David Hale, the U.S. State Department undersecretary for political affairs.
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But then President Trump signed legislation to protect pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a move that China denounced on Thursday as illegal interference in its political affairs.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to be neutral bystanders in political affairs (worldwide, for example, they request exemptions from mandatory military service, something that they are denied in Russia).
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's vice foreign minister met visiting U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman on Wednesday in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, the North's state media said.
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He served in the United States government for 27 years, including as under secretary of State for political affairs and as the U.S. ambassador to both NATO and Greece.
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"There was always going to be a nominee and there was always going to be a merge," said Chris McNulty, director of community and political affairs for the convention.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated David Hale, currently the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, to be under secretary of state for political affairs, the White House said.
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An Israel Radio political affairs commentator described Netanyahu's comments as largely ideological in nature and said it was unlikely any practical steps would be taken in the near future.
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Burns, 63, is a professor at Harvard at the Kennedy School of Government, and served as the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under George W. Bush's administration.
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The neighboring African states fell out after Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term in April 2015, with Burundi accusing Rwanda of interfering in its political affairs.
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Meanwhile, Thomas Shannon, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, warned that if the Taliban rejected the offer, "they will leave us no choice but to oppose them".
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In the afternoon, Laura K. Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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He solicited candidates for immigration judge positions from the White House's Office of Political Affairs, its Office of Presidential Personnel, and its Office of the Counsel to the President.
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He will oversee the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Presidential Personnel and the Office of Public Liaison, one official told the Post.
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The Chinese government tends to avoid meddling in the political affairs of other countries, but this week its state-run media could not resist weighing in on Mr. Trump.
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The next day, Yadollah Javani, the deputy head of political affairs of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, said that the US "wouldn't dare to launch military action against us."
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An English-language version was still up on Friday, but a Chinese version had been removed, according to Charlie Vest, a graduate student in Chinese economic and political affairs.
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In our Opinion section, Wendy Sherman, a former under secretary of state for political affairs, says that Congress, America's allies and others can intervene to avert a disastrous conflict.
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While traveling in Tokyo, Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the United States under secretary of state for political affairs, said that Mr. Rodman was not acting in an official capacity.
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Trump, who phoned Azar from a meeting with his political affairs team, expressed frustration that voters haven't rewarded him for taking actions to lower drug prices, the sources said.
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CBS News announced Thursday that it has named Margaret Brennan moderator of its Sunday political affairs program, "Face the Nation," which had been hosted by John Dickerson since 2015.
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However, that a previously well-respected public servant would be reduced to making misleading claims to protect his President is reflective of the dangerous state of our political affairs.
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Frank Donatelli served as an assistant for political affairs to President Reagan and as deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee during the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain.
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His minister in charge of political affairs, Carlos Marun, however, told reporters the government was 40 votes short of the two-thirds super majority of 308 needed for approval.
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Johny DeStefano initially ran the White House's Office of Personnel but now has several other roles, including overseeing the Office of Political Affairs and the Office of Public Liason.
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Alex Wong has been nominated to be the alternate U.S. representative for special political affairs at the world body with the rank of ambassador, a White House statement said.
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But he frequently clashed with another powerful player, the military, which has ruled Pakistan for much of its 70-year history either directly or through interference in political affairs.
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The meeting, which according to two Republicans familiar with the visit included members of the White House political affairs office, came one week after the administration told Mississippi Gov.
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According to a new report from the Associated Press, foreign intelligence operations routinely use LinkedIn to target, connect with, and eventually gain knowledge about and influence over American political affairs.
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" The former U.S. ambassador to NATO, who also served as undersecretary of State for political affairs during President George W. Bush's administration, said the accusations are "not grounded in fact.
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"My grandmother used to tell me this story," said Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute of International and Political Affairs, who predicted Trump's rise (and Brexit).
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Kerry was joined there by Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, who will run the day-to-day operations of the State Department until Kerry's successor is confirmed.
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An American heads U.N. political affairs, a Frenchman has run peacekeeping, a Briton has been in charge of humanitarian affairs, and a Chinese national has run economic and social affairs.
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Scott Weaver, a former vice president of government and political affairs for the Airports Council International-North America and senior Capitol Hill staffer, is expected to serve as Qantas's lobbyist.
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James Ballentine, executive vice president of congressional relations and political affairs for the American Bankers Association, said the group appreciated efforts to improve Dodd-Frank, though more details were needed.
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JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president for policy and political affairs at the Human Rights Campaign, said she believed the new ads revealed a sense of desperation among social conservative activists.
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Wendy Sherman, a former undersecretary of state for political affairs and former negotiator with North Korea, said Iran would not have to continue with its obligations after a US withdrawal.
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But they say it shows that Saudi Arabia still looks to the United States as an ally in economic and political affairs, as well as a good place to invest.
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Still, North Korea fears its lack of capital investments, said Nicholas Burns, former U.S. ambassador to NATO and former undersecretary of state for political affairs under President George W. Bush.
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Jeffrey Feltman, the UN under-secretary-general for political affairs, visited the reclusive nation between Tuesday and Friday, the first trip there by a top UN official in six years.
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The State Department's human rights reports document intimidation of political opposition, but last year Undersecretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as a democracy with free and fair elections.
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State Department counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale also were asked to testify on Wednesday, according to the official working in the inquiry.
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The Nuclear Posture Review was unveiled Friday by Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shannon, Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon.
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On Thursday, the government said it had also arrested a computer programmer in Ecuador in connection with the Assange case, contending that WikiLeaks had interfered in Ecuador's domestic political affairs.
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The meeting brought together the Turkish Foreign Ministry's Deputy Undersecretary Sedat Onal, Russia's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentiev and the Iranian foreign minister's Special Assistant in Political Affairs Hossein Jaber Ansari.
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However, following the 2202 presidential election we have witnessed an emerging trend: a growing interest in American political affairs coupled with an increase in grassroots energy throughout the United States.
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With the departure of Goldstein, the agency has only one sitting official in that important senior tier -- Undersecretary for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, who plans to retire later this year.
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For them, never mind this principle or the Basic Law: China has the right to intervene in Hong Kong's political affairs; in fact, that right is built into the system.
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The travel ban thrust Mr. Shannon, whose title is under secretary of state for political affairs but who was then serving as acting secretary of state, into an awkward spot.
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The announcement said the permit was signed by the under secretary of state for political affairs, Thomas A. Shannon Jr. The pipeline still faces hurdles before it can be built.
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By that time, the Kremlin long had been accusing Washington of meddling into political affairs of post-Soviet states and allegedly orchestrating the so-called color revolutions and public unrest.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon will meet with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in Washington next week, the State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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On Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, emerged from a meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon and said he "almost" got the compounds back.
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That's unusual because Beijing tends to have the best information on what's going on in Pyongyang, noted Stuart Holliday, former U.S. ambassador for special political affairs to the United Nations (UN).
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Later that afternoon, they will hear from top Defense official Laura Cooper, who testified about decisions to withhold the aid, and David Hale, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
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" He faced criticism again on Wednesday when he appeared to respond to a reporter's question about whether Russia was still trying to interfere in U.S. political affairs with a blunt, "no.
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Speakers include former White House Communications Director for President Obama Anita Dunn, former White House Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush Sara Fagen and Rutgers University's David Redlawsk.
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ET.Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary at the State Department, and David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs at the State Department, will jointly testify at 2:30 p.m.
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In a closed-door hearing on November 6, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, testified about his knowledge of the ousting of US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.
