But even getting that preliminary accord has been hard.
He said a preliminary accord could come as soon as Tuesday.
McConnell, like most Republicans, has been intensely critical of the Administration's preliminary accord with Iran.
As of yesterday, Global Crossing's discussions with Equant were "very, very preliminary," according to one person close to the companies.
But diplomats involved in the negotiations said the failure to agree even to a preliminary accord was wasting valuable time.
Up to now, details of the German proposals to revise the preliminary accord have been kept secret.
This week's preliminary accord would have provided as much as $11 billion to the government and $5 billion to NextWave, while transferring the licenses to the auction winners.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The United States and its negotiating partners on Tuesday extended their deadline for reaching a preliminary accord with Iran on its nuclear program until Wednesday.
Update: This post has been updated to reflect news of a preliminary accord between the Panama Canal Authority and the construction consortium.
Mr. Fourtou, when announcing the preliminary accord with General Electric, said he was considering splitting Vivendi's remaining assets in two, one company for Vivendi's telephone activities and another for the remaining entertainment assets, like music, video games and Canal Plus.
The agreement, which was announced here today after three days of marathon bargaining, rescued the Kyoto Protocol, the preliminary accord framed in Japan in 1997, that was the first step toward requiring cuts in such gases.
