Word: accomplishements
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...MSNBC, is "to get down to the brigade combat teams. It's to get out and talk to troops. It's to get out and talk to the advisers, the embedded special forces and SEALs. That's what's critical, I think, and it's what we hope to accomplish on the trip. It provides some more context, a better sense of what's going...
...feat, add more than 50% and do it in a quarter of the time. "It's a huge task that we've got," said one top Obama donor. "I wouldn't define it as concern, but there's a realization of the enormity of what we are trying to accomplish, and everybody is intensely focused on the task at hand...
...former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; the two parties traded power three times in eight years before Musharraf put an end to their bickering by overthrowing Sharif in a 1999 coup. Their power-sharing agreement, formed out of a common desire to oust Musharraf, is now riven over how to accomplish that. Musharraf, meanwhile, has been reduced to a largely ceremonial role as President. Says Masood: "The people are disappointed with the leadership and they are losing faith in democracy...
...accurate but also ironic. He says liberals don't like symbolic patriotism, yet much of the support for the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, is symbolic. Liberals are concerned more with what the mere election of a black President would represent than with what this individual would or could accomplish as President. Rather than finding this inspiring, I feel it smacks of narcissism and naiveté. For America's sake, I hope the voters - and the press - will evaluate the candidates on their qualifications. Carrie Wolfe, Sterling, Virginia...
...launched into the ways his own presidency would differ from that of the last eight years, starting with his pledge to cut spending and balance the budget by 2013. He has yet, however, to back up that bold promise with the details of just of how he plans to accomplish it. And economists are skeptical that he can, especially if he also stays true to his commitment to extend the tax cuts that were George Bush's signature economic achievement...