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Jeffrey Feltman, U.N. Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, said he had been pleasantly surprised by the positive start to the talks, which began on the complex and divisive issue of security.
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Two other officials will follow Sondland on Wednesday: Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary at the Defense Department, and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs at the State Department.
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R. Nicholas Burns, a career diplomat who was ambassador to NATO and an undersecretary of state for political affairs during George W. Bush's presidency, said the remarks had created real damage.
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" He later referenced the testimony of under secretary of political affairs David Hale, who in November said the military aid for was "future assistance ... not to keep the army going now.
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That afternoon, Wednesday at 2:30 pm Eastern, two lower-profile witnesses — Laura Cooper (a Defense Department official) and David Hale (the under secretary of state for political affairs) will appear.
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Ruan Zongze, a former minister counselor for political affairs at the Chinese embassy in Washington, told the Post that China will do "whatever it can" to defend the one-China principle.
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Why it matters: The undersecretary for political affairs is the person who represents the State Department when it comes to interagency deliberations and making day-to-day decisions, according to Schulman.
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Yoon Do-han, a former journalist, was made press secretary, while former lawmaker Kang Gi-jung will be the senior secretary for political affairs, the office, known as the Blue House, said.
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Staff from these offices typically attend: chief of staff's office, Legislative Affairs, vice president's office, Political Affairs, Cabinet Affairs, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of Public Liaison, press and comms, and digital.
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William Klein, minister counselor for political affairs at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, told a forum earlier this month that the United States continued to have concerns about the Belt and Road.
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"The natural candidate is President Temer, but if he does not want it or can't run, minister Meirelles' candidacy would be very welcome," Temer's minister of political affairs, Carlos Marun, told Reuters.
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In the video titled "An urgent cry from Hong Kong", Chow details how Hong Kong's political affairs have changed over the years and asks netizens to spread her message to the world.
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The international community is growing increasingly concerned with regards to the forthcoming U.S. administration, especially since American political affairs have some kind of residual effect on nearly every corner of the globe.
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Party members overwhelmingly expressed their support for the motion to separate political affairs of the party from religious and cultural activities, albeit with the understanding that Islam remains the party's ideological foundation.
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Thomas Pickering was U.S. ambassador to Jordan (1974-78), Israel (1985-88), the United Nations (1989-1992) and Russia (85033-96) and was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997-2000).
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Most of this funding is earmarked for "educating" Israelis and changing their opinions, which contravenes the longstanding practice of governments (especially sister democracies) to refrain from interfering in each other's political affairs.
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Last week, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate released the results of a poll on registered voters' attitudes toward our nation's leaders and current state of political affairs.
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Jeffrey Feltman, the UN's undersecretary-general for Political Affairs, will meet with officials and discuss "issues of mutual interest and concern," during a trip that's scheduled to end Friday, the UN said.
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The inaugural meeting will provide a platform for Russia to present a more positive view of its intentions in Africa, where it can act as an enabler in economic and political affairs.
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The officials are: Gordon Sondland, the US's ambassador to the EU; Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary at the State Department; and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs at the State.
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Other signatories included former career diplomats Tom Pickering, Bill Burns, Nicholas Burns and Marc Grossman, all of whom served as undersecretary of state for political affairs, effectively the third-ranking U.S. diplomat.
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The official, Taye-Brook Zerihoun, the assistant secretary general for political affairs, told the Security Council that the total number of casualties was now 30,729, with 9,333 people killed and 21,396 wounded.
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The Weekly Standard was co-founded by Bill Kristol, one of Trump's most outspoken critics from the right, and Fred Barnes, a contributor on the Sunday political affairs program The McLaughlin Group.
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Why it matters: While China has been less aggressive than Russia in the online sphere, it has allegedly pursued other equally potent strategies for meddling in the political affairs of other countries.
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FENDIKA, Ethiopia — When he is away from his fields, Takele Alene, a farmer in northern Ethiopia, spends a lot of his time prying into the personal and political affairs of his neighbors.
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The Turkish ambassador, Serdar Kilic, was summoned to the State Department on Wednesday by Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of state for political affairs, according to a State Department official.
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The State Department announced Friday morning that its undersecretary for political affairs, Tom Shannon, issued the permit, two months after President Trump signed a memorandum to revive the project after Obama's rejection.
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He was appointed director of the Bush Administration's Office of Political Affairs in 2000 and served in several administrative capacities both for the Republican Party within and outside of the White House.
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"If your recent statements come from frustration with internal political affairs, with your laws, or with your Congress, talk about them, not about Mexicans," said Peña Nieto, addressing Trump in a video.
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Later Wednesday, the committee is scheduled to hear from Laura Cooper, a senior Pentagon official who handles Russia and Ukraine matters, and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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U.N. political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Council meeting in Kyrgyzstan, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
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"This shameful amendment is yet another example of Texas lawmakers' anti-LGBTQ agenda," JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president for policy and political affairs of the LGBTQ group HRC, said in a statement.
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Ahead of his arrival, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn criticized the President for "unacceptable interference" in the U.K.'s political affairs, after Trump's comments appeared to endorse Boris Johnson as the next prime minister.
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Paul Kawika Martin, senior director of policy and political affairs at Peace Action, a pro-peace advocacy group, said the US has "the most modern, safe and secure" nuclear arsenal in the world.
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" In 2015, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as "a democracy that is moving forward in an election that we expect to be free, fair, credible, open and inclusive.
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In response, Brazil's political affairs minister and Rousseff ally, Ricardo Berzoini, repeated the government's position that the impeachment effort amounts to a coup and pointed to Temer the driving force behind the attempt.
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While some people make the argument that the U.S. has likewise actively attempted to interfere in the political affairs of other countries — and I would agree with that — that is also completely irrelevant.
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The Russia-related provisions also demonstrate an effort by lawmakers to involve the military in responding in various ways to cyberattacks from Moscow — including those that aim to meddle in U.S. political affairs.
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The last four peacekeeping department chiefs have been French, the last three humanitarian chiefs have been British, and the United States has commandeered the top job for political affairs for nearly a decade.
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In June 2015, following a round of talks between U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon Jr. and senior Venezuelan officials, two Venezuelan student protesters were released from jail.
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Jeffrey Feltman, the U.N. undersecretary-general for political affairs, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that a "lack of communication" between the United States and North Korea is a major risk to peace.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson on Thursday, a senior State Department official said.
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The Russia-related provisions also demonstrate an effort by lawmakers to involve the military in responding in various ways to cyberattacks from Moscow – including those that aim to meddle in U.S. political affairs.
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"There's a number things we're looking forward to engaging with a civilian-led government," Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale said when asked about the issue at a news conference in Khartoum.
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SEOUL, Dec 9 (Reuters) - United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman, who visited North Korea this week, expressed willingness to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, North Korea's state media said on Saturday.
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The rising tensions coincide with a rare visit to the isolated North by United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman this week, the highest-level U.N. official to visit North Korea since 2012.
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Three witnesses are scheduled to testify in two separate hearings: Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of Defense, and David Hale, undersecretary of State for political affairs.
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Later Wednesday, Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian affairs, will appear in an open hearing, as will David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs.
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"It only took 70 years, but finally the British royal family has gotten over the end of the Mandate," Amit Segal, the political affairs commentator for Israel's Channel 2 News, wrote on Twitter.
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John's father was a decorated submarine commander in World War II. In Washington, the elder Mr. McCain was influential in political affairs as the postwar Navy's chief information officer and liaison with Congress.
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"The president narrowly avoided a needless war today," said Wendy Sherman, the former under secretary of State for political affairs under President Barack Obama and the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal.
