Major national, state, regional and local elected officials support the work of the coalition.

The Governor and other regional officials declined to be interviewed.

One Afghan regional official plaintively told us the country finally has a good government.

Still, many other sites may not receive money that regional officials have requested.

That, in the view of Tuscany's regional officials, is taking familiarity too far.

However, many other sites may not receive money that regional officials have said is needed for cleanup.

She had been the agency's top regional official for less than a year.

Why, one might ask, is a strong central government such as China's not able to control maverick local and regional officials?

She has told regional officials to hire more bilingual staff members.

In 1998, he flew to Kaliningrad and asked regional officials for help.