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Leadership requires you to live above board – Kashim Shettima	added by yageidam 1 year ago
We are going to prove, with documentation, that everything was above board and legal and in response to a historical and very tough moment, where the lives of Bolivian citizens were at risk. – Rosario Canedo	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Hunting elephants may not be a standard tool of sustainable use of natural resources, or the best method of alleviating the problem of human-wildlife conflict, but I do not see a problem if the hunting is done in a proper, ethical and above-board manner. – Neil Fitt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
But I do not see a problem if the hunting is done in a proper, ethical and above-board manner. – Neil Fitt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think we need to do some catch-up so I think we've got to follow and find all sorts of above-board strategies. – Deval Patrick	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Industries and governments across the world engage in an array of efforts to defend their national interests. In MPOC's case, however, we ensure that all such activities are above board and are in accord with local rules and regulations governing such engagements. – The MPOC	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was aware that Adam Corey and( an agent known as) Mike Miller arranged so that we could go and see the show. I arrived at the theater and received my ticket from my brother, the problem that I have is that I should have asked more questions to make sure that everything that had transpired was above board. – Marcus Gillum	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If this was all so above-board and not problematic in any way, why did the National Security Council coming out of this meeting feel it was necessary to contact the CIA director and the director of the National Security Agency to give them a heads' up on what Trump had just told the Russians? – Greg Miller	Found on CNN 6 years ago
But everything has died down now and it is all above board. – Udomdej Sitabutr	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Running investigations in a private, fact-centric way is unquestionably the right way to conduct a serious investigation. The pitfall, of course, is that commentators, and sometimes even Members of your own Conference, offer thoughts on matters on which they are not familiar, my team of investigators, drawn from the military, federal agencies and the congressional oversight and ethics committees, has worked hard, and in an above-board manner. It is unfortunate when claims are made by those who do not know what the committee has done, why it has done it, or the results of its work. We made a promise to the families about the integrity of this investigation, and no one on the majority side has forgotten it. – Elijah Cummings	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It was allowed and it was fully above board. The people in the government knew that I was using a personal account. – Hillary Clinton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My personal email use was fully above board. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a government that is supposed to be transparent, above board. Their strength has been on the governance side. – Jesse Ang	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Leadership requires you to live above board

– Kashim Shettima

added by yageidam
1 year ago

We are going to prove, with documentation, that everything was above board and legal and in response to a historical and very tough moment, where the lives of Bolivian citizens were at risk.

– Rosario Canedo

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Hunting elephants may not be a standard tool of sustainable use of natural resources, or the best method of alleviating the problem of human-wildlife conflict, but I do not see a problem if the hunting is done in a proper, ethical and above-board manner.

– Neil Fitt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

But I do not see a problem if the hunting is done in a proper, ethical and above-board manner.

– Neil Fitt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think we need to do some catch-up so I think we've got to follow and find all sorts of above-board strategies.

– Deval Patrick

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Industries and governments across the world engage in an array of efforts to defend their national interests. In MPOC's case, however, we ensure that all such activities are above board and are in accord with local rules and regulations governing such engagements.

– The MPOC

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was aware that Adam Corey and( an agent known as) Mike Miller arranged so that we could go and see the show. I arrived at the theater and received my ticket from my brother, the problem that I have is that I should have asked more questions to make sure that everything that had transpired was above board.

– Marcus Gillum

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If this was all so above-board and not problematic in any way, why did the National Security Council coming out of this meeting feel it was necessary to contact the CIA director and the director of the National Security Agency to give them a heads' up on what Trump had just told the Russians?

– Greg Miller

Found on CNN
6 years ago

But everything has died down now and it is all above board.

– Udomdej Sitabutr

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Running investigations in a private, fact-centric way is unquestionably the right way to conduct a serious investigation. The pitfall, of course, is that commentators, and sometimes even Members of your own Conference, offer thoughts on matters on which they are not familiar, my team of investigators, drawn from the military, federal agencies and the congressional oversight and ethics committees, has worked hard, and in an above-board manner. It is unfortunate when claims are made by those who do not know what the committee has done, why it has done it, or the results of its work. We made a promise to the families about the integrity of this investigation, and no one on the majority side has forgotten it.

– Elijah Cummings

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It was allowed and it was fully above board. The people in the government knew that I was using a personal account.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My personal email use was fully above board.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is a government that is supposed to be transparent, above board. Their strength has been on the governance side.

– Jesse Ang

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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