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The House Intelligence Committee will have Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the US Embassy in Ukraine, testifying alongside former White House official Fiona Hill on Thursday, according to the Democratic aide.
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Two other witnesses - Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs; and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs - were due to testify later in the day.
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Therefore, at the very least, the idea that God intervenes directly in American political affairs, and uses American political figures as vessels to effect divine will, is deeply rooted in centuries of Christian nationalism.
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Reeker, along with State Department official George Kent, sought to provide counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl and Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale with facts to counter the conspiratorial narratives being pushed about the career diplomat.
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He was the assistant to the president in charge of the White House Office of Political Affairs and the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and deputy chief of staff during the Reagan administration.
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Nevertheless, Carlos Marun, the minister in charge of political affairs, said he is confident that the bill would be approved this month as 80 to 100 lawmakers have not yet made up their minds.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appointed former veteran U.S. diplomat Rosemary DiCarlo as the world body's new political affairs chief, the first woman to hold the key position.
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The applications continue to roll in even from farmers that have not needed FSA loans in the past, said Edwin Elfmann, vice president of government relations at political affairs at the American Bankers Association.
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"We would like to see him take some action with this visit so that it's not just empty words," said Paul Kawika Martin, the senior director of policy and political affairs at Peace Action.
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"The common thread through all of these are incumbents that have been strong champions for credit unions on the issues and need the help," said Trey Hawkins, vice president of political affairs for CUNA.
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Due to a series of military juntas that toppled left-wing governments in Latin America during the 20th century, the region's leftists are highly sensitive to any signs of military meddling in political affairs.
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The Weekly Standard was co-founded by Bill Kristol, currently one of Trump's most outspoken critics from the right, and Fred Barnes, a frequent face on the Sunday political affairs program The McLaughlin Group.
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"He would alienate his military, which wants the help of the U.S." The military has at times played a major role in political affairs and has twice sided with civilian protesters in ousting presidents.
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The meeting between Hale, who is undersecretary for political affairs, and Ryabkov followed June 28 talks between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
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Garber, the acting assistant secretary of State for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, is filling in as the delegation leader because Tom Shannon, under secretary for political affairs, could not make it.
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United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman, who visited Pyongyang last week, said senior North Korean officials did not offer any type of commitment to talks, but he believed he left "the door ajar".
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"I definitely didn't mean to offend all Egyptians, and never meant to say anything about the country's political affairs," Ms. Al-Mazbouh said in the video, where she is seen sniffling and wearing sunglasses.
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In a statement after the bill was passed by the U.S. Senate, the Chinese foreign ministry said Foreign Vice-Minister Ma Zhaoxu had summoned William Klein, the U.S. embassy's minister counselor for political affairs.
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Yovanovitch also testified that she detailed her concerns about Giuliani to David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs, encouraging him to make sure that Pompeo would issue a statement supporting her.
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He previously worked in the White House's Office of Political Affairs under President George W. Bush from 85033-2005 and has advised Republican candidates in more than 30 states over the past 20 years.
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Vice Foreign Minister Qin Gang made "stern representations" to William Klein, the U.S. embassy's minister counselor for political affairs, and urged the United States to stop interfering in China's domestic affairs, state TV reported.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday that Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries globally, but stopped short of accusing Moscow of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
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On Friday, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said Iran would not engage in talks with the "Americans," IRGC Lieutenant Commander for Political Affairs Brigadier General Yadollah Javani told the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
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Despite provocative Russian submarine and fighter jet maneuvers, as well as bizarre episodes of alleged Kremlin meddling in Sweden's political affairs familiar to other Western countries, few believe Russia would ever attack or invade Sweden.
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The State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, Tom Shannon, plans to sign the pipeline's permit by Monday, which is the last day of the 60-day deadline that Trump ordered in January, according to Politico.
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"We hope that this time, this issue remains settled: Texans don't want harmful, anti-transgender legislation," JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president for policy and political affairs at the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement.
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In newly released testimony Monday night, David Holmes, a political affairs officer at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, says he was shocked as he watched Sondland phone the president directly from an unsecured cell phone.
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David Hale, undersecretary of State for political affairs, testified in a closed-door interview with lawmakers that Giuliani was part of a shadow campaign by Trump to oust Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
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Pentagon official Laura Cooper— whose closed-door testimony on October 23 was stormed by a group of 30 GOP lawmakers — and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale will appear in the afternoon.
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"Negotiations with Americans will not take place, and Americans will not dare to take military action against us," IRGC Lieutenant Commander for Political Affairs Brigadier General Yadollah Javani told the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
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U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman briefed the 15-member council on the second U.N. report and said there had been no reports of nuclear-related or ballistic missile-related violations of the council resolution.
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Dravis, an attorney, was previously counsel to Freedom Partners, one of the groups in the Koch network, and served as associate director of the office of political affairs in the George W. Bush White House.
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The new House may press far more deeply into his personal and political affairs, demanding the tax returns he has kept secret, delving deeper into any ties with Russia and exploring any conflicts of interest.
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David Hale Hale, who testified that his agency's leaders declined to defend Yovanovitch in a statement, remains at the State Department as under secretary of state for political affairs, a position he's held since 2018.
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"I've decided that it is time to take a break," Undersecretary for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon said in an interview Wednesday in his seventh floor suite of offices with two reporters, including one from CNN.
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Ghazi Nasr Al Din Ghazi Nasr Al Din is a former Venezuelan diplomat who served as counselor of the Venezuelan Embassy in Syria and later as head of political affairs at the Venezuelan Embassy in Lebanon.
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"The imposition of a rate cap would jeopardize physician participation, leading to health plans with limited access to care for patients," said Sean Graham, director of legislative and political affairs for the Washington State Medical Association.
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The United States will send Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon, a veteran on Latin American diplomacy, as its representative to the talks, Kerry told reporters traveling with him after the bilateral meeting.
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Reeker reported to State's Under Secretary for Political Affairs, David Hale and State's Counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl — and he was not in direct contact with Pompeo on the topic, the source familiar with his testimony told CNN.
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"Quite frankly, the campaign itself has changed the equation dramatically," said Wendy Sherman, former undersecretary of state for political affairs under Clinton, who is thought a likely candidate for secretary of state in a Clinton administration.
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Sara Armstrong, a veteran of the George W. Bush administration and the chief executive officer of Trump's inaugural committee, is moving to the US Chamber of Commerce, where she'll be the vice president of political affairs.
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As a Foreign Service officer with the Department of State, he served twice in Italy, including as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs in Rome, and later negotiated extensively with Russian Federation representatives on chemical weapons issues.
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United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman, who visited Pyongyang last week, said on Tuesday senior North Korean officials did not offer any type of commitment to talks, but he believes he left "the door ajar".
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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said Germany, France and the United Kingdom had 60 days to provide Iran *with enough guarantees to ensure it could* stay in the deal, according to IRNA.
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Democrats want to ask Mr. Hale, the under secretary for political affairs, about the ouster of the former ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch, and why he and others did not defend her against political attacks.
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"A foreign nation's diplomatic and political affairs is an inherently sensitive realm, which should not be lightly intruded upon by courts," Mitchell Kamin, of the firm Covington & Burling, said in a filing with Qatar's other attorneys.
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Ethnicity is not always a factor in elections, but in a primary that could be decided by hundreds of votes, it very well could be, said Doug Muzzio, a professor of political affairs at Baruch College.
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"It's an extraordinarily unusual situation for the Foreign Service," said R. Nicholas Burns, who served as undersecretary of state for political affairs in the George W. Bush administration, traditionally the top-ranking position for career diplomats.
