were approving

Past progressiveconjugation ofapprove.There are other translations for this conjugation.

approve

And documenting that the White House Office of Legal Counsel, and the Justice Department were approving these changes.	Y documentaron que la Oficina de Consejería Jurídica de la Casa Blanca y el Departamento de Justicia aprobaron estos cambios.
But even as they were approving this aid, and before September 11, 2001, the U.S. was also turning against the Taliban regime, including by planning to destabilize and possibly overthrow it.	Pero mientras que aprobaban esta ayuda y antes del 11 de septiembre de 2001, Estados Unidos también se estaba volviendo en contra del régimen del Talibán, por ejemplo, mediante un plan para desestabilizarlo y posiblemente derrocarlo.
They passed a paper around that they said was only to document their attendance and asked people to sign it, but then later presented it as if the signatures were approving the mining project.	Para lograrlo convocan a la gente a reuniones, les dicen que son para informarse, les pasan un papel para documentar la asistencia y después presentan ese papel como si fueran firmas de aprobación al proyecto minero.
Indeed, at the very time when the Committee of Inquiry was carrying out its work - which, as Mr Medina Ortega's report shows, was extremely useful and enlightening - you were approving the uncontrolled import of genetically modified maize.	En efecto, mientras se activaba la Comisión de investigación (¡qué útil y esclarecedora!, como lo demuestra el informe Medina Ortega) aceptaba usted la importación sin control de maíz modificado genéticamente.