Sentence examples for second tier issues from inspiring English sources

As important as the repeal of DADT and passage of the 9/11 healthcare bill are, these are still second tier issues that will directly impact only a relatively small number of Americans.

It is nothing short of Ronald Reagan's (and David Stockman's) notorious 'starve the beast' strategy". As important as the repeal of DADT and passage of the 9/11 healthcare bill are, these are still second tier issues that will directly impact only a relatively small number of Americans.

Sustainability was a second tier issue for the new mayor.

In fact, it was probably a third tier issue for Mayor Bloomberg nine months into his term.

"Something like wildlife trafficking is just not a first tier issue, it's not an issue we're going to build bilateral [relations with]," Moss said.

Because he is close to both Obamas, he will ensure that education doesn't fall, as it usually does, into the ranks of the second-tier issues.

Cathy Ashton, Ms Mogherini's predecessor, never fully convinced her own critics (and has been largely absent on Ukraine), but scored some successes on second-tier issues, notably the Balkans and Iran's nuclear programme.

Andrew Kohut, the president of the Pew Research Center, said a similar pattern was seen in the Pew poll after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when second-tier issues faded in voters' minds.

And as the official responsible for second-tier issues, Mr. Wolfowitz negotiated a compromise on head-gear for the United States Army (black berets for the regular Army, tan for the Rangers).

He is trying to force Congress to accept his priorities on a wide range of second-tier issues, even as he acknowledges that two of his biggest hopes, for Medicare drug benefits and a federal law defining patients' rights, will probably go unfulfilled.

With the result in little doubt, intrigue around the elections is linked to third-tier issues.