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That prompted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov to cancel a meeting with Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of State for political affairs, which was set to take place in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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After being asked by the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in early March 2019 to extend my tour until 2020, the smear campaign against me entered a new public phase in the United States.
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Mr. Glenn's parents happened to be among the few Democrats in New Concord, and Mr. Glenn once recalled that he had developed an abiding interest in political affairs from his high school civics teacher, Harford Steele.
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"The legislation will further fuel the narrative in Chinese domestic policy circles that the U.S. is attempting to infringe on the sovereignty of China in terms of its internal economic and political affairs," Mr. Prasad said.
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They also released transcripts of depositions by Mr. Holmes and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs, that offered more details about the effort by Trump loyalists to pressure Ukraine for the investigations.
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Contributing author Mimosa Giamanco, a Finnish visiting fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, has worked on research and policy planning for the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and on political affairs for the EU Commission.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric said on Friday he would no longer deliver regular weekly sermons about political affairs, which for years have been a source of guidance for Iraqi politicians and his millions of followers.
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Among the retired officials who signed the letter were former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, former Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Wendy Sherman and former Middle East peace envoy Dennis Ross.
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On Monday, banks launched an ad campaign on Capitol Hill targeting more than 200 legislators who joined Congress since 2010, said James Ballentine, executive vice president of congressional relations and political affairs at the American Bankers Association.
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Clinton employed the most women — 51 of 98 aides listed in 2000 — and they held high-ranking positions, including White House counsel Beth Nolan, deputy chief of staff Maria Echaveste and director of political affairs Minyon Moore.
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Friday evening, after this story had published, and amid a Trump administration crisis involving other top staffers, the White House announced that DeStefano now oversees the offices of Political Affairs and Public Liaison, in addition to Personnel.
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Bush gave two Texas intimates positions of unusual power: Karl Rove as a senior adviser managing political affairs, public liaison, and a new Office of Strategic Initiatives, and Karen Hughes as a counselor managing media and communications.
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"While Lebanon has the right to defend itself, that is the right of the Lebanese state alone," said David Hale, U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs, after meeting Lebanese prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri.
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Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service and the department's most senior holdover from the Obama administration, announced his plans to retire Thursday, reports AP's Matthew Lee.
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"This is the only president that, to the best of my knowledge, who's ever asked three different countries, foreign governments, to get engaged in the political apparatus and the political affairs of the United States," Biden continued.
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Although, despite their republican leanings, the Founding Fathers did not provide for direct citizen involvement in political affairs, the New England town-meeting model served as a viable substitute, as Tocqueville observed—until it was rendered obsolete.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vatican-convened talks between Venezuela's government and opposition are the last, best chance to find a peaceful solution to the country's political impasse, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon said on Friday.
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Johnny DeStefano, who has gained Trump's trust over the past year, was assigned this month to oversee the White House's beleaguered Office of Political Affairs, currently under fire after electoral losses in Alabama, Virginia and New Jersey.
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But the dire warning about bankruptcy disappeared from government websites this past week, and both the president of the Senate, Eunício Oliveira, and the political affairs minister, Carlos Marun, have since said the bill has been shelved.
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Under George W. Bush, for instance, there was a judicial-selection committee made up of people from the offices of the White House counsel, political affairs and legislative affairs, as well as officials from the Justice Department.
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Serving as U.N. undersecretary-general for special political affairs, he emerged as the dark horse candidate in December 19813 after a six-week election deadlock between U.N. chief Kurt Waldheim and Tanzanian Foreign Minister Salim Ahmed Salim.
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Rollins, the former director of political affairs for President Reagan, pointed to long-standing polarization between Republicans and Democrats and said that no cooperation or votes from representatives were gained from Trump's recent meetings with Democratic leaders.
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The move prompted an angry reaction from the Russians, who abruptly canceled a meeting this week in St. Petersburg between Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Thomas A. Shannon, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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David Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the US Embassy in Ukraine, overheard the conversation between Trump and Gordon Sondland the day after Trump spoke with the Ukrainian president by phone in July, CNN previously reported.
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The organization built by J. Edgar Hoover into what has long been known as the "finest law enforcement agency in the world" has seen its image take a beating lately for its involvement in various political affairs.
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Isabella Dao BoschettiBoston To the Editor: On Wednesday, the president of the United States thrust himself into the political affairs of another country by recognizing Juan Guaidó, the National Assembly leader, as the interim head of Venezuela.
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"With the planet in the midst of a climate emergency, the rapid decarbonization of the economy must be at the very heart of every party's election campaign," said Dave Timms, Friends of the Earth's head of political affairs.
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Leyla Larbi, a prominent French-Algerian activist and legal expert, fears the permanent emergency powers will also result in the proliferation and normalization of racist speech in media, political affairs, and public discourse, alongside anti-Muslim hate crimes.
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On Tuesday, the president insisted that he misspoke when he said that he saw no reason why Russia would meddle in U.S. political affairs, explaining that he meant to say he did not know why Moscow "wouldn't" interfere.
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The last senior UN official to visit North Korea was Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos in October 2011, according to the UN. The last time an undersecretary-general for Political Affairs visited the country was in February 2010.
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The last senior UN official to visit North Korea was emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos in October 2011, according to the UN. The last time an undersecretary-general for political affairs visited the country was in February 2010.
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Eugene Rostow, a former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs in the Johnson Administration, observed that UN Security Council Resolution 242, the backbone of all peace negotiations, gives Israel a legal right to be in the West Bank.
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The republican tradition, on the other hand, concerns itself with the public arena, and the right—which is also an obligation—of citizens to participate fully in the political affairs of their community in determining its collective destiny.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman will visit North Korea from Tuesday to Friday to meet with officials to discuss "issues of mutual interest and concern," the United Nations said on Monday.
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" Jeffrey Feltman, an American who is the United Nations undersecretary-general for political affairs, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that he is concerned about a "lack of communication" and the "high risk of some kind of miscalculation.
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In its previous iteration under Mr. Doocey, the office tried to serve as a buffer, getting input and at times pushback about possible hires from the White House Counsel's Office, the Office of Political Affairs and cabinet secretaries.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said on Wednesday its deputy head met William Klein, the U.S. embassy's minister counselor for political affairs, and lodged stern representations over the new U.S. law on Hong Kong.
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He previously served as the United Kingdom's deputy undersecretary for political affairs in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and in the prime minister's office, and as a political counselor to the European Union's delegation to the United States.
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DAVID HALE, undersecretary of state for political affairs The third-highest-ranked official at the U.S. State Department, Hale is expected to testify about the circumstances around the recall of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in May.
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The network announced Thursday that it named its White House and senior foreign affairs correspondent, 2628-year-old Margaret Brennan, as the host of the Sunday political affairs program which had been hosted by John Dickerson since 28503.
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As the under secretary of state for political affairs, Mr. Hale was among the department officials who grappled with how to handle the smear campaign led by Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump's personal lawyer, to oust Ms. Yovanovitch.
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"It is my honor to announce that we are prepared to exchange ambassadors as the next step in normalizing our relationship," Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale said in a statement delivered in the capital city of Minsk.
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Diplomatic sources said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir had called U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman several times to complain about the report, which names states and armed groups accused of violating the rights of children during conflicts.
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Notable absentees this year include U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May amid continuing tumult in their domestic political affairs with the U.S. government shutdown, Brexit impasse and civil unrest in France.
