They focused on the reporter's assertion that Palin is "the most electrifying speechmaker" on a major party ticket this year, a candidate who "generates enormous fervor at her events".
Initially, expert scrutiny focused on the president's assertion that the United States would "not hesitate" to act alone and "pre-emptively" to thwart dangers from hostile states or terrorist groups armed with, or seeking, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Capitol Hill, the Federal Trade Commission and the White House all seem focused on the negative effects that Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), commonly referred to as patent trolls, have on consumers.
To support the Commodity Industry Coalition's assertion that the proposed exposure level of 0.03 ppm was too conservative, Sciences International focused on the inter-species uncertainty factor.
Mr. Kerry, by contrast, has focused on the fact that the illicit weapons have not been found in Iraq as evidence that Mr. Bush's assertions lack credibility.
Stay focused on the job".
Lombardi focused instead on the assertion that some of the claims were already old news.
The defense strategy during the retrial focused on assertions that the NCIS investigation that led to seven Marines and one Navy corpsman being charged in the killing was incompetent and politically motivated in a "rush to judgment".
Most of the debate focused on Republican assertions that injured patients would use the bill as a basis to sue everyone in sight: H.M.O.'s, employers, doctors, nurses, hospitals.
While it is true that most soldiers are devoted to country and comrades, and are focused on their mission, the assertion that soldiers are cheerfully returning for multiple combat tours is grounded in statistics and arguments that are misleading.
