Clerics provide cover, citing objections to intoxicants in the Koran.
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It also wants to provide cover better suited to customers' needs.
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By contrast, in 2017 Republicans continue to provide cover for Trump.
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Diplomatic postings are sometimes used to provide cover for intelligence agents.
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The soldiers use red smoke grenades in an attempt to provide cover.
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Didn't journalists provide cover for the Bush administration during the Iraq War?
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Differing opinions and will also provide cover for Facebook to justify starting "narrow".
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But his namastes provide cover for a reactionary campaign to transform the country.
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Guarantees do provide cover for the lots and give a sense of security.
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The government says the area was being used to provide cover for wanted criminals.
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The wrangling could provide cover to finish off Aleppo's last rebel enclave with force.
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But a long-range THAAD-ER battery might provide cover for sub-hunting aircraft.
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But we've just barely begun to address the systems that provide cover for this abuse.
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Discordant ideas are not there to inform; they are there to provide cover for oppression.
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Mr. Hannity and other Fox hosts could provide cover for congressional Republicans to consider impeachment.
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Israel says Hamas has been orchestrating the demonstrations to provide cover for militants' cross-border attacks.
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Buildings and masses of people can provide cover and concealment to hostile actors and their operations.
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Multiple armed helicopters, unmanned aircraft, and fighter jets were used to provide cover for the raid.
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Perhaps the politics of many of the league's players provide cover for its own anthem policy.
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However, Trump's decision to deploy active duty troops to the border could provide cover for that.
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They are mostly built with branches, tarp and old sheets that provide cover from the baking sun.
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This concept was developed to provide cover for a failed action which the political parties jointly supported.
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Inadvertently or not, Google's statement may provide cover and legitimacy for the effort to overturn this precedent.
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During the ambush, a request for an armed drone to provide cover for the troops was denied.
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In order to pull this off, you'll need to have chill co-workers to provide cover for you.
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Advocacy groups have long warned that such protections intend to provide cover for groups with discriminatory hiring practices.
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Critics have argued that these attacks are meant to provide cover if Trump chooses to cause Mueller's firing.
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And naval forces already involved in rescues could provide cover, instead of doing the smugglers' work for them.
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Regardless, religious waivers provide cover to those who resist vaccines simply because they chose to question established science.
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Conservationists worry that the practice, though legal, could provide cover for the black-market trade in elephant ivory.
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The threat was an abuse of authority aimed at misleading the public to provide cover for the president.
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This mysterious lack of earnings growth has helped provide cover for Federal Reserve officials to slowly raise rates.
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As a result, Republicans in power have continued to provide cover for radical-right violence in the modern era.
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Companies such as Admiral, RSA, Direct Line , esure and Hastings provide cover in Britain's highly competitive motor insurance sector.
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But it is not enough to provide cover for the minefields he puts down with voters almost every day.
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Instead they saw pro-Trump hosts like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham provide cover for the President.
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"There were cops all around the perimeter of the area to provide cover in case we needed it," he says.
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That makes worries on the left—that high-risk pools provide cover for denying care to the ill—look justified.
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The move may also provide cover for Mr Trump and avert a quick vote in Congress on higher age limits.
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They force you to make some changes, but they also provide cover for the changes you've long wanted to make.
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In Poland, Lithuania and especially Ukraine, some fear this year's Zapad could provide cover for preparing another Russian military adventure.
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It's that Hariri, willingly or unwillingly, helped provide cover for a government that is partly controlled by Iran-backed Hezbollah.
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For now, the party establishment is happy to provide cover for the administration's corruption, closeness to Putin, and all that.
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But experts also worry the surging pandemic will provide cover for those looking to expand already problematic domestic surveillance practices.
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We cannot remain silent and by implication approve of the use of The Post-Gazette to provide cover for racism.
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The President and his allies continue to provide cover for the racist violence in Charlottesville, and the violent ideology propagated there.
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The liberal media hard at work this week to provide cover for Clinton, when all else fails, what do they do?
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Another protester, carrying a makeshift shield and a Venezuelan flag draped over his back, moves in as if to provide cover.
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But at the same time, the sardonic sheen that coats everything oozing from internet subcultures helps provide cover for white supremacists.
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Each time has Assad crashed the talks previously, Russia -- rather than convince him to stop -- has helped provide cover for him.
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It's disheartening to watch so many disregard their principles to provide cover for a renegade president unfit to hold the office.
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Hedge funds, venture capital and private equity provide cover for malign actors to make opaque investments that pose national security risks.
