As for foreign policy, support for the American-led invasion of Iraq has fallen sharply this year.
The Russian leader sided with France and Germany in opposing the American-led war in Iraq.
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Britain's Tony Blair has trotted the globe, trying to put backbone into the American-led coalition.
The American-led alliance engaged in some of its heaviest fighting yet, in which eight Americans were killed.
In addition, Spanish prime minister Jos-Maria Azanar has pledged troops to any American-led coalition to fight international terrorism.
After the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Pakistan gave free passage to supplies for the coalition soldiers.
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Without a UN resolution, potential contributors of troops, such as India, are unlikely to join the American-led coalition.
NATO, and the American-led coalition, whose job is mainly confined to offensive operations in the south and south-east.
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They may be persuaded to endorse the American-led administration, even if there is a price to be paid.
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One of the reasons is certainly Polish disappointment with their involvement in the American-led interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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His government has strong U.S. backing, has contributed troops to the American-led war in Iraq and applied for membership in NATO.
But most people remember him as the commander of American-led forces in the Persian Gulf War which defeated Iraq in 1991.
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But the chances are surely that most Arab leaders would shun any American-led peace effort, at least while war was being waged.
Enthusiasm for American-led coalitions has cooled, but with no alternative in sight.
These include vessels from the European Union, NATO, an American-led coalition and from countries such as China and India protecting national vessels.
That is even before considering what harm an American-led slowdown might do.
Many East Asian countries are themselves reeling from the American-led high-tech slowdown.
American-led coalition troops killed a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader east of Samarra in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
You know, it reinforces his firm opposition to the single currency and even suggests Britain should join the American-led North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad fears an intrusion by what might be called McCulture -- an American-led world that is intolerant of others' sensitivities.
At that time, it should assume full responsibility for peacekeeping and counter-insurgency, with a separate American-led force, currently of 20, 000 troops, merging into it.
Afghan officials told CNN earlier Monday that private Afghan security forces working for the American-led coalition had killed a Kandahar police chief and his bodyguards.
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But there are impediments, among them the probability that the American-led bombing campaign may, at least in the short term, increase Afghans' support for their government.
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Seven areas controlled by the American-led international force are to be transferred to Afghan command, including Lashkar Gah in Helmand, until recently a hotbed of Taliban activity.
Now it was America's moment: 1991 saw not only the success of the American-led coalition in the first Gulf war, but also the beginning of serious peace talks.
When the American-led ground forces went into action then to force the Iraqis out, Mr Hussein's soldiers, dazed and hungry after weeks of bombing, showed precious little fight.
As Petreaus and Crocker warned this week, if the US Congress or the next administration decides to pull the plug on American-led efforts in Iraq, the results will be horrendous.
One is that the American-led teams that have been nosing around Iraq haven't done a very good job, perhaps because they lack the expertise of the specialists led by Mr Blix.
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