Mr. Bush, who has vowed time and again to run a positive and upbeat campaign, said on his plane that he was simply noting an important reality.
With Washington having vowed time and again that it would not abandon Afghanistan's vulnerable populations, particularly women, the challenge for USAID and other U.S. officials is to show they can effectively measure what they are accomplishing in the still-fragile country.
Solemn vow: next time, no balking.
The Pistons have made good on Wallace's vow every time.
Better luck keeping to a vow next time, Sean.
And the president, who wouldn't play for keeps when he had the leverage, vows this time will be different.
As the trip wore on, we vowed next time to keep the porter, but lose the guide.
Attempting to follow the advice of Barry Hannah, the author of more than a dozen books, I vowed some time ago to read Mr. DeLillo's oeuvre.
Mr. Ryan, whose previous budget proposals did not bring spending below revenue for decades, vowed this time to do so by 2023, in part to satisfy the demands of the more conservative members of the Republican Caucus.
Mr Kim made his first public speech as North Korea marked the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Kim Il-sung on 15 April 2012, praising the "military first" doctrine and vowing the time his nation could be threatened was "forever over".