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Alumni preference, so crucial to the sustenance of Harvard's $37 billion endowment, could provide cover before the courts for racial bias.
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Israel says Hamas has been orchestrating the demonstrations, dubbed The Great March of Return, to provide cover for militants' cross-border attacks.
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Israel says Hamas has been orchestrating the weekly protests to distract from governance problems and provide cover for militants' cross-border attacks.
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While my colleagues provide cover, we get people out... We provided food to some of the civilians and took them to safety.
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Paradoxically, special counsel Robert Mueller will provide cover for President Trump, as it will take him many months to complete his investigations.
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Trump Jr.'s statement, before Monday's bombshell, was designed to provide cover for both his brother-in-law and for his father.
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Dealers, he said, use the bustling intersection, which is shaded by the overhead subway tracks, to provide cover for their illicit activity.
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Israel accuses Hamas of orchestrating the mass-mobilizations to provide cover for attacks and distract from Gaza's economic plight, allegations it denies.
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Israel deems the protests a bid by Hamas to deflect scrutiny from Gaza's governance problems and provide cover for armed border attacks.
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On a tactical level, it gave Islamic State fighters a smokescreen to provide cover from coalition and Iraqi surveillance and air strikes.
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"The purpose of this decision seems to be to provide cover for MSNBC, not to provide voice for MHP Show," Harris-Perry wrote.
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When a soccer player's hijab started falling off to reveal her hair, her opponents gathered around to provide cover while she fixed it.
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Meanwhile, the Jones Act continues to provide cover to what has become an expensive and uncompetitive merchant marine industry subsidized by U.S. citizens.
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" Such narratives, one expert told me, "confuse the international community and provide cover for terrorists to kill tens of thousands and displace millions.
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First, the committee's chairman, Representative Devin Nunes, attempted to provide cover for President Trump's false allegation that he was wiretapped by his predecessor.
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Played with quiet menace by Giancarlo Esposito, Gus maintains a thriving fast-food chicken business to provide cover for his clandestine drug operation.
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In fact, much as a Republican Senate would provide cover for Heitkamp, a Democrat Senate would provide a measure of cover for Republicans.
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Such a shift could also provide cover for banks and other financial institutions that finance carbon-emitting businesses to change their own policies.
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It is the RNC's job to provide "cover and defense" to Trump while he faces attacks from "a rogue, disgruntled employee," McEnany said.
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The European Commission and the OECD, a rich-country think-tank, worry that such schemes might provide cover for money-laundering and tax evasion.
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The military says it is taking necessary action against people suspected of trying to damage the border fence or provide cover for Hamas attacks.
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So it makes sense that America First, which exists in part to provide cover for the White House's political moves, is spending more money.
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They're not the "stars" of a match and instead of charging headfirst into a battle, are usually lagging behind in order to provide cover.
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Projects like Double Team with Dennis Rodman and the awful Street Fighter movie were only done to provide cover for Van Johnson's secret operations.
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But beyond that, it would also provide cover to those who wish to promote chaos in Iran, or worse, a war in the region.
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The endorsement could help provide cover to the Massachusetts senator, who has faced attacks by her 2020 rivals about her Medicare for All proposal.
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The president has demanded the Fed cut rates to zero and implement more QE to provide cover in the U.S. tariff battle with China.
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About an hour after the ambush began, French fighter jets and helicopters arrived to provide cover for the U.S.-Niger team and evacuate them.
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Bono's hiring was immediately met with opposition because she previously worked for the law firm that helped provide cover for Nassar as allegations were mounting.
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And in the Philippines, advocates for President Rodrigo Duterte stoked anger and fear on Facebook to provide cover for a state-sanctioned war on drugs.
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Issues such as these could provide cover for Mrs May if, as she has hinted, she drops her party's commitment to the pensions "triple lock".
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Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs - marine insurers owned by shipping firms - have started to provide cover for Iran's shipping fleet, including its oil tankers.
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But it's mostly because the memo was designed to provide cover for Trump, who is desperately trying to undermine the FBI and the Mueller investigation.
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But critics say that Europe is going too far and that the rules lead to censorship and potentially provide cover for governments to stifle dissent.
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He has cannily positioned himself as the adult in the room, only to provide cover while the bullies and the class clowns run around unobstructed.
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The flood reinsurance scheme, known as Flood Re, is designed to provide cover for these properties and is funded by a levy on insurance policies.
