Mr Obama said he would have more "flexibility" on difficult issues such as the US missile defence plans after November's election.
But actually when it comes down to it they're soft on the difficult issues.
Reaching agreement among the 17 -- or 27 countries on difficult economic issues is, as Chancellor Merkel said yesterday in a speech, a herculean task.
So I think it shows that the United States and Afghanistan, even given the tragic incidents of war, are able to work together on very difficult issues.
We can't expect to have unanimity on these difficult issues, but, I think if a president is willing to work hard across the aisle as I have in the Senate, I think we can reach resolution in good faith with a lot of people.
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The risk is that Kosovo becomes dependent on these missions and thus simply an EU protectorate, its leaders shoving responsibility for difficult issues on to foreigners all too willing to rule.
The prime minister said he believed people understood the government had had to take difficult decisions on issues like pay and welfare in the past three years but their impact was not always welcome and some voters felt "frustrated".
They've provided me superb counsel and support on a range of difficult institutional issues and strategic initiatives.
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As he said at our first meeting in London, our relationship had started to drift, making it difficult to cooperate on issues of common interest to our people.
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The trend of tackling difficult issues head-on looks set to continue as other countries follow Brazil's lead.
And as both major parties look for advantages going into next year's election season, it may be more difficult to gain agreement on issues that Congress will face when members return in January.
But it will become increasingly difficult to focus intensely on one or two issues while blocking out the rest of the noise.
"If the client has money they are managing on their own, they're going to recognize how difficult it is and they'll understand the issues an adviser is facing on a daily basis, " Mr. Depman explains.
Doctors can collaborate on difficult cases and exchange views on drugs, clinical issues and devices.
In China, collecting on a judgment can be very difficult and once the court issues its decision, it does not have a lot of power to aid in collection.
Rather, we must come together as a nation and recognize that we do not live in a post-racial era, and that, while difficult, we must confront these issues head on with clarity and without fear.
Sadly, it was difficult to find many instances where the candidates disagreed on these critical issues.
If Democrats lose their upper hand next year, reform on health care, energy and other controversial issues becomes much more difficult for the White House.
Simon Hamilton of the DUP said the suspicions and enmity on all sides had made government very difficult, but that despite this 451 issues had been agreed by the executive, and he praised each party for changes they had initiated.
It has been used successfully in the past in difficult subject areas, such as wildlife crime in South Africa, on issues of abortion in Catholic countries, and tax evasion in the Netherlands.
This is because it is difficult to create a consensus among such a large group on the technical and political issues involved, said Mike Reed, vice president of marketing for the Rio division of Santa Clara, Calif.
These sorts of issues, which came to public attention during the Vioxx issues, can make it difficult to tell whether drugs are safe, even after they have been on the market for years.
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