While the emphasis is on the demand side, the analysis does not totally ignore supply side issues, acknowledging that demand and supply are intricately interlinked.
The Bush Administration official involved in South Asian issues acknowledged that there are some people in India who seem willing to gamble that "you can have war but not use nuclear weapons".
But the final vote of 247 to 170 broke almost strictly along party lines, with only five Republicans voting for the measure even though a senior Republican responsible for tax issues acknowledged that there were positive aspects to the bill.
Ms. Seltzer, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a high-tech policy group that has fought the record industry over copyright issues, acknowledged that the amnesty offer "sounds a little extortionate when they say it, perhaps".
But her deputy, R. Nicholas Burns, the top United States negotiator on the Iran issue, acknowledged that "the alchemy of this group is such that anything is going to be a compromise".
McConnell, who has worked closely with Trump on the tax system overhaul, the selection of conservative judges and other issues, acknowledged that he had advised the president against making the declaration.
Tauli-Corpuz, who was appointed last June after five years as chair of the UN permanent forum on indigenous issues, acknowledged that Australia was dealing with a tight budget.But she said the decision to defund remote communities, and Abbott's characterisation of that decision, were misguided.
A Defra source told BBC News that some civil servants working on the badger issue acknowledged that people had very different views of whether farmers had a right to control badgers, or whether wildlife was in some way "owned" by everyone.
Many experts on the issue acknowledge that it is difficult to pinpoint the origins of attacks.
Republican lawmakers with experience on health care issues acknowledge that they will have to take action should the health law fall, and planning for the next steps has kicked into high gear.
Still, those from both sides of the issue acknowledge that the rhetoric has been ratcheting up on Long Island, among the places where poor Hispanic immigrants are increasingly conspicuous outsiders amid the affluent bustle of suburban life.
