We understand that it is vital to measure Iranian intentions by actions as opposed to words -- and we will do that -- but it is also important that these talks are getting up and going again after a long delay.

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Barbara can say she wants to be in a relationship and Phillip can talk all he wants about getting his practice up and going again, but unless they take action, nothing is going to change.

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If the administration were at all interested in getting permits and drill bits going again then it would phase in these new environmental assessments gradually.

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We recently had a chance to put a Tesla Model S through its paces and we had no problem getting where we were going -- and back again -- despite our testing happening in Upstate New York in the middle of a rather chilly January.

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And problem number two we already talked about, which is rising health care costs and programs like Medicaid and Medicare are going to -- once you get past this decade, going to start zooming up again as a consequence of the population getting older and health care costs going up more rapidly than incomes and wages and revenues are going up.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference on the 2012 Budget

Gore flew in - a very theatrical entrance - worked the hallway, shook hands, made speeches and many credit him with getting the whole thing going again.

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And, again, without getting into details, I just want to make clear that the reason he is going forward to Congress, to the American people, next week is to talk about actions that we can take to create jobs and grow the economy now.

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