He would not address various proposals for reshaping the mission that differ from his, including an approach supported by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to scale back the military operation in Afghanistan to focus instead on terrorists seeking haven in Pakistan.
His 2006 proposal for Iraq — reshaping the country into a loose three-part federation — also much derided, does not, in light of recent events, look all that bad.
Mr. Romney said he would consider means-testing for Social Security benefits for future retirees, and he put some distance between his plans for reshaping Medicare as a voluntary voucher program and the proposal by his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan, to reduce payments to the health care program by some $700 billion.
Mr. Bush's aides acknowledge that the governor's proposals for overhauling Medicare, for creating a prescription drug benefit and for reshaping Social Security are complicated and can be difficult to explain in concrete ways.
The winners put forth a host of ideas for reshaping communities large and small -- the main commonalities among the successful proposals are creativity and a devotion to civic innovation.
The competitive landscape calls for reshaping of the domains vision.
If enacted, the proposal could reshape the business landscape.
In response to reports that he was looking for a Plan B to address Congressional concerns, the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday that he was not backing away from the Obama administration's proposal to reshape the nation's human spaceflight program.
The proposal to reshape Medicare, as Mr. Romney and his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, have proposed, is now enshrined in the party platform.
A proposal to reshape a major chunk of the U.S. government's science funding enterprise has finally been formally introduced.
Nationally, too, the Medicare issue helps Democrats, as long as it's framed around Ryan's 2010 proposal to reshape the medical insurance program into a voucher plan.
