These were the sort of bad-faith filibusters which have been all too common during the Obama administration, designed either to keep the administration from functioning effectively, by being understaffed, or to maintain ideological advantages on powerful executive or judicial bodies.
However, especially if the administration does not function effectively, and reconciliation cannot be advanced with the Taliban, there is also a prospect of significantly greater political, security and economic instability in the country, despite the signing of the new US-NATO security deal.
It's difficult for the organisation to function effectively without that".
The Department of Education is considering centralizing the systems administration function.
The real facts are that government is starved of enough tax revenues to function effectively.
More generally, some critics of the administration's approach say, there is no credible plan for improving ethics and accountability in the Afghan government, and insufficient assurance that aid programs can continue to function effectively as the international presence in Afghanistan diminishes, especially given all the other demands on taxpayer money and proliferating threats elsewhere.
More generally, some critics of the administration's approach say, there is no credible plan for improving ethics and accountability in the Afghan government and insufficient assurance that aid programs can continue to function effectively as the international presence in Afghanistan diminishes – especially given all the other calls on taxpayer money and proliferating threats elsewhere.
But the appearance also gave Mr. Cuomo an opportunity to drive home his administration's new favorite message since the tax overhaul: that while Washington is paralyzed by political gridlock, Albany is functioning effectively.
"Our board has ceased to function effectively".
A divided health service cannot function effectively.
Teams need conflict to function effectively.
