Critics say the process has been too slow and unwieldy, and they question the government's commitment to face down powerful landowners and their political allies.
But this report clearly reflects a commitment to face facts about America's shortcomings as well as our successes, to measure human rights by a single yardstick, and to practice at home what we preach abroad.
Our family's commitment to face these challenges (another C-word) with as much joy and even gratitude as possible has not only helped our attitudes, but also Becky's diagnosis.
For ourselves and for posterity, let us extend our personal resolutions to include a collective commitment to squarely face unresolved problems, and in the midst of this dark winter strive toward a dawn of civic renewal.
And it is indeed the need for resolution, solidity, an unwavering commitment to British values facing the challenges of the global economy, and the strength to take the long-term decisions, that is central to my message this evening.
According to her Tumblr and Twitter (girl is a social media fiend), Coco's commitment to "The Face," a new modeling TV show coming to Oxygen, will keep her away.
Some healthy habits to consider are daily exercise, making your bed, flossing, maintaining a commitment to regularly scheduled, face-to-face interaction with friends, minimizing emotional eating, and striving to eat foods with fewer ingredients.
The growing commitment to natural gas faces some headwinds because of continuing concern over the safety of fracking, which involves forcing pressurized fluids into shale formations to fracture the rock and release the gas deposits.
In a letter to President Obama and Congressional leaders released Friday, six commissioners emphasized their conviction that "the commission's recommendations should not increase the existing budgetary commitment to health care faced by both state and federal governments".
Yet Mr. Pataki's commitment to tax cuts faces its most serious test this year, and it remains to be seen whether he is stubborn enough or popular enough to weather the firestorm his proposed cuts to education will ignite.