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" The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia expressed concern that allowing child marriage in the name of religion might "provide cover for pedophiles and child sexual predators.
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"It's a tough day," she said, "but the N.H.S. is pulling out all the stops, with senior doctors and nurses often stepping in to provide cover."
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Over time, any reluctance by Iran to abide by the deal's conditions could provide cover for the beginning of a serious push toward developing nuclear weapons.
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Nor is being stridently anti-fascist when digging into subgenres like black metal, whose inherent nihilism and pagan leanings can provide cover for white-supremacist propaganda.
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Republicans poured money into Montana to provide cover for Gianforte's many weaknesses as a candidate—and that was before he was charged with assaulting a reporter.
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Since the other characters were too far away, meant to provide cover and fire for the character sneaking to the exit, it was a lost cause.
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"There just isn't any excuse for any senator to provide cover for a nominee like Donald Trump who hides their returns from the public,"he added.
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Rather, it's a demonstration of what it looks like to be complicit, to provide cover for someone because they were a good person in your presence.
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All it took, apparently, was adding a few billion dollars to the bill, to provide cover to moderate lawmakers who had been reluctant to support it.
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Wichita police officer Justin Rapp testified that he was assigned to provide cover from across the street for responding officers on the night of the Wichita shooting.
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In the future, those covering Trump need to ask simpler and more direct questions and to provide cover for one another to prevent him from playing favorites.
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Sedge plants are found in predominantly aquatic environments, where they provide cover for marsh animals as well as play a big role in facilitating Earth's water cycle.
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The violence was a reminder that even a peaceful protest can provide cover for a violent extremist, particularly one who was apparently motivated by a political issue.
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A majority of those (60%) pay for health insurance via their employer — so Elma is focusing on selling in to corporates to provide cover for their staff.
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" She told NPR, "It would provide cover for top-level executives, which is not something we think would be in the best interest of the American people.
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" Those institutions, the letter continues, "provide cover for the likes of Kanders as they profit from war, state violence, displacement, land theft, mass incarceration, and climate disaster.
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"An explicit attempt was made, by banning flights in the Aleppo area, to provide cover for the terrorists of Jabhat Al-Nusra and associated militants," the ministry said.
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At the same time, the cynic in me wonders if people like that are at the network mostly to provide cover for the more toxic figures, like Hannity.
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The customer data that is stored means insurance companies can now access home contents data and provide cover – if the end user permits their data to be shared.
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The signal was clear: Republican leaders were going to provide "cover" for their fellow legislators seeking election and not wanting to be confronted by an embarrassing vote. Why?
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A US-led investigation found that US's ISR assets did not have enough fuel to provide cover for American forces, in addition to inadequate rest for the troops.
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It also highlights what he sees as a broader problem with generalized consent forms: they provide cover for uses of medical records that patients are unlikely to expect.
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Israel says Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza, has been orchestrating the protests to distract from their governance problems and provide cover for militants' cross-border attacks.
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If Ms. Collins indicates she is leaning against Ms. Haspel, she could provide cover for Mr. Manchin and other moderate Democratic senators to vote no, sinking her candidacy.
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The inmate-produced podcast Ear Hustle details similar innovations at San Quentin prison where incarcerated couples provide cover for each other on an outdoor patio for momentary intimacy.
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However, the timing of Nunes's press conference and the confusing way in which Nunes presented the information made it seem like he was trying to provide cover for Trump.
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A woman told Oxfam her children had respiratory issues after breathing in thick smoke from oil wells that ISIS militants set afire to provide cover from coalition air attacks.
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"In Poland, Lithuania and especially Ukraine, some fear this year's Zapad could provide cover for preparing another Russian military adventure," Giles wrote in a recent op-ed for CNN.
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The Qassam statement said that Israeli warplanes then carried out airstrikes to provide cover while the soldiers escaped on an Israeli helicopter that had landed nearby to extract them.
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Israel accuses the Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza, of orchestrating the protests along the border fence to provide cover for attacks and to distract from Gaza's economic plight.
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This is hardly the first time Barr has taken flak for appearing to provide cover when his boss was facing Congressional investigation over questionable ties to a foreign power.
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Israel accuses the Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza, of orchestrating the protests along the border fence to provide cover for attacks and to distract from Gaza's economic plight.
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Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, admitted to lying to Congress about the project to provide cover because Trump on the campaign trail had denied any dealings with Russia.
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With 12 people working together, I've seen some pretty wild creations, including spiraling towers, massive launch ramps, and even secondary bases to provide cover at multiple points on the map.
