Word: withdrawals
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...limp when he’s dueling Democrats. The maverick labeled Obama’s plan to raise taxes “out of touch.” He called the Democratic frontrunner’s pledge to keep troops in Iraq to attack al Qaeda, after vowing to withdraw them immediately, “remarkable.” And when Ahmed Yousef, a member of Hamas, effectively endorsed Obama, McCain bellowed, “I think people can make judgments accordingly...
...feeling vindicated by the collapse of the coalition that took power in March after Pakistan's electorate delivered a stinging rebuke to Musharraf. On Monday, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated a new season of political instability by announcing that his Pakistani Muslim League (PML-N) would withdraw on Tuesday from the government led by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) - the party now led by Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto...
...commitment of Obama's new coalition was never really tested in a difficult campaign; Obama went on to crush a Republican stand-in, Alan Keyes, after the incumbent decided not to run and the GOP's nominee had to withdraw amid a scandal. But the seeds of Obama's political future were planted during that Democratic primary campaign. At his primary victory party in May 2004, he noted the improbable triumph of a "skinny guy from the South Side with a funny name like Barack Obama." And then he repeated a line that had capped his campaign commercials...
...book “Talking to Strangers,” explaining that when a group is forced to constantly compromise not simply their civil and natural rights, but their dignity as well, a deep-rooted sense of distrust and hopelessness develops within the group, ultimately leading many to withdraw socially and politically from society...
...Union is promoting peace,” Ahern said. “It is promoting prosperity.” In response to a question accusing Ahern and the Irish government of permanently relinquishing Ireland’s sovereignty by their involvement in the E.U., Ahern said any steps to withdraw Ireland from the E.U. and pursue a stand-alone policy would be “lunacy and insanity.” Philipp W. Grimm ’11, a member of the IOP Forum Committee, which Ahern’s “frank and warm personality...