He added that if the government were to begin wielding the American market as a foreign policy weapon in this way, it might be hard to the draw the line when considering the option down the road.

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For all their gripes about U.S. foreign policy, the Saudis' only weapon of protest is oil.

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The second obstacle is that monetary policy tends to be a less potent weapon in the euro area than in America or Britain.

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The 69-year-old former Massachusetts senator said the US was committed to preventing Iran from securing a nuclear weapon and would continue its policy of both pressure and engagement to try to bring this about.

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The key is the elimination of the mosquito, but fundamental shortcomings in public policy have made unavailable the most potent weapon in our arsenal: DDT, an inexpensive and effective pesticide once widely deployed to kill disease-carrying insects.

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President Obama has made clear that it is his policy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

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Is Gazprom the latest weapon with which to wage foreign policy or a powerful partner ready to do business?

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And Cheney said he argued against the administration's policy on North Korea, which tested a nuclear weapon in 2006.

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By failing at the onset of the crisis to indicate that certain limited exceptions would be made, the United States forfeited to the United Nations the task of defining the scope of this loophole, and weakened the weight of a long-standing U.S. policy to oppose the use of food as a weapon in settling disputes.

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It was also possible that he embraced that amendment at least partly as a weapon in his battle with Congress over control of Reconstruction policy.

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For its part, the Center for Security Policy has steadfastly believed that the V-22 would be truly a transformational weapon system and urged that it be brought to bear at the earliest possible time.

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The fight against online piracy just gained a new weapon in the form of the Copyright Alert System (CAS) aka the " six strikes" policy.

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