Angus King, the Maine independent, urged the intelligence chiefs to make a thorough case that the bulk collection of domestic phone data was necessary for preventing terrorism, rather than a useful but optional tool – as the latter, King said, was difficult to defend to constituents.
But, as a Western official puts it, "Our job is to prop up the Kurds but also to stop them from becoming independent," while urging the Baghdad government to put Iraq together again.
Last month, a group of independent candidates urged the Government to level the playing field by giving them a free mailshot.
10 Karzai Urged to Seek Justice The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission urged President Hamid Karzai to make a commitment to bring war criminals to justice after a long era of human rights abuses.
In an interview with The Independent, Ms Cooper urged Labour members to "get serious" about the next general election rather than become "a protest movement" which "shouts from the sidelines" under Mr Corbyn.
The singer-songwriter Tori Amos has left Epic Records after six years to become independent and urged her fellow artists to "stop being dependent, dependent on any system that has become undependable," Reuters reported.
Because the study was not designed to determine any long-term adverse effects of Cytoxan, and because of the limited benefits found, independent experts urged caution about making it a standard therapy for scleroderma.
Jürgen Hubbert, the current Mercedes chief, who is known for his independent streak, urged the company's directors to scuttle the plan to elevate Mr. Bernhard, despite initial resistance from Mr. Schrempp, 59.
Former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who solicited lawmakers to pledge during the last elections that they would support independent redistricting, urged legislators not to accept such a compromise, which he said would be "only good for the people who are counting on Albany staying exactly the way it is for another decade".
In a joint statement released afterwards, the opposition parties and the independent MSP Margo MacDonald urged the Scottish government to "take a step" back and find consensus across the political spectrum.
