Sentence examples for approved shipments from inspiring English sources

Parnell approved shipments despite such warnings.

Thus far, after considerable delay and pressure from some on Capitol Hill for more robust action, Mr Obama has approved shipments of only light arms and ammunition in a CIA covert operation, using funds from the agency's existing budget.

The facts and evidence were presented in the report of a commission led by former Senator John G. Tower, and later in the majority report of a Congressional investigating committee, showing that Mr. Reagan had approved shipments of weapons to Iran months before he issued his first public denial.

The Commerce official was embarrassed by charges that his bureaucracy had approved shipments to Iraq that might have helped its production of weapons of mass destruction; he lashed back at the men who had opposed such shipments, criticizing Mr. Maloof as a "low-level clerk" who was part of a group of " ankle-biters." Slang dictionaries offer little help.

But the administration has refused persistent rebel requests to approve shipments to the opposition fighters of portable surface-to-air missiles that could be used to shoot down government aircraft.

Cell biologists aren't happy either: There's no one at customs to approve shipments of research fruit flies, and grant reviews are on hold.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday also floated the idea to halt previously approved arms shipments to Egypt as part of a coordinated EU response.

They were stunned and even more so when Gallo told them to recruit someone from the cosmetics division to sign bogus forms that said the USDA had approved the shipments.

WASHINGTON -- A report in an Egyptian newspaper that claims the United States has approved new shipments of tear gas to Egypt under the strict, and potentially incendiary, condition that the canisters not indicate where they came from has some arms control experts concerned about a precedent-setting lack of transparency.

In August of 1943, President Roosevelt approved the shipment of a secret cargo of mustard gas via SS Harvey.

Workers here, however, insist that they followed proper procedures and that they never witnessed defective tires being approved for shipment.