He has been reluctant to assert support for the agreement publicly because labor, which has endorsed him, so strongly opposes it.
Had he ceased the rampant shelling of his cities and withdrawn his forces the U.S. could then continue to assert support for the Annan plan to end the violence and facilitate a dialogue between the regime and the Syrian opposition and that this was the best course.
While consistently asserting its support for President Bashar al-Assad, Hezbollah has denied direct involvement in Syria.
Soon, though, the two men, who recently started a foundation to protect New Mexico's wildlife, found themselves on a collision course with the Navajo Nation, the country's largest federally recognized tribe, whose president released a letter to Congress on Aug. 2 asserting his support for horse slaughtering.
In a decisive split from the Obama administration, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton asserted her support for carving out a no-fly zone in Syria, a day after Russia launched airstrikes to support the Syrian regime.
As the nation's top banker, Greenspan presided over a period of economic growth, although he now asserts that his support for President Bush's deficit-inducing tax cuts was misunderstood.
He asserts that:For liberals, the problem is her "pragmatic" approach to civil liberties and support for Bush policies.
HOUSTON, May 11 — Rudolph W. Giuliani directly challenged Republican orthodoxy on Friday, asserting that his support for abortion rights, gun control and gay rights should not disqualify him from winning the party's presidential nomination.
But he also asserted his general support for the policy — "They'll stop, they'll frisk, and they'll take the gun away, and they won't have anything to shoot with," Mr. Trump said on Fox — and he reiterated that support during his speech here on Thursday.
PETER J. BOYER: No, because Social Security and Medicare have not only not been rolled back, but most Republicans take pains to assert their undying support for those programs (even as they speak of the need for "adult" conversation on entitlement reform).
