I know they're working very closely with the Italian authorities. We have desk officers (in Ottawa) who are monitoring the situation closely as well as our liaison officers over in Europe.

I will be monitoring the situation closely and, if I am not satisfied that sufficient progress is being made, I will take tougher action,

We are working very closely with the respective authorities to ensure that the reasons for this collapse are identified as soon as possible.

Then, when she embroils you in a legal tangle over the matter, instead of monitoring the situation as closely as possible, you put the discretion nearly entirely in her hands. You do not know what's in her notes. And when you believe you are backing her because she is defending a principle, she then brings in a second attorney. To people outside journalism all this looks just weird.

Then, when she embroils you in a legal tangle over the matter, instead of monitoring the situation as closely as possible, you put the discretion nearly entirely in her hands. You do not know what's in her notes. And when you believe you are backing her because she is defending a principle, she then brings in a second attorney. To people outside journalism all this looks just weird,

The governor will look closely at whatever comes to his desk. But Congress has put a mandate on the states, and they haven't given the governor very much wiggle room.