Lake said it's clear the region is on the threshold of a crisis and that now is the last chance to act.
Nor is it clear that the region is suffering now from bad (or no) governments.
With newly listed states coming in ahead of African nations (or non-African nations moving above them), it is clear that the region's competitiveness relative to all others remains poor.
The BBC's West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says the French offensive, called "Operation Gustav", is intended to clear the Gao region of any militants still hiding there and to prevent further attacks on the city.
And we have made clear to leaders in the region that they need to make clear that it is not an acceptable reaction to a film, however offensive it might be.
It has also employed a team of contractors to help clear minor routes across the region.
The autumn restrictions mean sheep cannot be moved out of Devon until further tests show that the region is completely clear of the disease.
The map also provided a clear view of the surrounding region.
Now that Brazil has followed the rest of Latin America in deregulating its domestic market, the future shape of the airline business in the region looks fairly clear.
Very importantly, leaders around the region have made it clear.
More than 9, 000 people are working to clear up the damage in the Chelyabinsk region.
Rice said Israel's settlement plans in the area prove that the process of creating clear and universally recognized boundaries in the region is important.
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Finally, as I'll discuss more in my speech to Parliament tomorrow, this deepening of our alliance sends a clear message of our commitment to this region, a commitment that is enduring and unwavering.
Courts opened overnight to clear the backlog with prosecutors from across the region travelling to London to help out.
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The once disastrous condo glut in the Miami area, which includes Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, has begun to clear up as foreign buyers pour into the region.
Then we quietly shopped it across the region to influencers, making it clear to these leaders that our concept required the relinquishing of control, as well as the harnessing of the creativity of our citizens to work effectively.
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With the six-party talks in tatters and faced with such a highly explosive situation in Northeast Asia, we the people in this region need to make it loud and clear that the nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not be tolerated, and that we need peace and development rather than war and confrontation.
And while there's no doubt that the roads in the Sandy-stricken region are slick, it's also clear that the critical work of recovery continues.
With the region enflamed, however, it's not clear what direction U.S. policy may take in the months ahead.
It is certainly the case -- and I think we have been clear about this -- that any military action in that region threatens greater instability in the region, threatens -- as you point out, because Iran borders both Afghanistan and Iraq -- we have civilian personnel in Iraq, we have military personnel as well as civilians in Afghanistan.
But the President also made clear that Egypt has obligations, as do other countries in the region and countries all over the world, to ensure that diplomatic representations in those countries are secure.
U.S. nuclear submarines ply the region's waters, however, and Washington makes clear that its so-called nuclear "umbrella" over South Korea is meant to deter an attack on its ally by North Korea, whose 1950 invasion ignited the three-year Korean War.
Since November last year, he has made it clear he wants to create one new "super university" for the region.
That's why I think it is important that there's a clear legal base, it is important that there is support within the region, but critically that politicians continue to answer and ask the difficult questions.
Better, he says, to concentrate on preventing a nuclear arms race across the region before it starts, while containing Iran by making it clear that it will suffer devastating consequences if it takes the next step towards acquiring nuclear weapons.
The wind-whipped snowstorm mercifully arrived at the start of a weekend, which meant fewer cars on the road and extra time for sanitation crews to clear the mess before commuters in the New York-to-Boston region of roughly 25 million people have to go back to work.
The United States is going to be a huge participant in both economic and security issues in the Asia Pacific region, and our overriding desire is that we have a clear set of principles that all of us can abide by so that all of us can succeed.
"It is clear that the proposed unity is not one meant to unify the people of the region, " he said.
Financial officials in several countries say it became clear early this year that these online banks might pose a systemic threat across the region.
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