Sentence examples for vetting team from inspiring English sources

Mrs Woolf's links to Lord Brittan appear to have escaped the Home Office vetting team despite the links being clearly in the public domain.

Much of the process unfolded in silence as dozens of lawyers completed their tedious assignments for the vice-presidential vetting team.

He wrote: "I was told verbally by the vetting team that there was nothing they felt I had withheld or misled them about.

In 2008, when Sen. John McCain (Ariz)., the Republican nominee, was considering Romney for his running mate, Romney reportedly sent McCain's vetting team tax returns dating to 1985.

The Post said the next day that a lengthy in-person background interview of Palin by the head of McCain's vetting team did not happen until the day before she was chosen.

In November the Obama vetting team found other unpaid taxes for 2001 and 2002, and Mr. Geithner immediately paid those plus interest when the matter was brought to his attention, transition officials said.

The Gore campaign set about assembling five to seven vetting teams, all reporting to James Hamilton, a lawyer with long experience examining the lives of troubled Washington figures.

Michael S. Dukakis, whose 1988 campaign helped usher in the era of investigative vetting teams, likened the experience to applying for a mortgage, "times about 600".

His vetting teams were led by such veteran lawyers as Charles F. C. Ruff, the former White House counsel who defended Mr. Clinton during his impeachment trial.

The enforced secrecy -- potential running mates were warned not to divulge details about their contacts with the Gore vetting teams -- also served to obscure lobbying efforts by a select group of well-connected political professionals.

The vet team did not observe any physical problems.