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"Eddie senior didn't play a substantive role in any of this," Costa said.

It is turning to NATO to expand the alliance's mandate in Afghanistan and play a substantive role in Iraq.

Those who have met with Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi since her release from house arrest in late 2010 say she appears driven to play a substantive role in the country's political future.

"He is a great team player, and he understands what is going on out there," said Mr. Boehner, who praised Mr. Sessions as bringing in more Republican lawmakers to play a substantive role in the campaign operation.

If, as many experts say, disrupting the cycle of hunger and poverty, for example, takes a two generational approach... shouldn't Generation Z and Millennials play a substantive part so that two doesn't become three?

Oxidative stress has long been hypothesized to play a substantive role in the development of AMD due to the high oxidative stress environment of the fundus.

Any implication that Mr. Wilson played a substantive role in the contract was "absolutely and utterly baseless," said Jay Carson, Dr. Dean's press secretary.

Also, the audit concluded, Mr. Wilson played a substantive role in the awarding of the contract, despite having vowed to recuse himself from any state business involving former clients.

We are grateful that others share our deep concern over these issues, and we are unequivocally committed to playing a substantive and valuable role in this important and timely research effort.

At the fund-raiser, Mr. Clinton emphasized one of his wife's main campaign themes as he credited her for playing a "substantive, positive role in the work we have done over these past eight years".

While the government debated whether to shut down Twitter, or prosecute Facebook users, it was BBM that was actually playing a substantive role in the riots, according to those who took part.