To succeed, the current profusion of proposals will have to be welded together by consensus, a process Mr Carter is more likely to influence than lead.Much will depend on whether that consensus forms around encouraging producers or punishing them.
We will be talking about them, we will try to solve them together in consensus".
Some progress appeared to have been made in pulling together a consensus on key principles.
Argentina's dilemma is unique, with politicians unable to cobble together the consensus needed to limit spending by the government.
"I believe I am in a very good position, come from a rural state with virtually no gun laws, to put together a consensus," Sanders said.
"In fact, because I come from a state which has virtually no gun control, I believe that I am the best qualified candidate to bring back together that consensus that is desperately needed in this country," Sanders said.
General Powell leaves for the Middle East on Friday, and the president said today that piecing together a consensus on how to rebuild a coalition to isolate Iraq is high on the agenda.
Mr. Gates, who warned North Korea in a speech here early Saturday that the United States would not tolerate it becoming a nuclear-armed nation, met throughout the day at the conference, called the Shangri-La Dialogue, with defense officials from China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian nations to begin pulling together a consensus on how to proceed.
She favours the present procedure, whereby a programme is stitched together by consensus, a candidate is elected by party members only a few months before the presidential election and he or she is expected to stick to that manifesto.Squabbling among aspirant leaders has been a feature of the French Socialist Party ever since the death of François Mitterrand in 1996.
"And the reason we're doing this kind of facilitation right now is we want every member to understand all of the issues and all of the consequences, so that we can come together with consensus on a plan and move forward and proceed".
