Some may well be aghast at her rejection of lifetime bans and her proposal for a moratorium on trawls through the past statements of Labour party members.
It is unclear if this proposal will gain any more traction than past statements of resolve by the Group of 20 nations with the biggest economies.
"Premier Wen Jiabao appears to be trying to avoid acknowledging this document by referring to some past statements of His Holiness the Dalai Lama".
Based on senators' voting records and past statements of position, the Senate is divided almost 50-50 on the issue, and a majority vote could go either way, say lobbyists who follow the issue closely.
During his campaign, Mr. Abe angered South Koreans by suggesting that he would roll back Japan's past statements of apology to the Asian sex slaves and for its colonial rule.
Israeli officials could not be certain that President-elect Barack Obama, despite past statements of sympathy for Israel's right of self-defense, would match the Bush administration's unconditional endorsement.
"There's a lot of scar tissue that everyone has to cut through around here," said one senior administration official, who has been surprised by the degree to which Mr. Bush and his longtime aides are trapped by their own vision, and past statements, of how success in Iraq would transform the Middle East.
Hickenlooper did not put these past statements of Beauprez in the public light repeatedly, therefore there were other things that reporters had to focus on with their limited time.
Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com has cataloged Brennan's past statements of support for Bush-Cheney intelligence policies, including Brennan's unambiguous on-air defense of extraordinary rendition and torture policy, as well his support for open-ended FISA expansion and telecoms immunity.
Mr. Cain, however, struggled when Mr. King questioned him about his past statement that "a lot of Muslims are not totally dedicated to this country" and that he would not appoint a Muslim to his cabinet without knowing his or her dedication to the Constitution.
