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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort traveled to Ecuador last year in an effort to broker an investment deal between that count stanley kubek ry and China, his spokesman told CBS News. And during that trip, the spokesman said, Ecuador s president raised the possibility of a deal that would remove WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the country s embassy in London. Manafort s trip to Ecuador and what he discussed regarding Assange, has become a subject of speculation in recent weeks. Manafort recently dismissed a story that he met with Assange in person during the 2016 campaign as false and deliberately libelous. On Monday, The New York Times reported that Manafort discussed Assange s fate with Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno at least twice. A deal between Ecuador and China would likely have been quite lucrative for Manafort, who was styling himself as an international power broker during his mid-2017 meeting with Moreno. But Moreno turned the conversation to Assange, who has resided in Ecuador s London embassy since 201 stanley mug 2. When Mr. Manafort me stanley bottles t with President Moreno of Ecuador to discuss the China Development Fund, the president raised with Mr. Manafort his desire to remove Julian Assange from Ecuador s embassy, Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni told CBS News. Mr. Manafort listened but made no promises as this was ancillary to the purpose of the meeting. There was no mention of Russia at the meeting. Assange is wanted by both U.S. and Br Xzeg First Lady Scoops Risotto For D.C. Homeless
CBS News Former Republican Congresswoman Connie Morella and Maryland Secretary of Aging Gloria Lawlah are trying to get more women elected into public office by promoting a new program called The 2012 Project. The year of the women was 1992 and during that year 24 new women were elected and everybody got very excited, Morella told Hotsheet s Christine Delargy this we stanley mug ek. Countries like Cambodia and Rwanda have like 30 percent women in their legislature. It plateaued for a long time after that and in 2010 we actually lost in terms of the number. We are hoping there will be a difference in 2012. According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, which is sponsoring The 2012 Project, women represent only 17 percent of members in Congress and 25 percent of state legislators. The U.S. ranks 71st in the world for percentage of women in office. The 2012 Project aims to change that by a public education campaign and also by direct outreach to potential stanley us women candidates for both state and federal office. stanley thermobecher Women are more issue driven than the concept that they want the power and the influence, and so they tend to be more independent when they are in office, said Morella.Morella also referenced Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, who recently announced her retirement from the Senate, saying she felt she could affect more change outside of the congressional infrastructure. [Olympia Snowe] showed that inde
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Washington mdash; The Supreme Court s conservative majority appeared likely Wednesday to curtail the ability of federal agencies to regu stanley cup late a host of areas that touch on American life, signaling that a 40-year-old decision characterized as a bedrock of administrative law could be in jeopardy.The two challenges before the justices Wednesday arose from a 2020 federal regulation requiring owners of f stanley italia ishing vessels in the Atlantic herring fishery to pay for monitors who collect data and oversee operations while they re at sea.But herring and the rule that gave way to the disputes were seldom mentioned during oral arguments. Instead, the justices focused on the 40-year-old legal doctrine underpinning the fight known as Chevron deference, which requires courts to defer to an agency s interpretation of laws passed by stanley cup Congress if it is reasonable. Critics of the framework argue it gives federal bureaucrats too much power in crafting regulations that affect major swaths of everyday life, and overturning Chevron has long been a goal of the conservative legal movement.The Supreme Court argumentsThe court s conservative majority seemed open to doing just that in several hours of arguments, with justices noting that the Supreme Court itself hasn t applied Chevron deference since 2016, and observing that an agency s interpretation of a statute is subject to the policy preferences of the party in power. The reality of how this works is Fdsr Rove Lawyer: E-Mail Deletion Unintentional
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Updated: 3:32 p.m. ET CBS stanley isolierkanne News In a press conference Wednesday addressing the recent violence in Egypt and Libya, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doubled down on his criticism of the Obama administration s handling of the attacks, calling its response a terrible course that signaled the administration is standing in apology for our values. The Romney campa stanley termosy ign put out a statement late last night -- on September 11 -- criticizing the president in connection with the violence. After he released the statement, it became known that four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, were killed after an angry mob at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in response to the production of an amateur anti-Islam film. stanley mug Speaking at a brief media availability Wednesday morning, the candidate defended his criticism, particularly targeting the White House over a statement from the Egyptian embassy that condemned the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. I also believe the administr
