"It's been a painful process," said Mr. Campbell, who added that the frustrating delay had prompted him to change his withholding amounts so that he will not have to wait for a refund next year.
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's United Artists is preparing to shoot extras scenes next month for the Cruise wartime vehicle Valkyrie, whose much publicised delays have prompted speculation that the true life story of a German plot to assassinate Hitler could be a stinker.
The long delays have prompted second guessing within the administration about how it has handled the Russians, creating friction between the White House and the State Department, and even within the State Department, officials said.
And the delays have prompted Lithuania's UK ambassador David Hunt to say he will do "anything possible" to help speed up the process.
In a statement outlining his reasons, Ng said: "Recent developments in the bidding process, with unwarranted and unexplained delays, have prompted our withdrawal from the process.
These delays have prompted several "National Shutdowns", which have emerged as by far the most effective form of current protest: the shutdowns pressured the government into paying salaries.
She said seriously that there were two occasions when dealing with the contractors and all the endless decisions and delays had prompted her to grab her sleeping bag, climb into the mountains, build a fire and sleep up in the hills.
