But many political leaders say meaningful deficit reduction cannot be accomplished without making changes to entitlement programs.
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If the recent election is any indication, the American electorate also felt concerns about the character of many political leaders, regardless of party affiliation.
With all the rhetoric swirling around this election season, Americans may be less selfish than many cynical political leaders believe.
The MPs said many Nato political leaders had been "excessively optimistic" that the Yugoslav government would back down in the face of the threat of airstrikes or after a short bombing campaign.
In too many countries, political leaders manipulate the process to deny their citizens a proper voice.
Many of its political leaders live in Damascus, but some have recently movd their families to other Arab states because of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
But I think it's also worth going back to, I guess, the point I just made a minute ago, that we can't forget that many of the political leaders in this country among the black community are also religious leaders.
While many male business and political leaders the World Economic Forum still debating how to spur an economic turnaround, female leaders agreed to work together in coming months for what they think is a crucial and attainable goal.
Business Aviation enjoys the tacit endorsement of many individuals, including the political leaders of our great nation.
Some of the greatest poets of the past 200 years have had bipolar disorder, as have many artists, scientists and political leaders.
With so many of the world's political leaders sitting around the table, it will be hard to escape platitudes and hypocrisy.
Blagojevich's arrest has thrown Illinois politics into chaos, and many of the state's political leaders -- and Obama -- have called on the governor to resign.
But these have not inhibited social mobility, as reflected by the fact that many of Thailand's political and business leaders are from humble and rural backgrounds.
Even at 82, he still throws one hell of a party, friends say, mixing up the guest list with the many actors, artists, writers and political leaders who live in or frequent this artistic mountain hideaway.
The original draft may have lived on my laptop, but by the time the document was released it had been edited and improved by many other voices including political officials, captains of industry, law enforcement officers and religious leaders from many faiths.
Many leaders of Lebanon's various political factions said Wednesday's agreement is a good start toward ending the stalemate.
Acute budget and external debt strains in Greece, Italy, Ireland, Spain and Portugal are testing confidence, impacting the balance sheets of many banks, and posing political challenges to the leaders of the 17 nations that all use the Euro as their currency.
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People are really frustrated and angry, and many of them are telling us they don't want their political leaders to represent them anymore.
Mobilising so many people will aid our elected leaders in their efforts to summon the political and moral will to begin immediate, uninterrupted negotiations for a two-state solution.
Like many of China's top business leaders, Mr. Wan has cultivated political connections in Beijing.
But mingling with his audience of business, political and trade union leaders in Birmingham Town Hall, I found many of them thought there was no other way of interpreting his call for dozens of government initiatives to be scrapped.
Rice plans to press Iraqi leaders for more progress on political reconciliation among the nation's many factions, said an official with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
They say that the police only confirm political activists or leaders as dying in targeted killings - whereas in reality many more die in attacks carried out against people of specific ethnicities by gunmen.
"Passage of this law represents a signal achievement in that Iraqi political leaders have collectively chosen to reform a de-Baathification process that many regarded as flawed, unfair and a roadblock to reconciliation, " the embassy statement read.
"Political leaders and public figures should have the courage to articulate publicly what many of them acknowledge privately: that the evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that repressive strategies will not solve the drug problem, and that the war on drugs has not, and cannot, be won, " the report said.
The venue of the event itself, namely a university campus, which is home to many young people who will be participating in the 7 December elections, underlines the importance of political leaders giving assurances of peace to this critical demographic group.
But it is necessary to acknowledge the fact that this scandal was provoked by the revelations of links between some political leaders and paramilitary groups, who for years have been imposing their criminal power in many regions of the country.
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It would be better still if this induced some soul-searching in our political leaders whose insistence at continuing this failed war on drugs is leading to far too many deaths year after year, in both failed and successful missions alike.
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Or is it, as many argue, an inability to tap into the political zeitgeist and face up to the reality that building powerful local leaders and tapping into regional issues are key to its national electoral fortunes?
We have so many other things to be ashamed of first -- like our literacy rate, poverty levels, health conditions, political leaders and parties, corruption, terrorism etc.
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