The White House wants to make a political statement of support for Mr. Gorbachev.
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The destruction of Car-thage was a calculated political statement but it was no great military victory.
But Gondola argues that being a Sapeur isn't just about vanity -- it's a political statement.
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Like graffiti artists, hackers hack to leave their mark -- and occasionally to make a political statement, too.
"For me, it's important as a symbolic political statement, " he told CNN Monday.
Mr. MacMillan's stark piece was turned into a cross between a family drama and a political statement, and it is neither.
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There are elements of this that are more in the nature of a political statement than the conventional defense against criminal charges.
Last year, when the House Republicans were passing the cut, cap and balance rule, the White House called it an empty political statement.
As voters elsewhere clock the three Icelandic MPs, they may see a Pirate Party vote less as a political statement, and more as a realistic option.
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And my belief was that given that he was about to retire, that for me to make a political statement respecting my church at that time wasn't necessary.
As a boy, Mr Mabanckou was fascinated by the dandies who returned from Paris obsessed with brand names, but the novel lampoons the idea of tailoring as a political statement.
While their own mothers may not have worn the veil, there are many young women who are covering themselves head-to-toe as a political statement and a sign of their newfound identity.
Somehow, caring about the environment became a political statement.
But in his closing arguments, Skrzynski said that the videotape and the interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" show that Kevorkian killed Youk to make a political statement on euthanasia.
But the musicians say the album, for which they wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, is actually very personal and autobiographical, more about their growth as women and mothers than any political statement.
In a strong political statement from the private sector, more than 80 CEOs from major U.S. corporations penned a release urging Congress to get its act together and find a bipartisan solution to the coming fiscal cliff.
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To be clean shaven has for decades been a political statement of solidarity with the secular, Westernizing elites who were pre-eminent across much of the Arab world until the series of uprisings that came to be known as the Arab Spring.
"The vicar began by saying: 'We are here because a tragedy has taken place - we are not here for the media or to make a political statement, or to apportion blame', so he set the agenda pretty quickly, " said Mr Mangold.
It seems that John Brennan felt so frustrated and powerless in the face of security measures on Tuesday evening that the only option left to him, beyond driving to his destination rather than flying, was to transform his powerlessness into a political statement by making himself as vulnerable as possible.
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In a sign he is edging closer to a presidential run in 2000, Jesse Jackson is seriously considering setting up a presidential exploratory committee this fall and will file a political action committee statement in early August, Jackson confidantes tell CNN.
Reacting to al-Maliki's comments, al-Sadr's political committee issued a statement Wednesday warning that its cabinet ministers might quit as a result.
Also, President Obama should issue a statement on the violence and political strife going on in Venezuela since last month's election.
This isn't a party political point: it's a statement of fact.
Administration sources said the goal is to win a strong statement from Annan backing the political transition plan and a commitment to send a U.N. team to Iraq to assist with the effort.
In our bipolar political world, that amounts to a controversial statement, but Cameron was speaking from experience.
"This pension arrangement became a symbolic issue, and the focus of unprecedented media and political attention, " he said in a statement.
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