He also repeated his pledge to uphold all international agreements, an apparent reference to Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
The nations, representing various threads of democratic rule, assembled to issue a pledge to uphold basic democratic principles.
They sign a pledge to uphold human rights; punishment can mean an extended stay in military prison.
When queried about breaking the tax pledge, Senator Tom Coburn, a stalwart conservative from Oklahoma, asked which pledge was more important, "the pledge to uphold your oath to the Constitution of the United States or a pledge from a special interest group?" Republicans needn't abandon their commitment to smaller government.
He has been dishonored, rightly so, because he chose to honor his promises to secret political backers rather than his pledge to uphold the law.
Universities must pledge to uphold free speech on campus or face being blacklisted by the new higher education regulator, the government will announce today.
Like other Democrats, he questioned Mr. Ashcroft's pledge to uphold laws with which he disagreed including those guaranteeing a woman's right to an abortion.
It included his pledge to "uphold personal fidelity to my spouse".
As surely as presidential candidates promise to change Washington, nominees for attorney general pledge to uphold the law, not personal policy preferences.
Elsewhere, speculation and grumbling spread, particularly in Europe, that the United States was somehow violating the embargo and reneging on its pledge to uphold it.
"The hotel's whole marketing campaign was access to Gramercy Park," complained Arlene Harrison, a park trustee who also heads the formidable Gramercy Park Block Association, which has 2,000 members and has pledged to uphold the preservation, philanthropic tradition and quality of life of the neighborhood.
