Rosenstein also signing off on the ridiculous FISA application renewal.
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Signing off on school activities and therapy dates was complicated.
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Bristol included her own doc ... signing off on the name change.
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That, however, hasn't stopped Zuckerberg from signing off on other replication projects.
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Harris came under fire again in 2016 for signing off on California Gov.
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"I am not signing off on anything other than a win," he said.
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So, the only obstacle is the court and prosecutor signing off on the plan.
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Tesla declined to comment on whether Musk was signing off on each new hire.
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He wouldn't have made this deal if the President weren't signing off on it.
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Everybody knows: I am not signing off on any [unanimous consent agreements] on anything.
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Signing off on the Democratic offer would avert a government shutdown set to begin Saturday.
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Still, security experts need to test systems first-hand before signing off on their trustworthiness.
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The Japanese-backed consortium now has no target date for signing off on the project.
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Waldhauser could also ask investigators for more information before signing off on the finished report.
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Mnuchin also showed optimism Friday about the prospect of Congress signing off on the trade agreement.
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They accused Trump of not having the proper intelligence before signing off on the raid. Gen.
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The minute [McCaskill and Gilliband] wrote it, they had older Republican men signing off on it.
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The New York Today columnists Alexandra Levine and Jonathan Wolfe will be signing off on Friday.
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Congress should require Mexico to bolster employees' rights before signing off on a new trade pact.
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In signing off on the decision, Mr. Murdoch proved that he is a pragmatist at heart.
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The effort fell short, with only 35 signing off on the ERA before a 1982 deadline.
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Dorsey will lead the search for Jackson's replacement, with the Haslams signing off on the finalists.
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Both the MillerCoors and Asahi transactions would be contingent on regulators signing off on the larger merger.
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Trump approved the operation, signing off on it in the last week, one of the officials said.
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But he had spent his final days signing off on a flurry of subpoenas in Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
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As chair of House Administration, Miller was in charge of signing off on settlements negotiated through the OOC.
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Though Hillary Clinton said during the last campaign, she was not directly involved in signing off on that.
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S. attorney in Miami in signing off on a deal to not prosecute Epstein in the mid-2000s.
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" After signing off on releasing the memo, he said, "A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves.
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It's unclear how FBI malfeasance could have solely resulted in a judge signing off on a FISA warrant.
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But the process for signing off on the controversial aircraft has languished and may now stretch into early 2020.
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Jokowi began his presidency by signing off on executions by firing squad of eight drug offenders, despite international outcry.
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And private worries that he refused to step away from signing off on subpoenas boiled over in public Wednesday.
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Callum was responsible for signing off on the exotic GT, but also for the design of the driverless society.
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However, the White House on Tuesday appeared amenable to signing off on a lower amount to avert a shutdown.
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As president, he's hardly governed as a Bannonite, instead signing off on a slew of long-standing Republican priorities.
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Trump has said he will hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping before signing off on a deal.
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Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers admitted misconduct and was fined 5.1 million pounds for signing off on the accounts in August 2017.
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Sessions could go about all of this by signing off on a new memo that simply condemns marijuana legalization.
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Her mother was suddenly hospitalized for an illness before signing off on basic utilities like power, water, and electricity.
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The department is also under fire for signing off on a $139,000 project to update doors in Zinke's office.
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And no bill can become law without Trump (and his cadre of anti-immigration aides) signing off on it.
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The whole system is dependent on the president signing off on things and the president having information on things.
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There was concern that Hillary Clinton had conflicts of interest when signing off on the deal as Secretary of State.
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The asset sale is subject to a number of conditions, including regulators and shareholders signing off on the Rexam acquisition.
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He would not comment on any additional research that might be done into the doctors signing off on the forms.
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Conaway won't seek reelection: report MORE (R-Utah), had hoped to overhaul the program before signing off on an extension.
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Most nights are slow on the late shift, with Ballard looking for wandering Alzheimer's patients and signing off on suicides.
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Prior to Yellen's appearance this week in Congress, she had not spoken since signing off on the December rate rise.
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School operators that earned below an A or B could not expand without the commission's signing off on their location.
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The conservative group's members were "very close to signing off" on the legislation, its leader, Representative Mark Walker, told reporters.
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Sources told CNN it is highly unusual for a political appointee to be involved in signing off on such a freeze.
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After signing off on the arrangement, AMI chief executive David Pecker allegedly told Cohen to rip up the paperwork, prosecutors allege.
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In early January global banking regulators postponed signing off on the new rules because of disagreements over minimum levels of capital.
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"I think that's quite different, though, than signing off on the right of an individual to have a procedure," Carey said.
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Lawmakers are very afraid of signing off on any legislation that allows for distracted driving — in self-driving cars or otherwise.
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Signing off on a contract for outside counsel would just be the first step in formal legal action by House Republicans.
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OIRA, which is a part of the OMB, is tasked with reviewing and signing off on draft proposed and final rules.
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"What I said to them was, 'Show me the investigator's report, and then I'll know what I'm signing off on,'" he said.
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His best-remembered piece of domestic legislation, after signing off on that budget-balancing tax increase, is the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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"I'm a good guy, they're good people, and it's all love," he said as a way of signing off on the interview.
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Nunes is still signing off on subpoenas dealing with "unmasking" issues, however, which has sparked some grumbling from Democrats on the panel.
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He shared Mulvaney's view that Schumer is being held back from signing off on increased border-fencing funding by Pelosi's political situation.
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The CDC measures, issued in March 2016, would limit doctors to signing off on only three-day supplies of the powerful drugs.
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That budget will go back to the governor, who has the authority to veto line items before signing off on the bill.
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In his clinic, he is now signing off on more than 20 cancer diagnoses related to 9/11 every week, he said.
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The order was placed last August and expedited at the EPA's request, with top-level staffer Millan Hupp signing off on it.
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That means it's likely that a new Congress, elected after the midterm elections in November, will be signing off on the deal.
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The judges are responsible for signing off on or rejecting warrant applications submitted as part of intelligence gathering and national security operations.
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Signing off on the meeting allows the Russian president to show the different avenues he can use to avoid isolation, Mr. Melloni said.
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Now it has the staff, and legally mandated procedures for vetting firms, signing off on investments, preventing conflicts of interest and so on.