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Federal officials say the Chinese, Cuban, and Mexican drug rings have purchased or rented hundreds of homes in California, Colorado, and Washington where lax pot laws provide cover for cartel.
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" Facebook has led a number of initiatives driven at reviving the news business, but Stanton said these acts of philanthropy "are little more than PR stunts intended to provide cover.
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Republican leadership bet that the first group was smaller than 18 people, and trusted the White House would help them assure the second group that President Trump would provide cover.
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Many of the protesters threw stones at the security personnel in an apparent attempt to provide cover for the militants, members of the Hizbul Mujahedeen and Lashkar-e-Taiba groups.
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Stephanopoulos said Cohen also refused to provide cover for Trump in response to questions about a $130,000 payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.
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The corpses of those killed defending Mosul may be equipped with the passports of foreign fighters to provide cover for ISIS operatives who have snuck back into their home countries.
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"An Oakbay insurance broker was called in by Mutual and Federal to be told it will no longer provide cover because they are concerned about their reputation," the source said.
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Unlike Trello, Sortd doesn't have an ability to provide cover images for cards, it doesn't have a consolidated activity trail for tasks and the mobile app lacks the comment functionality.
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Republicans would have little interest in censuring a President of their own party (though it could provide cover for those who have stated Trump's conduct was bad but not impeachable).
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Hawkish peers objected when he argued that America should not advocate policies that might provide cover for countries like Russia or China to flout international laws on the use of force.
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Helen Mountford of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, an independent body of experts, believes that local action could eventually provide "cover, inspiration and a nudge" to national governments.
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Over the next several months, members of Republican Women for Hillary plan to provide cover for Republicans looking to speak out against Trump, whose surprising rise has torn the party apart.
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By contrast, Iran is in more active talks with insurers to provide cover in a market valued at $9 billion overall last year and potentially double that in the next decade.
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The bill's sponsors think the JUI may be persuaded that honour killings are an abuse of sharia concepts that were intended to resolve tribal wars, not to provide cover to murderers.
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Jessica Johnson, underwriting manager malicious acts at Lloyd's insurer Barbican, said a loss of attraction policy could provide cover, for example, to a hotel group with hotels in four UK cities.
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Democrats have said the repeated confrontations are naked attempts by Republicans to sully the department's reputation, to expose key details of its investigation and, ultimately, to provide cover to Mr. Trump.
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Mr. Trump is telegraphing his administration's intent to provide cover for longstanding efforts by Republicans to suppress minority voters by purging voting rolls, imposing onerous identification requirements and curtailing early voting.
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Israeli officials insisted the smoke screens were meant to provide cover for militants trying to make it across the barrier fence to attack soldiers and Israeli civilians living in farming communities nearby.
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Though moving money around with the help of shell companies is mostly legal, it can provide cover for money laundering and tax evasion, and appears at odds with transparency advocacy by definition.
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Some in Congress have said they are open to the idea of increasing the gasoline tax but that Trump would need to provide cover to win approval for the politically risky move.
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Earlier this week, Yahoo's Michael Isikoff revealed that conspiracy theory was created by Russian intelligence officers seeking to disrupt the 2016 presidential election and provide cover for their own election interference efforts.
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The letter served absolutely no public purpose other than to provide cover for Comey, who had been under intense pressure from Republicans for his finding of no illegality in the Clinton investigation.
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Another one offering his services says he can provide cover to a client for an extended period of time by making regular phone calls to their parents – for an extra charge, of course.
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Speaking to NBC, defense attorney Tor Ekeland suggested that First Amendment rights may provide cover for Rivello at trial, allowing him to argue that artworks and images are covered by freedom of expression.
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" The network, she wrote, is "designed to turn us against each other, risking life and death consequences, to provide cover for the corruption that's rotting our government and hollowing out our middle class.
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If the Trump administration follows through with its threats against the court, it could raise questions about its legitimacy and provide cover for other countries, such as South Africa, that are considering exiting.
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As if that is not murky enough, consider that Trump could offer a peace plan designed to be rejected by the Palestinians and provide cover for the imposition of a one-state scenario.
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Addressing an Israeli aviation conference, Transportation Minister Israel Katz said Ben Gurion was already dealing with traffic beyond its intended capacity, prompting the airport to erect temporary pavilions to provide cover for travelers.
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What matters is how his actions both provide cover for those who hold bigoted views and also serve as a sort of encouragement for these sorts of noxious views to be aired publicly.
