Their inability to do so now stems at least in part from an increasingly diverging view, compared with Washington's, of what is needed to combat the threats and poverty of the developing world.
His breakthrough play, "Sight Unseen," considered the exacting cost of success for a painter, and "Time Stands Still" explored the widening emotional gulf between a photographer and a journalist with diverging views about their vocations.
History, political science and the experience of the Obama administration all suggest that the lack of civility and cooperation isn't the problem, just a symptom of a country with deeply diverging views of taxation, welfare, social mores, immigration and race.
A16 Terror Suspect's Trial Opens A federal terrorism trial opened in Sacramento with wildly diverging views of a 23-year-old California man who traveled to Pakistan either for terrorism training, as the government contends, or to help his ailing mother, study religion and get married, as his lawyer asserts.
The newspaper is closely associated with the movement of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based Islamic cleric and a former ally of Erdoğan who has since become a fierce critic, especially over diverging views on the government's handling of the 2013 Gezi protests and the AKP's Syria policy.
At the hearing this week, Mr Irving was told his claim for breach of contract was invalid because both he and Mrs Allen held diverging views of a clause in her terms and conditions which guaranteed a guest's stay for one night only.
That capped a tumultuous week for financial markets as investors proffered diverging views over what a Trump presidency would mean for US growth, global trade and individual shares.
Perhaps more often, pets become a psychological wedge not from lack of boundaries but because family members have diverging views of what a pet should be.
"China is offering a unilateral account of history, despite diverging views that exist between Chinese and Japanese academics regarding historical facts," the official, who requested anonymity, told the Guardian.
This finding was particularly striking in Canada where an increased incidence of disparities by income in 2001 compared to a 1998 survey was associated with diverging views in 2001.
There are also diverging views around the introduction of a 'poly-pill', a medication consisting of multiple pharmacological agents at a fixed dose, as a means to provide more generic treatment options (compared to treating each individual risk factor with a specific drug and dose).
