Mr Little said Mr Panetta was calling on Afghanistan to take decisive action to protect Nato forces.
Kan told reporters on Friday that the government was ready to take decisive action to support the yen.
Both leaders believe the EU is a long long way from being able to take decisive action as a bloc.
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First, they say they will "take decisive action and use all available tools" to prevent the world's financial institutions from collapsing.
The government and Central Bank needed to take decisive action to prevent the world economy from falling into a multi-decade abyss.
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Mr Singh said the government would take decisive action to push growth.
But an emphasis on such thinking may have led to skepticism in the market and among politicians that he was willing to take decisive action.
Koo thinks things have gotten so bad that even the slow-moving Japanese are ready to take decisive action -- and as Japan goes, so goes Asia.
"We are watching the markets with a sense of caution and will take decisive action if needed, " said Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi at a regular press conference.
During last week's Conservative Party conference Mr Cameron warned the world economy was at a "moment of danger" and he has been pushing for European leaders to take decisive action.
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The sooner they take some decisive action, the better off we're going to be.
Karzai promised to take "decisive action against corruption, " the prime minister said.
Dr. Barathan Sinniah, a parasite expert attached to a university in Perth, Australia, reckons the authorities must take more decisive action to clear mosquito breeding grounds.
In a message to his European counterparts, Mr Cameron argued his government's efforts to tackle its deficit had "earned credibility and got (the UK) ahead of the markets", and eurozone leaders should now take similarly decisive action.
It is the surprise factor - the shock evinced by Mr Dimon - that will reignite the debate about whether regulators need to take more decisive action to curb the complexity of investment banks, to better prevent this kind of accident.
We should never excuse poor standards of care and we need to take bold and decisive action when we see it happening.
We work very well and cooperatively with our European counterparts on this issue, and our position remains the same, that we urge Europe to take decisive, forceful action to deal with this challenge, which obviously affects the eurozone -- the European economy and the eurozone, but the global economy, as well.
Finance Minister Noda speaking on a weekend talk-show that he was watching closely and stood prepared to take further bold and decisive action.
All of these and more has prompted Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to vow that he would take some kind of decisive action, as he called it, to protect the economy from recession.
In a written statement to MPs, Mr Brokenshire had said it was vital for the government to take "clear and decisive action" to sort out the FSS after it got into "serious financial difficulty".
"We're going to position ourselves militarily to be able to take the appropriate, decisive military action if that's called for, but at the same time trying to create the atmosphere with military forces that will get the people to talk to each other and find a peaceful solution, " Pace said.
But history teaches an important lesson: that big banking crises are ultimately solved by throwing in large dollops of public money, and that early and decisive government action, whether to recapitalise banks or take on troubled debts, can minimise the cost to the taxpayer and the damage to the economy.
"We hope that by taking decisive action, we can show our customers that we take their concerns seriously, " she said.
"We hope that by taking decisive action, we can show our customers that we take their concerns seriously, " Ms. Magnusson said.
And yet, although everyone presumed that he would take swift legal action, Rousselot decided, to the dismay of those who had expected a stronger and more decisive attitude on his part, to do nothing.
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