commissioner
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Mr. Montgomery served as FHA commissioner from 2005-09 and 2018-20 and as Housing and Urban Development deputy secretary from 2019-21.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Shortly after Jacobs was placed on the commissioner exempt list Sunday, Green Bay acquired second-year running back Kaleb Johnson from the Pittsburgh Steelers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Parents of children with serious illnesses or disabilities should be entitled to paid leave from work, the children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
A new commissioner nominated by Trump, Brett Matsumoto, took office earlier this month.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
"That registers six points for the Epiphany Team," the commissioner said.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
If the city ultimately decides a physical barrier is necessary, commissioners suggested a lower and more temporary fence, pointing to the chain-link fencing installed around Echo Park in 2021 and removed two years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Legal disclosure flushed out some internal communications which reflect badly on the six government-appointed commissioners.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Its published conflict-of-interest policy covers member commissioners but not, so far as the GAO could determine, its chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
She also called upon the commissioners to voluntarily resign.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Donelson, Feb. 16th Gen S. B. Buckner, Confed Army Sir: yours of this date proposing Armistice, and appointment of commissioners to settle terms of Capitulation is just received.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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