After the Philippines' supportive role in World War II, many Filipinos were also promised U.S. citizenship, and that boosted migration.
At the same time, the U.S. debt ceiling had been raised by an agreement with the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke promised to keep U.S. Treasuries at their same low interest rate - nearly 0% return - for the next two years.
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Earlier this year, Russia, France, Britain and the U.S. promised to sign a treaty banning nuclear testing sometime next year.
An oil spill response barge, the Arctic Challenger, which Shell promised the U.S. Coast Guard was "Arctic ready, " is in Washington state, beset with technical problems.
Most Filipino Americans know little of how the U.S. promised to help Aguinaldo win freedom from Spain only to unleash an invasion that left hundreds of thousands dead.
Much as Nintendo's promised Wii U incorporates a handheld device with gameplay on a traditional console, players will be able to enhance gameplay on their mobile devices as well.
Mr. Gates said Mr. Obama's decision to continue the missile strikes had been communicated to the Pakistani government, but Mr. Gates also praised Pakistan as "a friend and partner" and promised the U.S. will help the shaky civilian government in Islamabad.
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China and the U.S. also promised to stop targeting strategic nuclear missiles at each other.
And he promised to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq within 16 months, irrespective of conditions on the ground.
In addition, the report states that the U.S. diplomats promised to arrange financial assistance to back information campaigns that will be undertaken by Israeli Arab groups for this purpose.
In its own way, the future liabilities for some top law firms mirror similar problems across the U.S. Benefits promised in more stable economic times seem increasingly unsustainable today.
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It was suggested the U.N. high command had promised to stop air strikes against the Serb army in return for the release of 370 U.N. soldiers held prisoner -- and Mladic took this as the green light to attack Srebrenica.
These are some of the promised fruits from the U.S. government's plan to sell wireless spectrum to the private sector, according to executives at leading mobile communications carriers.
For these reasons, Republican Senators led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) and have been trying to extract from the Obama administration the New START negotiating record, in the hope of clarifying exactly what U.S. diplomats have promised the Russians on missile defense.
And he has also promised to withdraw all U.S. soldiers from Iraq by 2010, although he has said he would retain a "residual force" to perform missions such as counterterrorism and force protection for U.S. facilities like the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the largest U.S. diplomatic facility in the world.
Many owners of those uninsured businesses say they haven't received funds promised to them by the U.K. government through the Riot Damages Act.
And we are beginning, as planned, as promised, the drawdown of U.S. forces next month, in a sensible way, working with our military commanders.
As promised, playing on the Wii U gamepad is an option, but it isn't necessary.
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Obama has promised to send thousands of additional U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan.
The amended agreement, announced on a day when the U.S. unemployment rate ticked higher, sets the stage for a debate in Congress over whether free trade with a major Asian nation can deliver the promised benefits or will instead drain U.S. jobs.
Other international groups promised to invest up to three billion U.S. dollars in building the green wall.
Klinsmann promised change when he took over the U.S. team after being practically begged for his services.
Last month Bush promised to enlarge NATO and to keep U.S. troops in the Balkans as long as necessary.
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The opposing party, which regained the U.S. House two years later, promised to block firm cuts in carbon dioxide releases.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has promised trading halts, lawsuits and other probes in its efforts to curb manipulation in the penny stock market--and halt a tsunami of e-mails touting these questionable securities.
U.S. prosecutors Sean Berkowitz and John Hueston promised a host of witnesses to substantiate their claims of wrongdoing.
Another hacker known as th3j35t3r, who has previously sided with the U.S. military against online extremist groups, promised in his twitter feed to strike back at LulzSec.
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Following the U.S. and China, Argentina unveiled studies that promised they would move beyond independence and towards an export market within years.
"With the attendance of the U.S. ambassador in Yemen, the opposition officials promised to leave the country if Saleh left, " Ganadi told CNN.
The truth is that the U.S. is wealthy enough today to pay the promised benefits to those collecting Social Security or going on the system in the next 15 to 20 years.
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