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And finally, there are a few fighter pilots in the air (Tom Hardy and Jack Lowden), whom we follow over an hour as they try to take down German planes and provide cover.
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In the last 24 hours, the "super PAC" supporting Mr. Rubio, Conservative Solutions, has rushed to provide cover with a new ad airing in Iowa that shows a runaway locomotive bearing Mr. Bush's picture.
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Dynamic Liquidity Support Mechanism: Principal draws and a liquidity facility, which is initially equivalent to 1.3% of the aggregate outstanding balance of all performing loans, provide cover for liquidity shortfalls of all note classes.
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Israel deems the demonstrations an effort by Hamas, the Islamist group that exercises de facto control over Gaza, to stoke Palestinian hostility toward it and provide cover for potential attacks across the border fence.
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"Biter," the final story, also offers a bit of #MeToo catharsis and thematic closure, as a victim of sexual harassment discovers a way to get revenge and provide cover for her own dark appetite.
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Professor Bale, of Queen Mary University, said that while she might be trying to provide cover for Labour lawmakers already inclined to back her deal, there was little of substance she could offer them.
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Vickery wants it canceled, ostensibly because the crowds could provide cover for another abduction, but probably also because he would be embarrassed to see so many neighbors when he hasn't made an arrest yet.
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Pimco's unwillingness to provide cover levels posed an issue for MarketAxess, whose platform had been programmed to automatically display covers under its popular request-for-quotes RFQ trading protocol, two of the sources said.
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Not long after, Trump defenders in the Senate got some back-up from their GOP House colleagues, a group of whom made their way to the Capitol to provide cover from the Bolton fallout.
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Top Democrats ridiculed Mr. Lee's measure as a transparent political move to provide cover for Republicans facing the difficult choice of siding with Congress or Mr. Trump, and they dismissed it out of hand.
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The Israelis claim that Hamas is using women and children as human shields and burning tires to create a smoke screen, all to provide cover for violent attempts to penetrate the fence and attack Israelis.
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He said their actions, such as waiting for backup before approaching Clark and reloading their guns one at a time as to provide cover for each other, show they reasonably believed they were in danger.
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An Indian security source said the operation began with Indian forces firing artillery across the frontier to provide cover for three to four teams of soldiers to cross over at points several km (miles) apart.
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Checks and Balances' members are effectively using that currency to provide cover for others who may fear professional reprisals from a vindictive White House, and to preemptively defuse attempts to paint members as conservative apostates.
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"If we can get this bill signed by the governor with the mint menthol ban intact, it will provide cover; it will provide evidence that that kind of ban works and is necessary," she said.
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The team spent the last two weeks in training, Bradley said, making sure all the players — the defenders, but also the midfielders and forwards who would help track back to provide cover — understood their responsibilities.
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Yes, they take a lot of shit (rightfully so) when they stumble, but the uncertainty around the difference between a malignant privacy breach and a more benign one can provide cover for egregious lapses and oversights.
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Framing control of oil as part of the fight against ISIS, however, may provide cover for an action motivated, at least in part, for reasons that analysts say have no basis in domestic or international law.
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The lawsuits also alleged that the companies' commitments to diversity are a sham and that they have used outside civil rights groups, such as Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network, to provide cover for empty promises.
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One way to understand the severe restrictions on the FBI investigation is that it was never supposed to get to the bottom of the allegations against Kavanaugh, but only provide cover for a vote for Kavanaugh.
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The company halted Iranian oil purchases in July after its insurance company refused to provide cover for the crude because of U.S. sanctions, although its chairman said HPCL may resume buying Iranian oil under sanctions waivers.
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Autostrade said in a separate statement it was in a dispute with the insurance company regarding its liability for the incident under the relevant third party liability policy, which the motorway company believes to provide cover.
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"Our Republican colleagues seem intent on spending their final days in power attempting to provide cover to President Trump and attempting to re-litigate the Department of Justice's decision not to prosecute Secretary Clinton," said Reps.
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Withering gunfire continued as scores of police converged on the area amid reports of an "active shooter" and deployed armored personnel carriers to provide cover for the wounded and move them from harm's way, officials said.
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Fierce resistance is nonetheless expected by militants holed up in a cluster of tall buildings in northern Raqqa, redoubts that provide cover for ISIS snipers and that will be hard for coalition-backed forces to clear.
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But Republican supporters for immigration reform have always argued that it will be easier to pass under a Republican president than a Democratic one, because the Republican president can provide cover for members of his party.
