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The Treasury will leave many of the details to be worked out by the Independent Commission on Banking, a government-appointed panel that was asked last year to study ways to make the banking industry safer and more competitive.
Plan to Rope Off Bank Peril Alistair MacDonald 2011
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Of the 12 original defendants in the case, 10 have government-appointed legal teams run by private law firms.
Roger Warner: When "Terrorism" Becomes Farce: How the DOJ Blew a Case, Ripped Off Taxpayers, and Violated National Security Policy Roger Warner 2010
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The Commission has received widespread, and deserved, praise for such an unusual and generally commendable performance, especially a performance by a government-appointed panel of industry leaders.
Chris Norwood: Medicaid Reform? Try Harder Chris Norwood 2011
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The Treasury will leave many of the details to be worked out by the Independent Commission on Banking, a government-appointed panel that was asked last year to study ways to make the banking industry safer and more competitive.
Plan to Rope Off Bank Peril Alistair MacDonald 2011
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While acting as a government-appointed bailout watchdog, Elizabeth Warren, whom President Obama appointed this month to lead the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, served as an expert witness in cases against some of the big banks receiving aid from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Bloomberg News reports.
Elizabeth Warren Was Paid To Be An Expert Witness In Cases Against Bailed-Out Banks The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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They then marched to the building, shouting slogans and calling for the dismissal of the government-appointed editor of Al-Rai, Abdel Wahab Zgheilat.
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Last month, mostly Muslim rioters in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena called for the dismissal of their government-appointed Christian governor, who many said wasn't fit to govern over Muslims.
Egypt Clashes Turn Spotlight on Radicals Matt Bradley 2011
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The Social Work Reform Board has been tasked with overseeing the change programme, ordered in the wake of the Baby Peter scandal in Haringey, north London, in response to the recommendations of a government-appointed taskforce.
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They then marched to the building, shouting slogans and calling for the dismissal of the government-appointed editor of Al-Rai, Abdel Wahab Zgheilat.
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The vote came after a government-appointed committee had examined the issue for nearly a year, following the discovery of two large natural-gas reserves offshore Israel.
Israeli Parliament Committee Backs New Energy Tax Sara Toth Stub 2011
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