Sentence examples for nomination using from inspiring English sources

Recall that when John Brennan was nominated to head the CIA, Senator Rand Paul filibustered the nomination, using the opportunity to successfully press the Administration to clarify the legal authority it was claiming to target U.S. citizens with drone strikes.

After inventing, and then perfecting, the modern politics of personal destruction, Gingrich has decided now to bank on the dark fears of the worst element of the Republican base to seize the nomination — using skills refined over four decades.

Two Republican senators have placed "holds" on his nomination, using a power that was once reserved for extreme circumstances to pitch a fit about Mr Sunstein's controversial view of... hunting rights.

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor now running for the Republican presidential nomination, used Twitter to say: "Fred Thompson lived an amazing life, he will be sorely missed.

In the meantime, the Republicans competing for their party's nomination used the latest jobs numbers to slam the president for his stewardship of the nation's economy.

(at the event in Chicago on Wednesday to announce his nomination) Used to work as: Governor of Iowa, 1998 to 2006; a state senator; a mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, a position he essentially inherited after a disgruntled resident barged into a City Council meeting in 1986 and killed the mayor.

Trump, in his speech accepting his Party's nomination, used the word "love" only a handful of times — to express his gratitude toward his siblings; to note that he has "loved my life in business," and to declare, threateningly, that the only refugees his Administration would admit to American shores are those "who will support our values and love our people".

During the 2008 campaign, President Obama and his rivals for the nomination used to talk a lot about how they were going to rid the world of both Osama bin Laden and the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthy.

Labor groups who opposed Puzder's nomination used the news to remind the president what they hope for in the next labor secretary.

At the state level, the same governor, now running against Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, used private email for work purposes while governor.

Cruz, a contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, used the book effectively to generate a media blitz this week, in hopes of boosting his poll numbers in a crowded GOP field.