He has denied aid organizations' repeated reports that their workers are being intimidated and impeded from reaching Darfur.
But the performance of each group suffers when it is impeded from engaging in its preferred strategies.
He would undoubtedly be a divisive figure, impeded from the start by preconceived ideas about his agenda.
Nonetheless, there is plenty we can do now and which the current government is in no way impeded from doing both ideologically and practically.
He added, "As long as this dispute exists, we are impeded from being able to go ahead and make these available to other companies".
Police would later claim that medics were impeded from treating Tomlinson by protesters, but this was disputed by witnesses at the inquest.
Until we can feel comfortable with our bodies -- and understand that they come in one size only: beautiful -- we will be impeded from enjoying our sexuality.
We mothers who have or have had sons or daughters with Down's syndrome should not be impeded from saying they enrich our families and lead valuable lives.
"It's sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person like Alberto Gonzales is impeded from doing important work because his good name was dragged through the mud," he said.
"Long after wars have ended, communities are still impeded from going back to their normal, daily activities because of all these mines still affecting their land," said Charlotte D'Hulst of Hunter College, New York, who led the team that developed the MouSensor.
T. I. may be impeded from many things while he serves a prison sentence after a recent parole violation, but not from cracking the Top 10 on the album sales chart.
