"The chancellor has been clear that while the deficit has been cut, it is still too high," the spokesman said.
Lesley High, a spokesman for the American Embassy here, declined to comment, beyond confirming that "we are in cooperation with the Macedonian government".
"The casualty figures are still too high," the spokesman, Rear Admiral Mark I. Fox, said during a news conference in the fortified Green Zone.
"As part of our commitment to delivering educational excellence everywhere we are pleased that the number and quality of teachers in our classrooms is at an all-time high," a spokesman said.
"The economy is growing, there are 1.3 million more jobs and unemployment has come down sharply, But the job is not done - while youth unemployment is falling, it is still too high," the spokesman said.
"Nobody predicted it would be that high," ConEd spokesman Allan Drury told the Associated Press.
When asked at the time why the award was so high, a spokesman for the governor said the tax break was about development more than it was about jobs.
The shadow higher education spokesman, Boris Johnson, said today it was "high time" the RAE was reformed.
Both Birmingham and Labor's higher education spokesman, Senator Kim Carr, will address a higher education conference over the next two days.
Philthy Rich has become a high-profile spokesman for local violence-prevention efforts.
The shadow higher education spokesman, Gorden Marsden, accused Exeter of moving the goal posts.
