Word: parliamentarians
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...Wael Abdel-Latif al-Fadel, a Shi'ite parliamentarian and former judge, isn't optimistic about al-Zaidi's chances of prevailing on appeal. "The ruling is in line with Iraqi law. George Bush was visiting Iraq as a head of state," he said. "He should have been treated with the Arab hospitality that our traditions dictate, not the actions of Muntazer al-Zaidi...
...name that founded the UC.“It’s the report of another committee chair by John Dowling, but it’s not the successor to the Dowling Report,” said Eric N. Hysen ’11, the UC’s parliamentarian. “I was sort of hoping for something a little bit more.”Some members of the UC added that the review did not pay enough attention to student governance at the College as a whole, and disproportionately focused on details about the inner workings...
...rather than being dependent on which doctor’s office students go to. “There wasn’t a very transparent process if students found themselves pregnant,” Yao said. Eric N. Hysen ’11, the council’s parliamentarian, proposed an amendment to strike funding the brochure. Hysen said that funding the brochure would set a precedent that the UC was willing to fund projects when The College should be paying for them. Doug R. Lloyd ’09, the UC’s secretary and the sole dissenting...
...between the UC and the student body. The committee is charged with maintaining the UC’s Web site, sending out a weekly e-mail newsletter, and holding public town hall meetings, along with other outreach efforts According to Eric N. Hysen ’11, the UC parliamentarian, no undergraduates who are not members of the Council or the media are in the habit of attending UC general meetings. “We want to have events where any student will be able to come in and talk about what they want...
Nevertheless, some in Baghdad are calling for the group to be allowed to remain in Iraq, or at least to not be turned over to Iran, for political reasons. "We have to deal with this issue very delicately," says Ayad Jamal al-Deen, an Iraqi parliamentarian aligned with Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. "I'm not here to defend this organization. I have no interest in them. But I am looking out for the Iraqi national interest." Al-Deen and other Iraqi political figures see the group essentially as a bargaining chip with Iran, one of the few Iraq...