Four nominees who would directly oversee environmental policies at the Environmental Protection Agency and Departments of State, Energy and the Interior broke with the president when they acknowledged during confirmation hearings that the climate is changing.
We acknowledge, however, that confirmation of the proposed new paradigm for uveal melanoma needs careful analyses of the recurrence dynamics by patient and tumour traits.
We acknowledge that without immunohistochemical confirmation, FDG PET/CT may markedly underestimate true prevalence of BAT.
The choice for permanent replacement, Howard A. Shelanski, now the top economist at the Federal Trade Commission, acknowledged at his confirmation hearings last week that the backlog was unacceptable, thwarting Mr. Obama's policies and failing to meet the standards of a 1993 executive order by President Clinton meant to streamline the process.
On this issue, at least, Alito, who acknowledged at his confirmation hearings that he was a youthful skeptic about the court's past efforts to fix legislative districts in the name of "one person, one vote," could vote as O'Connor did.
Republicans, despairing of their inability to get President Barack Obama's nominee to reveal her legal views or say anything that might threaten her confirmation, acknowledged as much.
Pruitt acknowledged during his confirmation hearing last week he doesn't believe climate change is a "hoax," but he refused to agree with 97percentt of scientists who say the phenomenon is caused by human activity.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, in a bid to win over wavering Republican senators on the eve of a crucial vote to advance his confirmation, acknowledged Thursday that he "might have been too emotional" when testifying about sexual misconduct allegations.
Zinke, Pruitt and Rex Tillerson, the nominee for secretary of state, each acknowledged in their confirmation hearings that the climate is changing, but stopped short of blaming burning fossil fuels.
Be aware of the danger of confirmation bias, and acknowledge that our judgment can be clouded by it.
Therefore, we do not report respectively corrected results, but we acknowledge that results will need confirmation in future research.
