With progress stalled on this range of strategic issues, it may require talks by Ms. Rice and Mr. Gates with their Russian counterparts — a session with President Putin is scheduled, too — to find a way forward.
On July 28, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up meetings with their Chinese counterparts at the first session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
As the Soft tyres were expected to perform better in the race than the Super Softs, the McLaren drivers' use of one fewer set of the Soft tyres than their Ferrari counterparts during the qualifying session suggested Hamilton and Kovalainen might have had a tyre performance advantage in the race.
He was known as a workaholic, often putting in 12-hour days and meeting up to 10 of his counterparts during the sessions of the U.N. General Assembly.
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Mr. Sessions called his counterpart a "friend who is deeply committed to his role".
But they agreed to pursue bilateral contacts with OPEC counterparts, including a coming French session with Saudi Arabia.
Yet Senate Republicans, who have far more clout than their House counterparts in the lame-duck session, have not ruled out temporary extensions for all taxpayers.
As the male counterparts gather after a training session, Gia Scott (fourth from left) gets a hug from training partner and former WWE female wrestler Rosa Mendes during a class in Joppa, Maryland.
— U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power asked of her Russian, Syrian, and Iranian counterparts during an emergency Security Council session at the U.N. in December.
Earlier this year Indian defence officials indicated they had adopted a strategy of "interminably postponing" a final signing session with their British counterparts.