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BP contended that settlement administrators had misconstrued the terms of the deal and were signing off on millions of dollars of unwarranted claims.
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"Thank you Marilyn Manson for signing off on the 'Bigger than Satan' x Justin Bieber tee," Lorenzo wrote on Instagram in July 2016.
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Others say Donald Trump's administration acted in haste by signing off on the strike, not considering the ramifications and the possibility of war.
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That politicians, who are typically risk-averse, now feel confident enough signing off on marijuana legalization suggests that the issue has broken through.
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Basically, because I was so vulnerable, he was able to manipulate me into just signing off on a statement that they drafted for me.
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Pixar vets Edwin Catmull and John Lasseter are key here, signing off on some of the studio's most memorable work since the early '90s.
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In this instance, Trump is deferring some of his own Commander-in-Chief authority to the military before signing off on the game plan.
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As for Deyjah signing off on doctors sharing her medical info with her dad -- GS thinks there's an off-balance power relationship there too.
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But with Pai currently under investigation for corruption by his own agency, signing off on that sort of gamesmanship likely would have proven problematic.
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Certainly the makers of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" should have watched their film in 4DX before signing off on a final cut.
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In other words, Saturn retrogrades arrive to teach us the value of reviewing (and, if needed, completely revising) our work before signing off on it.
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Trump and other White House officials have been publicly bullish in recent months about the odds of signing off on a comprehensive agreement with China.
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Rather than signing off on pills for a pre-diabetic mother, I would love to prescribe a nearby grocery store that sells fresh, affordable produce.
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Is there a doctor on staff or is their doctor somebody that is on staff at a hundred treatment centers just signing off on everything?
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Norman endorses Cobra clubs, and Philion, Cobra's president, said he leaned on Norman for counsel before signing off on the company's single-length iron bet.
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In a statement on Friday, Klobuchar said she was concerned that the FTC "did not fully review" the deal before signing off on it Wednesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued an expedited approval of a test for the new coronavirus, signing off on its use by state health labs.
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Hoyer said he thinks Senate Democrats didn't understand the full impact of the procedural change requested by House GOP leaders before signing off on it.
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Informal soundings and then exploratory talks precede formal coalition negotiations and party leaders may also seek approval from their members before signing off on any deal.
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BECKY QUICK: Obviously, you were on the side of really embracing that in the end, because nothing's gonna get made without you signing off on it.
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" Signing off on the email, Dorsey tried to rally employees, asking them to stay positive: "It's natural during times like these to focus on the negative.
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The court would be responsible for signing off on any warrant for an arrest of Guaido - a move the U.S. official emphasized would have severe consequences.
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A key issue of the hearing was how much scrutiny regulators gave the new design of the aircraft before signing off on it in March 2017.
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"It's likely an uncontested, amicable divorce, it's just you have layers and layers of people signing off on it," says L.A.-based tax attorney Bruce Givner.
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He acknowledged Sunday that he does not feel California has done enough to curb climate change, despite signing off on a number of pro-environmental policies.
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He said one of his political advisers, Howard Wolfson, was laying out the rationale for contesting different districts, and Mr. Bloomberg was signing off on them.
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Rousseff's offense amounts to a technical overstepping of her powers in signing off on extra government spending, but the motivations for her ouster run much deeper.
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Last week, the right-wing pundit character made his first televised appearance since signing off on the final episode of The Colbert Report a year ago.
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Mr. McConnell said Mr. Trump would act after signing off on a border security deal that Congress is about to approve to avert another government shutdown.
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But even if her plan were to be accepted, reversing a spectacular defeat in January, lawmakers would only be signing off on the easy part. Mrs.
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General manager John Dorsey, hired in December 2017, will lead the search for Hue Jackson's replacement with Haslam and his wife, Dee, signing off on the finalists.
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Brown said some defendants relied on the fact that lawyers had sanctioned the use of ASAs by signing off on them, as their defense in the case.
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In response, Erdoğan has stalled on signing off on a readmission agreement that would allow non-Turkish nationals illegally in Europe to be sent back to Turkey.
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He said he blames backlash over the practice on Congress for signing off on a law without knowing what it says, going back to the Obama administration.
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He was part of the initial discussions with Buhler, he's listed as an executive producer, and he's available — but he's not writing or signing off on scripts.
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Representatives of the lenders started new consultations in Athens this week aimed at signing off on Greece's progress in adopting terms of a multi-billion euro bailout.
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Trump then went after Rosenstein for his role in signing off on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
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They have been involved in virtually every decision, such as determining the exhibition's thematic structure and signing off on the artwork and texts for the extensive catalog.
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But there is much to do in little time, particularly given Trump's insistence that he meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before signing off on any arrangement.
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No one expects a busy British foreign secretary to write his own op-eds but he must have glimpsed at this one before signing off on it.
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Some of Mr. Trump's advisers say they anticipate him signing off on a deal, regardless of concerns among conservative members of congress and certain West Wing aides.
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The company's cost-cutting measures—at one point last year, Musk and his CFO, Zach Kirkhorn, were personally signing off on all expenses—seem to be panning out.
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But the industry might be on the up-and-up, with the FDIC signing off on 10 charters in both 2016 and 2017 before approving 14 last year.
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Oh, and if you're wondering who picked up the tab during this intimate meal ... it looks like BS did, as he's seen signing off on the bill here.
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Importantly, some people may tour different locations, or come back for a second tour to show other members of the organization before signing off on their new space.
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The State Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision signing off on a law enacted in April that boosts the state's education funding by roughly $90 million a year.
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The EU leaders' meeting from Wednesday had hoped to reach a provisional Brexit deal before signing off on a withdrawal agreement at a special Brexit summit in November.
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The guidance could not be revoked without DeVos's approval, and she was reportedly "uncomfortable" with signing off on it, citing the high rates of suicide among trans students.
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In July, British Prime Minister Theresa May also delayed signing off on a $24 billion nuclear power project partly funded by China, citing the need to review the details.
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The U.S. timeline envisions the Security Council signing off on a framework for negotiations between Assad'srepresentatives and the opposition, leading to the formation of a security committee in April.
