The EEAS has been created by the Lisbon Treaty to combine the foreign and diplomatic services of the Commission, Council, as well as certain elements of national foreign embassies.

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It is also a huge test for some of the most important elements of President Barack Obama's foreign policy - the Obama doctrine, if you like.

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The movement appealed to domestic and foreign elements and particularly to world public opinion.

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This is not an uncommon practice in business in these times, and throwing such agreements out of Oklahoma courts simply based on the fact that they contain elements of foreign law could in fact place Oklahoma corporations at a disadvantage in having to have all disputes adjudicated away from home.

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Part of giving a State of the Union address is to assess the state of the union, of our country, and certainly foreign policy, national security, these are important elements of any assessment of the state of the union.

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In 2011, the US director of national intelligence concluded that Syria remained "dependent on foreign sources for key elements" of its chemical weapons programme, including precursor chemicals, which are generally dual-use chemicals that can be combined to produce blister or nerve agents.

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Some analysts worry the effort could be tripped up by conservative elements who stand to lose if Myanmar opens more extensively to foreign competition.

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