If there was any hope the tax debate could be separated from that seemingly distant presidential contest, it was extinguished when Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared that his party's main political goal was to deny Mr. Obama a second term and when the president seized upon that comment to portray the Republicans as more interested in politics than in governance.
Four years before that Vice President Al Gore looked to be the bigger spender and more avid war-monger, but President Bush seized those mantles once inaugurated.
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Most recently, President Obama seized upon an ill-timed bureaucratic announcement regarding planned housing construction within Jerusalem's city limits as a pretext for having his administration serially denounce Israel.
In short, there is plenty wrong with the picture being painted by a president suddenly seized with the trappings of peace in Bosnia after three years of indifference and fecklessness in response to the conflict there.
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Since nothing has been happening in Washington lately except speeches, President Obama seized the moment and ended his State of the Union day by issuing an Executive Order (EO) and Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21) on critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
If a fraction of the 93 percent of Americans who oppose that decision raise hell with their representatives about it, there is reason to hope that a President now seized with the just war we must wage against these jihadists will decide not to allow his top law enforcement officer to hand our enemies a needless, and potentially disastrous, victory.
The Pakistani Taliban have also vowed to assassinate the former president, who seized power in a 1999 coup.
For instance, President Obama has seized on the so-called Buffett Rule that calls for higher taxes for "wealthy" Americans.
Meanwhile, a report in The New York Times says President Bush has seized on the conviction of Hussein as a "milestone in Iraq" while seeking to rally Republican voters on the issue of national security.
In 1966, former Vice President Richard Nixon seized the national spotlight, campaigning for Republicans across the nation, and making it clear, through his fundraising and speeches that he was a formidable candidate who could take on Lyndon Johnson, or any other Democrat.
Mr Vajpayee is under pressure to step down later this year, while the Pakistani president (who seized power in a coup in 1999) has promised to step down as army chief at the end of this year though he will remain president until 2007, assuming he can survive repeated attempts (apparently by Islamist militants) to assassinate him, the most recent of which was on December 25th.
The president also said police seized a notebook with written coordinates from the man.
Environmental activists, such as former Vice President Al Gore, seized on the milestone.
Oncology Vice President Gabe Leung has seized on Celebrex as a potentially revolutionary way to treat a wide variety of cancers.
Rebels demanding the resignation of President Francois Bozize have seized various towns and threatened to head to the capital of Bangui.
It is revenge for that campaign, and the next one, aimed at preventing the election of President Putin, who seized power illegally.
Hours before voting was to begin, the army seized the president.
It was a moment in which President Clinton might have seized the chance to try to strangle the regime, which with the 1991 Soviet collapse had lost its longtime sugar daddy.
They seized on President Thein Sein's remarks on July 12 that "illegal" Rohingya should be sent to "third countries, " and they actively worked to isolate Muslim communities from daily necessities and income.
The fact that President Bush has become seized with the Soviets' bad credit rating is all the more striking given that he has recently made Ed Hewett his top Soviet specialist on the National Security Council staff.
If the opportunity created by this welcome development is now seized, President Bush and the newly elected Republican Congress have a chance to open an important new front in the war on terror by constricting undue financial life support provided by companies that are partnering with terrorist-sponsoring governments.
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Republicans have seized on the president's clemency decision as a sign the administration is not tough on terrorists.
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The UFDR rebels say they are fighting against corruption and mismanagement under President Francois Bozize, who seized power in a 2003 coup.
Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich former Spanish colony, has been ruled by President Teodoro Obiang since he seized power from his uncle in 1979.
Madam President, today we have seized an historic opportunity.
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Hagel's views and those of this president, the opportunity must be seized to expose both.
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But his remarks, seized on by the president's Democratic rivals, leave the president in a tight spot.
In a passage last night, that was immediately seized upon by the president's critics, he spoke of a long range U.S. presence in Iraq.
The Yugoslav army then seized Bosnia's president, Alija Izetbegovic.
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Hardliners have seized the chance to accuse President Muhammad Khatami of allowing western-style freedoms to flourish at the expense of Islamic sanctities.
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