But none of this necessarily means that thinking has changed enough to keep talks going once started, let alone to produce a settlement to a dispute that has brought about two wars and a 12-year insurgency involving some 35, 000 deaths.
We paid for two wars with a credit card -- debt that you're going to have to pay off.
We fought two wars on a credit card, adding enormously to our debt.
Biden: This man (Ryan) voted for two wars on a credit card.
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For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
"We know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century, " he said on the night of his election victory.
At a time when we are waging two wars and fighting a global network of hatred and violence, we need the service of all those patriotic Americans who are willing to do their part.
As other countries copied the British model, a new era of globalisation began to emerge, which was interrupted in the 20th century by two world wars and a depression.
And through two world wars and a long Cold War, America stood with our Greek allies and friends.
With the nation engaged in two wars and facing a number of potential adversaries, this is no time to weaken our military.
Based near Frankfurt, the firm survived two world wars, including a 1944 bombing raid.
Obama, on the other hand, inherited two ongoing wars and as a result has kept military spending at elevated levels.
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Although Oktoberfest began 200 years ago, this year's festival is only the 177th, since it wasn't held during the two World Wars and during a cholera outbreak, organizers say.
Mr Obama said he had taken office a year ago "amid two wars, an economy rocked by severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt".
The American public, showing real signs of war weariness after two ground wars over more than a decade, is unlikely to be enthusiastic about a military confrontation with Iran that is likely to be far more costly and indeterminate than either Iraq or Afghanistan.
The communications revolution is perhaps the most significant happening in a lifetime of two wars and vast economic and social change.
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At various points in its history, such as the period between the two world wars, isolationism has played a powerful role in American politics.
The neighbors have fought two wars over the territory and narrowly avoided a third war in 1999.
Those two actions may be counted as successes, in that the two wars are now dormant, but for a flare-up in Liberia a week ago.
He also warns that Congress cannot afford to drag out the confirmation process for Cabinet members, particularly with the U.S. dealing with a financial crisis and two wars.
We borrowed to fund two wars, then borrowed even more to avert a financial collapse.
Nothing eats up a federal budget like a war, let alone two wars.
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Hit by rising suicide rates in the wake of two long wars, the Pentagon has suddenly become a prime mover in researching treatments for the suicidal.
But the combination of two world wars fought largely on European soil and a 40-year Cold War changed all that, making much of Europe a pawn between two nuclear superpowers.
In a line of thought popular among German conservatives between the two World Wars, Kagan holds that liberals are dreamers who believe that nations will behave decently once they are part of a rational world order, where all are free to pursue their enlightened self-interests within a framework of internationally agreed-on rules, as promulgated by such institutions as the League of Nations and the United Nations.
He was a dashing archaeologist between the two World Wars, instantly recognisable by his trademark hat.
"This is a man, a combatant commander who has won two wars, " one official said.
CNN: Franks turned down the Army's top job earlier this month.
Joy of joys, after the next film is released, there will be a new Star Wars film every two to three years after that.
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