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"Today's proposal is yet another chance to fix this mess, but it adds unnecessary language addressing problems that simply do not exist," said JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president of policy and political affairs at HRC, an LGBTQ advocacy group.
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The poll also showed 2900 percent believe that Trump should have used the news conference as an opportunity to denounce Russian interference in U.S. political affairs, while 220006 percent said that he was right not to raise the issue.
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Wendy Sherman, the former under secretary of State for political affairs and the lead U.S. negotiator on the nuclear deal with Iran, is taking a position as a senior counselor with Albright Stonebridge Group, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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"Today's despicable action from the Trump-Pence administration is unprecedented and allows for Kim Davis-style discrimination and beyond all throughout this country," said JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president for policy and political affairs at the Human Rights Campaign.
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After five days of deadly demonstrations in Basra in which government buildings have been ransacked and set alight, protesters broke in and damaged the consulate's offices, shouting condemnation of what many perceive as Iran's sway over Iraq's political affairs.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman met with North Korea's Ambassador Ja Song Nam on Wednesday to tell him Pyongyang must "desist from taking any further destabilizing steps" after the country launched another ballistic missile.
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"A major tool in the White House's arsenal is the first lady's popularity and image, and Melania Trump has been severely underutilized by this administration," said Lauren Wright, a lecturer on the presidency and political affairs at Princeton University.
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"The interesting thing about the Trump policy is the Trump policy I think has been right in what they've been trying to do," said Burns, who was undersecretary of State for political affairs during the George W. Bush administration.
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Darren Bearson, the president of Compass Point Strategies, worked in the White House's Office of Political Affairs under President George W. Bush (2001-2005) and has advised Republican candidates in more than 30 states over the past twenty years.
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Darren Bearson, the president of Compass Point Strategies, worked in the White House's Office of Political Affairs under President George W. Bush (85033-2005) and has advised Republican candidates in more than 30 states over the past 20 years.
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The State Department's third-ranking official, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, informed agency staffers that he will retire as soon as a successor for his Senate-confirmed post is chosen and ready to assume the job.
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In a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on U.S. policy toward Russia, David Hale, the department's undersecretary for political affairs, succinctly summed up the findings of the U.S. intelligence community in response to questioning from the panel's top Democrat, Sen.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristie Kenney, a former U.S. ambassador to Thailand, the Philippines and Ecuador, was named on Friday as the State Department's new counselor, succeeding Tom Shannon, who has been confirmed as under secretary of state for political affairs.
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" "One of the things that does rear its ugly head occasionally and causes issues — and it winds up in the media a lot more than it should — is when your jobs intersect with domestic political affairs," Risch said. "Mr.
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"It takes a president of the United States who has the intellectual, global and historical depth" to deal with the Korean crisis, said R. Nicholas Burns, who served as undersecretary of state for political affairs in the Bush administration.
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BRASILIA, April 17 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government will seek congressional approval for the privatization of utility Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, known as Eletrobras, via a share offering instead of an outright sale, its political affairs minister said on Tuesday.
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Reeker testified that he wanted to release a "proactive statement" in support of Yovanovitch, the person said, adding that Reeker heard that David Hale, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said no such statement would be issued.
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"It is critical a market-driven visa program for guest workers is established to meaningfully impact the U.S. workforce shortage and allow the construction industry to thrive," said Kristen Swearingen, the group's vice president of legislative and political affairs.
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One of his top aides, Jeffrey D. Feltman, under secretary general for political affairs, met with senior government officials in Pyongyang, the North's capital, earlier this month, the first high level visit by a United Nations official since 2011.
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Wendy Sherman, former undersecretary of State for political affairs, Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to the U.S. and David O'Sullivan, the EU's ambassador to the U.S., will also participate in the member's only briefing at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Also in the coming weeks, U.S. Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker will meet with senior Putin aide Vladislav Surkov, and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon will meet Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The overhaul of Brazil's social security system to reduce its burden on the government's overdrawn accounts still does not have enough support for Congressional approval, the cabinet minister in charge of political affairs said on Thursday.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "counts on the Security Council to remain united and take appropriate action" on North Korea, his political affairs chief, Jeffrey Feltman, said on Monday after Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear test.
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"The United States calls for the abolition of tariffs, an end to mutual provocations and resumption of dialogue," David Hale, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said in a Serbian-language tweet issued by the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.
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Recently departed White House communications director Bill Shine is also heading to the campaign in a senior adviser role, joining other former White House aides: Bill Stepien, director of political affairs, and Justin Clark from the Office of Public Liaison.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thomas Shannon, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said on Tuesday the United States would use its veto power in the U.N. Security Council to block any sale of Su-30 fighter aircraft to Iran.
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At the height of Princess Diana's campaign on the issue just before she died in 1997, she found herself in the firing line from some politicians who were angry at what they interpreted as her meddling in international political affairs.
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Tom Shannon, the under secretary of state for political affairs and a long-time career diplomat, will run the State Department until Trump's pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is confirmed by the Senate, Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer said.
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Those sanctions have recently been lifted as part of a deal that Rouhani championed, arguing since his 20133 election that it's in his nation's best interest to resolve the issue and become more involved in world economic and political affairs.
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" In opposition: Nicholas Burns, a former ambassador to NATO and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, tweeted: "As a Foreign Service veteran, I find it lamentable that our great career diplomats are treated with such disrespect by their President.
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The media organization posted a behind-the-scenes look at its glitzy and over-the-top "Election Headquarters" AR-powered stage on its Sunday political affairs program "This Week," and today published a 23-degree video of the stage to Facebook.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - U.N. political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman, who visited North Korea this week, expressed willingness to ease tension on the Korean peninsula, state media said on Saturday, amid a rising war of words over the North's missile and nuclear programs.
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Schiff also announced witnesses for hearings next week, some of whom were requested by Republicans, including Kurt Volker, a special envoy to Ukraine, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale and White House National Security Council aide Tim Morrison.
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Hours later, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was actually indicating he was done answering questions when he responded "no" to a reporter who asked if he believes Russia is still seeking to meddle in U.S. political affairs.
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The U.S. president on Tuesday sought to walk back his comments after attracting intense criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, insisting that he misspoke when he said that he did not know why Russia would interfere in U.S. political affairs.
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Laura Cooper and David Hale Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs, and David Hale, the under secretary of State for Political Affairs, will testify on Wednesday afternoon after Sondland's appearance before the committee.
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A representative from the U.S. Embassy in Kiev would occasionally meet with Kilimnik to discuss current political affairs, according to a former senior U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly and thus spoke on condition of anonymity.
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But it's also important for partisans of socioeconomic solidarity, whether right wing or left wing, to recognize that racial and economic grievances can't always be separated, and that a politics of ethnic competition is an unfortunately common state of political affairs.
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The following day, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale told Ghani by phone that Mohib would no longer be received in Washington and U.S. civilian and military officials would not do business with him, the sources said.
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James Ballentine, executive vice president of congressional relations and political affairs at the American Bankers Association, said it's positive that a bank tax isn't currently being discussed and that his group will be prepared if the idea is floated again.
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Other than Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his deputy John Sullivan and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, the third-ranking U.S. diplomat, most of the State Department's senior posts are currently vacant or filled by acting officials.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations' political affairs chief will visit North Korea this week, making the highest-level visit by a U.N. official in more than six years as tensions grip the region over Pyongyang's nuclear and weapons programs.
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"All of the major topics that I think people will be talking about in the corridors are related to: What is U.S. policy?" said Jeffrey D. Feltman, a veteran American diplomat and former United Nations under secretary-general for political affairs.
