Like economic development, political reconciliation does indeed need to be part of the solution for Afghanistan.
Johndroe said al-Maliki is Iraq's elected prime minister, and the Iraqi government is working to achieve political reconciliation.
It hopes Mr Zhang will continue his predecessor's initiative on making "fair and reasonable arrangements" for cross-strait political reconciliation.
The creation of a National Council as a key instrument of political reconciliation.
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That violence is hampering any efforts at political reconciliation, said Andrew Krepinevich, with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
In the coming year, we will work with Iraqi leaders as they build on the progress they are making toward political reconciliation.
Ms Pillay said an inquiry was needed "to foster longer-term political reconciliation".
Bush also talked about the Iraq war, saying the nation's fractured government "isn't perfect, but nevertheless progress is being made" on political reconciliation.
He called on the international community to reach a "just and final peace in the Holy Land", and encouraged Palestinians to seek political reconciliation.
Finally, we will continue to push for a genuine, broad-based political reconciliation process and reinforce the critical role of women in promoting peace and security.
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.
"It is just in the last couple of months that those levels of violence have come down in a measurable way, " allowing political reconciliation, he said.
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And ultimately, since there is no political reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis, nothing like it, but increasingly, there is Shiite-on-Shiite violence and it's a huge power play.
And President Karzai has committed to a political reconciliation process.
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NATO's strategy is designed to prevent a repeat of that disaster by providing the Afghan government with adequate security forces and encouraging political reconciliation between it and its enemies.
The first neighbors' conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in May addressed Arab concerns about the al-Maliki government and its inability to foster political reconciliation among Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish factions.
"What has been clear throughout this process is that until we have a political reconciliation and stabilization, that we are going to continue to have problems in Iraq, " he said.
In recent months he is said to have regarded South Africa as the model for Algeria to emulate, establishing the truth about past violence as the basis for political reconciliation.
Henick refused to comment on why such a prominent Republican firm would work to hurt al-Maliki, whom President Bush has repeatedly backed as the best hope for forging political reconciliation in Iraq.
Clinton said she "applauded" the recent decrease in violence in Iraq, but said the surge was intended to give the Iraqis breathing room to reach "political reconciliation, " something that has not happened, in her assessment.
Al Qaeda is not mass murdering hundreds of Iraqi civilians in suicide bombings because the Iraqi government hasn't made enough progress toward political reconciliation, but because al Qaeda is determined to destroy any hope of political reconciliation.
Then there's the fact that the president's stated goal of the surge was not just to increase security in Iraq, but also to improve stability enough that it would provide "breathing space" for political reconciliation in the Iraqi government.
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Although sincere political reconciliation seems impossible, Mr Arias and his allies among the generals are not keen on a right-wing coup and are prepared to support the government in exchange for certain concessions, particularly, if ironically, the de-politicisation of the army.
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The passage of a budget, a law relaxing restrictions on former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party and legislation authorizing provincial elections "represent a significant initial step toward political reconciliation, " the Defense Department's latest quarterly report on the nearly five-year-old war concluded.
Separately, this kind of political turmoil has been occurring in Iraq periodically, as they have taken steps forward and, occasionally, steps backward, but generally made progress towards political reconciliation, towards democracy, and away from the use of violence in pursuit of political ends.
"The longer we keep over 130, 000 troops in Iraq, the less incentive Iraqis have to engage in the needed political reconciliation and the longer we avoid dealing with several pressing threats to our national security, " namely that Osama bin Laden remains at large, Reid said.
"In the eight months since President Bush announced the surge, we have spent tens of billions of dollars, over 700 American servicemen and women have sacrificed their lives, and nearly 4, 400 have been wounded -- all to provide breathing space for the Iraqi government to engage in political reconciliation, " Dodd said.
"We don't know what would have happened if the plan that I preferred in January 2007 -- to put more pressure on the Iraqis to arrive at a political reconciliation, to begin a phased withdrawal -- what would have happened had we pursued that strategy, " Obama said after landing in Amman, Jordan.
And I had an opportunity to thank the Amir for the strong support that his country has provided to our efforts in Afghanistan, including the efforts that he has personally been involved with in getting a dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban that might potentially result in some sort of political reconciliation.
The U.N. special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, headed for Myanmar at Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's request to try to promote a political solution and reconciliation efforts.
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