And he may elect to do so, given the objections of some Republicans on Wednesday after he dismissed her.
Given these objections, dropping the bereavement exception a rare appeal to the cause of symptoms is especially problematic.
Given these objections, many critics said the aid would be better served treating patients for drug abuse in this country.
Given the objections to changing the law, there is little chance that renewed talk would morph into a concrete legal initiative, much less taller buildings.
Given such objections, one ambitious study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health in the United States examined thousands of persons in several American localities and yielded the following results concerning the prevalence of mental disorders in the general population.
Given the objections to Glass-Steagall within the financial industry, the inclusion of such a proposal is a nod to the economic populism sweeping the country that Trump has sought to tap into.
Some Republican senators blocked a vote for this week, given lingering objections about Mr. Geithner's failure until recently to pay about $34,000 in payroll taxes on his income at the I.M.F. from 2001 to 2004.
The bill had the support of all 17 board members, an achievement Mr. Abinanti described as rare, given the objections to the law raised by various groups that delayed its passage for almost two years.
"Given the objections raised in the plenary today from Japan and its supporters, I'm not sure that we will attain the three-quarters majority we need for the motion to pass," said Kitty Block, vice-president and head of the delegation for the Humane Society International.
"According full faith and credit to adoption and parentage judgments that these families have obtained is critical to their security and integrity given continuing objections to the families of same-sex couples," reads a brief submitted by several LGBT rights advocacy groups.