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In an article on its website, the United Nations reported that Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, the deputy UN political affairs chief, told Friday's Security Council meeting that around 30,000 people participated in and around the march at various locations in Gaza.
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In an article on its website, the United Nations reported that Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, the deputy UN political affairs chief, told Friday's Security Council meeting that "around 30,000 people participated in and around the march at various locations in Gaza."
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My Departure from Ukraine After being asked by the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in early March 2019 to extend my tour until 2020, the smear campaign against me entered a new public phase in the United States.
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While impeachment was brought up in each of the 18 focus groups, participants — many of whom were described as low-information voters with a rudimentary understanding of political affairs — were decidedly more interested in discussing policy matters and the 2020 race.
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Wendy R. Sherman, the under secretary of state for political affairs in the Obama administration, noted that the department's deep bench of talent meant the United States had "more ideas and more capabilities" than any other diplomatic player in the world.
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"Retirement has always been an issue with bipartisan support, and it still is," said Paul Richman, chief government and political affairs officer at the Insured Retirement Institute, which is one of many groups — both industry and consumer — that support the legislation.
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Jeremy Symons is vice president for political affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington, DC. He served as an advisor on climate change and energy policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - United Nations political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman met with North Korea's Ambassador Ja Song Nam on Wednesday to tell him Pyongyang must "desist from taking any further destabilizing steps" after the country launched another ballistic missile.
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But to many who knew him as Richard M. Nixon's assistant defense secretary for legislative affairs, Gerald R. Ford's counsel with cabinet rank and Ronald Reagan's Army secretary and special operations adviser, he was a master of military and political affairs.
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Those emails show Kent, along with Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Reeker, working to provide department counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl and Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale with facts to counter the conspiratorial narratives being pushed about the career diplomat.
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Those emails show Kent, along with acting-Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Reeker, working to provide department counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl and Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale with facts to counter the conspiratorial narratives being pushed about the career diplomat.
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"We will seek to support [the council] when we can, to strengthen it, and we certainly won't do anything to harm it," then–undersecretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns said in statement to the New York Times at the time.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's political affairs minister Carlos Marun said on Monday that passage of a bill to overhaul the country's costly social security system has effectively ground to a halt in Congress and would become a campaign issue in this year's election.
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Clinton sought guidance from many sources Aside from her inner circle, Clinton also received emails from some of her department's top officials, including now-classified emails from then-Deputy Secretary William Burns and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman.
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As recent events have shown with Facebook plunging deeper into a data disclosure scandal, Zuckerberg is much stronger on the tech side than he is at managing what might be described as the political affairs of one of the world's biggest companies.
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His other postings include deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, acting deputy chief of mission and minister counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Paris and deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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The State Department scheduled a ceremony to formally announce the pact, which will be signed by Jacob Nagel, the acting national security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of state for political affairs.
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, where I serve in the Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Political Affairs and Security, has long advocated what it calls "a comprehensive approach to security" that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects.
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This is not the time or place to comment at length on contemporary political affairs, but it is a good moment to reflect on the friendship and respect that Democrats named Clinton and Republicans named Bush came to feel for each other.
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"Plans alone are not sufficient," Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations under secretary general for political affairs, told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, urging Myanmar to draw on the expertise and resources of the United Nations to arrange the mass repatriation.
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MIAMI/LA PAZ (Reuters) - The United States intends to send an ambassador to Bolivia to help restore a "normal relationship" between the two countries, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale said in a video statement posted online on Thursday.
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"We're excited that framework takes a look at reducing corporate tax rates, a territorial system and repatriating funds," says Tiffany Moore, vice president of political affairs at the Consumer Technology Association, Washington, D.C.-based think tank representing a slew of major tech firms.
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After meeting with Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of state for political affairs, Sergei A. Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, said he had warned the Americans that there must be an "unconditional return" of the property or Moscow would retaliate.
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A senior State Department official confirmed that the money had been released but declined to provide an explanation for why it was suspended or why it was released, beyond referring to recent comments by Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.
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At the height of Princess Diana's work on behalf of the issue just before she died in 1997, she found herself in the firing line from some politicians who were angry at what they interpreted as her meddling in international political affairs.
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"When Erdoğan ascended to the presidency, the Turkish constitution required him to officially resign from the AKP and to have no involvement in the party's political affairs," Michael Koplow, policy director at the Israel Policy Forum and an expert on Turkey, writes.
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Along with other paperwork, he provided the co-op board with a letter from the United Nations explaining that he is a political affairs officer there, not a diplomat, an occupation viewed by some co-ops as undesirable, in part because of diplomatic immunity.
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"It is hard to imagine the cooperative, positive relationship with the international community continuing under a Rajapaksa government," Jeffrey Feltman, former under-secretary-general for political affairs at the United Nations and current visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote in a recent note.
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A court application by Zuma had obliged Thuli Madonsela, head of the agency that has spearheaded investigation of alleged involvement of an Indian-born family into political affairs, to delay release of the report that had been due on Friday - her last day in office.
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Scott Jennings, who served as deputy director of political affairs for President George W. Bush, said based on what he saw in the Bush administration, it was not uncommon for such security clearances to get held up for minor reasons, including a speeding ticket.
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Those emails show Reeker, along with George Kent, another diplomat who has testified in the impeachment probe, working to provide department counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl and Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale with facts to counter the conspiratorial narratives being pushed about the career diplomat.
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"We're talking to all senators about trying to advance the legislation," said Paul Richman, chief government and political affairs officer at the Insured Retirement Institute, a financial services trade association focused on the retirement income industry and one of the organizations that signed the letter.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's political affairs minister Carlos Marun said on Thursday that the country would continue to insist that Venezuela and Mozambique pay back nearly 1 billion reais ($281.05 million) in loans they defaulted on to Brazil's state development bank BNDES and Credit Suisse.
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"We have very different views on what counts as a terrorist and what counts as an appropriate response to terrorism from Russia, but at least it's a discussion we can have more easily than we can have on political affairs or peacekeeping," the diplomat said.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's cabinet minister in charge of political affairs said on Wednesday that the government believes recent amendments to a pension reform bill will result in 314 members of the lower house voting in favor of it, five more than required to pass it.
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"We will fight to educate Members of Congress about the impact this draconian budget would have and will fight to educate the public about who is responsible if such cuts become law," Elizabeth Thompson, EDF's vice president for political affairs, said in a statement.
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CNN's KFile team reported in early December that Murray, whom Trump nominated in May to be the alternate representative for special political affairs to the United Nations, praised far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and shared disparaging memes about prominent Democrats and progressives on social media.
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Russia had insisted that it was an Eastern European's turn to be secretary general, so it remains to be seen how much it will push for its favored diplomats for key positions, including deputy secretary general and head of the United Nations' political affairs division.
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Frank Donatelli served as an assistant for political affairs to President Reagan and as deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee during the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCainJohn Sidney McCain3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Fighter pilot vs.
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"I feel for these White House staffers that are caught up in these interviews because it's nerve-wracking," said Scott Jennings, who found himself embroiled in a special counsel investigation during his tenure as deputy director of political affairs under President George W. Bush.
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"The entire Middle East, due to internal reasons and the stupid, unceremonious and irresponsible intervention of the West, entered a period of decades of instability," Sergei Karaganov, honorary chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, explained on a popular Saturday political-affairs show.
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As Robert Mueller bores ever deeper into his business and political affairs, Trump's apparent desire to testify personally to the special counsel reflects his trust in his own instincts and impatience for advice despite the risks, mirroring his new approach to domestic and international policy.
