Not long after coming to power, he wriggled out of an agreement that Bill Richardson, then the chief American delegate to the United Nations, said he had negotiated to permit an international investigation into the massacre of tens of thousands of ethnic Hutu refugees during Mr. Kabila's victory sweep across the country.
Such speculation, however, overlooked the White House's real calculation: that, by modifying U.S. negotiating positions to permit agreement on terms of a new Security Council resolution -- thus setting the stage to conclude a final deal this weak -- the administration would receive more political criticism than if it appeared to "hang tough" and let July 9 pass.
They resolved that a visit by John, Paul, George and Ringo would "corrupt Israeli youth", so a permit was denied the impresario who had been negotiating to bring them.
On Tuesday, Congress negotiated a deal to permit food sales to Cuba, with restrictions.
With the Senate now under Democratic control, Congress has refused to make the tax cuts permanent, to give the president authority to negotiate trade agreements, to permit drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve or to allow private investment accounts under Social Security.
All of those who had been named on a granted patent (including pending patent applications) had negotiated license agreements to permit others to use their technology, most often with private companies.
While there, he secured an interview with Lord Fitzroy Somerset while his father negotiated with the Austrian General Clam-Gallas to permit Nolan to leave the Austrian armed forces.
Instead, Libya's foreign minister, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, used a BBC interview broadcast on Wednesday to renew the Tripoli authorities' frequent call for a cease-fire and a suspension of NATO bombing to permit a settlement negotiated by Libyans themselves without foreign interference.
Or, should the United States continue trying to convince the parties to permit a politically negotiated solution that circumvents these historic complexities?
He is not going to permit any show of weakness on the trip to negotiate with North Korea," said Kudlow.
Some analysts interpreted the North's unusual decision to permit the interviews as a sign that it may be prepared to negotiate the men's release.
