A few may just scrape by the end-month deadline, but many will not.
He also wanted a firm, six-month deadline for completing peace talks.
As that two-month deadline approached, Mr. Russo had dropped his claim for the contact lenses he'd never sent.
"A three- to six-month deadline is being considered," one E.U. official said, adding that no decision had been made.
The government has set a six-month deadline for negotiations over tough new contracts with oil and gas firms.
Mr. Obama set a six-month deadline for the panel to produce its report, but the clock does not begin until the seven-member body officially meets.
A UN security council resolution being drafted by France and New Zealand plans to set an 18-month deadline for completion of talks leading to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Iran is hoping that Russia and China, which have protected it in the past, will argue for the council's end-of-month deadline to be postponed (see article).
Publicly neither side indicated progress toward a deal ahead of the end-of-the-month deadline for averting a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts.
The leaders reaffirmed support for establishing an office in Qatar to aid in talks with Taliban delegates there, and set a six-month deadline for progress, officials said.
conditionality, and the fund should give European leaders a 12-month deadline to agree and implement a long-term alternative to short-term E.C.B./I.M.F.
