But President Vladimir Putin is staying home because of an impasse on what has become the single greatest source of friction between NATO and Russia: U.S. missile defense deployments in Europe, the nucleus of a wider future NATO system.
He disappointed even moderate Republicans who support him by calling a special session on transportation this summer that only seemed designed to try to pin blame for an impasse on the other party.
His comments suggested hope for an end to an impasse on the issue in Congress.
Just as Lebanon and Somali led to an impasse on Rwanda, Obama is frozen by the catastrophic failure of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
And a Cuomo administration official on the board leveled a barrage of personal attacks against the Canadians, a move that shocked Canadian officials and led to an impasse on the board.
The prospect of that cycle is one reason an impasse on the debt ceiling, and a government default, could do so much damage.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) — Zimbabwe's main opposition party could sign an agreement as early as Monday to begin substantive talks with President Robert Mugabe's party on ending an impasse that has worsened the country's severe economic crisis, opposition officials said on Saturday.
It is now a strong possibility that the jury could return a mixed verdict, legal experts say, acquitting on some charges, convicting on others and reaching an impasse on still others.
Mr. Cheney, meanwhile, made trips to the Hill to push for the energy bill, and at one critical point ended an impasse on ethanol-based gasoline between Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Representative Bill Thomas, Republican of California.
Correction: June 17 , 2004 Thursday An article on Saturday about an impasse between the Police Department and the protest organization United for Peace and Justice, which planned a rally on the Great Lawn of Central Park during the Republican National Convention, misidentified a project in which the New York Civil Liberties Union is helping.
