The central question now is whether this clarity will be followed by a strategic shift in the US and Israeli governments' conceptualizations of the challenges facing them in the various theaters of war and diplomacy in which they are now engaged.
England's defeat means they will now play Papua New Guinea next Saturday to avoid the wooden spoon while Australia will meet New Zealand in the final group game later that day before facing them again in the final a week later.
But he looks to be well placed for inclusion in Wales' testing summer schedule that sees them facing South Africa in Cardiff before embarking on a two-Test tour of New Zealand.
In contrast, this defeat is South Africa's first in 14 matches and leaves them facing an uphill task to secure a place in the last 16.
So our BBC political reporters in each of the five force areas will be delving into the challenges facing each of them in this weekend's Sunday Politics West Midlands.
Rear-seat passengers can watch high-resolution TV monitors set into the seatbacks facing them, as they relax in airline-style recliner seats.
David Mitchell, who has helped set up the service, said parents had an important role to play in tackling gang culture but added the problems facing them were daunting.
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HUNTER-GAULT: And keeping them in school is the biggest challenge facing countries like Malawi.
That does nothing to help the patient address the issues or problems they might be facing and come to terms with them in their life.
West Ham, in 17th spot, were facing the team one place above them with Zola calling the clash "a massive six pointer" as he desperately sought to avoid a fifth successive league defeat.
Banks in particular have been facing a regulatory environment that has reduced them into abacus banks, institutions that monitor money flows between depositors and the government that issues debt rather than giving loans and managing risks.
How about a change in your lifestyle that avoids temptations, rather than facing up to them.
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In martial arts, if facing a stand up fighter, take them to the ground, and vice versa.
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One decision facing them is whether to allow a Rwandan unit caught in the west to escape.
Mr Durie said vendace populations in Bassenthwaite and Derwentwater were "very fragile" and the threats facing them were considerable.
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Aberdeen were facing a test of character in the last 45 minutes after Skovdahl accused them of under-achieving against Rangers.
With each facing as much as 20 years in prison, the government had asked them to be remanded into custody pending sentencing.
One of the other issues facing young people here in Egypt is a lack of skills to equip them for the right job.
They can sound like generic advice when viewed in isolation, but the challenges that people are facing and the fears that keep them from acting are real.
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Now, under this agreement, unemployment insurance will also be extended for another 13 months, which will be welcome relief for 2 million Americans who are facing the prospect of having this lifeline yanked away from them right in the middle of the holiday season.
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Now those brands are facing competition, and there's not much in the pipeline that might replace them.
In order to better understand the struggles his clients were facing, he had to face them himself.
Mr Uribe's first DAS chief, Jorge Noguera, is in jail and facing conspiracy charges for allegedly colluding with right-wing paramilitaries and providing them with information on union activists who were later targeted for assassination.
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But the barriers facing them will be familiar to many young people looking to set up home in the past couple of years.
There were familiar faces for both camps, with former Saracens rugby director Steve Diamond now Sale's executive director of sport and Saracens fly-half Charlie Hodgson facing his old side for the first time since leaving them after 10 years in the summer.
The FA want to avoid the scenario of two clubs competing in the second round knowing that both of them will go through and with the losers potentially facing more lucrative or easier third-round opponents.
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