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"A commission of inquiry or a Commission that is not able to summon officials, including very high level officials, a commission that is not able to have access to archives to really see what were the instructions that were given or a commission that is simply looking into processes rather than really providing responses to families will not satisfy, at least, the families Amnesty International has met with," Sahraoui said.
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In its letter to Pepco announcing the investigation, the commission said that because of the frequency, number and duration of outages, as well as "the apparent breakdown of adequate communication between the company and its customers during these outage events, the Commission finds it necessary to conduct an immediate investigation."
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The commission, created earlier this year, is styled after the 9/11 Commission and the Pecora Commission, which exposed in riveting detail the role played by the titans of Wall Street in the 1929 stock market crash.
Financial Crisis Commission Chair: 'The Investigative Work Is Underway' 2010
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"However, the commission accepted Mr. Samuel's position that he would cease to be involved in any further Commission deliberations on the NAB/AXA merger proposal," the regulator said in a statement.
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The commission, led by California politician Phil Angelides, said in a statement that "the Commission will not be deterred from getting desired information."
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The commission, created earlier this year, is styled after the 9/11 Commission and the Pecora Commission, which exposed in riveting detail the role played by the titans of Wall Street in the 1929 stock market crash.
Financial Crisis Commission Chair: 'The Investigative Work Is Underway' 2010
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If the commission votes to implement, “certain product testing and certification requirements” of the new law would be stayed, pending “completion of a number of ongoing and projected Commission rulings and technical activities necessary to fully implement those requirements and to adequately educate the regulated community on them.”
CPSC voting on stay of enforcement of certain CPSIA provisions 2009
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You are confusing a T&R commission with one of those so-called "blue ribbon panels" that are used to come up with proposals for controversial issues like Social Security reform, or with the ridiculous 9-11 Commission, which was never set up like a truth commission.
The Way Forward on Holding the Bush/Cheney Administration Accountable for its Crimes 2009
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The analysis also shows - and agency and commission staffers concur - there was a separate, second round of interrogations in early 2004, done specifically to answer new questions from the Commission.
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Internationally, we've spoken about Australia and Japan's joint desires to promote nuclear non-proliferation and the ultimate abolition of nuclear weapons; the joint commission; the international Commission for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, chaired jointly by former Foreign Ministers of Australia and Japan.
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