Its official role is to give the U.S. a trustworthy currency and (more recently) to promote full employment.
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This partly reflects the number and prominence of NGOs in South America and the semi-official role which some governments give them.
While Mr. Abe's cabinet members said they were visiting the shrine in a personal, not official role, the Chinese government rejected that distinction.
The British responded to the July 7, 2005 bombings by giving representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood an official role in crafting and carrying out counter-terror policies.
Rules of football governing body Fifa state an agent cannot take a role at a club, but Mr Harrison's lawyers said he had no official role there.
Despite ongoing criticism that his close ties with both right-wing politics and McCain's presidential campaign undermine his credibility as the cable-news network's election analyst, Rove denied any official role or ethical conflict.
So their identities have not been disclosed, though the lawyer for one of them said that his client is an old man in poor health who no longer has an official role.
"While their official role is law enforcer, tax collector and advertiser, license plates moonlight as reporters, artists, sociologists, historians, psychologists and statisticians, " he says in the opening of his book, A Moving History.
While Beckham has brought plenty of glitz to England's bid, Dein could yet to play a key role in helping to deliver vital Fifa executive committee votes, despite not having an official role at present.
On tonight's Inside Out we investigate whether Harrison broke FIFA rules - which forbids football agents from owning or having an official role in a club, as there would be a clear conflict of interest.
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The French people will get their first glimpse of the president-elect in an official role on Tuesday, as Mr. Hollande will attend national memorial ceremonies to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe, alongside Mr. Sarkozy.
His last official public role was during President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to Britain last week.
The 1987 law is about disclosing the relationships that could conflict with the public official's role or decision making.
But John McLaughlin, a top CIA official playing the role of CIA director in the simulation, interrupted the White House meeting to announce that his "analysts" had told him they could not confirm that the cyberattack actually came from Irkutsk.
Werritty is, I'm told, prepared to open his books to the official inquiry into his role.
Each official had a separate role in the process, so that no one person felt responsible for taking a life.
John McGhee, Labour group leader, said he was pleased the party had now taken the role of official opposition from the Lib Dems.
Madoff's niece, who worked at the firm, is married to Eric Swanson, a former SEC official who played a role in examining Madoff's firm.
Mr Werritty handed out business cards suggesting he was an adviser to Dr Fox even though he had no official government or party role.
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How different is my current role from the official (or informal) job description that existed when I first started?
Its role as the official opposition could mean, paradoxically, that Mr Charest's second term is easier than his first, despite having lost his majority.
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But he refused to speculate on what kind of support bin Laden might have received, or whether the Pakistani government or official Pakistani institutions had any role.
Today's Washington Post reveals that Mr. Kanter -- who thanks to his credentials as a former Bush Administration official has played a pivotal role in the effort to repackage Morton Halperin's record -- has what appears to be a serious conflict of interest.
The bottom line is that it is past time for a rigorous review of the extent and implications of the evident Islamist influence operation in official Washington and the troubling role that Grover Norquist has appeared to play in facilitating, if not actually enabling it.
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After the last election, he handed over the role of prime minister's official spokesman (PMOS) to take on a more behind-the-scenes role.
Mr Cameron stood alongside Mr Hammond, who was attending in his first official engagement since taking over the role from Liam Fox on Friday.
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According to his former boss and mentor, Henry Kissinger, Winston Lord played a central role in the earliest official misrepresentations about the status of unaccounted-for American servicemen from the Vietnam war.
One result, Christopher said, is that the Gore team is choosing not to seek the rejection of absentee ballots in Seminole County, where questions have been raised about the role of a Republican official in filing ballot requests.
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Perhaps more than any other official, he played a key role in what has surely been the Obama administration's greatest success overseas: tracking bin Laden to an obscure city in Pakistan and then formulating the overall plan that led to the death of al Qaeda's leader.
But in an interview with the Associated Press news agency, a senior North Korean official said he was prepared for the role.
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