commissioner
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Customs and Border Protection commissioner Rodney Scott said Monday, while he assesses the southwest Texas site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Iger is a close friend of NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who introduced Iger to his wife, Willow Bay, in the 1990s when she hosted the television show “NBA Inside Stuff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Lavery was sacked from his role as a human right commissioner last week.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
This remark was a nod to a possible second by-election in Clacton, which could occur as a result of an investigation into Farage by Parliament's standards commissioner.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The other commissioner, Meliton Mondragon, added, “What kind of harm does anybody think this really might do, anyway?”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
A majority of the commissioners, including me, were appointed by December 2023 and got to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
An FCC spokesperson previously told ProPublica that agency ethics officers have for years cleared commissioners to accept the tickets, finding it consistent with ethics law.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“No one will be seeing higher or lower premiums for their automobile policies based on this ruling,” said Sanchez, who noted several previous commissioners didn’t change the regulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The four former commissioners have signed a joint letter arguing that the gondola proposal “would enable a private development to permanently and irreparably shrink, degrade, and destroy the integrity of a state park.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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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