美国国家公共电台 NPR Ethics Watchdog Has Big Impact On Federal Workers, But Not On Trump

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Members of Congress will be returning to Washington tomorrow. And the Senate is scheduled to vote on Wilbur Ross's nomination as secretary of commerce. He's another billionaire. He promises to let go of most of his holdi

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Trump Presidency, Old Ethics Laws Meet New Money-Making Methods

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, the federal ethics laws are showing their age. They were written for an earlier time, when rich politicos invested in commodities like paper or just stocks and bonds.

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Ethics Chief Was Behind Those Tweets About Trump, Records Show

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: One of the odder stories of the last month came from what is typically a quiet corner of the federal bureaucracy - the Office of Government Ethics. As debate heated up over the potential influence of Donald Trump's vast business

经济学人音频版 Unit19:United States-Reproductive ethics

经济学人音频版 Unit19:United States-Reproductive ethics

2007年VOA标准英语-Study Finds Early Breastfeeding Can Save Babies

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 August 2007 WHO Breastfeeding awareness poster The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say breast-feeding babies immediately after birth can prevent many neonatal deaths in developing countries. The

2006年VOA标准英语-Foley Ethics Inquiry Completes Third Week

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 October 2006 As members of Congress campaign for the upcoming legislative election, back in the U.S. Capitol a congressional ethics committee completed the third week of an investigation that could yet have a major im

VOA英语2010年-Intensive Care for Newborns is Good Investme

Premature and low birth weight babies are surviving as never before, thanks to treatments available in neonatal intensive care units. That's mainly true in rich countries. But a new study suggests that these high-tech, high-intensity hospital service

VOA标准英语2012--Panetta Orders Military Ethics Review

Panetta Orders Military Ethics Review Investigations into the actions of several generals this year, including Afghanistan commander General John Allen and retired General David Petraeus, have prompted a review to find out why so many top officers ha

VOA标准英语2012--Scandals Highlight Ethics Lapses in Military

Scandals Highlight Ethics Lapses in Military Military training continues at San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base in Texas - still reeling from one of the military's worst sexual abuse scandals. An Air Force investigation found at least 48 female stude

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The head of the federal agency that guides presidents and top officials on ethics rules is resigning. Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub Jr. began dueling with Donald Trump even before Trump became president. They

美国国家公共电台 NPR Exiting Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Calls Trump White House 'A Disappointment'

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This week, the director of the Office of Government Ethics resigned. Walter Shaub Jr., who has tangled with the Trump administration over potential conflicts of interest, said, there isn't more I could accomplish. And he took a j

美国国家公共电台 NPR In U.S. Ethics Chief, An Unlikely Gadfly To Trump

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: One of the most unlikely figures to capture the spotlight since the election is the lawyer who runs the Office of Government Ethics. Walter Shaub openly criticized Trump's moves to separate the presidency from his businesses as i

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Backlash, Including From Trump, House GOP Drops Weakening Of Ethics Office

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today the story on Capitol Hill was supposed to be about the new era of total Republican control in Washington, but before the new Congress began, there was fresh drama in the House, where party leaders were overruled. Lawmakers

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Trump Inquiries Flood Ethics Office, Director Looks To House For Action

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The chief of the Office of Government Ethics says his small staff has been inundated with questions and complaints about the Trump administration, but there's only so much his office can do. It coaches officials on how to obey et

美国国家公共电台 NPR White House Discloses Ethics Waivers For Presidential Aides

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last night, the White House released 14 ethics waivers, documents that exempt some top presidential aides from important ethics rules. As NPR's Peter Overby reports, the disclosures came after a quiet but tough battle between the

2007年VOA标准英语-New Congress Makes Ethics Reform a Priority

By Brian Padden Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch New Congress report 110th Congress is sworn in at U.S. Capitol 4 Jan 2007 One of the first orders of business for the new congress with its Democratic majority is changing how the people's busines

2007年VOA标准英语-US Ethics Reform - Is New Law Enough?

By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 03 August 2007 The U.S. SenateThursday decisively adopted a new ethics law that supporters call the most sweeping reform in more than a generation. The Senate voted only two days after the House of Representatives overwhel

2006年VOA标准英语-US Congressional Ethics Remain in Spotlight

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 17 October 2006 With a congressional inquiry into the scandal involving former Republican lawmaker Mark Foley's inappropriate electronic messages to male teenage congressional interns in its second week, there have been

VOA标准英语2011--Ethics Get Workout in College Bowl Game

Ethics Get Workout in College Bowl Game 美国大学橄榄球比赛重视道德培养 College football teams are preparing for postseason play in events such as the venerable Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Orange Bowl. 大学足球队正在为季后赛的玫

英语笑话听力+文本：Ethics: Coming Soon道德(规程):即将推出

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