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Judge Mary Walrath of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved the sale after a court-appointed privacy ombudsman released a report last week signing off on the deal.
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The lender's auditor, EY, had quit before signing off on the bank's 2018 accounts in June, after being unable to agree with the bank on usage of some loans.
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The lender's auditor EY had quit before signing off on the bank's 2018 accounts in June, after being unable to agree with the bank on usage of some loans.
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Creditors started fresh negotiations with Athens last week on signing off on a new bailout review under the terms of the country's 86 billion euro ($91 billion) financing facility.
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Three former employees said that, as recently as this year, Mr. Chang was personally signing off on employee expenses and questioning executives about receipts for lunches or Uber rides.
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Boeing (BA) – The Federal Aviation Administration said it would now take sole responsibility for inspecting and signing off on any newly manufactured 737 Max jet before delivery to airlines.
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"See you tonight at Tham Luang," said an upbeat Samarn, before signing off on the video clip and setting off for the province of Chiang Rai on the Myanmar border.
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And the requests irritated Trump, who continued to resist signing off on the request, according to an account by two White House officials who spoke only on condition of anonymity.
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Unlike many artist and brand partnerships, he was involved in the process from start-to-finish, rather than just signing off on it and collecting that sweet, sweet vodka money.
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" As well as hands-off designer, Rumsfeld seems to have become chief tester, spending "countless hours" on beta releases of the game and signing off on "something they call 'UX.
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Sponsor Control Attribute Stronger: The Huai'an municipal government sets the course of Huai An Traffic's strategic development, appointing most of its senior management and signing off on its major decisions.
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But the proposals in Trump's first such effort are already facing objections from Republican lawmakers, as well as Democrats, who are timid about signing off on such deep Medicaid cuts.
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The lender's auditor, EY, had quit before signing off on the bank's 2018 accounts in June, after being unable to agree with the bank on the usage of some loans.
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Some of the behavioral criteria include whether the employee is completing compliance training on time, reviewing emails in a timely fashion, pre-clearing trades and signing off on trade blotters.
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CNN reported last week that just two members of Congress are typically responsible for signing off on such settlement payouts -- the chairman and ranking member of the House Administration Committee.
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Since Democratic votes are needed in the Senate to pass spending bills, they are in a position to make demands on immigration before signing off on such a spending increase.
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Among the doctors who certified these plans, 47 percent spent less than one minute reviewing the paperwork before signing off on it, researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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From Benedict IX selling his title off for profit to Innocent IV signing off on the use of torture during the Inquisition, not every pope has had a squeaky clean reputation.
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They are responsible for checking voters' identity cards, counting ballots and signing off on tally sheets that summarise the results, which are transmitted by machine to the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE).
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As we reported ... Karen stands accused of skipping months of payments on the Maserati she bought in 2014, which led to a judge signing off on the warrant back in October.
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Fearful of being discovered himself, Abu al-Abbas said he then went to an Islamic State court where a judge tested his knowledge of Islam before signing off on the marriage.
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Schwartz, the former CEO of a private-equity research firm in Hong Kong, wants more transparency on the funding before signing off on state bonds for $1003 million of infrastructure improvements.
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Rosenstein provided critical oversight, including approving Mueller's investigatory mandate and signing off on major decisions, such as referring the investigation of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to federal prosecutors in Manhattan.
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Bristol Palin and baby daddy Dakota Meyer are finally getting along as parents ... and in the ultimate show of goodwill, she is signing off on the baby getting dad's last name.
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Despite reports government leaders in Brazil are opposed to signing off on a deal that would allow Boeing to buy jet maker Embraer, sources tell CNBC a deal is still possible.
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The ruling 5-Star Movement opposes signing off on the reform until plans for a wider European banking union became clearer, while the co-ruling Democratic Party (PD) supports the plan.
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The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement is against signing off on it until plans for a wider European banking union become clearer, while the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) supports it.
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Approximately 80 percent of doctors said they never or only rarely changed an order for skilled home health care services, instead signing off on exactly what was detailed on the paperwork.
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Kardashian later announced that she had a video recording of Swift signing off on the song — and on July 17, she posted a series of clips from said video on Snapchat.
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That source and two others on the project also recalled hearing Ivanka say she needed her father's approval before signing off on some decisions she wanted to make on the project.
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Those under the regulator's senior managers regime - which makes them personally accountable for their actions - should be actively reviewing and signing off on the risk assessment for any crypto assets, Woods said.
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Mytilineos said the company will finalize any investment decision with a view to a 21-member executive committee and the CEO jointly signing off on it at a meeting on Dec. 22.
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Ultimately, it's hard to picture Rivers signing off on any deal that improves the long-term outlook while slicing into the 2.0 percent chance they have to win the title this year.
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Republicans are also pointing to Rosenstein's role in signing off on one of four applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
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I talked to my boss about this, and was advised to monitor and manage the new hire's work even more closely, signing off on everything he does until he's mastered the basics.
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The articles of impeachment charge Rosenstein with "high crimes and misdemeanor" for allegedly withholding information from congressional committees as well as signing off on a controversial surveillance of a former Trump adviser.
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The House is very unlikely to allow the bill past it, and even if it did, the notion of the president signing off on something undermining his own administration's efforts is laughable.
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Indonesia is seeking to gain more control over its mineral wealth, but the Arizona-based company has said it wants some guarantee on fiscal terms before signing off on the complex sale.
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Diplomats and officials said on Monday that EU leaders were likely to hold a special Brexit summit in mid-November in the hope of signing off on a divorce deal with Britain.
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She said state prosecutors believed TUV SUD had a significant interest in signing off on the dam's security, particularly after Vale had fired a different inspection firm that declined to do so.
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"It's no coincidence that the federal government office she heads is signing off on policies that harm some of our society's most vulnerable," said Nan Aron, of the progressive Alliance for Justice.
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The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement opposes signing off on the reform until plans for a wider European banking union become clearer, while the center-left Democratic Party (PD) supports the plan.
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Andrew M. Cuomo has dangled a possibility of signing off on a pay raise for lawmakers in exchange for an expanding raft of measures on ethics, homelessness, hate crimes and other topics.
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"It's no coincidence that the federal government office she heads is signing off on policies that harm some of our society's most vulnerable," said Nan Aron of the progressive Alliance for Justice.
