Results for “Council on Foreign Relations”

…e growth and employment multipliers from deficit spending estimated by Christina Romer (former Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers) have not materialized. John Taylor and John Cogan from Stanford have been closer to the mark: an initial boost, but then a rapidly...

…sed to win a major role in the country’s new Parliament and remains the biggest political counterweight to the military council. Jacob Walles, a deputy assistant secretary of state, met for the first time this week with the leaders of the Brotherhood’s newly formed Freedom and J...

… conversations, absolutely no conversation, he confirmed again, and the interview, attended by senior National Security Council official and spokesman Michael Anton, ended soon thereafter. But later that day, DeYoung called Anton and asked if she could use Flynn’s denial on the...

…7-8, 235-36, 238-39, 243, 245-47, 274, 276, 281, 289, 291, 297 business affairs of, 17-18, 102, 211, 256, 281 business council and, 35, 87-88 Charlottesville rally and, 294 China and, 193, 211, 228 Christie and, 31 Comey and, 168—70, 210-14, 216-18, 232, 243, 245, 280, 307 CPAC...

… to ensure that they, too, recognized it would be a fu// withdrawal to the border, fulfilling the terms of the Security Council resolution adopted after the 1982 Lebanon War. Ordinarily, an operation on this scale would have been carried out over a period of weeks. But when we h...

…are concerned the president isn’t up to the job and resent the politicization of the agency by appointing Bannon to the council. Staffers fear Kushner because he’s so close to the president, and they aren’t really sure of his official role in the White House. For his part, Kush...

…requested the case be postponed until a date certain of September 18, 2008 as Mr. Kaufman has a hearing before the Town Council. MOTION BY MS GREENBERG TO POSTPONE THE CASE UNTIL STEPTEMBER 18, 2008 SECONDED BY MR. OCHSTEIN MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY B. Case # 08-2511, 114 N....

…noticed that you are an island and we control the ocean,” an unwelcome Athenian general intimated to a Melian citizens’ council one day 243 BC as his soldiers and ships collected menacingly outside the city’s walls. Athens wanted the Melians to join an alliance 226 “You smug fac...

…Mr. Maxey that the Code Enforcement Board’s position was to enforce the Code and said that he had always found the Town Council members to be very receptive, individually and as a group. Mr. Fried said it was not beyond 15 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016630

… war between the United States and the United Nations Congress is planning to escalate the clash over the U.N. Security Council’s anti-Israel resolution into a full-on conflict between the United States and the United Nations. Even on this, America is divided: Was Cinnabon’s Carr...

…rrow programs continues. ¢ We turn to the US to veto hostile initiatives against Israel in the United Nations Security Council. Or to soften the conclusions of the Goldstone Commission and its ilk. ¢ Itis to them that we turned (and they responded to the best of their ability)...

…istrict of Columbia for the jamboree, “! Brooks said. The Virgin Islands District is part of the National Capitol Area Council in D.C.; *Brooks said. Among the challenges the scouts faced was ‘“ tt was really cool because we all leamed teamwork. We had some problems at first,...

…requested the case be postponed until a date certain of September 18, 2008 as Mr. Kaufman has a hearing before the Town Council. MOTION BY MS GREENBERG TO POSTPONE THE CASE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 SECONDED BY MR. OCHSTEIN MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY B. Case # 08-2511, 114 N. C...

…ates and broaden the tax base. Steve judge, president and chief executive officer of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, an industry trade group, said Camp's proposal was “disappointing.” “Key policy makers from both parties have already made clear that the discussion ar...

Code Enforcement Board Meeting Minutes 07/17/08 the Town Council’s power and authority, if persuaded, to look into an ordinance and suggested Mr. Maxey address it with them. B. Case # 08-2508, 227 Brazilian Ave., 2F, Hillen J. Smith Violation of Chapter 18, Section 18-241 of th...