"I heard Senator Kerry say that there was some kind of global test that you ought to be able to pass to support pre-emption, and I don't understand what that means, " Rice said.
Kerry said during the debate he would never grant another country a veto on U.S. actions to protect itself, but he said the decision to go to war should pass a "global test" of legitimacy.
But if and when you do it, Jim, you've got to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing, and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons.
On April 5th in Prague, Mr Obama reiterated a campaign promise to hold talks with Russia to reduce both American and Russian nuclear stockpiles, to push for a global nuclear test ban and to set up an international nuclear fuel bank to help with peaceful nuclear-energy programmes.
Not so, said Alejandro Furas, technical director for the Global NCAP crash test programs.
The climate talks in Durban, South Africa, run from 28 November to 9 December and are likely to test global resolve to tackle greenhouse emissions.
This is the real test of global economic co-operation for the rich countries: to lead by example.
In other defence news, an editorial in bilingual Global Times hails China's successful test flight of its first heavy transport aircraft Y-20 as an "important step forward" in military modernisation.
It's not the miniature robotic space shuttle that NASA's planning to send into orbit this month, but another of the space agency's unmanned vehicles has edged closer to its beginning its mission, with the "nearly autonomous" Global Hawk aircraft having completed a key test flight bright and early on April 2nd.
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During their period of total global supremacy, Australia won every Boxing Day Test between 1999 and 2007.
Investors are reliving a mini-Sept 2008, and further credit downgrades of developed country debt could just be enough to test the circuit breakers at some global securities exchanges.
This challenge will test our maturity as nations and as a global community.
" Ronovech goes on to explain that, despite the semiconductor industry being out of favor due to concerns about the global economic slowdown, he expects that "even a modest continuation of global economic recovery should drive growth in demand for semiconductor test equipment in 2011.
Nokia is adding to the list of global companies that is using the emerging markets as a test bed to discover new products and services suitable to those markets. ( IBM is another one where a need in India is driving global innovation for it.) It is doing this via its Ovi Life Tools, a set of mobile information and application services.
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One of China's leading newspapers, The Global Times, again warns North Korea against conducting another nuclear test.
They recognize that constantly shifting markets, with global competitors, requires the flexibility to apply novel thinking and test new solutions constantly.
What skilled person in an athletic discipline would pass up an opportunity to test his or her talent against an equally proficient global field?
How better to test their ability to take the punishing pace of the 24x7 global economy than to force them to ricochet from coast to coast and north to south?
Actually, said Jennifer Nayar, head of global data products at the firm, most are taking both so they can test the value of the analysis NYSE Technologies performs.
It is ironic that on the day the Committee offers this sham of a stress test the International Monetary Fund was giving an upbeat forecast of the global economy.
But BUAV says many countries in the world still test on animals for cosmetics and the group is now pressing for a global ban.
As for more global treaty commitments, Mr Obama is expected to try to get Congress to ratify the test-ban (it refused in 1999).
An IPO will also test the ability of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, age 27, to manage a global company whose financial performance will be scrutinized every three months by investors.
The pending auction of the battery business of A123 Systems, Inc. (OTC Markets:AONEQ) will present yet another test for the U.S. expansion plans of Chinese companies interested in becoming global players.
An IPO will also test the ability of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, 27 years old, to manage a global company whose financial performance will be scrutinized by investors.
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