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The so-called book-to-bill ratio is an indicator of the strength of future business, but final data depends on auditors also signing off on a rush of last-minute order activity.
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President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan on Saturday, signing off on federal aid to assist the city amid an intensifying public health crisis caused by widespread water contamination.
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However, the president might delay signing off on the deal, triggering a constitutional crisis and a showdown with left-wing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who has staked his political future on the deal.
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Eric Trump, who is running the company with his brother in Mr. Trump's absence, then tasked a Trump Organization staff attorney in California with signing off on the arbitration paperwork, these people said.
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Lagarde, 60, is accused of negligence for signing off on a highly unusual out-of-court settlement between the state and Tapie, a colorful French businessman with connections to then- president Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Last week, Trump's Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, resigned after outrage over his signing off on a controversial non-prosecution plea deal with Epstein, which allowed him to escape being federally charged in 2008.
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That matched the list of products proposed by Beijing in March and comes as a direct response to U.S. President Donald Trump signing off on tariffs on imported steel and aluminum last month.
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Regardless of whether the perpetually deadlocked F.E.C. takes action, lawyers may wish to think twice before signing off on corporate political giving or spending that they cannot guarantee comes entirely from legal sources.
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Mr. Rosenstein's signing off on applying for an extension indicates that the Trump administration's Justice Department agreed that there was probable cause that the president's former campaign aide was an agent for Russia.
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Lee had been instrumental in seeking to drive growth through new businesses, including signing off on South Korea's biggest outbound deal: an $8 billion acquisition of U.S. auto electronics maker Harman International Industries.
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After Iran shot down a U.S. drone in June, John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser at the time, urged Trump to retaliate by signing off on an operation to kill Soleimani, officials said.
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Another official said his style going back to his days as FBI director was to set tone and expectations, and signing off on decisions, but leaving his team to do their work without micromanagement.
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And then Kim Kardashian West — Kanye West's wife and another celebrity who knows how to work a gossip cycle — released a series of videos that appeared to show Swift signing off on West's lyrics.
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"I took a lot of time educating myself on the political system and the branches of government that are signing off on bills that affect our day-to-day life," she wrote in Elle.
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The Investigative Committee, the state agency that investigates major crimes, said Ulyukayev received a $2 million bribe in exchange for signing off on Rosneft's purchase of a stake in mid-sized oil producer Bashneft .
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While Sony might have gladly signed off on a God of War evolution, it's tougher to imagine its executives signing off on the franchise doing something 'drastic,' like replacing its hero with a heroine.
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The goods hit with the charges the list of products proposed by Beijing in March and comes as a direct response to Trump signing off on tariffs on imported steel and aluminum last month.
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That matched the list of potential tariff products proposed by Beijing in March and comes as a direct response to President Donald Trump signing off on tariffs on imported steel and aluminum last month.
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The White House has some big decisions to make before signing off on the Labor Department's widely contested rule to expand overtime pay, one of the biggest regulatory initiatives of President Obama's second term.
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Before I knew it, I was actively advocating for Lawrence's desire to move into a group home, researching his options, offering my opinions and signing off on things that would change his life completely.
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As a New Year's Eve deadline approached, Mr. Biden and Mr. McConnell hammered out an agreement in a dozen phone calls, aides to both men said, with Mr. Obama signing off on every move.
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As a result, they have insisted that most of his compensation in the coming years be based on the N.F.L. hitting financial targets, with various owners signing off on bonuses linked to the targets.
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Elements of that strategy included asking new customers to accept the overdraft program at the same time they were signing off on other mandatory terms and conditions related to opening an account, the complaint said.
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Why it matters: This divestiture is dependent on antitrust officials signing off on CVS Health's takeover of Aetna — meaning CVS and Aetna believe this sale will resolve any antitrust concerns and foreshadows imminent federal approval.
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Bank of Jinzhou said last week that its auditor EY had quit before signing off on the bank's 2018 accounts, after being unable to agree with the bank on the actual usage of some loans.
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The articles also assert Rosenstein has a conflict of interest for signing off on the final Page surveillance warrant and not later recusing himself or recommending a second special counsel as some Republicans have sought.
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Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, said the only legally enforceable time requirement is the mandate that the administration must notify Congress 90 days in advance before signing off on the deal.
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Multiple reports last week said China wants additional talks before signing off on the first phase, but National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Thursday there is "a lot of momentum" to finalize the deal.
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Trump has repeatedly said he is in no rush to reach a deal with the Chinese and that he would prefer to have a full agreement in place rather than signing off on piecemeal aspects.
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More recently, Sessions personally guided the White House as Trump attempted to dramatically limit asylum applications, removing some language in the process and ultimately signing off on the new rule, according to two DOJ officials.
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Lawmakers have increasingly raised concerns that Rosenstein will soon be out of a job after he ignited the fury of the president by signing off on the FBI raid against Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's lower house of Congress completed approval of the 2019 budget early on Monday morning, signing off on the spending part of the package barely a week after the plan was first presented.
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European Union institutions and the International Monetary Fund are holding out for a conclusion of additional reforms by Athens before signing off on the review, which could potentially unlock further financial aid to the indebted country.
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Najib has talked to the local media about playing golf with Trump in the past, and said he had a picture of the two with Trump signing off on it saying "To my favorite Prime Minister".
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Bank of Jinzhou said in early June that its auditor EY had quit before signing off on the bank's 2018 accounts, after being unable to agree with the bank on the actual usage of some loans.
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Later on, Gorsuch writes of "the parties," plural, who "proceeded to specify the rules that would govern their arbitrations," as if every low-wage worker consults a contract lawyer before signing off on their HR paperwork.
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Yeshanew included emails showing he urged top executives for years to end a practice at the airline of signing off on maintenance and repair jobs that he asserts were done incompletely, incorrectly or not at all.
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LONDON (Reuters) - China has cautioned Britain against closing the door to Chinese money and said relations were at a crucial juncture after Prime Minister Theresa May delayed signing off on a $24 billion nuclear power project.
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But the deal itself is not entirely new: The company already had approval to build the facility in 2018, with the city and port signing off on a 10-year lease at $1.4 million per year.
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But House Democrats and organized labor officials have cleared the way forward by signing off on changes to the agreement, which the Trump administration has spent months negotiating with Canada and Mexico to win lawmakers' approval.
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Lagarde is accused of negligence by improperly signing off on the decision to allow an extremely rare out-of-court arbitration in a dispute between Tapie, a supporter of conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy, and the state.
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The Gambia is one of 38 countries across Africa where homosexuality is illegal, with Jammeh signing off on a law last year that qualified gay acts as crimes of "aggravated homosexuality" and punishable by life in prison.
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Before signing off on this, the Liberal Democrats and the S.N.P. would need to be satisfied with the wording of the government proposal, the government's commitment not to proceed with its Brexit bill and the election date.
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Before signing off on this, the Liberal Democrats and the S.N.P. would need to be satisfied with the wording of the government proposal, the government's commitment not to proceed with its Brexit bill and the election date.
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Last Friday, Trump's Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, resigned after a week of scathing criticism over his signing off on the no-prosecution agreement with Epstein in 2007, when Acosta was the top federal prosecutor in southern Florida.
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The documents show it was engaged in dual-tracking — offering loan modifications while pursuing foreclosure at the same time — and that they robo-signed documents — signing off on multiple foreclosures per minute, without reviewing the homeowner's case.
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Renewed debate over the authorization comes in the wake of Trump signing off on missile strikes in Syria late last week to punish President Bashar al-Assad for allegedly carrying out recent chemical attacks against civilians there.
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While the new mine is mainly planned as replacement for depleting existing operations, BHP is far from alone in planning new operations, with rivals Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group also looking at signing off on developments.
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On the video call, he singled out a lending executive who, instead of simply signing off on a World Bank loan to help Jordan build an airport, created a package that relied heavily on private sector finance.
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With Rosenstein signing off on continued surveillance of Page in 2017, this somehow proves that the investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties is entirely based on support for Clinton within the FBI and anti-Trump animus.
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Prosecutors believe TÜV SÜD had a vested interest in signing off on the dam's safety so that it could get more work from Vale, which had fired another inspection firm which refused to certify the dam's safety.
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In China, government regulators are trying to stanch the loss of foreign exchange reserves, and are wary of signing off on multibillion dollar deals in industries, such as commercial real estate, not deemed to have strategic value.
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Trump already faced a Turkey-borne crisis this year when Ankara launched an offensive against Syrian Kurdish forces, an operation Trump was widely seen as signing off on when he ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from Syria.
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Administration officials knew full well that by signing off on a "zero-tolerance" prosecution policy (which was formally rolled out in early May), they were going to cause thousands of parents to be separated from their children.
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That voice purportedly belongs to none other than Swift herself, who seems to be signing off on a song—or at least part of a song—she and her reps have publicly decried for nearly half a year.
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When one of Manafort's lawyers asked if Manafort's longtime associate Rick Gates was involved in signing off on transactions for Manafort's accounts, Washkuhn said his involvement was minimal, and that the bulk of her contact was with Manafort.
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She ultimately published videos online that appeared to reveal Swift signing off on West's "Famous" lyrics over the phone — and then posted a series of snake emojis that her followers gleefully reposted all over Swift's social media pages.
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President Donald Trump last year announced plans to strengthen the US military presence in Afghanistan, signing off on a modest surge of several thousand more US troops tasked primarily with conducting counterterrorism missions and training Afghan security forces.
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Washington (CNN)A federal judge who was critical of the Comcast-NBC Universal merger before signing off on the media megadeal in 2011 will oversee the Justice Department's lawsuit to block AT&T's similar takeover of Time Warner.
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According to a source with knowledge of the arrest orders, the two engineers were responsible for signing off on the safety of the dam, which burst last week, killing at least 65 people, with another 279 still missing.
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But the other 19 members of the group broke explicitly with Mr. Trump in their embrace of the international deal, signing off on a detailed policy blueprint outlining how their countries could meet their goals in the pact.
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Although that was largely out of Havenly's control -- and the site gives you the option of signing off on the final price of everything that goes into the room -- it should be more transparent about potential hidden fees.
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But even with the positive housing data and the Federal Reserve cutting its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday — both of which are generally bullish for homebuilders — experts aren't signing off on chasing the group.
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Greece needs the bailout funds to pay IMF loans, ECB bonds maturing in July and growing state arrears, subject to lenders signing off on a review of its reform progress that includes changes to its tax and pension laws.
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Why it matters: Democrats' opposition reflects their growing unwillingness to capitulate to Republicans who aren't giving them what they want — namely signing off on their bipartisan DACA deal from last week — even if it means causing a government shutdown.
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The National Assembly will ultimately be responsible for signing off on an agreement, meaning a deal isn't guaranteed even in a situation where both Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands too boost spending, Maxwell explained.
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"At issue is a decades-long relationship between Democrats and tech companies, with Democratic presidents signing off on deregulation and candidates embracing money and innovations from firms like Google and Facebook," The Washington Post's Dave Weigel wrote on Monday.
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Asserting that the mall, called Winter Cherry, should never have been allowed to open because of "blatant safety issues," he accused an unnamed deputy mayor of signing off on the shopping center's opening in 2013 after receiving a bribe.
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The Times article seemed to be trying — rather unsubtly — to draw a contrast between the idea of a cautious, deliberate Obama and the image of Trump casually signing off on a risky operation while sitting at the dinner table.
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Duffey's role in signing off on apportionments is considered odd, the Journal reported, as sources described the responsibility as one that is typically handled by career officers who have years of experience and intimate knowledge of the funding process.
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CNN reports that British officials have determined that the amount of nerve agent believed to have been possessed by two Russian intelligence agents involved in the crime points to the likelihood of Putin signing off on the killing himself.
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Booker highlighted that Barr has pushed for hardline criminal justice policies in the past, including signing off on a report making the "Case for More Incarceration," although he now claims to back reforms that would slightly reduce incarceration rates.
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Although after watching the video evidence, it's a little hard to countenance that "bitch" would be where Taylor draws the line, after signing off on the line that they might have sex—but this just layers assumptions upon assumptions.
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That would involve passing a bill to expand the size of the court and allowing the president to appoint however many justices would be needed to create a new liberal majority, with the friendly Senate signing off on any appointee.
