The ambassadors also debated how strongly the resolution should endorse the Arab League plan — with the choices being "fully support" or "take note" or "welcome," said Néstor Osorio, the Colombian ambassador.
The UK's contribution to the nuclear weapons debate, strongly led by Brown, has been impressive and appreciated internationally.
Your account of the vice-presidential debate strongly suggests a view through Kerry-colored glasses ("The Running Mates Debate," editorial, Oct. 6).
Maurice Wright San Diego, Oct. 6, 2004 To the Editor: Your account of the vice-presidential debate strongly suggests a view through Kerry-colored glasses ("The Running Mates Debate," editorial, Oct. 6).
"That this indictment is now suddenly announced on the eve of the first Republican presidential debate strongly supports our belief that this is a politically motivated prosecution designed to serve a political agenda, not to achieve justice.
"Shape the Debate strongly believes that free enterprise and conservative ideas are more likely to become public policy when candidates and public officials honestly and publicly discuss their positions on them," according to the group's credo, which can be found on its Web site, shapethedebate.com.com
Rubio's close third place finish in Iowa finally started to allay these fears, but his dramatic moment at the debate strongly reinforced them.
But he insisted: "I want the film to be controversial and I want people to debate it strongly".
Internally, however, Obama administration officials have been debating how strongly to respond to the adoption ban, and the potential implications for other aspects of the country's relationship with Russia.
What will be strongly debated is the nature of that failure, and what its opposite might look like.
