Similarly, in relating how James (Mad Dog) Mattis, the retired Marine general he is considering for Secretary of Defense, had advocated to him against the use of torture on suspected terrorists, Trump cast the issue as strictly a utilitarian one, rather than one that goes to morality, the Constitution, and the standing of the United States in the world.
It is no oversight that Mr. Klein has neglected to engage state lawmakers and organized advocates; to him, a critical aspect of mayoral control was to stop the pandering to the privileged and powerful.
As a member of the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services, created by the chief judge of New York State, Jonathan Lippman, I applaud him for advocating to expand legal representation in civil matters to ensure that all citizens receive equal justice, regardless of their economic status.
"Rhetoric from Bill O'Reilly" — what Saletan doesn't convey is how O'Reilly talks over Williams, and uses him as a half-hearted devil's advocate to let him strengthen his own comments about how Muslims cause trouble the whole world 'round.
"The president has said many, many people advocated pardons directly to him.
After a VA doctor suggested the daughter handle the father's behavioral health problems on her own, Laura connected with the patient's primary care physician and advocated for him to receive intensive behavioral health follow-up in the home.
He invited a close friend, the physician Dean Ornish, a preventive health advocate, to join him for sushi at one of his favorite restaurants, Jin Sho in Palo Alto.
In his first term, Obama commuted just one drug sentence and pardoned 39 people, causing prisoner advocates to accuse him of being too stingy with his power.
On the radio, she heard an interview with a cancer patient who said the best $4,500 he ever spent was to hire a patient advocate to help him deal with his health care.
The next day, in the nearby city of Thrissur, an anonymous informant who had been at the Maradu festival stopped by the home of V. K. Venkitachalam, an elephant-welfare advocate, to tell him what he'd seen.
She believes her brother was unable and possibly unwilling to convey the seriousness of his condition to the Atos assessors and should have had an advocate to support him.
