Then there's compliance, legal and the back-office (clearing, reconciliation, regulatory reporting).
To make clear that reconciliation was off the table, they sent their former boss a message that he would not forget.
Both Democratic congressional leaders have been playing a game of "You first... no, after you... no, I insist, you first... .. ever since it became clear that reconciliation was going to be the way health reform was going to move forward.
While the State of Reconciliation in Australia Report remains optimistic citing milestones like Kevin Rudd's 2008 apology to the stolen generation and the ongoing constitutional recognition campaign as signs of progress it also makes clear that reconciliation in Australia is still a very theoretical thing.
McGhee's new three-song suite, "Crash," recounts a love story in three acts, beginning with a fragile mea culpa, continuing with a clear-eyed reconciliation and concluding with a heartsick nostalgia trip.
And as these more complex and esoteric instruments are over-the-counter contracts with no central clearing or reconciliation, it is simply not possible to know who holds what gross or net exposure, where they are, and what chain reactions would ensue".
In the same spirit, Vladimir Putin sent a clear message of reconciliation when in 2010 he knelt at the monument to the Polish officers killed at Katyn on Stalin's orders.
More clearly connected are the cases of reintegration of staff from different factions, post-conflict, which not only establish services which are nationwide but also send clear messages of reconciliation and non-discrimination.
Over the weekend, North Korea suggested a new round of reunions in its clearest gesture of reconciliation since the sinking.