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" Warren added that she viewed Fox News as being "designed to turn us against each other, risking life and death consequences, to provide cover for the corruption that's rotting our government and hollowing out our middle class.
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"A police officer comes up, gun drawn, looking up to the parking garage, to provide cover, while the other two officers evacuate those two guys who were pinned down between cars right near the shooting," he said.
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For Facebook, establishing an independent body is thought to provide cover with users and regulators, who have grown increasingly wary of both the amount of power Facebook wields, and its cavalier attitude towards the responsibilities this brings.
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Mr Poroshenko is said to be considering a referendum on a special status for the Donbas; a no vote could be cited as a break with Minsk, while a yes vote may provide cover for divisive measures.
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"What we have to make sure is that no deal can provide cover for the Iranian regime to develop a nuclear weapon in a clandestine manner while they're reaping all the benefits of this deal," McMaster said.
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The families have been accused of using their children's deaths to provide cover to Mr. Trump and his immigration crackdown, including in letters and postcards mailed to their homes after their appearance with the president last month.
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Federal prosecutors said Gigliotti and his son used their family-run Italian restaurant Cucino Amodo Mio in Corona, Queens, as well as a produce importation company, Fresh Farm Export Corp, to provide cover for drug trafficking for 'Ndrangheta.
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A pack of officers soon began to creep toward the front porch from the east; three of their colleagues positioned themselves directly across West McCormick Street, about 40 yards away, so they could provide cover fire if necessary.
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Their joint opposition served to provide cover for other on-the-fence colleagues who may soon join them in publicly opposing the GOP's effort at finally making good on its cornerstone campaign promise of the past seven years.
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LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Oil companies looking to steal a jump on rivals in the race to benefit from Iran's emergence from Western sanctions risk having tankers left in limbo by international insurers' continued reluctance to provide cover.
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In court records, Russian prosecutors said that Mr. Stepanov had used his position as a senior police official to provide cover and logistical support for a criminal gang that carried out a number of contract killings around Russia.
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The contract will provide cover for buildings valued at around $770 million and comes after a devastating year of disasters in 143 when earthquakes and a tsunami killed more than 3,000 people and destroyed homes and public infrastructure.
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Those seeking to open up the ivory trade argue it will raise badly-needed funds for conservation, but others say it would provide cover to poachers and make products that threaten species such as forest elephants socially acceptable.
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We got Kim and Kanye making their way to dinner in SoHo Monday night where Kim was looking white hot in a low-cut blouse and jean skirt, with a long coat struggling to provide cover ... all in vain.
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And it's hard to see this emerging theory as anything other than an attempt to provide cover for the president—either to protect him from the Mueller investigation or to give him a rationale to remove the special counsel.
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But some companies worry that this opacity could provide cover for retaliation in response to tariffs that the United States has placed on Chinese goods — and wonder if long-negotiated deals could become collateral damage in the trade war.
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Eventually, Republicans announced that the investigation had produced no corroborating evidence supporting Ford's and Ramirez's allegations, and the FBI inquiry may ultimately have served less to get at the truth than to provide cover for swing Republicans, including Sens.
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Diplomats and analysts have complained about the deterioration of the U.S. alliance with Europe, warned of a diminished counterweight to Russia and said tension with the U.S. may provide cover for European firms to increase their trade with the Kremlin.
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The entire game — including how firefights are designed to play out and the way subclass abilities combine together — is oriented around trios and being able to adequately provide cover, heal, and revive members of your squad throughout an intense fight.
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The big picture: The White House said in a statement Bellavia entered a house where his squad was trapped to provide cover to help them escape before re-entering the building to assault insurgents "who were firing rocket-propelled grenades."
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TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global shipping insurers have devised a way to ensure nearly full coverage for Iranian oil exports from next month after striking a deal to provide cover without involving U.S.-domiciled reinsurers, officials in Tokyo and London said.
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What Trump has done with the campaign he ran and his unwillingness to change a single thing as President -- as illustrated starkly in this series of comments about Charlottesville -- is provide cover for Duke and all of his hate-filled compadres.
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The NAACP is so desperate to provide cover for the progressive's favorite dog-whistle, "racism," it has now completed its journey from being a voice for the black community to essentially being the National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian Progressivism.
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Wildlife advocates pointed out that even a highly regulated trade in endangered-animal products can provide cover for continued trafficking; it can also unleash fresh demand that is satisfied by only the killing of more endangered animals in the wild.
