If officials grapple with the Portugal issue early, and decisively, they could avoid the iceberg.

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The move comes as Republicans grapple with the hot-potato issue of raising the government's borrowing limit later this year, one of the few must-do items on a dysfunctional Washington's agenda this year.

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Another issue Turner has had to grapple with through the years has been his own packed schedule.

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Catch-and-release angling, which both the ASF and TU promote, is a moral issue that every fisherman and woman must grapple with.

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