He is said to be in constant pain and undergoes regular consultations with neurologists.
His frequent travels to Congressional districts and his regular consultations with public officials are certainly political, he said.
"I also blackmailed the government into reopening regular consultations with a long list of representative firearms groups," he told the Senate.
The weeks in the hospital, the batteries of tests, the regular consultations: they did little but drive up the cost of treatment.
His followers underwent a rigorous ideological training program, with daily lectures and regular consultations, by video with a militant preacher in Lebanon.
Regular consultations with and reporting to Congress on the administration's efforts to address this threat and post conflict contingencies in Iraq.
Mr. Ruggiero signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran that calls for regular consultations and broader ties, and made clear that cooperation would have benefits for Iran.
The second candidate, Leo Leiderman, pulled out because of either something to do with suspected sexual harassment or regular consultations with an astrologer — it's not clear which.
Asked whether the United States had coordinated the action with the Lebanese government, Gordon D. Johndroe, a White House spokesman, said, "We have regular consultations with Prime Minister Siniora and his government".
When they sit together for a conference call with New York reporters one afternoon and she cites their regular consultations with Giuliani, Schumer mentions that he just spoke to the mayor at a Yankees game.
Despite the differences, Mrs. Clinton and her aides appeared satisfied with the Obama administration's efforts to build greater openness between the two countries by creating regular consultations that allow them to endure disagreements like those on display here.