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While the fishing season had begun when the article was published, the Mexican government had not yet granted any permits, so the corvina boats would not have been out fishing and would not have been able to provide cover to poachers.
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A bomber detonated his suicide vest outside the main entrance of the district courts in Charsadda to provide cover for the two other bombers to enter, but the police shot and killed the two, said Suhail Khalid, a district police officer.
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They are by now used to anti-Semitic threats and attacks — especially during periods of unrest in the Middle East, which provide cover to those whose actual goal has little to do with Israel and much to do with harming Jews.
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One theory offered by legal experts and NBC News is the case against her may be difficult to prove — since she insists she did nothing wrong and took steps, like requiring patients take X-rays, to provide cover for her prescriptions.
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Those who use Google to search for information on human rights violations—including the pervasive, forced detainment of hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority residents of China's Xinjiang region—will find only whitewashed accounts that provide cover for the government's abusive campaigns.
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Rather than sensibly ignoring the social media attack hounds and lacking a judge to provide cover and protection, the lawyers strike back by making full use of their finely-honed verbal and written attack skills -- only to look like fools in the end.
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So the White House focused its efforts on shaping the Senate bill, while limiting its House considerations mainly to building the outside coalition — supporters from law enforcement, the evangelical community, small businesses and corporations — that would provide cover for an eventual vote.
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For all of those women's loathsomeness, this is also not a problem specific to Kellyannes and Hopes and Ivankas, or any of the other contemptible power-hungry sycophants who have been willing to provide cover for misogynists since before "feminist" was a word.
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"[ISIS] has been fortifying its positions in Raqqa for months, setting up barriers and hanging sheets of cloth over main streets to provide cover from warplanes," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition monitoring organization based in the UK, reports.
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"The Baltic members of NATO are therefore especially concerned over the possibility that these exercises may involve incursions into their territorial waters and airspace, as well as provide cover for building up Russian forces at bases close to their borders," she said.
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IOC, which planned to buy as much as 180,000 bpd of oil from Iran in 2018/2019, last week lifted oil in Very Large Crude Carrier Devon after United India Insurance refused to provide cover for the shipment, an industry source said.
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Two and a half weeks later, Nunes, a Trump ally, told reporters that an unidentified source had shown him intelligence reports containing "unmasked" names of Trump associates swept up in foreign surveillance, prompting accusations that Nunes had disclosed classified information to provide cover to Trump.
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Offred's sudden flight is enabled by Rita and her network of Marthas, who apparently have been radicalized to the extent that they're willing to set fire to a home across the way from the Waterfords' in order to provide cover for Offred and Holly.
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And after White House officials urged senior executives at the parent company of Fox News to issue an endorsement, it released on Thursday an unusual statement formally backing the bill — a move that could provide cover for Republicans concerned about looking soft on crime.
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Although powerful members of the UN Security Council can open a case, they more commonly use their power to provide cover for allied accused heads of states — the most recent and notable example being Russia's consistent vetoing of security council resolutions targeting Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
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Andrew Bardot, executive officer of the International Group of P&I Clubs - the umbrella association for ship insurers that provide cover for pollution and injury claims - said any problems with compensation payments from the incident would stem from the banking sector rather than issues about legality.
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"There's a lot of capital looking for investment opportunities so there are incentives to find innovative new ways to provide cover," Way, head of global coastal risk and resilience for The Nature Conservancy, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the sidelines of the summit last week.
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He had come back to provide cover for Pazdan, but when Pazdan went down to block the shot, Cionek lost sight of it for a quick second — just long enough for it to hit him in the left leg and wrong-foot Szczesny, who had no chance.
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With the duke about to wed, Ferdinand's father (Igor Chernevich at the performance I saw) orders him to marry Lady Milford (Ksenia Rappoport), the duke's mistress, to provide cover for her continued presence in the ruler's orbit — and, crucially, to keep the president close to the duke.
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On the American side, the shaft emerged in the industrial neighborhood of Otay Mesa, on the southern outskirts of San Diego, an area that has been a favorite spot for tunnels because of its easy-to-dig soil and the presence of many warehouses that provide cover.
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Ms. Long said that if experienced, respected Republican national security figures like Mr. Hadley, George W. Bush's former national security adviser, were offered top jobs, and accepted them, it would provide cover and comfort to other Republicans who might otherwise balk at joining the Trump team.
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"Both countries preferred instead to provide cover and support for its junior partner in Damascus; thus placing the lives of millions of innocent civilians in the balance at the height of winter, while further threatening civilians by supporting the continued Assad regime and Russian military," he said.
