The Americans have been pushing General Kayani to launch an offensive against the Haqqanis' base in North Waziristan.
As conscientious fighters of terror, they are pushing General Musharraf to act first by cracking down on terrorism.Plenty could still go wrong.
The United States, like many other nations, has been pushing General Musharraf for a timetable to bring Pakistan, a country of 150 million people, back to democracy.
Like a banker who is anxious to lend money, McNamara is pushing for more general-purpose loans designed to, in the bank's words, "support programs that attempt to anticipate and avert economic crisis through economic reform and changes in investment priorities".
(A coalition of state attorneys general is pushing an expanded foreclosure rescue plan that would impose fines on recalcitrant banks).
Legal & General is pushing ahead with plans to close its Surrey offices by 2018, putting 1,500 jobs at risk, although some will transfer to Hove or Cardiff.
But Kerry Kennedy Cuomo declared publicly yesterday that her father would never have swallowed the restrictions on civil liberties that the Bush attorney general is pushing.
Dr Maureen Baker, the chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "The current state of general practice is pushing GPs to their limit, and these results show it is having a serious impact on their physical and mental health.
The CBI has always had a soft spot for banks (they're some of its biggest members) but its director-general, Carolyn Fairbairn, is pushing her luck in calling for gentler treatment for the industry from regulators and government.
But that attitude is changing, said General Chiarelli, who is pushing for a private program similar to Operation Mend for treating traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
