Some Democrats suggested that the administration, by avoiding a divisive debate over teenagers' sexuality, had preserved maneuvering room as it confronts a separate challenge from the nation's Catholic bishops, who seek a broad exemption for Catholic hospitals from the 2010 health care law's requirements for contraceptive coverage.
The slide from the previous quarter was expected, but will add to concerns about the health of the world's second-biggest economy as it confronts a range of challenges, including weak exports, high debt levels and slowing investment.
"We've had lengthy discussions and negotiations around the concept of establishing a pooled fund, but it confronts a number of challenges here," said Samuel A. Worthington, chief executive of InterAction, an umbrella organization representing 190 aid agencies, 82 of which are working in Haiti.
Obama also confronts a challenge.
Today it confronts a different kind of storytelling challenge.
Whether the city's campaign was a complete success or a missed opportunity, no one disputes the notion that New York finds itself at a crossroads as it confronts a new set of housing challenges without this inventory of city-owned property.
They could transform the region – Turkey, Iraq and Iran in particular – and have profound consequences for the west as it confronts the challenge of an increasingly influential, dynamic and capable Russia.
It confronts and challenges its audience with layers of image, sound and meaning.
He said the US will continue to supporting Nigeria as it confronts those challenges.
Win or lose, it now confronts a much bigger Facebook challenge than is generally realized.
Mr. Gref confronts a vast challenge.