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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni may resume signing off on death sentences after a long hiatus to help stem a wave of crime, he said on Twitter in comments that were quickly denounced by rights activists opposed to capital punishment.
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While his wife was arrested in Nairobi when the scandal broke and has since served two prison sentences related to the miracle babies, Deya, now 64, has remained free despite the UK home secretary twice signing off on his extradition.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced Brazilian engineering company Odebrecht SA to pay $2.6 billion in fines in a massive criminal corruption case, signing off on a plea deal between the company and U.S., Brazilian and Swiss authorities.
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A study at the University of Pennsylvania received an initial approval from the ethical gatekeepers at the National Institutes of Health this week, the government body's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) signing off on its potential use in a human trial.
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Indicated up 21 pct Shareholder adviser Ivox Glass Lewis has called on Linde investors to vote against signing off on the actions of its management and supervisory board due to problems in the handling of a planned merger with peer Praxair.
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Pruitt himself has defended his actions during multiple congressional hearings this year where he often shifted the blame to EPA career staff for signing off on his office's $43,000 soundproof booth and onto the media for spreading a false narrative.
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A long way off the financial, artistic and spiritual shafting of the 2007 recession, those in charge of signing off on productions seemed to do so with the reckless abandon of someone who doesn't get that Instagram polls aren't anonymous.
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Most recently, Poland became the first member nation to veto the bloc's signing off on the continent's fundamental human rights charter, saying that while it explicitly protected gay men and lesbians, there were no similar protections for Christians and Jews.
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He finger-points and Fat Mac shuffles for the duration, somehow signing off on every single move with an inherent grace and coolness—the kind of swag your uncle thinks he possesses on a wedding dancefloor but absolutely does not.
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Now, President Donald Trump is in the position of signing off on a move that will undoubtedly roil Beijing while he is engaged in trade negotiations with China — and working to formulate a response to the crisis in Hong Kong.
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The existence of the inquiry, which was opened last year, was shared with the city comptroller's office late Friday, leading Scott M. Stringer, the comptroller, to decide against signing off on the contract, an official in the comptroller's office said.
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The Swiss cabinet this month asked Brussels to clarify provisions on wage protections, state aid and the rights of EU citizens in Switzerland before signing off on the treaty, frustrating EU desires to wrap up a deal years in the making.
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Here is a summary of the charges: FALSE TAX RETURNS - FIVE COUNTS Manafort is charged with five counts of signing off on and aiding in the production of false tax returns, one count each for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico wants to end to a tariff dispute over steel and aluminum with the United States prior to signing off on a reworked trade agreement with its northern neighbor, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Thursday.
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The gritty details: The agency told Charter in signing off on the deal that it had to build out broadband to two million new customer locations, and that a million of those had to be places where there was already a broadband provider.
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Ulyukayev's arrest a year ago came moments after Sechin personally handed him the cash in a late-night meeting at the Rosneft headquarters in exchange for signing off on Rosneft's purchase of a stake in mid-sized oil producer Bashneft, according to investigators.
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Before signing off on the plea deal, Kinkeade took the unusual step of having the agreement rewritten to put Stanton, a civil and personal injury lawyer, in charge of monitoring ZTE's compliance with U.S. export controls, several people familiar with the matter said.
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Former Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion and the Liberal government came under fire last year for signing off on a $13 billion General Dynamics Corp contract to supply light armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia, despite concerns about the country's human rights record.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Mexico wants to end to a tariff dispute over steel and aluminum with the United States prior to signing off on a reworked trade agreement with its northern neighbor, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Thursday.
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Formula One and Miami officials had hoped to launch the race in 2019 but they announced on Monday that negotiations were complicated, and that it was preferable to wait for another year rather than signing off on a "sub-optimal" race track.
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He arrived in Afghanistan exactly four months after Trump announced plans to beef up the US military presence in Afghanistan, signing off on a modest surge of several thousand more US troops tasked primarily with conducting counterterrorism missions and training Afghan security forces.
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A Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) employee was involved with signing off on a nearly $325,000 grant that funneled taxpayer money to a nonprofit that paid his wife thousands from the agreement, an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation published Tuesday found.
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Protti's team conducted a review starting in August that was not specifically aimed at 2FA-related privacy issues, but rather a broader overview, Reuters reports, as Protti is in charge of signing off on the quarterly privacy certifications mandated by the FTC settlement.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that significant work was under way to finalize the deal but that he did not expect much delay beyond an end-September target signing off on the deal.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that significant work was under way to finalize the deal but that he did not expect much delay beyond an end-September target signing off on the deal.
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Senator Richard C. Shelby, Republican of Alabama, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and one of the senior members who helped put together the compromise measure, said on Twitter that he spoke to Mr. Trump after signing off on the agreement.
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Brent Lindquist, the dean of Texas Tech's College of Arts and Sciences, who bore ultimate responsibility for signing off on Chesser's reinstatement, told The Verge that "the offensive statements in the video do not reflect an atmosphere of sexual bias" in the biology department.
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It looked like her letting me be the highest-paid woman on television, letting me be a producer on this show, letting me be a co-executive producer on the spinoff and signing off on the deal that the studio gave me, which is unprecedented.
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It also masked the lingering controversy over the botched raid in Yemen that took the life of Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, which has injected a grieving family into a raging political debate about whether the White House erred in signing off on the mission.
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OSLO/BARCELONA (Reuters) - An international fund set up to help developing nations tackle global warming approved $745 million for projects on Friday, but a senior official said a goal of signing off on $2.5 billion by the end of 2016 may slip out of reach.
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The Republican Study Committee (RSC), the biggest group of conservatives in Congress, is "very close to signing off" on the Republican healthcare bill that would repeal Obamacare, Representative Mark Walker told reporters after the RSC met with Vice President Mike Pence about the legislation.
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It came together only at the last minute, with White House lawyers still fielding late-arriving requests for additional redactions in the morning and an irritated Trump continuing to resist signing off on the request, according to an account by two White House officials.
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And part of the time he was signing off on the release of a final batch of documents related to the time that Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, Mr. Trump's Supreme Court nominee, spent as a senior aide in the George W. Bush White House.
