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Politburo standing committee member Cai Qi, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and Vice Premier He Lifeng also attended the meeting along with the heads of China’s economic planning agency, finance ministry and commerce ministry.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
The South Carolina senator has also become the first black chairman of a Senate standing committee, assuming the top spot on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda also includes 20 items on the consent calendar, including the confirmation of mayoral appointments for vice mayor, mayor pro tem, city council standing committees, various regional authorities, agencies and commissions.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Images of Moon with a furrowed brow calling a midnight emergency meeting of his National Security Council standing committee to respond to Trump’s latest move only play into North Korea’s hands by providing potential openings to create fissures in the U.S.–South Korean alliance.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2018
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
The South Carolina senator has also become the first black chairman of a Senate standing committee, assuming the top spot on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda also includes 20 items on the consent calendar, including the confirmation of mayoral appointments for vice mayor, mayor pro tem, city council standing committees, various regional authorities, agencies and commissions.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Images of Moon with a furrowed brow calling a midnight emergency meeting of his National Security Council standing committee to respond to Trump’s latest move only play into North Korea’s hands by providing potential openings to create fissures in the U.S.–South Korean alliance.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2018
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Commit To Governance And Continuous Improvement Commit to a strong ERP governance, which includes a steering committee for oversight and regular audits to assess system performance, like system uptime and user adoption.—
Shiv Kaushik,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Iswaran was an adviser to the Singapore Grand Prix’s steering committee, while Ong, 79, owns the rights to the race.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Luna's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets was established in February 2025 and is a separate House Oversight subcommittee from the one that last held a hearing on UFOs in November.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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That same subcommittee will also commission a different $250,000 study on the economic impacts of the pollution for South County residents within the next year, Aguirre said.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Standing committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20committee. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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