"Let me assure you that my government is committed to working closely with you and your government during your tenure and most importantly, in pursuit of our bilateral relations.
We'll be reading their report closely to determine next steps".
The governor's work leading New Jersey through the recovery from the storm, which damaged more than 360,000 homes and businesses, helped cement his national reputation as a no-nonsense, hard-driving governor willing to work closely with Democrats to get things done.
The shadow home secretary said the government should work more closely with the devolved institutions and councils to assess how many refugees they would be prepared to take.
"The difficult is that the blockade issue is closely aligned with the political demands being made by Hamas, and the political and security demands being made by Israel".
Human rights activists and politicians in South Africa, for instance, closely studied German trials, public commemoration and schoolbooks; and the Chinese admonished Japan that, in dealing with the second world war, it should adopt the "German model".
To quote just one: "So here is a specific and valuable advance in knowledge that could only have been attained by experimentation on animals that closely resemble us; experiments which are, as far as we can tell, almost painless".
But as the months go by it will become increasingly difficult for Boris to blame his problems on his predecessor, and the old media should increasingly join the new in closely scrutinising his term.
Star Lions recruit Dayne Beams also saw plenty of the football, amassing a game-high 32 disposals in his first match since his protracted move from Collingwood late last year - but he only kicked the ball seven times, and was minded closely by Taylor Adams for most of the night.
However, working closely with narrators, their families, legal and medical professionals, countless staff and volunteers helped to ensure this.
Her mother Elena told the Manchester Evening News that Oxford needed to look closely at its interview procedure.
