Obama countered by saying that such talks would be undertaken with "preparations, " not preconditions.
Among the preconditions are not just economic performance, but better structures of government and more openness.
It needs a lot of preconditions in place, none of which involve a chef.
FORBES: TED Over, onto SXSW But How Does the Ideas Economy Help You?
When Luhnow interviewed for the GM job, he asked Crane what preconditions it came with.
It is range-of-the-moment, while rebuking others for not setting the preconditions for long-range planning.
FORBES: William Kristol's Acceptance Of The Mess Is Wholly Unacceptable
And what are some of the preconditions in order to resume the six-party talks?
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Lee Hold a News Conference
There are some on the right who won't enter into serious discussions about deficits without preconditions.
WHITEHOUSE: Encouraging Long-Term Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
And so there are no specific preconditions around -- or specific obstacles around the missile range issue.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Lee Hold a News Conference
That starts with aggressive, principled diplomacy without self-defeating preconditions, but with a cleareyed understanding of our interests.
He noted that a key McCain adviser, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has advocated talks without preconditions.
So Silicon Valley seems to be a place where all the preconditions for higher density are in place.
FORBES: Restrictive Zoning Is Crippling Silicon Valley's Transit Options
The ecological preconditions for this unprecedented event were, of course, global warming -- another product of Big Oil.
To command the Federal Reserve to pursue price stability alone is to create the preconditions for macroeconomic disaster.
FORBES: The Republican Platform and the Mainstreaming of the Gold Standard
Mr Netanyahu and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, both say they are ready to resume talks without preconditions.
Candidate Obama declared last year that he would be willing to sit down with Iran's leader without preconditions.
North Korea has called for the resumption of six-party talks without preconditions before.
And in a bid to jump-start flagging Cyprus talks, Turkey is reportedly ready to discuss land swaps without preconditions.
So the opportunities and the preconditions are certainly there, provided African policy makers speedily seize them, as the book notes.
CNN: Opinion: Could Africa be world's next manufacturing hub?
The opposition leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, says he has set out preconditions for the general to be acceptable as a candidate.
Yet many countries have managed the trick without meeting those preconditions, including Japan, Costa Rica and, despite his strictures, India.
ECONOMIST: Democracy and freedom: The wilder shores of liberty | The
He has however urged a resumption of negotiations without preconditions, rejecting Palestinian demands for a complete halt to settlement activity first.
Rather than agree to Abbas's preconditions, Netanyahu should say that he is willing to listen to Abbas's position in face-to-face negotiations.
And does the United States have any preconditions to rejoin six-party talks?
Predictably, the mullahs responded that they would agree to no such preconditions.
Obama caused an uproar when during a Democratic primary debate last spring he said that he would meet with Ahmadinejad without preconditions.
And we need to get to the process of having that conversation without coming with preconditions and lots of statements in advance.
Given these preconditions, I believe a national sales tax would be ideal.
FORBES: Spending Is Choking Us And Tax Cuts Are No Heimlich Maneuver
This has been done even though former senior Russian officials privately acknowledge that Moscow has complied with virtually none of the IMF's preconditions.
But the Serb leader is also setting his own preconditions: he wants sanctions lifted and a guarantee of immunity from prosecution for war crimes.
Mr Trimble digs holes for himself by appearing to go back to demanding preconditions, on the release of prisoners and on Sinn Fein ministers.
应用推荐