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Homeland Security officials were signed up for a 2010 conference in which one topic was "Seeking a Counter-Reformation in Islam".
Critics suggest that Mr. Durbin is seeking a new role to counter the prominence of Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, his roommate and his rival in the Senate leadership.
A dozen people stood atop ticket counters, seeking a view over the crowd.
The chain of events exposed a campaign cycling through repeated shifts in strategy as it sought an effective counter to the bruising attacks of Mr. Romney's super PAC, which portrayed Mr. Gingrich as a Washington influence-peddler.
In particular, the results could exacerbate divisions among Democrats, who are seeking an economic agenda to counter President Trump's pitches for protectionism, reduced taxes and restrictions on immigration.
Kris countered by seeking an annulment on the grounds of fraud (the case is still pending).
Mr. Fourtou is also seeking to counter a bid of 6.7 billion euros ($6.72 billion) by Vodafone for a stake in Cegetel that Vivendi Universal owns.
Seeking to counter a potential enthusiasm gap toward Clinton among such key demographics, the president framed efforts by Republicans to suppress the vote as precisely what should motivate them to exercise their political power.
But it is obvious that Iran seeks a bomb principally to counter the barely concealed ambition of Bush administration hard-liners to force "regime change" there.
Presumably seeking to counter such a maneuver, Vodafone executives said today that their company was also negotiating with Vivendi, in its case to create European Internet and interactive pay-television services.
WASHINGTON — President Obama, seeking to counter pressure for a military escalation in response to terrorist attacks, told a group of news columnists this week that sending significant ground forces back to the Middle East could conceivably result in the deaths of 100 American soldiers every month.
