In the end, the meeting was a sideshow to a political storm that broke Thursday.

最终，那场会议成了星期四爆发的政治风暴的一个附带事件。

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The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence.

这次会议是在持续的政治暴力背景下召开的。

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Come to the next class meeting prepared to give a 3 to 5 minute political introduction to your home congressional district and your current member of congress.

下次上课时，准备好介绍你家乡所在的国会选区以及现任国会议员3到5分钟。

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With reform efforts effectively stalled in the Senate, Mr.Obama has invited Congressional leaders from both major political parties to a meeting Thursday to try to get the process moving again.

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Most analysts, however, agree that the party leadership will make a political decision in time for a full meeting known as a plenum of the roughly 300-strong Central Committee, which is expected shortly before the leadership transition.

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Mr McGuinness also also said that a statement issued by the office of Northern Ireland first minister and deputy first minister after a meeting of NI political leaders at Stormont Castle last month was not as strong as he would have liked.

BBC: Northern Ireland

To this end, he invited representatives from 11 political parties to a meeting Monday.

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