That is why I pledge that the United Nations will go deeper in identifying the best practices and helping countries deliver on education, skills, training, and job-rich growth for young people.

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Why would a pledge that applied only to rich nations, and to which all those nations seemed to agree, have vanished from the final document?

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If it is a pledge, why would we ask them to repeat it daily?

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Why did he make the pledge, though?

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That is why I can make this very clear pledge to the house.

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This is a matter for individual decisions, my own position is that I'm going to have to be talking about asylum a very great deal and I do not want a distraction by everybody keeping asking me why I haven't signed this pledge rather than by concentrating on the policy.

BBC: News Online

There are several important reasons why a President Romney will renege on his pledge.

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" He went on to pledge: "That is why I am committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat.

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The pledge does allow them to hold fundraisers, though, and that's why Illinois Senator Barack Obama was in Tampa over this weekend.

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