And there are relative veterans of all persuasions, including Michael Smith, Carl Fudge, Mira Schor, Garth Evans, Phyllis Bramson, Glen Seator and Paul Laffoley.
The council, however, is made up of members of many different political persuasions, including the Greens and the Green Left.
Mr. DeMoss cited the meeting two weeks ago in Chicago in which Mr. Obama met privately with 30 religious leaders from many traditions and political persuasions, including several, like Mr. Graham, who were never likely to support him.
The day before my meeting with the peacemakers, I'd watched women from all denominations and political persuasions, including Charles Taylor's estranged wife, applaud the achievements of Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleandand her recent gong, the FAS African Gender Award, at the City Hall in Monrovia.
What's more, Americans of all political persuasions (including 75% of Republicans and 76% of Tea Party members) are against cutting Social Security to balance the budget.
Among them were politicians of all political persuasions, including conservative deputy Claude Goasguen, who is known for making controversial remarks about Palestine, including a suggestion that Muslims have "massacred tens of thousands in the silence of Western democracies".
The persuasion includes the promise of generous compensation for countries that Iraq has been assiduously wooing with gifts of cheap oil and thoughts of future, lucrative contracts.
Kerry has shown repeatedly that he will use any lever as a means of diplomatic persuasion — including his defeat in 2004.
Still, seeing no chance that the monarchy will be toppled (Saudi Arabia, whose troops aided the crackdown, won't allow it), the Obama administration has tried instead to win reforms by persuasion, including cultivating the American-educated crown prince, who visited Washington during the week.
"The deeper meaning of this is that the king is not just a king for himself or his family or those who agree with him but a king for all the people of Swaziland regardless of their political or religious persuasion, including those who disagree with him".