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CCDI, the national body that enforces discipline among Party officials, vowed in January to wipe out corruption linked to bank officials signing off on high-risk loans, in a sign of a deepening anti-corruption campaign that is now targeting banks and financial institutions.
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Harvard's argument thus far appears to be that its admissions process is so complicated, includes so many factors, and involves numerous steps involving upward of 100 people signing off on every single admit, that there is little room for bias against Asians to rear its head.
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Distrust between Democrats and Republicans is also bubbling on the House Intelligence Committee, where Democrats have criticized the role played by Chairman Devin Nunes, the California Republican who stepped aside from leading the Russia probe but has continued to be involved in signing off on committee subpoenas.
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The five articles charge Rosenstein of "high crimes and misdemeanors" for failing to produce information to the committees, even though the department has already provided lawmakers with more than 800,000 documents, and of signing off on what some Republicans say was improper surveillance of a Trump adviser.
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Related: Michigan Calls in the National Guard to Distribute Water to the City of Flint President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan on Saturday, signing off on federal aid to assist the city amid an intensifying public health crisis caused by widespread water contamination.
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As the Daily Dot's Dell Cameron reports, the FBI will allow a small portion of FOIA requests via a new web portal, but the filer must first provide a phone number, mailing address and other personal details as well as signing off on the following terms of service agreement.
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Last month, Nissan issued a recall for 1.2 million vehicles - including all passenger cars produced for sale in Japan over the past three years - after discovering that uncertified inspectors were for decades signing off on vehicle checks required by the transport ministry for cars sold in the country.
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The ministers said they would meet again on May 24 in hopes of signing off on a long-delayed review of whether Athens is complying with the terms of the 86-billion-euro bailout agreed to last summer — its third financial lifeline since the crisis began seven years ago.
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"It's an unauthorized leak from an anonymous source over false allegations," Zinke told the AP. He said he answered questions for the inspector general's office about the Interior's decision to reject signing off on a proposal from two tribes to run a commercial casino off reservation land in Connecticut.
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Last week one lender, Bank of Jinzhou, said its auditor EY had quit before signing off on its 2018 accounts, after being unable to agree with the bank on how it could check out loans where the actual usage did not match the purpose stated in the original documents.
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Last month, Japan's No. 2 automaker recalled 1.2 million vehicles, including all passenger cars it produced for sale in Japan over the past three years, after discovering that for decades, uncertified inspectors were signing off on vehicle checks required by Japan's Transport Ministry for cars sold in the country.
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Delays in signing off on the bailout review, he argued, could temper economic recovery, an early return to markets, and further deepen a view – already entrenched with the result of referendums in Britain and Italy – that Europe was out of sync with its citizens and was not solving problems.
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Mr. Weese had denied Mr. Pruitt's requests to use lights and sirens when being driven in his agency-issued vehicle to restaurants and airports, and also made it clear he would be opposed to signing off on security waivers to allow Mr. Pruitt to fly in first class.
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"I think the president's most ardent supporters will continue to defend him with blinders on, but to any neutral observer watching this, it's impossible to believe that Cohen would engage in this conduct without his client signing off on it or at least being aware of it," he said.
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Based on the preponderance of evidence that I've seen and my own understanding of how Iran and Soleimani work, it's rather unlikely that he was signing off on an operation that was immediately going to target Americans as he was driving back from the Baghdad airport for meetings.
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The biggest impact of yesterday's frenetic dealmaking might be Congress finally ending its "will they or won't they" deliberations over providing funding to fight the Zika virus, signing off on a $1.1 billion aid package to combat the disease as part of an agreement to keep the government running.
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On the face of it, the last-minute pivot provokes the question of why he did not inquire about the human toll of the proposed attacks, that US officials said were on missile batteries and radars, before signing off on the mission to avenge the downing of the unmanned US aircraft.
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Rick Scott's request to have state and local police oversee ballots and election equipment in a mostly Democratic county, saying Scott and Republicans backing his Senate campaign haven't presented evidence of fraud or misconduct, while also signing off on a plan for more security at the Broward County Election Supervisor's Office.
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Three other former Ethiopian employees made such allegations to AP, including one who provided documents that he said show faulty repairs and paperwork errors stretching back years, and another who said mechanics felt they had no choice but to "pencil whip it" — industry jargon for signing off on repairs never done.
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The court in a brief order vacated a 2017 ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals signing off on a North Dakota law that requires lawyers to join the state bar association and affirmatively opt out of the portion of the organization's fees that go toward political activities.
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As head of state (but not the government), the queen's image still appears on bank notes and postage stamps, and her representative, the governor general, serves as a rubber stamp: signing off on new legislation passed by Australia's federal Parliament, approving new prime ministers and appointing judges, ambassadors and other officials.
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Of particular importance, the Republican memo is said to cite the role of Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general appointed by Mr. Trump last year, in signing off on an application to extend the surveillance of Mr. Page — meaning he approved the resubmission of Mr. Steele's information to the court.
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He was in charge of signing off on the official hold on the assistance on July 25, the same day as Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and said he expressed concerns, but then-OMB political appointee Michael Duffey took over the process on July 30, he testified.
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Upon his departure, the inspector general was investigating a land deal Zinke entered into with the chairman of oil services company Haliburton, as well as a decision the Interior made to reject signing off on a proposal from two tribes to run a commercial casino off reservation land in Connecticut.
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She ultimately trusted me, her stylist Brandon Maxwell who has been working with us for almost a decade, and of course Chris to know we would be signing off on a future that was being painted of her—even if it did have vulnerabilities and things that might be scary for her.
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We see things like [command] not granting people exception to policy, or delaying for a year or more on signing off on a transition plan, or narrowly interpreting the policy to say that you cannot get a transition plan in place until you're stable—but you can't be stable until you medically transition.
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The New York State Legislature has yet to pass a law that could replicate New Jersey's expansive offerings, so on Monday, the commission took the initiative by signing off on a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" designed to allow hometown fans to have another reason to bemoan the Knicks, Jets, Giants or Mets.
