"We have a few injuries so it's been bad in that respect but we're in the final and we should be celebrating, " said United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

BBC: Man Utd trio suffer injury blow

Secondly, it should be obvious that we in the United States want to support China's economic growth.

BBC: News | Monitoring | President Clinton on Shanghai radio phone-in

"The United States should be able to clearly state that the only purpose we hold nuclear weapons for is to deter the use of nuclear weapons, " said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association.

WSJ: U.S. Keeps First-Strike Nuclear Strategy

Sources familiar with the position of the Secret Service in the dispute tell CNN that Director Lewis Merletti told Starr and other independent counsel staffers, in a February briefing, that should his agents be denied the privilege, "we will lose a president of the United States to assassination" and that trust and confidence between the protective service and its protectees will be lost.

CNN: Quayle: Secret Service Should Testify

Based on that information, we took a look at how we would deal with a situation similar to that in the United States, and based on that, we recommended that citizens out to about 50 miles should be evacuated.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And my general view is that there can be a friendly and constructive competition between the United States and China, and a whole range of areas where we share common interests and we should be able to cooperate.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama at the APEC Business Summit

Wherever you come down on the advisability of America engaging militarily in yet-another Middle Eastern nation, if we decide it is in our national interest to do so, it should be up to our elected representatives, not the United Nations, the Arab League or some other multilateral entity.

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