Word: efforts
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...them in a scrimmage, and it’s very early on to call, but they do play a fast and physical game, and we have to combat that,” senior forward Doug Rogers said. “Our five-man effort in the D zone has to be better, and we have to make better decisions with the puck. We should be successful against Brown...
Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our armed services and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistan - the nature of our commitment there, the scope of our interests and the strategy that my Administration will pursue to bring this war to a successful conclusion. It is an honor for me to do so here - at West Point - where so many men and women have prepared to stand up for our security and to represent what is finest about our country...
...support to deal with the re-emergence of the Taliban, but these reinforcements did not arrive. That's why, shortly after taking office, I approved a long-standing request for more troops. After consultations with our allies, I then announced a strategy recognizing the fundamental connection between our war effort in Afghanistan and the extremist safe havens in Pakistan. I set a goal that was narrowly defined as disrupting, dismantling and defeating al-Qaeda and its extremist allies, and pledged to better coordinate our military and civilian effort...
...Despite Russian and Chinese support for censuring Iran at the IAEA, they're not expected to back explicit, broad sanctions targeting elements of the Iranian economic or defense establishments beyond those directly involved in the nuclear program. The Administration's effort at the U.N. is focused on getting language included in a resolution that will give cover to countries willing to take sanctions further by targeting the Iranian power structure to raise the cost of its continued defiance...
...Last week's moves, part of a broad effort to quell dissent following June's disputed election, also included a reported assault on Ebadi's husband and other threats against close relatives. "In the past, there were red lines people believed the regime would never cross, but no red lines really exist anymore," says Karim Sadjadpour, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "What is to be gained from confiscating Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Prize or assaulting her husband? It's almost as if Iran is trying to parody a gratuitously cruel, dictatorial regime...