Obama will try to reassure Asian leaders in Laos after the G-20 that the U.S. is not easing its commitment to the continent, despite threats from Democrats in Congress and both presidential nominees to block the Trans Pacific Partnership TPPP), the sweeping trade deal Obama negotiated with 11 other Pacific Rim nations that was key to his plan to strike that new balance in U.S. foreign policy.
Democratic-controlled committees can also be expected to give closer scrutiny to the administration's plan to ease troop commitments in the Balkans and are expected to support more active engagement in the Middle East.
A1 Foreign Policy Challenges President Bush's broad foreign policy agenda, and not just the hope of deploying a defensive missile system, is at risk of being frustrated in a Democratic-controlled Senate, which can be expected to give closer scrutiny to easing troop commitments in the Balkans and will probably support a more active engagement in the Middle East.
This commitment has eased the fears of students and alumni, who were afraid the decision would undermine the Greek system.
His isn't the hugest voice, but it projects precisely, and he inhabits with ease and commitment the full range of contemporary directorial styles.
Human Rights Watch said the Kurdistan government had eased some restrictions and reaffirmed its commitment to human rights after being approached by the group.
If white sailors evince a racist belief in the limits of indigenous knowledge, such a belief is consistent with their own impatience with the forms of knowledge available to them, but they try to ease such ideological commitments with humor.
That interim agreement eased some economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for commitments on transparency and rolling back uranium enrichment.
The decision to send Charles instead of the Queen also signifies the prince's commitment to easing the burden on his elderly parents.
Some Iranian leaders still complain about the "great Satan" and question the U.S. commitment to ease trade restrictions as promised under the nuclear accord.
Champions of stimulus assert that another huge round of public spending or monetary easing — maybe even a commitment to higher inflation and government borrowing — will jump-start the engine.
