Otherwise it will break down" and that "the issue will most likely be resolved within the next several decades, say 40 to 100 years".
I genuinely hope that it doesn't come to that and that the issue is resolved".
Analysts believe that new elections are coming and that the issue of dividing Belgium will move up the agenda.
Opinion polls suggest that support for EU enlargement among western voters is subdued, and that the issue is regarded as a low priority.
Panetta went on to say that the matter was out of his hands, and that the issue was being handled inside State Department channels.
One attendee, Rep Phil Gingrey, a Republican of Georgia, said Mr. Cain spoke for about 20 minutes, and that the issue of sexual harassment did not loom large.
Experts without a strong stake in the case said that neither side should feel fully triumphant, and that the issue was far from resolved.
He said that it was one of the arguments that make a strong case and that the issue might set off an appeal that would last for years.
But many countries felt the question was related to risk — and that the issue of how much risk to take was political, not scientific.
Archbishop Dolan said on Tuesday that he had accepted Mr. Cuomo's explanation and that the issue had not arisen during lunch.
The letter reported "growing rumors that funds from the sponsorship program are being diverted" and that the issue threatened to "become a creeping miasma over the party".
