"A broad dialogue of what we're doing and why is a good thing for us as a nation.
10.40am: The rebel National Libyan Council says there is no room for broad dialogue with Gaddafi's government, and any talks must be on the basis he quits.
But it never attempted a broad dialogue, despite an apparent effort by some Iranian officials to reach out after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
Mr. Paulson and other administration officials say that the purpose of the "strategic economic dialogue" is not to solve nettlesome trade issues but to engage in broad dialogue about big topics.
The goal, they say, should be a broad dialogue under which, in a phased process, Iran would agree to confine itself to limited enrichment for a peaceful nuclear program under strict international monitoring as sanctions were progressively lifted.
The decision to allow buildings up to 50 meters tall (about 160 feet) "has been the subject of a broad dialogue with local residents," said Anne Hidalgo, a deputy mayor of Paris and a champion of the project.
But it suggested Iran was interested in a broad dialogue with the United States, with just about everything on the table, including full cooperation on nuclear programs, acceptance of Israel and the termination of Iranian support for Palestinian militant groups.
Mr. Cameron lays out the fundamentals of the narrative efficiently, grabbing you at once with one eye-popping detail after another and on occasion almost losing you with some of the comically broad dialogue.
In a little noticed interview in 2012, Rouhani described how the U.N. nuclear chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, had rushed to Tehran after an autumn 2004 meeting with Bush to say the president was interested in a broad dialogue with Iran.
The president, for one, now has little time left in office to make a substantially new approach to world trade stick, even if other nations agree to start a broad dialogue on the subject this year.
