In our survey, the response rate of 100% can be regarded as an indicator of the high level of commitment of the departments of CAP.
With the new plan, the officials said they hoped to demonstrate that when cases are dismissed it is because of the intrinsic problems of prosecuting such cases, and not a lack of commitment from the department.
Representative Jeff Miller, Republican of Florida, who is chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, has called for Ms. Hickey's resignation, and some veterans' advocates have questioned President Obama's commitment to veterans because of the department's inability to tame the backlog.
You need a letter from your administration stating the strong commitment of your department and university to your career development, and assuring the funding agencies of your guarantees of lab space, institutional salary support, and access to all core facilities, for a renewable period of 3 years.
Above all, "the most important criteria for selecting a graduate school should be the quality and commitment of the faculty," says G. Steven Martin, department chair of Molecular and Cell Biology, at the University of California, Berkeley.
At first, the Secretary of War, a Cabinet member who, from the start, was a civilian, was called the Secretary at War, a holdover from the Revolution but also a prepositional manifestation of an ideological commitment: the department was chiefly to be called upon only if the nation was at war.
"There was a commitment to change the department's guidelines for handling cases such as these and a renewed commitment to support a federal shield law for journalists," said Gerald Seib, Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal.
Members of the panel, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, said they welcomed Mr. Chertoff's commitment to change the department's spending strategies, which are in part dictated by Congress.
"Ensuring that reforms are effectively put into practice requires external oversight and a sustained commitment by leadership to change the culture of the department".
For example, departmental funding was not provided for instructors' salaries; commitment of a university department would help offset the overall cost of the course.
Bringing down road deaths "requires political commitment at the highest level," said Dr. Etienne Krug, director of the department of violence and injury prevention at the World Health Organization.
