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Although Mr. Gates and other American officials had held out the possibility that some United States forces could stay in Iraq beyond the end of the year, the defense secretary had never before cited Iran as a factor in the Obama administration's thinking.

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Sharpton said that he has experienced this phenomenon before, citing the case of the Jena Six in Louisiana as an example.

"Rachel is the unexplainable," he said, before citing her humor, brains and kindness.

For Rosell, it was too late; he'd resigned the day before, citing "unfair attacks".

You need me," he tells her, before citing the fact that she was pregnant when Serge stabbed her in the tunnel all those years ago.

His predecessor, Benedict XVI, had resigned the month before, citing a decline in his physical and mental strength, leading to an almost unprecedented handover of power.

Gage said he had voted against Tigers in close races before, citing a 1991 ballot in which he placed Cal Ripken of Baltimore ahead of Cecil Fielder.

"The first time I came here, I just couldn't …" he trails off, before citing the usual American criticisms of Britain: the food and the weather.

The Arsenal manager responded furiously to questions about his controversial decision on Tuesday night, referring to "things you don't know about" before citing a "slight alert" for Cech before the Premier League match against Leicester City on Saturday.

His death inspired a law signed last year that made texting while driving a primary offense, meaning that the police no longer need a separate reason to pull over drivers before citing them for texting while driving.

"For this whole look I thought about a color palate and a dreamy, kind of like ethereal motif," she said, before citing the singer Lana Del Rey as a fashion inspiration, without a trace of irony.

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