And I said -- What? and scratched my head, and we had an explosion in regards, you know, to that kind of a policy situation.
At a news conference today, Baker and Hamilton said they would not be releasing their official assessment of the Iraq situation or their policy recommendations until after the mid-term U.S. elections in November in order to keep their report out of the political debate.
Mr Blair's determination to dictate the Scottish Labour Party's tax policy in this situation seems to violate the entire spirit of how his party has, together with the Liberal Democrats and others, proposed that the Edinburgh parliament should operate.
Unfortunately, given the cluelessness of the US foreign policy debate, this situation is only likely to grow worse.
Until last weekend, both the Israeli Left and the US foreign policy establishment believed the situation in Egypt was not significantly worse than it had been under deposed president Hosni Mubarak.
The trouble is, if he's wrong - if the spare capacity isn't there - then this policy risks making the situation worse, by pushing up inflation over the medium term, and weakening confidence in the government's commitment to cut public borrowing and re-balance the economy.
He said the Lib Dems had to change policy because of the financial situation and compromises made in the coalition agreement.
President Bush also mentioned the current Iraqi situation during an event highlighting his economic policy at the White House on Tuesday.
At the same time, the Fed has become more cautious, and curiously uncertain, about the appropriate policy response in the current situation.
But he accused the European Council of trying to block the reforms, and warned that the "untenable" situation risked derailing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
And we will continue to work with the Afghan government in the effort to help calm the situation and continue with the implementation of our policy.
Finished houses do not make up a significant percentage of all new residential apartments projects in Yangzhhou, and the reward policy is meant to change that situation.
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Much of the weakness in the rupee last year was due to a slowdown in economic growth coupled with inflation that put policy-makers in a tough situation, he said.
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But he believes that consultations with Congress are important, and he does want to hear their thoughts about the mission, about the situation in Libya, and about our overall policy there.
This is a bad situation that results in bad choices because the policy was designed to present bad choices and bad choices only, which is why Congress was supposed to avoid it and to come up with an alternative means of achieving the deficit reduction that is otherwise achieved through arbitrary, across-the-board cuts.
As in many past foreign policy challenges, waiting for the current situation to worsen will only require more drastic measures in the future.
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Gonzalez, who works on helicopters that bring cargo, supplies and military personnel in and out of Iraq, testified before a House Judiciary Committee panel last month, detailing his situation and urging officials to consider some sort of policy to deal with cases like his, where military members' families could be deported while they're defending their country overseas.
If their neighbours could only agree on a joint policy, it might at least contain the situation.
The British government is "completely denying that it has anything to do with the political situation around the Muslim world, " including its foreign policy, he said.
Consequently, the most fundamental contribution the U.S. can make to stabilizing the situation in the Palestinian Authority is to align its Palestinian policy and its policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict with wider U.S. policy goals.
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If only the authors were in that situation room at the Pentagon, America's Middle East policy might be clearer than it is now.
Employees are less likely to strike, and less apt to feel stymied by ten-pound policy manuals that try to make rules for every situation.
For public policy to be effective in responding to this grim situation, it needs to be based on a clear understanding of where jobs come from.
It is much more likely to come a part of a monetary policy response to the dramatic deterioration of the economic situation, which will be exacerbated in the periphery by barely suppressed panic in sovereign bond markets.
Several policy failures in Washington over the years have allowed the situation in Pakistan to deteriorate in this manner.
During the final week, all participants will be invited to put forward a synopsis of the main policy concerns related specifically to their own institution or country situation.
Mr. Panetta, in London for a scheduled visit, discussed the hostage situation with Mr. Cameron in a talk that was more about policy than tactics, a senior U.S. defense official said.
Because this situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on October 27, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 2012.
If support there grew and if American policy were changed, it would represent a grave and serious situation.
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