Uncertainty over Greece is helping force up the borrowing costs for Spain and Italy.

BBC: Greece election: The European countdown

The Clinton Administration perceived the Base Force as a temporary fix, designed largely to avoid precipitous actions in the period of uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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That would not force Peru to suspend debt payments, but it would damage investors' confidence, already battered by political uncertainty.

ECONOMIST: Peru

It made clear -- I mean, a major accomplishment in this was that the -- in the final days here, the Republicans were insisting that whatever process that became law would force another vote on raising the debt ceiling, another clash and conflict over this that would create more uncertainty in the next six months.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing