It was necessary to show voters a tangible achievement before next November.
Such official optimism, following months of on-again, off-again bargaining, makes it likely that the president will emerge from the dinner with a tangible achievement.
From their perspective, foreclosing on a tangible achievement like Bergdahl's freedom to preserve a rhetorical purity against negotiating with terrorists – which is a white lie – is foreign policy malpractice.
To save his bid for reelection or, if a one-term president, secure a tangible achievement for his foreign policy legacy, Trump might resort to radical solutions in nuclear diplomacy — war with Iran and/or an agreement with North Korea well short of complete denuclearization.
The incentive to achieve career advancement, a more tangible achievement, becomes more appealing.
"Schengen is the greatest and most tangible achievement of European integration," he said.
Either way, this was undeniably tangible achievement, substance to go with the irrefutable style.
The daily cargo service is the first tangible achievement of an inter-Korean summit meeting in October.
His job consists almost entirely of pointless activity and just about his only tangible achievement (at the environment department) is to impose a 10mph speed limit on Lake Windermere.
In Hebron, violent clashes between militants on both sides have become an almost daily occurrence.Despite all the tough talk, most pundits expect the Wye conference to produce some tangible achievement, even if it is less than a full accord.
