Sentence examples for forceful positions from inspiring English sources

Among Hagel's more forceful positions early in office was to warn against US involvement in the Syrian civil war.

While Mrs. Clinton has yet to espouse a foreign policy doctrine of her own in detailed terms, she took a series of forceful positions yesterday.

Unlike Mr. Bush's forceful positions on Iraq, they contend, his positions have dithered on North Korea, allowing conflicts between hard liners and moderates in the administration to fester while sending confusing messages to allies.

Aides said he might take a more forceful position in the coming days.

"We are taking a forceful position, and we hope they can be returned".

Together, the speeches appeared to be an attempt to answer critics who say the Obama administration has not staked out a forceful position on human rights.

The forceful position toward Israel that Mr. Obama has adopted in recent weeks over settlement expansion may also make the Palestinian conflict more and more his own problem.

Speaking by telephone from Naha, Okinawa's capital, Shizuo Kishaba, chairman of the semi-official Ryukyu-American Historical Research Society, who has played a major role in returning stolen objects to Okinawa, took a more forceful position.

But even if Beijing is unlikely to take a publicly forceful position, there are significant ways in which China can — and must — play a vital role: One area that would benefit both Beijing and Washington would be to end China's little-discussed and high-risk role in the secret buildup of North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

Mitt Romney has identified Asia as one place where he wants to focus more attention if elected, but the truth is that President Obama has already staked out a forceful position there with his commitment to rebalance American interests from the Middle East to the Pacific.

Romney took an equally forceful position against the GOP primary extending to Tampa.