But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior officials have also balked at giving Iran any direct assurance of that, and they have maintained publicly that all options remain on the table to confront Iran over its nuclear program.
Pakistan, which has backed an Islamic separatist insurgency against India in Kashmir, said it would not permit Pakistani territory to be used to support terrorism, its first such direct assurance to India.
It asks that Baghdad be given direct assurances by the Secretary General or "a delegation from the Council" that its demands, many of which have already been rejected, be taken into account now.
Despite his lobbying, Grassley said he had not yet received direct assurances that Cissna would stay in his post.
The Washington Post previously reported that HUD was seeking infrastructure and maintenance funds to offset dramatic cuts to the department's budget; Carson's remarks Monday represented his most direct assurances to date on those offsets.
Now, the fall of Kunduz, which was one of the centers of the American troop surge five years ago, stands as a direct challenge to assurances by American and Afghan officials that the Afghan security forces can hold the country's most important cities.
The work described here was a direct result of quality assurance work that is highly regarded in the VA health care system.
"This consisted of a payment of my salary while I was suspended, an assurance I would be selected for the team on merit once my suspension ended, a two-year contract extension, a testimonial, a three-year employment opportunity with the club after I retired from playing and an assurance he would take a direct interest in my post-rugby career".
If anything, there is now a direct and irreconcilable conflict between such ministerial assurances and the account given by Mr Mohamed.
In the meantime, the State Department denounced the raids as a "direct violation by the Vietnamese government of assurances that it was pursuing a policy of reconciliation with the Buddhists".
Except for certain life assurance companies, it is borne by the company as a direct tax.
