Obama has fulfilled his promise to get U.S. forces out of Iraq and set a course out of Afghanistan, wisely focusing U.S. resources on more urgent threats to our national security.
But none should cause us to lose sight of the promise China holds for U.S. companies, American workers, and the U.S. economy.
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Tonight, the Perceptions of Promise Exhibit will make its U.S. debut at the Chelsea Art Museum.
They breached the solemn promise of five generations of U.S. Treasury officials and set in motion the worldwide credit bubble of the pax dollarum age.
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It has become fashionable for politicians of both parties mostly Democrats, but a few Republicans, as well to promise the rapid removal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
It's easy to read into this a promise to maintain high levels of U.S. troops in Iraq for years to come.
Like Ghana, Nigeria has shown promise at youth level, winning U-17 World Cup titles in 1985, 1993 and 2007, and winning Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Meanwhile, legislation is being prepared by Senator Jim Inhofe that would, importantly, condition U.S. contributions to the U.N. on a U.N. promise not to pursue international taxation schemes.
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The official said the action was taken by the Maritime Commission finally after Japan failed to live up to an April promise to approve licensing applications from U.S. operators within four months.
Other trends, including the huge expansion in self employment in the U.S., promise to accelerate telecommuting in years ahead.
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Amiworld (and the related entities ODIN Energy and Great Voyages), attracted private investors, most unsophisticated in investments, with the promise of investing in a publicly traded U.S. stock with returns approaching 50% annually.
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Also today, the U.S. military released more prisoners as part of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's promise to free more than 2, 500 Iraqis held in U.S.-run jails.
Mr. Dudley believes the promise extends down the eastern coast of the U.S. The reason is plate tectonics.
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The result is the promise of a potentially significant contribution to the U.S. balance of trade and continued predominance in the aerospace field.
In sum, given your late start and tedious obsession with constitutional democracy, we can't promise that our advice will instantly have the U.S. administration eating out of your hand.
Pyongyang has also argued that it made clear during negotiations with the U.S. that it would promise not to test a missile but not agree to restrict the launch of a space vehicle.
The Obama Administration looks forward to working to build on the promise of the MCC as we move forward with modernizing U.S. foreign assistance programs.
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That is especially true if the U.S. Senate buys into the false promise that the fatally flawed Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) will somehow safeguard our rights of passage, despite our declining ability to project power in the face of growing Chinese access-denial capabilities.
The promise, coming from a retailer routinely accused of helping to decimate U.S. manufacturing by selling foreign-made products at bargain prices, was greeted by critics with a fair share of eye rolling.
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Republican candidates, especially for the U.S. Senate, must campaign against Obamacare and promise that, in office, they will fight for its repeal.
The Sunshot initiative and other key technology innovation programs like the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E), embody the kind of smart innovation policy that holds the promise of fundamentally transforming the economy and ushering in a new era of U.S. technology leadership.
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Now it is up to the company's U.S. sales force to make Zelnorm deliver on its promise.
Unfortunately for the more conservative investors, who had piled into U.S. treasury bonds as a safe haven, the promise of further Fed easing sent the bond market into what is developing into a bear market.
Moreover, the U.S. should not leave itself defenseless because of a potential promise of cooperation from Russia, which it is unlikely to give and which past experience informs us will not be honored in any event.
U.S. relations with Latin America are at an important moment of promise.
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Romney repeated his promise that the wealthiest two percent of taxpayers would not see their share of the total U.S. tax burden decrease.
All the websites promise the help of their legal teams to ensure the newborn gets their birth certificate, U.S. passport and social security card.
The resulting rise in commodity prices is stoking resentment against the U.S. and providing an opening for radical Islamists who promise food and shelter for all to seize power.
Likewise, overtures to Iran, Cuba and Venezuela put to the test Obama's bold campaign promise to give dialogue a chance even, perhaps especially, with those nations with whom U.S. relations had turned most stagnated or contentious.
The U.S.-Libyan relationship has been steadily improving since Gadhafi's promise in December to dismantle the country's weapons of mass destruction, eliminate its longer-range missile programs and end its cooperation with terrorists.
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