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Our criminal prosecutors conducted a preliminary review to determine what additional aspects of the incident required further investigation to do this case justice, by early summer, it became clear we would begin the work to convene a grand jury to seek criminal charges. – Pima County Attorney Laura Conover	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are waiting for the answer to our proposal to convene a meeting addressing a wide range of important issues for European security. – Jens Stoltenberg	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I plan to shortly convene the heads of the MDBs to articulate our expectations that the MDBs align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement and net-zero goals as urgently as possible, we also expect them to take steps to more effectively mobilize private capital so that developing countries can increasingly benefit from private sector pledges to support climate-aligned and sustainable investments. – Janet Yellen	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
We can not convene in parliament without the king, yet the king is not in parliament. If you pass a motion, that motion must be approved by him alone. – Commerce Minister Khumalo	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Every CEO in the energy sector — and especially pipeline CEOs — should immediately convene their incident management teams to do a deep dive review of their security posture and protocols. – Neil Chatterjee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Well, I think the convention is a challenging situation and a number of my colleagues have announced that they are not going to attend, and we'll have to wait and see how things look in late August to determine whether or not you can safely convene that many people. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If our history prevents us from reaching the full potential of our future, then we need to take action, my staff will work with the Jacksonville Cultural Council to convene experts in history and art to ensure we acknowledge our past in a full and complete way ; a way forward that leaves no person's heritage or experience behind. – Lenny Curry	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Let's do an audit vote by vote, i'll join (the audit). If there's fraud, the next day we'll convene a second-round. – Latin America	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Robert Mueller did not indicate that Robert Mueller purpose was to leave the decision to Congress One, i hope that was not Robert Mueller view, since we don't convene grand juries and conduct criminal investigations for that purpose. – William Barr	Found on CNN 5 years ago
President Trump helped convene a meeting in Saudi Arabia to stop the financing of terrorism. Well, what Palestinian Authority is doing is financing terrorism. Palestinian Authority must end and the United States must use every opportunity to bring Palestinian Authority to end. – Benjamin Cardin	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It’s an incitement to violence, president Trump helped convene a meeting in Saudi Arabia to stop the financing of terrorism. Well, what Palestinian Authority is doing is financing terrorism. Palestinian Authority must end and the United States must use every opportunity to bring Palestinian Authority to end. – Benjamin Cardin	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The president-elect's made it very clear he wants the Congress when they convene in early January to take up the task of repealing and replacing ObamaCare first. – Vice President-elect Mike Pence	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
When we finish the agenda points, that is to say, when everything is agreed, that is when we will send the texts to Congress and convene the plebiscite. – President Juan Manuel Santos	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
When we finish the agenda points, that is to say, when everything is agreed, that is when we will send the texts to Congress and convene the plebiscite, that moment won't necessarily coincide with the signing of the accords. The signing is a formality, it can be done afterward. – President Juan Manuel Santos	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
FIFA and AFC would kindly ask you to abide by the following: first to reinstate the four dismissed ANFA members by May 23, 2016 the latest, and second, to convene an ordinary congress of ANFA as soon as possible thereafter. – Secretary General Markus Kattner	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
If I started to go into all the elements of why we haven't been able to convene a meeting, then I think I would only make it even more difficult to convene one. – Jens Stoltenberg	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I won't announce a date, but we all agreed that immediately after completion of the first round of the Syria discussions, the International Syria Support Group will convene, and that will be very shortly, because we want to keep the process moving. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Only America can convene Sunni forces from what I believe needs to be a combined Sunni force of Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians, Sunnis in Iraq, Sunnis in Syria to confront a radical Sunni movement and defeat them militarily. They will need our help in convening it, but it doesn't involve a full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I hope I leave office ... as a respected figure who can convene people and bring people together. and I just think the president and I talked about what we do together. What we each want to do out of office. – Joe Biden	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it. – White House Spokesman Josh Earnest	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it, thereby avoiding a government shutdown but also insuring that our national security and economic priorities are properly funded. – White House	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution, amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot. To be sure, changing the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, would require a two-thirds vote in Congress, then ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures. It could also be changed through a constitutional convention in which at least 34 states convene to vote on an amendment, which would then need ratification from a minimum 38 states. Trump since announcing his candidacy in mid-June has made illegal immigrants from Mexico a top concern and has suggested several solutions -- including a wall along the southern border and the change to birthright citizenship. – Jessica Levinson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
All of us that were here can agree that Toronto and Ontario can be very proud with the way you hosted these amazing Games and you have every right to imagine and to dream of one day hosting the Olympic Games, i now declare the 17th Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games officially closed and invite the youth of the Americas to convene in four years in Lima, Peru. – Ivar Sisniega	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As one of his final acts as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Ronald Machen used his power as a political weapon to undermine the rule of law, machen was legally bound to convene a grand jury, but instead he ignored his obligation and unilaterally decided to ignore the will of the House. … This is wrong, and a great example of why so many Americans distrust their government. – Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Our criminal prosecutors conducted a preliminary review to determine what additional aspects of the incident required further investigation to do this case justice, by early summer, it became clear we would begin the work to convene a grand jury to seek criminal charges.

