Obama countered by saying that such talks would be undertaken with "preparations, " not preconditions.
He hit at him for having said that he would negotiate with Iranian leaders without 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.
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When Luhnow interviewed for the GM job, he asked Crane what preconditions it came with.
Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions.
In his missive to Obama, Ahmadinejad laid out Iranian preconditions for a diplomatic engagement with America.
It is range-of-the-moment, while rebuking others for not setting the preconditions for long-range planning.
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And what are some of the preconditions in order to resume the six-party talks?
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There are some on the right who won't enter into serious discussions about deficits without preconditions.
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Earlier this month, North Korea again called for the resumption of the so-called six-party talks without preconditions.
And so there are no specific preconditions around -- or specific obstacles around the missile range issue.
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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.
And our message is this: Let's conduct dialogue without any preconditions for you to support the political process.
So Silicon Valley seems to be a place where all the preconditions for higher density are in place.
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The ecological preconditions for this unprecedented event were, of course, global warming -- another product of Big Oil.
Just this past week Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas escalated still further his already unacceptable preconditions for direct negotiations.
To command the Federal Reserve to pursue price stability alone is to create the preconditions for macroeconomic disaster.
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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.
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Instead, endless bureaucratic preconditions and excuses were introduced in a transparent effort to compromise the fairness of the election process.
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.
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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.
He attempted to temper and later deny his public pledge to hold direct negotiations with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions.
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