He underlined how important it had been to get the deal done quickly to prevent an exodus of staff and clients.
Morrison said the credit rating underlined how important Australia's banks were to the country's economic stability, and he warned they were not fair game for politicians.
That the production drew an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protests to Lincoln Center just underlined how important it is for opera to engage with current issues.
Cable, who had repeated run-ins with Osborne when the two were ministers in the coalition government, said his presence underlined how important he believed the issue was for the future of the country.
On the same day, Mr Quijano hosted the United States' ambassador to Panama at the expansion site, which he said underlined how important its completion was to America, the canal's biggest user.
The 2009 Lions star tourist to South Africa also underlined how important a good performance against New Zealand has become to Wales.
