And especially let me thank our Special Middle East Coordinator, Dennis Ross, who has worked so hard and so long to help conclude this agreement.
"I'm confident we will conclude this agreement in a timely fashion," Mr. Obama said, seated next to Mr. Medvedev for photographs after the hourlong meeting.
"Jeff Agoos could have stood up to Carlos and told him, 'The right thing to do is to conclude this agreement with Jan Schiefloe as the agent, since he has done a lot of work on our behalf and on your behalf.
Failure to conclude this agreement now will destroy the political influence of Iran's moderates, guaranteeing an all-out acceleration of Tehran's nuclear bomb program.
Comment 8. (C) Although media report that Tymoshenko -- by concluding this latest gas agreement -- has achieved her long held goal of removing RUE from Ukraine's energy sector, Gazprom could still retain the right to maintain its own contracts with the gas middleman.
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's chairman and chief executive, said the bank was "pleased to have concluded this extensive agreement" that covers a "very significant portion" of its legacy mortgage problems.
We conclude that this agreement probably reflects an underlying robustness in the motion, dictated primarily by van der Waals packing.
"After carefully considering all of the options for creating shareholder value, the McGraw-Hill board of directors concluded that this agreement generates the best value and certainty for our shareholders and will most favorably position the world-class assets of McGraw-Hill Education for long-term success," Harold McGraw III, the company's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.
"After carefully considering all of the options for creating shareholder value, the McGraw-Hill Board of Directors concluded that this agreement generates the best value and certainty for our shareholders and will most favorably position the world-class assets of McGraw-Hill Education for long-term success," noted McGraw III in the company release.