– Pima County Attorney Laura Conover

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are waiting for the answer to our proposal to convene a meeting addressing a wide range of important issues for European security.

– Jens Stoltenberg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I plan to shortly convene the heads of the MDBs to articulate our expectations that the MDBs align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement and net-zero goals as urgently as possible, we also expect them to take steps to more effectively mobilize private capital so that developing countries can increasingly benefit from private sector pledges to support climate-aligned and sustainable investments.

– Janet Yellen

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We can not convene in parliament without the king, yet the king is not in parliament. If you pass a motion, that motion must be approved by him alone.

– Commerce Minister Khumalo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Every CEO in the energy sector — and especially pipeline CEOs — should immediately convene their incident management teams to do a deep dive review of their security posture and protocols.

– Neil Chatterjee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Well, I think the convention is a challenging situation and a number of my colleagues have announced that they are not going to attend, and we'll have to wait and see how things look in late August to determine whether or not you can safely convene that many people.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If our history prevents us from reaching the full potential of our future, then we need to take action, my staff will work with the Jacksonville Cultural Council to convene experts in history and art to ensure we acknowledge our past in a full and complete way ; a way forward that leaves no person's heritage or experience behind.

– Lenny Curry

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Let's do an audit vote by vote, i'll join (the audit). If there's fraud, the next day we'll convene a second-round.

– Latin America

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Robert Mueller did not indicate that Robert Mueller purpose was to leave the decision to Congress One, i hope that was not Robert Mueller view, since we don't convene grand juries and conduct criminal investigations for that purpose.

– William Barr

Found on CNN
5 years ago

President Trump helped convene a meeting in Saudi Arabia to stop the financing of terrorism. Well, what Palestinian Authority is doing is financing terrorism. Palestinian Authority must end and the United States must use every opportunity to bring Palestinian Authority to end.

– Benjamin Cardin

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It’s an incitement to violence, president Trump helped convene a meeting in Saudi Arabia to stop the financing of terrorism. Well, what Palestinian Authority is doing is financing terrorism. Palestinian Authority must end and the United States must use every opportunity to bring Palestinian Authority to end.

– Benjamin Cardin

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The president-elect's made it very clear he wants the Congress when they convene in early January to take up the task of repealing and replacing ObamaCare first.

– Vice President-elect Mike Pence

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

When we finish the agenda points, that is to say, when everything is agreed, that is when we will send the texts to Congress and convene the plebiscite.

– President Juan Manuel Santos

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

When we finish the agenda points, that is to say, when everything is agreed, that is when we will send the texts to Congress and convene the plebiscite, that moment won't necessarily coincide with the signing of the accords. The signing is a formality, it can be done afterward.

– President Juan Manuel Santos

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

FIFA and AFC would kindly ask you to abide by the following: first to reinstate the four dismissed ANFA members by May 23, 2016 the latest, and second, to convene an ordinary congress of ANFA as soon as possible thereafter.

– Secretary General Markus Kattner

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

If I started to go into all the elements of why we haven't been able to convene a meeting, then I think I would only make it even more difficult to convene one.

– Jens Stoltenberg

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I won't announce a date, but we all agreed that immediately after completion of the first round of the Syria discussions, the International Syria Support Group will convene, and that will be very shortly, because we want to keep the process moving.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Only America can convene Sunni forces from what I believe needs to be a combined Sunni force of Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians, Sunnis in Iraq, Sunnis in Syria to confront a radical Sunni movement and defeat them militarily. They will need our help in convening it, but it doesn't involve a full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I hope I leave office ... as a respected figure who can convene people and bring people together. and I just think the president and I talked about what we do together. What we each want to do out of office.

– Joe Biden

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it.

– White House Spokesman Josh Earnest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it, thereby avoiding a government shutdown but also insuring that our national security and economic priorities are properly funded.

– White House

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution, amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot. To be sure, changing the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, would require a two-thirds vote in Congress, then ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures. It could also be changed through a constitutional convention in which at least 34 states convene to vote on an amendment, which would then need ratification from a minimum 38 states. Trump since announcing his candidacy in mid-June has made illegal immigrants from Mexico a top concern and has suggested several solutions -- including a wall along the southern border and the change to birthright citizenship.

– Jessica Levinson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

All of us that were here can agree that Toronto and Ontario can be very proud with the way you hosted these amazing Games and you have every right to imagine and to dream of one day hosting the Olympic Games, i now declare the 17th Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games officially closed and invite the youth of the Americas to convene in four years in Lima, Peru.

– Ivar Sisniega

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As one of his final acts as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Ronald Machen used his power as a political weapon to undermine the rule of law, machen was legally bound to convene a grand jury, but instead he ignored his obligation and unilaterally decided to ignore the will of the House. … This is wrong, and a great example of why so many Americans distrust their government.

– Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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