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The purpose of such an agreement should be to allow reporters the freedom to investigate complex, often unpleasant topics, but lines like "I agree to hold VICE harmless from any and all claims I may have based upon VICE's workplace environment…" are irresponsible and provide cover for bad actors.
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Does President Trump know his State and Justice Departments are still trying to provide cover for Hillary Clinton and Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 2020 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE?
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The Vinson's air wing, made up of more than 40 F/A-18 Hornets, provides the offensive capability to attack enemy targets with bombs or missiles while the carrier's E/A-18G Growler aircraft have the ability to jam enemy radars, disrupt enemy electronic surveillance and provide "cover" for attacking aircraft.
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Comprehensive solutions—such as increased pay transparency, limiting the use of job criteria such as prior salary that can depress wages, eliminating legal loopholes that can provide cover for discrimination, and examining disaggregated data to target industries with the sharpest pay disparities—are essential to fully address the wage gap.
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"Fox News is a hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists — it's designed to turn us against each other, risking life and death consequences, to provide cover for the corruption that's rotting our government and hollowing out our middle class," Warren wrote in the email.
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Inspired more by the films of the Coen brothers than by other spy TV shows, Patriot tells the story of one man who has to take a pointless corporate job to provide cover for his spy missions and of the ways both his professions send him into a moral death spiral.
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A GOP outside group allied with Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE (R-Wis.) is investing further in its effort to provide cover for House Republicans supporting the legislation to reform ObamaCare.
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Trov has been an innovator in the digital vault insurance field which allows users to enter details about their personal belongings to a mobile phoned-based app that links with partner insurers who can provide cover for a laptop, camera, sports equipment, jewelry, collective household goods or other items entered into the vault.
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But a nonprofit allied with Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE (R-Wis.) will provide cover for Republicans in 21 congressional districts with a $2 million nationwide ad campaign on the AHCA.
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In announcing the sanctions, senior administration officials suggested repeatedly that the existence of SPND and its subordinate organizations could provide cover for them to continue missile-related activity, despite the International Atomic Energy Agency's and US intelligence community's assessments that Iran has not engaged in activities that violate the Iran nuclear deal.
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Nunes, you may recall, made an ass of himself and the Intelligence Committee's investigation when he conducted what may have been the most misguided press conference in recent history, all but declaring that he was working with the White House to provide cover for Donald Trump, whose campaign team was suspiciously close to the Russians.
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"Although the precise future trading relationship between the UK and the EU remains uncertain, we are putting arrangements in place that will allow the UK Club to continue to provide cover for our members regardless where their ships are registered," Hugo Wynn-Williams, chief executive of UK P&I Club manager Thomas Miller, said in a statement.
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The campaign, Queer Cinema for Palestine, is run by PACBI (the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, part of the broader BDS organization) in conjunction with Palestinian queer groups such as Pinkwatching Israel, which fights efforts by the Israeli government to provide cover for its treatment of Palestinians through token gestures of LGBTQ-friendly progressivism.
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The U.S. needs to take a full role in helping lead the protagonists to make the difficult tradeoffs necessary to provide cover against Russia, lest another conflict breaks out and threatens a Russian invasion of Azerbaijan and potential Turkish involvement, which means a NATO ally is affected in its vital interests and a likely regional war.
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Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenFive takeaways from the Democratic debate As Buttigieg rises, Biden is still the target Leading Democrats largely pull punches at debate MORE (D-Mass.) for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, giving the Massachusetts senator a prominent voice in left-wing circles and a well-regarded health care expert to provide cover for her Medicare for All plan.
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The effort appeared to have several goals, according to a report compiled by the antidoping agency's intelligence and investigations unit and obtained by The New York Times: to frame the whistle-blower as the ringleader in a scheme to extort athletes and coaches by threatening to manipulate doping samples; to provide cover for the manipulations of test results within the data set; and to help Russia avoid serious penalties from global antidoping regulators.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyHouse passes bill that would give legal status to thousands of undocumented farmworkers College Republicans launch campaign calling for GOP to take action on climate change Pelosi's whiplash moment brings praise and criticism MORE (R-Calif.) alleged Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (D-Calif.) waited to announce her support for the historic United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA) trade deal until Democrats unveiled articles of impeachment in an attempt to provide cover for members of her caucus in swing districts that supported President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats worried by Jeremy Corbyn's UK rise amid anti-Semitism Warren, Buttigieg duke it out in sprint to 2020 MORE in 85033.
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