But when Democrats in the Senate pressed for a timetable, or at least a commitment to withdrawal, they were buried under Republican accusations of "cut and run" defeatism.
Others prefer to fly privately for the least financial commitment.
They begin each new pursuit with enthusiasm, or at the very least, a commitment to getting the job done.
Since these concerns were raised the Liaison Committee has at least received a commitment from Tony Blair that his government will co-operate as fully as possible in providing information to Parliament.
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Specifically, I had hoped that the anticipated addition of the Fed Funds targets of individual FOMC members which I thought was a bad idea would at least weaken their previous collective commitment to keep that rate at its near-zero level at least until mid-2013 which I also thought was a bad idea.
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But at least he wangled a commitment of more Turkish troops to work on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan.
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But with the crash of 2008, many investors panicked, or at least wavered in their commitment to buy and hold investing.
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Jones used the occasion of the Center event to reiterate his view that a national commitment of at least four percent of Gross Domestic Product to the national security.
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Yesh Atid has opposed any division of Jerusalem - which both the Palestinians and Israelis claim as their capital - but is making a commitment to at least try to restart negotiations, which stalled over two years ago.
Enshrine in law the coalition government's commitment to spend at least 0.7 of GDP on overseas aid.
Every day, make a commitment to write at least one entry about something that you are proud to have accomplished that day.
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Motsepe is the first African to join the Giving Pledge, a campaign spearheaded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the wealthiest people in the world to make a commitment to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
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It may likewise be a victory that goes beyond patents and intellectual property, at least raising questions about our own continuing commitment to the individual creativity and entrepreneurship that have historically defined us.
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In his January 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama announced a commitment to ensuring that at least 98% of all Americans had access to advanced 4G wireless services within five years.
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The goal of such an investigation would not be to merely expose pandering to the industry, but to establish standards that Commissioners and staffers would have to meet annually to demonstrate a commitment to investor concerns at least equal to their responsiveness to industry.
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But it is surely true that Europe has been fairly consistent in its commitment to peaceful conflict resolution at least for internal matters, and steady in its promotion of transnational bodies for settling disputes (WTO, International Criminal Court, UN on its better days, and so forth).
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The researchers, who used a questionnaire designed exclusively for the study, found no significant change across the cycle in how the women perceived their level of commitment to the relationship or, at least initially, in their satisfaction with it.
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The low carbon commitment already looks like it will get at least one of the zones.
Unlike Fallaci, at least until her later years, the root of their commitment to human freedom is their Christian faith.
It is this ethical commitment to rigor that distinguishes philosophy (at least in its analytical form) from science, which has begun facing a veritable inquisition, both in the academic and popular press, for sloppy thinking, cherry picking data, systemic bias and, in some cases, outright fraud.
Women who get numerous proposals reject their least preferred suitors, but don't make a firm commitment just yet.
And the reason why such a small percentage of voters go is because, as I said, at least on the Democratic side, it's a big commitment of time.
The establishment of a registered legal entity, and the investment of at least a small amount of capital, denotes a level of commitment and permanence that a rep office does not.
When the Obama administration announces the number of soldiers who will remain in Afghanistan post-2014, it should emphasize that the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan is set to last until at least 2024.
President Obama announced last week the deployment of another 30, 000 U.S. forces to Afghanistan, increasing the total U.S. troop commitment to almost 100, 000, while at least 25 other countries have pledged another 7, 000 troops.
But it is at least more realistic than expecting governments to accept an indeterminate but huge commitment for future spending.
For instance, in spite of its commitment to competition, the plan would create, at least for a transitional period, new exclusive Internet registries: each of the new top-level domains would be controlled by just one company.
And our job in the weeks ahead is to ask the difficult questions the public are asking about how this mission ends, about Britain's commitment - all the questions that I fully understand, not least in the light of Iraq, that people will be asking.
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