Following through on a campaign promise, he formally apologized to the Australian Aborigines in February 2008 for abuses they had suffered under earlier administrations.
But the stridency of your protectionist rhetoric — your promise to formally label China a currency manipulator, clearing the way for a tariff war — makes many of your supporters cringe.
They also said the government had failed to conduct an equality impact assessment of its decision, consult local authorities properly or even keep to its own promise to formally assess the scheme before making a decision about its future.
In a five-minute appearance in the Rose Garden, Mr. Bush fulfilled a major campaign promise by formally announcing the withdrawal, which will free the Pentagon to test and deploy a missile defense system without restrictions.
A candlelight vigil commemorating the 96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held on the steps of Burbank City Hall on Tuesday night, two days before an L.A. visit by President Obama, who has not kept a campaign promise to formally recognize the mass killings in 1915 as genocide.
He promised to formally acknowledge Jerusalem as the "eternal and indivisible capital of the Jewish state," a departure from both Republican and Democratic Presidents.
In the September election, one of Olmert's rivals, Tzipi Livni, emerged as the leader of Kadima; as promised, Olmert formally resigned, although he remained leader of an interim government until a new prime minister could be selected.
The former Liverpool and Real Madrid manager – who returned to Merseyside to talk things over with his wife and daughters on Monday – will want written guarantees of Ashley's promises before formally accepting Newcastle's proposals but there is an increasing confidence on both sides that an agreement can be reached.
Sarkozy had promised to formally establish diplomatic relations by exchanging ambassadors between Paris and Benghazi before Obama decided what to do.
In the aftermath of the quake, many local governments promised to formally investigate the school collapses, but as of July 17, 2008 across Sichuan, parents of children lost in collapsed schools complained they had yet to receive any reports.
Reached by phone after the agreement was announced, Slack, the teacher from Burke Street, said educators were nervous, concerned they were relying on a promise, not something formally approved.