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Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale testified that the State Department declined to put out a statement of support for former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was removed after a smear campaign promoted by Rudy Giuliani and right-wing media.
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Witnesses called to testify who have already given depositions behind closed doors include Kurt Volker, the former special envoy for Ukraine negotiations, Tim Morrison, the Europe and Russia chief for the National Security Council, and David Hale, the undersecretary of State for political affairs.
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House investigators expect to hear testimony next week from several officials, including Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought, State Department Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl and State Department Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale, according to the person working on the inquiry.
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"I think that the Chinese are perplexed by what it is that the United States government wants from China," said David Pressman, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for political affairs who now works at the Boies Schiller Flexner LLP law firm.
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Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council's top Ukraine expert (previous testimony transcript)Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy to Ukraine (previous testimony transcript) Tim Morrison, the top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security Council November 20 US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland (previous testimony transcript) Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia (previous testimony transcript) David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs November 21 Fiona Hill, a former White House Russia expert (previous testimony transcript)David Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the US Embassy in Ukraine This story has been updated with additional developments Monday.
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" In May 2500, Clinton's staff discussed via email her receiving a suspicious link to her email, and she later that day replied to a message from the account of the undersecretary for political affairs with a suspicious website link in it, "Is this really from you?
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Shannon, who serves as under secretary of state for political affairs, is the most senior career diplomat at the State Department and has been a fixture among the nation's diplomatic ranks during more than 34 years of service spanning six presidents and 10 secretaries of state.
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" In May 2011, Clinton's staff discussed via email her receiving a suspicious link to her email, and she later that day replied to a message from the account of the undersecretary for political affairs with a suspicious website link in it, "Is this really from you?
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The State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, Tom Shannon, will approve the cross-border permit on or before Monday, at the end of the 60-day timeline that President Donald Trump ordered in January when he called for construction of Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines.
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Fox News host Chris Wallace said Sunday that he "invited all 85033 [Senate Judiciary] Committee Democrats to join" his political affairs program, but "for the second week, none of them accepted" invitations to discuss the panel's handling of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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"Jennifer Wexton is a proven leader who will stand up in the U.S. Congress for Virginia's working families and help pull the emergency brakes on the Trump-Pence administration's reckless agenda," JoDee Winterhof, HRC senior vice president for policy and political affairs, said in a statement.
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Last week, Abbas gave an interview to Egyptian television in which he said he did not want Hamas in Gaza to replicate Hezbollah's role in Lebanon; in other words, controlling the military and security environment, while the Palestinian Authority looks after political affairs and civil society.
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"Even a shutdown for a small amount of time can set administrative and organizational productivity back for weeks, preventing the public from accessing important information and delaying lifesaving activities at the EPA," said Elizabeth Gore, senior vice president of political affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund.
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David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs at the State DepartmentSondland was initially believed to be the key witness on Wednesday, but Cooper took the spotlight when she revealed damning new information that undermined President Donald Trump&aposs entire defense in the snowballing Ukraine scandal.
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Kent also sent McKinley his memo on the evening of October 3, and the following morning McKinley testified that he had forwarded Kent's memo to three senior State officials: Under Secretary of Political Affairs David Hale, acting legal adviser Marik String and Deputy Secretary John Sullivan.
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François Cardinal, a veteran commentator on Quebec political affairs, who is also head of the editorial section at La Presse, Canada's leading French-language newspaper, said it was the first time in 40 years that the question of Quebec's independence was a nonissue in a provincial election.
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Various Democratic politicians want to investigate the president's financial deals, his business ties to Russia, his handling of Saudi Arabia and North Korea, his efforts to undercut the special counsel investigation, his children's business and political affairs, and a long list of agencies and cabinet secretaries.
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More surprising, some of Mr. Putin's biggest foes in Russia, notably pro-Western liberals who look to the United States as an exemplar of democratic values and journalistic excellence, are now joining a chorus of protest over America's fixation with Moscow's meddling in its political affairs.
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Witnesses also testified that senior White House and State Department officials were involved in burying details of the phone call after White House lawyers determined that the president might have violated the law by asking a foreign country to dip its toes into domestic political affairs.
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This includes David Hale, under secretary for political affairs; Phil Reeker, acting assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; George Kent, deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; and David Holmes, senior staff member at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
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The Senate cleared the bill later that day at the same time that Cruz lifted a hold he had long placed on a slew of diplomatic nominations -- including ambassadors to Norway and Sweden and the State Department's under secretary for political affairs -- to protest of the Iran nuclear deal.
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MORE's U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess L. Baily, has worked behind the scenes with Soros' Open Society Foundation to funnel large sums of American dollars for the cause, constituting an interference of the U.S. ambassador in domestic political affairs in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
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Not only is Russia enhancing its Latin American and Middle Eastern positions, it is also poised to score a big victory by building the Nordstream 2 pipeline to Germany and the Turkstream pipeline to Turkey to gain leverage on all economic and political affairs east of the Rhine.
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Taylor said that the House Intelligence Committee is actively investigating the matter, and moments later, Democrats announced that one of Taylor's staffers from the U.S. embassy in Kiev plans to give a new deposition in closed-door testimony on Friday: David Holmes, the embassy's counselor for political affairs.
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"I think that's really the most important legacy that Secretary Zinke will have, is moving back to that multiple use concept on areas of federal land designed for multiple use," said Dan Naatz, senior vice president of government relations and political affairs at the Independent Petroleum Association of America.
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The George W. Bush White House faced its own problems, with the Office of Special Counsel ruling that the Office of Political Affairs, which was overseen by Karl Rove, broke the law by coordinating appearances of cabinet members at political rallies for Republican candidates during the 2006 midterm elections.
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"The concern here is not that one of these suits would win on the merits — it's the chilling effect that it has on public discussion of political affairs," Jonathan Peters, the Columbia Journalism Review's press freedom correspondent and a University of Georgia media law professor, told The Hill.
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In fact, for residents who have watched Beijing increasingly interfere in Hong Kong's political affairs since Britain handed it back to China in 1997, the activities of mainland companies like HNA in the territory seem like an ominous sign that the other, economic, shoe is about to drop.
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CNN's KFILE team reported that Patrick Murray, who is Trump's pick for alternate representative for special political affairs to the U.N., praised Yiannopoulos's comments slamming campus "safe spaces" and how voting for Brexit would stop Muslim immigration into the U.K. "Clone this guy," Murray wrote in one post.
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Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon and Adam Szubin, acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence for the Treasury Department are also among them, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said at a news briefing.
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"On Thursday, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are going to seek votes from people who fundamentally believe we are not equal, who support dangerous and harmful conversion therapy and who have worked to export anti-LGBTQ hate abroad," said HRC Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof.
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The repeal of private activity bonds could mean that airport renovations cost $3.2 billion more over the next five years, as the bonds are used to build new terminals, upgrade airport gates and other improvements to terminals, said Annie Russo, Airports Council International's vice president of government and political affairs.
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He was summoned to the State Department and dressed down by the under secretary of state for political affairs, David Hale, who told him that "attacks on Ambassador Khalilzad are attacks on the department and serve only to hinder the bilateral relationship and the peace process," according to a statement.
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After meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Washington, David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs, "called for a halt of exchanges of fire in the area, and underscored the need for stability in northeast Syria to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS," according to a State Department statement.
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Paul Kawika Martin is the Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots peace organization working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons, promoting government spending priorities that support human needs, encouraging security through international cooperation and human rights and supporting diplomatic solutions to international conflicts.
