While Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has become the administration's point person on the CAR response, no official press statements from Secretary Kerry have been made since late January, when he threatened sanctions but made no additional commitments to support the international peacekeeping troops that have failed to stop the "grotesque" violence.
One is to hold that talk of properties, beliefs, truths and facts comes cheap: Once one holds sincerely that "Lying is wrong," no additional commitments come with adding "Lying has the property of being wrong" or "I believe that lying is wrong" or "It is true that lying is wrong" or that "It is a fact that lying is wrong".
There will be "no additional commitment of taxpayer dollars," Michael S. Barr, an assistant secretary of the Treasury, said at the White House briefing.
First, it could be observed that the ontological exuberance associated with the relevant composition principles is not substantive that the increase of entities in the domain of a mereological theory cum composition principles involves no substantive additional commitments besides those already involved in the underlying theory without composition.
Others said it may be early next year before Mr. Obama can extract any additional commitments.
Regarding Afghanistan, Mr. Obama said he "did not press the prime minister on any additional commitments" of troops, despite his own decision this week to increase the American presence there by 17,000.
Bob Herbert states that President-elect Barack Obama would need to articulate clearly the goals for any additional commitment of troops by the United States in Afghanistan.
When an additional commitment from the International Monetary Fund is included, Europe has about 750 billion euros to help governments in danger of defaulting.
He said the money he gave was an additional commitment to the arts, not money he would have typically given to another cultural venture.
The grant will match new or increased donations up to $400,000, for a potential yield of $800,000; and if the challenge is met, Ballet Theater said, Mr. Wilson has made an additional commitment of $200,000 for 2006, raising the potential to $1.2 million.
The new infusion of cash from Mr. Allen, who was one of the company's first backers, then also to the tune of $100 million, is expected to be accompanied by an additional commitment from another of the company's original investors, executives involved in the transactions said.
