Many back a measure championed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, to take prosecuting rape out of the chain of command, an effort at removing a conflict of interest for commanders who have to weigh a servicemember's value to a mission or unit against an accusation of assault.
NATO officials sold the intervention as a one-time effort aimed at removing the threat to the capital and jump-starting peace talks, between minority Albanians, who make up roughly one third of the population, and Macedonian Slavs.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be one of the world's largest and most ambitious trade efforts ever, aimed at removing barriers and establishing rules on investment and commerce affecting 40% of the global economy.
The mortgage unit of Ally Financial filed for bankruptcy on Monday morning, a move aimed at removing the lender's biggest obstacle to its turnaround efforts.
The Islamic regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that swept away the first Pahlavi shah's son still rules the Persian roost despite last year's efforts to remove it or at least to temper its Islamist radicalism.
Although this reliance on subjective judgment often is at odds with efforts to remove potential bias, it is an effective way to bring new research findings into the prioritization process.
At the same time, efforts to remove the flag should be the beginning, not the end, of the important work to follow the Charleston tragedy.
Long term, there haven't been concerted efforts to remove registration barriers, even at times like after the 2008 elections, when Democrats had a lot of power at the state level and could've invested energy in automatic voter registration or increasing the implementation of already existing laws.
At Standard & Poor's we have strongly supported efforts to remove from regulations the mandate that ratings be required for certain securities.
The data will be especially helpful to the 100 or so counties that — at great effort — already remove prison inmates from the count at redistricting time.
