Neither had been a foreign reporter, and the trip was intended as a signal of support to the bureaus.
Some diplomats said they expected a spirited debate over the wording, which some northern countries regard as a signal to support more debt-fuelled stimulus spending.
Are these motions (which are never debated, but which MPs can sign up to, to signal their support), just "parliamentary graffiti", or do they serve a purpose useful enough to justify the expense.
"This visit to Mali is a signal of support to the people of Mali and our efforts must focus on our areas of expertise, culture just as well as education, " said the Austrian Delegation.
When Obama raised the immigration issue in his speech, a bipartisan group of senators, including Republican John McCain of Arizona and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, stood and applauded together to signal bipartisan support for moving forward.
But votes are literally counted, and the number of people that vote for a politician sends a signal about the support that they have.
"The unanimous cross party support for this referendum is a clear signal of the breadth of support for a referendum and strengthens the case for it substantially, " he said.
At the AGM last October, a notable minority sent him a signal when they withheld support for the advancement of his sons, James and Lachlan.
Traders will want to continue to monitor action closely around those key levels as a strong breakout above resistance or below support could signal the next big directional price move in gold.
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They signal a growth in support for Syriza, which is seen as a consistent opponent of austerity on the left, and which has narrative and momentum among the traditional base of all other leftist parties.
Not only has my seasonal strategy not yet triggered a re-entry, but my non-seasonal Market-Timing Strategy remains on an intermediate-term sell signal, and some significant support levels like 200-day moving averages, and trendline supports, have been broken.
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Obama's first foreign trip of his second term also was his first visit to Israel as president, and aides said he wants to assess the status of the stalled peace process and signal his administration's support for a crucial partner in the volatile region.
St David's Barracks in Bicester will be home to 1 Close Support Regiment and 241 Signal Squadron.
Today, many in the Middle East and North Africa consider the Cairo speech a collection of lofty ideals that lacked sufficient follow-through, and they have been looking for Obama to signal substantive and concrete policies that support the aspirations of the region's people.
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For many Americans, only an explicit disavowal of his past support for such theories would signal that he is a decent man worth dealing with.
" He said that if Russia and China would lend support, it would send "a huge signal to the people and leadership of Syria.
After a six-week decline, the RSI bounced, but was only able to make it slightly above its WMA. The subsequent violation of the seven-month RSI support, line D, was a strong signal that the downtrend had resumed.
This additional investment is a signal to Esa and commercial companies that we are going to continue to support space science and technology.
The signal to President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda will be: if you want British support to continue, you have to democratise.
But the dollar found support at the trendline drawn through its lows of 2008 and 2009, our technical triggered a buy signal on the dollar, and the dollar has also defied the Fed by rising steadily since.
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Their ongoing partnership with credit counselors would be invigorated and, in fact, newsworthy, as it would signal a new phase of commitment by major financial institutions to the relief of current distress as well as renewed support for financial literacy programs that help prevent future meltdowns.
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The near term trend remains down, but the market has hit major long-term moving average support and momentum tools hit oversold levels and are trying to turn higher, which is a traditional buy signal.
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