Our countries have common traits to deepen our affinities amongst our peoples, to make our friendship ties even closer and more meaningful and everlasting, a relationship that is based only on formal agreements amongst governments.

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It has been exciting, Ms. Madrigal says, to discover she could make a deep friendship so quickly.

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But the Americans will find it difficult to make pledges of friendship with a nuclear capable North Korea.

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Hearing Obama's statements, and watching him and his advisers make daily declarations of friendship to Iran's mullahs, Iraqi leaders are considering their options for surviving the rapidly approaching storm.

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While money can certainly buy a lot of goodies that make us happy, it cannot buy true friendship , the reciprocal attachment that fills the need for affiliation.

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But I believe we want to make sure that we have the relationships of friendship with the people that take his place, such that in the years to come, we see Syria as a friend and Syria as a responsible party in the Middle East.

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Change accompanied by a pledge that I will make known to allies and adversaries alike: that America maintains an unwavering friendship with Israel, and an unshakeable commitment to its security.

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However, to establish a neutral basis for comparison, we need to take friendship out of the equation for now and consider what would make a basis for fairness between strangers.

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He is very concerned about the situation in Japan and wanted to make sure that the Prime Minister knew that the United States is fully committed to the alliance, to our friendship with the Japanese, and that we are committed to do everything we can to help them get through this very critical situation.

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