However, it's customary for news organization to disclose relevant affiliations when they publish op-eds, especially when writers have advocated on behalf of one side of a conflict.
When she had problems with one foster family, the agency advocated on her behalf and helped arrange a new placement.
M.I.T., he said, "should have advocated on Aaron's behalf".
Mr. Litvinoff also advocated on behalf of the rights of Jews in the postwar East Bloc.
Their principal advocated on their behalf, and in August, Ms. Mata's son was promoted.
In addition, some students advocated on behalf of concealed-carry laws.
A spokesman for the commissioner's office declined to comment on Sunday about why the commissioner's office advocated on Ortiz's behalf.
I have profiled their needs, advocated on their behalf and worked to help them lead fulfilling lives.
Several of those who assisted Mr. Chen or publicly advocated on his behalf apparently have also been detained.
In a statement, Mrs. Clinton said Mr. Kerry was a leader of the "highest caliber," who had advocated on behalf of diplomacy and development in Congress.
Others from factions within mainstream Protestantism to organizations of Reform rabbis have advocated, on theological as well as social grounds, the full acceptance of homosexuals and their relationships.
