While the Bush administration had approved some clandestine military activities far from designated war zones, the new order is intended to make such efforts more systematic and long term, officials said.
Even on optimistic assumptions, we reckon Greece will need €67 billion or more of long-term official loans in the next few years.
The programme should acknowledge that markets are likely to remain shut to Greece and that lots of long-term official finance will be needed.
People engage in such marriages for a specific period of time, with the intention of finding out if a spouse is appropriate or inappropriate for a subsequent long-term official marriage.
"The asymmetry couldn't be long term," the official said.
But in the long term, this official said, "you can't have an armed belligerent force, which is also a terrorist organization, operating in a free Iraq".
In the long term, soccer officials are convinced they can do that with fans and corporate sponsors.
Over the long term, church officials plan to develop the site as a mixed-use community, with homes, stores, a university, a commercial fish farm and perhaps even a water park.
Long term, Chinese officials want the renminbi to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
Planning for the long term State officials worry that the strain on Malakal's slender health-care system and other services may soon increase.
"The president has encouraged his advisers to think long term," a White House official said today.
