Sentence examples for foreign initiative from inspiring English sources

Before we begin any risky foreign initiative, the country needs a good deal of reassurance that our priorities are in order, and that Mr. Bush is not being seduced into focusing on the one enemy who is not only evil but easy to target.

Instead, the president spoke somberly of the challenges that the nation faces in the years to come, as he warned Americans to resist the temptation to look inward and not to abandon his signature foreign initiative, the so-called freedom agenda, intended to promote democracy around the world.

"The presence of foreign troops in that area will not go down well with some elements in Somalia who will not want the Azania project to be seen as a foreign initiative," said Rashid Abdi.

The trip - Mr Obama's first foreign initiative since his re-election earlier this month - reflects the importance that the US has placed on normalising relations with Burma, correspondents say.

Not all costly foreign initiatives were equally valuable — or appreciated.

Notably, his speech did not unveil any new foreign initiatives.

Last weekend though, residents were eager to explore the sites now unlocked thanks to foreign initiatives.

Qatari authorities say the Bahrain operation is an obligation to a local alliance, and they continue to cloak their foreign initiatives in the most progressive light.

As President-elect George W. Bush prepares for his inaugural on Saturday, he has been offering the public glimpses of some of the domestic and foreign initiatives that the new administration seems likely to pursue.

The White House explains the president's new-found Wanderlust by saying that "We want to be well perceived in the world".Reagan and Mr Clinton both offset their domestic troubles with big foreign initiatives at the fag end of their presidencies Reagan by negotiating with Mikhail Gorbachev and Mr Clinton by throwing himself into trying to bring peace to Ireland and the Middle East.

WASHINGTON — President Obama returned from Asia on Sunday to face the new post-election reality at home: in an unpredictable lame-duck session of Congress starting Monday, emboldened Republicans are poised to try to force an extension of the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthy and block action on a variety of domestic and foreign initiatives.