Asked what would qualify him to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, Gore rattled off an impressive string of accomplishments and experience -- from volunteering to serve in Vietnam to helping hammer together the most recent Middle East peace summit.

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The president said after that meeting that world leaders meeting at the G-20 summit "cannot afford half-measures" as they try to hammer out ways to address the global financial crisis.

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Doyle penned his missive on June 18 just as senior IMF representatives, including its first female Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, were trying to hammer out a new set of emergency measures with key eurozone heads of government at the Group of 20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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