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort traveled to Ecuador last year in an effort to broker an investment deal between that count stanley kubek ry and China, his spokesman told CBS News. And during that trip, the spokesman said, Ecuador s president raised the possibility of a deal that would remove WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the country s embassy in London. Manafort s trip to Ecuador and what he discussed regarding Assange, has become a subject of speculation in recent weeks. Manafort recently dismissed a story that he met with Assange in person during the 2016 campaign as false and deliberately libelous. On Monday, The New York Times reported that Manafort discussed Assange s fate with Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno at least twice. A deal between Ecuador and China would likely have been quite lucrative for Manafort, who was styling himself as an international power broker during his mid-2017 meeting with Moreno. But Moreno turned the conversation to Assange, who has resided in Ecuador s London embassy since 201 stanley mug 2. When Mr. Manafort me stanley bottles t with President Moreno of Ecuador to discuss the China Development Fund, the president raised with Mr. Manafort his desire to remove Julian Assange from Ecuador s embassy, Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni told CBS News. Mr. Manafort listened but made no promises as this was ancillary to the purpose of the meeting. There was no mention of Russia at the meeting. Assange is wanted by both U.S. and Br Xzeg First Lady Scoops Risotto For D.C. Homeless
CBS News Former Republican Congresswoman Connie Morella and Maryland Secretary of Aging Gloria Lawlah are trying to get more women elected into public office by promoting a new program called The 2012 Project. The year of the women was 1992 and during that year 24 new women were elected and everybody got very excited, Morella told Hotsheet s Christine Delargy this we stanley mug ek. Countries like Cambodia and Rwanda have like 30 percent women in their legislature. It plateaued for a long time after that and in 2010 we actually lost in terms of the number. We are hoping there will be a difference in 2012. According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, which is sponsoring The 2012 Project, women represent only 17 percent of members in Congress and 25 percent of state legislators. The U.S. ranks 71st in the world for percentage of women in office. The 2012 Project aims to change that by a public education campaign and also by direct outreach to potential stanley us women candidates for both state and federal office. stanley thermobecher Women are more issue driven than the concept that they want the power and the influence, and so they tend to be more independent when they are in office, said Morella.Morella also referenced Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, who recently announced her retirement from the Senate, saying she felt she could affect more change outside of the congressional infrastructure. [Olympia Snowe] showed that inde
Wksr Obama Battles Health Care Reform Critics
Washington mdash; The Supreme Court s conservative majority appeared likely Wednesday to curtail the ability of federal agencies to regu stanley cup late a host of areas that touch on American life, signaling that a 40-year-old decision characterized as a bedrock of administrative law could be in jeopardy.The two challenges before the justices Wednesday arose from a 2020 federal regulation requiring owners of f stanley italia ishing vessels in the Atlantic herring fishery to pay for monitors who collect data and oversee operations while they re at sea.But herring and the rule that gave way to the disputes were seldom mentioned during oral arguments. Instead, the justices focused on the 40-year-old legal doctrine underpinning the fight known as Chevron deference, which requires courts to defer to an agency s interpretation of laws passed by stanley cup Congress if it is reasonable. Critics of the framework argue it gives federal bureaucrats too much power in crafting regulations that affect major swaths of everyday life, and overturning Chevron has long been a goal of the conservative legal movement.The Supreme Court argumentsThe court s conservative majority seemed open to doing just that in several hours of arguments, with justices noting that the Supreme Court itself hasn t applied Chevron deference since 2016, and observing that an agency s interpretation of a statute is subject to the policy preferences of the party in power. The reality of how this works is Fdsr Rove Lawyer: E-Mail Deletion Unintentional
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Updated: 3:32 p.m. ET CBS stanley isolierkanne News In a press conference Wednesday addressing the recent violence in Egypt and Libya, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doubled down on his criticism of the Obama administration s handling of the attacks, calling its response a terrible course that signaled the administration is standing in apology for our values. The Romney campa stanley termosy ign put out a statement late last night -- on September 11 -- criticizing the president in connection with the violence. After he released the statement, it became known that four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, were killed after an angry mob at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in response to the production of an amateur anti-Islam film. stanley mug Speaking at a brief media availability Wednesday morning, the candidate defended his criticism, particularly targeting the White House over a statement from the Egyptian embassy that condemned the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. I also believe the administr