Jordan is a staunch US ally and part of the Washington-led coalition that is trying to defeat the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, both of which border Jordan.
The head of Sky News has dismissed author Alain de Botton's criticism of news media as part of a staunch defence of rolling news channels, arguing that they play a critical role in the digital era.
And that this in part requires a staunch belief in the potential for rehabilitation of even the most notorious child perpetrators.
Syria, for its part, remains a staunch critic of the United States and is already using its new seat on the United Nations Security Council to focus attention on ending Israel's occupation of Arab lands, while dismissing the American role in Middle East peace talks as too biased.
But Washington has remained a staunch informal supporter of Taiwan, part of its network of Pacific Rim allies even after the U.S. cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979 in favor of the economically more powerful China.
Villaraigosa, for his part, is a staunch proponent of charter schools, which has earned him the support of wealthy education-reform advocates like Michael Bloomberg — who gave $1.5 million to a group backing Villaraigosa — and the enmity of some of the state's most powerful union interests, which are instead backing Newsom.
A staunch anti-Catholic in office, Mr Paisley eventually played a full part in the peace process.Vulnerable roots of democracyTension rose in the run-up to a general election in Iraq on March 7th.
The March 14th group, for its part, would prefer a staunch anti-Syrian from their own camp, but know that no effective president can afford to alienate the Shias, who make up a third of Lebanon's people.
A staunch free trader, Walker campaigned as part of the Free Trade Party's endorsed ticket.
Frederick Woltman, a reporter with a long-standing reputation as a staunch anti-communist, wrote a five-part series of articles criticizing McCarthy in the New York World-Telegram.
