Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the Republican chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Tuesday that Mrs. Clinton's trip sent "the wrong signal" and was "a monumental overture to an outlaw regime whose DNA remains fundamentally brutal".
I ask if it was a large emotional experience, if it required a lot of their energy and was a monumental step.
It's still incredibly taboo, and in fact illegal to have gay sex there -- although this law is currently under review, and will be a monumental breakthrough for LGBTQ rights if decriminalised.
Brian Roehrkasse, a spokesman for the Homeland Security Department, said: "We certainly understood that integrating 22 separate departments and agencies would be a monumental task.
Addressing a business lobby group, Mr. Blair said Europe was an "absolutely essential part of our nation remaining a world power," and it would be a "monumental error of statesmanship to turn our back on it," he added.
If the Obama administration replaces the Bush administration's self-righteousness with respect, openness, humility and sincerity it would be a monumental step forward.
While transitioning a program from one set of funders and managers to another can be a monumental task, the inputs and engagement of those served by the program remain crucial to its long-term success.
Getting them together, and persuading them all to agree on a settlement, can be a monumental and very costly undertaking.
While the idea was simple and profound, its creation would be a monumental task.
The Tar Heels are peaking at the right time, and taking them down would be a monumental achievement.
