And indeed while making no commitments, the President offered a warm endorsement of Ambassador Rice.
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At this stage, we can make no commitments to reverse any of that, on spending or on tax.
Manneh indicated that there have been ongoing conversations with movie studios, but no commitments to a movie or TV show have been made yet.
EU, with no security commitments in Asia, saw no reason not to put its commercial interests there first.
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And sometimes the rich are flown offshore with no purchase commitments at all.
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There will be no new commitments to "nation build" again, or re-train police and security forces in a far off Arab land.
Mr Berdymukhammedov has signalled interest in the idea of supplying gas to various destinations, including Europe, but has made no major new commitments.
The point in blocking all tax increases is simple, we have uncontrolled spending commitments that no reasonable amount of revenue increases will satisfy.
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Also giving evidence, the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, Huw Lewis AM confirmed that there will be "no walking away from commitments and winding up of projects" as a result of the Welsh Government's budget.
Chelsea, who have a hectic program of league and Europa League commitments, showed no signs of tiredness with a comfortable win.
Hugh Henry, Scottish Labour MSP and his party's education and life long learning spokesperson, called it: "a disappointing statement", saying it was about aspirations, full of commitments, but no detail.
There are no upfront fees or minimum commitments required.
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"So far, the Syrian regime has taken, really, almost no steps toward fulfilling the core commitments of the Annan proposal, " he said.
The Kurds say that they simply have no faith that Mr Jaafari will act on his commitments.
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Pressed about the security snafu, Sports Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Sunday it should be no surprise that some contractors were unable to meet their commitments.
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No evident reduction has been made in U.S. commitments and responsibilities around the world.
No wonder that companies are tempted to wash their hands of any future commitments.
While final details of the plan remain to be seen, there is no reason to think the FCC won't live up to these commitments.
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Sir Reg said his party leader had no choice but to resign as others failed to live up to their commitments and that he would not be leading his party into further talks with Sinn Fein, until the IRA began to disarm.
Putin said that if necessary he would help Gazprom meet its commitments to Ukraine under the new deal, although there was currently no need for the help, Russian media reports said.
Thus, Canada appears to be the only country in the world that has announced its refusal to respect its commitments under Kyoto, apparently in the belief that its sanctions have no bite.
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That requires long-term commitments in a world where political attention spans are usually short and where no government can easily bind its successors.
The deputy chair of the regional development committee, Pat Doherty of Sinn Fein, explained the six commitments which fell to this department including upgrading key road projects, ensuring no additional water charges and upgrading the Coleraine to Londonderry railway line.
These volatile details matter, but the underlying problem remains unchanged: The economies of Europe and the United States have arrived at the moment when they no longer have any conceivable hope of being able to pay for the huge public commitments they've amassed the past 40 years.
Leighton Andrews AM stressed that he has no plans to delay the implementation of the banding to primary schools, one of the commitments in the Labour party's manifesto.
There is no point in starving a business and endangering a firm's balance-sheet in order to meet macho dividend commitments.
"It is better to have this agreement than no agreement at all, " he told MEPs, adding that the Commission will get to work on implementing the commitments.
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