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"After these consultations and meetings, in April he will travel to a meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven) in Italy and then on to meetings in Russia," she added, saying U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon would represent the United States at the NATO foreign ministers meeting.
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Among the notable departures: Melanie Pfeiffenberger, the executive director of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, which falls under the RSLC umbrella; David Kanevsky, a vice president for political affairs; Neri Martinez, who led efforts to recruit women and minority candidates; Devon Gallagher, the events director; and David James, the communications director.
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"As Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence has given us all a preview of his vision for America — a future where LGBTQ people everywhere are put at risk for discrimination because of who they are or whom they love," said HRC Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof.
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UN Ambassador Haley hits Russia hard on Ukraine "We have an unwritten rule in diplomacy, you are going to argue with your friends but do it behind closed doors, don't expose differences, in public," Nicholas Burns, a longtime US diplomat and former under secretary of state for political affairs, told CNN International.
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"We think there is more our African colleagues can and should be doing at this point, especially in terms of focusing on leadership, that from our point of view is behaving in a way that is very irresponsible," Tom Shannon, U.S. under-secretary for political affairs at the State Department, told reporters.
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US, China tensions over Pyongyang Monday's Security Council meeting was convened in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test, but it's the 10th time that the council has met on North Korea this year -- and the second time in less than a week, according to Jeffrey Feltman, UN undersecretary for political affairs.
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He will be based in Public Strategies' Philadelphia office but work across Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. He has also served as a vice president at Washington political affairs firm New Partners Consulting, as executive director of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and as White House liaison to the Department of Agriculture under President Obama.
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The charge came in a confidential note by the United Nations' Department of Political Affairs that was dated April 18 and circulated among Security Council members on the progress of a team of experts sent to Congo in November by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to support Congolese officials' investigation into the killings.
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Fiona Hill, formerly the senior director on the National Security Council responsible for coordinating US policy on Europe, and David Holmes, a counselor for political affairs at the US embassy in Kyiv, both told lawmakers the administration's pressure campaign to get Ukraine to probe Burisma was really all about Joe and Hunter Biden.
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"With this attack ... the situation will become more complex, and this will surely be at the expense of the United States, which will be responsible for the aftermath of upcoming regional events that will certainly not be in their interest," Yadollah Javani, the Guards' deputy head for political affairs, told Fars news agency.
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"The fact that Moscow and Beijing are using virtually identical language and are very united at this time I think will provide great comfort to Kim Jong Un," said David Pressman, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for political affairs who now works at the Boies Schiller Flexner law firm.
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As for witnesses, the House Intelligence Committee heard testimony from three former officials whom Republicans had formally asked Democrats to call as witnesses: Kurt Volker, the former special representative for Ukraine; Tim Morrison, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia; and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs.
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After a largely indifferent response to last year's French proposals about the "re-founding" of the European Union, Germany now wants to reassert its control over a splintering community of nation states in order to be able to push back at the American and Chinese influence in the continent's economic and political affairs.
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"Increasing competition and providing a level playing field in the development and use of credit scoring models should ultimately result in more accurate modeling, which could potentially benefit a wide variety of under-served borrowers, particularly younger people and African Americans and Hispanics," says Bill Kilmer, Senior Vice President for Legislative and Political Affairs.
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The statement addresses Monday's meeting in Washington between Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon, in which the compounds -- closed by then-President Barack Obama last December as part of sanctions for Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election -- were discussed.
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"In narrowing this exemption, DOL is greatly limiting businesses' ability to obtain labor relations advice from attorneys, consultants and trade associations, including ABC, which will have a particularly onerous impact on any business without in-house counsel," said Associated Builders and Contractors Vice President of Legislative and Political Affairs Kristen Swearingen said in a statement.
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The others are Kurt D. Volker, the former envoy to Ukraine; Timothy Morrison, a departing National Security Council official; Laura K. Cooper, the Defense Department official who oversees military aid to Ukraine; David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs; and Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official with expertise in Russia.
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Hale, the under secretary of State for political affairs, also told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he did not have any reason to disagree with Fiona Hill, a former top White House Russia expert who told House lawmakers last month that Russian security services were propagating a "fictional narrative" of Ukraine interference.
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The representatives selected by Clinton and the D.N.C. who spoke on the issue were all Jewish and included the retired congressman Howard Berman, who is now a lobbyist; Wendy Sherman, a former under secretary of state for political affairs; and Bonnie Schaefer, a Florida philanthropist and Democratic donor, who had made contributions to Clinton.
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The decision to proceed with the operation in Yemen, this is a decision to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, with the intelligence, the council of ministers, and the council of security and political affairs, and then all recommendations are submitted to His Majesty, and the decision to go forward is with His Majesty.
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Trump's decision to leave the deal "increases the risks for those loved ones and it increases the likelihood that we will not see them come home anytime soon," said Wendy Sherman, a former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs who helped negotiate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the Iran deal is formally known.
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Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant defense secretary, and David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, will testify before the House Intelligence Committee starting at 5:30 pm ET. The hearing was originally scheduled for 2:30 pm ET, but the morning hearing with Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, went significantly over time.
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Bunche, the United Nations under secretary for political affairs and the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, declared that "1960 will be 'the year of Africa' because at least four, but maybe seven or eight, new member states will come from the continent," as The New York Times put it in February of that year.
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Liam Donovan, a former National Republican Senatorial Committee staffer who now handles legislative and political affairs for the Associated Builders and Contractors, said estate tax repeal — which Republicans have promised to include in their effort — could be floated as a carrot in front of vulnerable Democrats like Manchin, Heitkamp and Donnelly to bring them to the table.
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While we will probably spend the next couple of months bitching and moaning about everything from the temperature to slush on the ground to the endless onslaught of terrifying political affairs streaming in through our social media feeds, you will not hear us complaining about all the delicious ways to warm up: spiked cider, hot pie, and soup, here we come.
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Messy system for delivering political advice Instead, Trump administration officials and Republicans close to the White House described a messy system for delivering political advice to the President, one in which the advice flows from several internal and external advisers at different points in time, and from an office of political affairs whose head, Bill Stepien, a former aide to New Jersey Gov.
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Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaKing incites furor with abortion, rape and incest remarks San Jose mayor proposes mandatory liability insurance for gun owners Democrats give cold shoulder to Warren wealth tax MORE represents California's 17th District and Thomas R. Pickering served as former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1997-2000 and Ambassador to the United Nations, Russia, Israel, India and Jordan.
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Though the Democrats get to control the witness lists, since they hold the House majority, the House Intelligence Committee did hear testimony from three former officials whom Republicans had requested as witnesses: Kurt Volker, the former special representative for Ukraine; Tim Morrison, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia; and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs.
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Trump's decision to impose duties on up to $60 billion worth of Chinese imports, for example, comes at a time when Washington needs Beijing's help to rein in a nuclear-armed Pyongyang, said Wendy Sherman, a former under secretary of state for political affairs at the U.S. State Department who was the lead American negotiator for the Iran nuclear agreement.
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"The President meeting with Putin in the wake of this Kerch Strait incident is highly problematic for the United States, because there seems to be no question that the Russians were the aggressor here," said Nicholas Burns, a Harvard professor and former State Department undersecretary for political affairs, pointing to Trump's first statement in the wake of the incident appearing to blame both Ukraine and Russia.
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Several other aspects of the House bill were modified, including the formal name of the State Department's office; the appointment of an Under Secretary for Political Affairs for an indefinite period of time to a four-year period; and the requirement that the president must report to Congress on international cyber agreements made before the legislation was enacted after 180 days instead of 60.
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