Word: commit
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...well. Three times she told the audience things it didn't want to hear, and in each case she clearly had the general electorate in mind rather than the Democratic base. She insisted that the withdrawal from Iraq would have to be gradual. She refused to say she would commit U.S. ground troops to Darfur. And then, after Obama promised he would meet with the leaders of countries like Iran, Syria, North Korea and Cuba in his first year in office, she just leveled the guy. "I will not promise to meet with the leaders of these countries," she said...
...After all, picture this: More and more Republicans peel away from President Bush's strategy in Iraq until the day comes, maybe this September, maybe next year, when Democrats find themselves with a veto-proof majority to force Bush to commit to a timeline for withdrawing the troops in Iraq...
...Zelig, without the character's self-effacement, present at the key events of the past decade, especially its international convulsions. That's why his diaries will be pored over on both sides of the Atlantic. His friendship with President Clinton was tested when Britain chafed at U.S. reluctance to commit ground forces to Kosovo. "There were times that Tony and Alastair forgot the relative size and importance of the two countries," says a former U.S. official. "It was all well and good for Britain to offer up ground troops, but that was only going to happen if America was going...
...Blair got on famously well with President Bill Clinton, but the diaries also chart battles over Kosovo when Britain chafed at U.S. reluctance to commit ground forces to the conflict. "There were times that Tony and Alastair forgot the relative size and importance of the two countries," says a former U.S. official. "It was all well and good for Britain to offer up ground troops, but that was only going to happen if America was going to do so, too." During one angry call to Blair, Clinton accused Campbell of briefing against him. The row blew over and Campbell remains...
...gang, who were good people when I joined. I enjoyed the prestige that came with it," says Te Kotahi, 37, who has been a member of Black Power in Rotorua, about 320 km southeast of Auckland, for 17 years. "But I didn't have to go out and commit three rapes and a burglary to become patched." Te Kotahi won't give his full name for fear it might jeopardize his career at work, but claims the traditions of Black Power are part of his Maori culture. "People are naturally tribal," he says. He has done time for burglary...