Mr. Obama fulfilled that pledge this month, albeit a year late, and he deserves great credit for doing so.
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Under pressure from politicians, Warren Buffett and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, companies that include General Electric and Coca-Cola have taken the pledge this year and started deducting the value of grants from net income.
General Abubakar's refusal to take political jobs in the past, and his pledge this week that he will stick to the October 1st deadline for handing over power to a civilian government, suggest that he agrees with them.
This pledge is one that I made at the beginning of this crisis and I intend for America to keep our pledge.
This pledge will help it get the resources a problem of this magnitude deserves.
"Unfortunately, the increases in costs that we have seen since making this pledge can no longer be absorbed and mean that we are unable to keep prices at their current levels beyond this autumn, " he added.
Is it even appropriate for Coach Tressel to force these players to make this pledge?
This pledge might have seemed a good tactic to win the affections of the party's Eurosceptics.
If the Tories were confident of re-election, they would not have made this pledge.
It said it would follow up this pledge with a "bold action plan" at the beginning of November.
Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich and Chris Dodd refused to sign this pledge and left their names on the ballot.
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This pledge has been endorsed by more than 30 organizations active in the public policy debate about immigration matters.
"I pledge to you this: I will not let their patriotism and their bravery be obscured by politics, " he said.
Those who broke this pledge were warned they could lose their homes.
Demonstrating this, Obama is now refusing to put this pledge in writing.
" Furthermore, the State Department letter reported that this pledge would be fulfilled "in time for the start of the 2008 school year.
They are angry that Republicans have pledged not to raise taxes and this pledge is more important than the deficit and needs of America.
And how noble a gesture is it on behalf of these 5 Ohio State student-athletes to make this pledge to their mentor and coach?
Mr Levy has given no details on how this pledge would be resourced but he has promised to review police funding for community projects.
Having howled at those benefit changes already enacted by the coalition, this crowd will want to know how their party uncouples itself from this pledge.
Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily fact in this region.
Mr Machinea says this pledge would not be lightly discarded.
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On Friday, George McDonald, a Republican candidate for mayor, issued a statement calling on his rivals to pledge to change this "wrongheaded" right-to-shelter policy, a move that would require court action.
If they make this pledge and commitment to stay in school with the knowledge that they leave millions and millions of dollars on the table, then the pledge carries much more gravity.
"We pledged last summer to cap our energy prices for as long as possible and until at least August 2012, and then in January extended this pledge to October 2012, " he said.
Part of me wants to commend him for making his players take some accountability, and part of me wants to commend the players for their willingness to make this pledge to their coach.
Mr Hill welcomed this pledge but said he was concerned that the money had not been ring-fenced, and with reductions to local authority budgets, there was a risk that social care and support services would still see cuts.
The businesses making this pledge include name brands like Proctor and Gamble, Tyson Foods, Hewlett-Packard -- but also smaller companies like Prime Team Services, which is planning to hire hundreds of military spouses and veterans next year alone.
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"I make this pledge to you tonight: I have spent my whole life fighting for what I think is right and against powerful special interests, and I have only just begun to fight, " Kerry said to roars of approval.
Requesting his players to make this pledge makes Coach Tressel and the school look responsible by showing that they at least recognize the potential for these students to get off relatively unpunished should they bolt the university after the bowl game.
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