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The Times reported at the time that Barr saw more reason to investigate Clinton's purported role in signing off on the purchase by Russia's atomic energy agency of a Canadian firm which holds a significant chunk of U.S. uranium production capacity than there was to probe possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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Sitting just behind Trump, and elevated on the House dais during his speech, will be Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi, Schumer praise Romney after impeachment vote Senate acquits Trump, ending impeachment saga McCarthy to submit copy of Trump's SOTU address to House Clerk for archives MORE (D-Calif.), who initially resisted impeachment efforts before eventually signing off on them.
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Signing off on orders puts Trump, who has presided over a sprawling business empire but has never before held public office, in a familiar place similar to the CEO role that made him famous, and will give him some early victories before he has to turn to the lumbering process of getting Congress to pass bills.
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The White House has called for a national security waiver to be part of the sanctions bill, and industry officials point to the licensing section as the key area that needs such a waiver — raising concerns that Congress, rather than the Treasury office, would be in charge of signing off on licenses to do business with Russia.
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The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the attack In an address to Parliament earlier this month, British Prime Minister Theresa May said the U.K. government had determined the Russian government was likely behind the attack, pointing to the assessment of Moscow's chemical weapons capabilities and its record of signing off on former intelligence officers' death warrants.
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Mr. Perrotta emboldened Mr. Pruitt by signing off on security enhancements or travel-related expenditures to which other agency officials had objected, said Kevin Chmielewski, a political appointee who served as Mr. Pruitt's deputy chief of staff until being removed from his post this year after raising objections to some of the spending at the agency.
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Ethiopian Airlines' former chief engineer says in a whistleblower complaint filed with regulators that the carrier went into the maintenance records on a Boeing 737 Max jet a day after it crashed this year, a breach he contends was part of a pattern of corruption that included fabricating documents, signing off on shoddy repairs and even beating those who got out of line.
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They suggest that she's sick of trying to play the villain role she saddled herself with in the wake of the #KimExposedTaylorParty, when Kim Kardashian West published a video that appeared to prove that Swift had publicly lied about Kanye West, one showing Swift signing off on a Swift-referencing Kanye lyric that she would later claim he'd published without her permission.
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenTop immigration aide experienced 'jolt of electricity to my soul' when Trump announced campaign Trump casts uncertainty over top intelligence role Juan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America MORE blamed past administrations, including George W. Bush's, for signing off on laws that led to the current crisis.
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A new solar panel farm in Nevada would generate a massive 20193 megawatts of renewable energy Story at a glance The United States Department of the Interior is reportedly close to signing off on approving a plan for the largest solar farm in the U.S. The farm, which will be located in the Mojave Desert area northeast of Las Vegas and south of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, is part of the Gemini Solar Project.
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The memos, both part of the panel's investigation into Russian election meddling, earned national attention earlier this year, with President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE signing off on the release of the Nunes memo but initially not doing the same for the Schiff memo.
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There's not much in the way of illuminating personal anecdata in the man's biography, so they cast him as the Master Dealmaker despite his lack of actual made deals—he tends to get a lot of credit for belatedly signing off on unsatisfactory ends to artificial crises that he, through inaction, allowed to fester—or the man beset by, and at the risk of losing his power to, an unwieldy new class of right-wing nuts (the Tea Party, and then Trump).
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittEnvironmentalists renew bid to overturn EPA policy barring scientists from advisory panels Six states sue EPA over pesticide tied to brain damage Overnight Energy: Trump EPA looks to change air pollution permit process | GOP senators propose easing Obama water rule | Green group sues EPA over lead dust rules MORE says former President Obama declared "war" on coal and other industries with his administration's environmental regulations and by signing off on the Paris Climate Accord.
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Another more likely sequence of events could be that Swift wanted to get a massive jump on the Kim Kardashian-West GQ cover story, in which she accused Swift of signing off on the controversial lyric in Kanye's single "Famous," which was followed by the even more controversial video—a wax model of Swift naked in a bed alongside Kanye, Kim, and other celebrities—a story she was probably keen to bury under a deluge of "better" news, such as a new boyfriend, a mere three weeks after she dumped her old one.
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But in his first year as commander in chief, Trump has largely discarded the non-interventionist campaign rhetoric, expanding the US military footprint around the world and demonstrating a willingness to use military force to confront even indirect threats to the US. He has escalated the US war in Afghanistan -- signing off on the latest open-ended chapter of the 16-year war -- launched US strikes against Syrian government targets for the first time in that country's civil war and beefed up US military campaigns across two continents.
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"Signed, Black Lives Matter Charlottesville, Black Lives Matter D.C., Charlottesville Summer of Resistance Welcoming Committee Agency, Crimethinc Ex-Workers Collective, Crushing Colonialism, D.C. Antifascist Collective, Future is Feminists, Holler Network, Hoods4Justice, The International, Capoeira Angola Foundation-DC (FICA-DC), Libertarian Socialist Caucus Of The DSA, March For Racial Justice, Maryland Antifa, One People's Project, Resist This (Former DisruptJ20), Rising Tide North America, Smash Racism D.C., Showing Up for Racial Justice Charlottesville, Suffolk County DSA, Workers Against Racism, 350 DC." It's unclear if the attackers effectively "forged" the signature of these groups, or duped them into signing off on supporting the rally.
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac ThornberryWilliam (Mac) McClellan ThornberryPentagon chief denies White House hand in 'war cloud' contract probe U.S. and U.K. divide increases on Iran Republican lawmakers issue dueling letters over Pentagon 'war cloud' contract MORE (R-Texas) included the language in the NDAA signing off on the parade because he "agrees with President Trump that it is appropriate to honor and celebrate 100 years of patriotic sacrifice in a way that expresses appreciation and admiration for our men and women in uniform, including a parade in the nation's capital and a national celebration for that purpose," according to a summary of the bill.
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Paranormal Activity's underdog production history and amazing grassroots success were so similar to The Blair Witch Project's that it was uncanny, but where Myrick and Sanchez initially bungled their good fortune by signing off on a very bad sequel (Blair Witch: Book of Shadows, which dropped the mock-doc conceit and put nothing in its place), Peli parlayed his very well-played original idea into a series of mostly enjoyable sequels, especially Paranormal Activity 3, which was set in the 1990s—in the same period as the original Blair Witch Project—and uses the reduced technological capacities of the era to its advantage (including a great set piece involving an oscillating fan).
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