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Obama acknowledged that he is taking office at a time of crisis, and asked Americans to help him confront the challenges.

Isolated counterexamples prove nothing. Bush should be measured by his lifestyle BEFORE he was president AND since taking office.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda may carry out his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office in a bid to increase his political clout.

Aquino, facing his first major test barely two months after taking office, said he would concentrate on preventing a repeat of the incident.

It was the first time the Israeli Prime Minister has called for the creation of a Palestinian state since taking office this year.

Mr. Singh will be the guest of honor at a state dinner Tuesday at the White House, President Barack Obama's first since taking office.

This summer Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has wrestled with one of his biggest challenges since taking office five years ago.

A week after taking office, the new Democrat Governor of California, Jerry Brown, has announced deep spending cuts.

However, it was not a good omen that the day after taking office he was forced to admit to a string of adulterous affairs.

Obama, who has said he will pull US forces out of Iraq within 16 months of taking office, wants to focus US attention on Afghanistan.

Before taking office, she was a member of the National Assembly of Kenya representing the Democratic Party.

AFTER taking office in September, Hirohisa Fujii, Japan's finance minister, widely let it be known that he was happy with a strong yen.

Before taking office last September Mr Hatoyama had promised Okinawans that he would move the base off the island altogether.

Much of his foreign policy since taking office has been conducted with that objective in mind.

Not enough candidates have been disqualified or made to re-run polls to stop the election winners taking office.

The President-elect of El Salvador said that after taking office, he would mull links with China without cutting off relations with Taiwan.

Shortly after taking office, I announced our new strategy for Iraq and for a transition to full Iraqi responsibility.

Petraeus hedged last month when asked what he would say if a new President were to order a withdrawal plan within 60 days of taking office.

President Obama has made several overtures to Iran since taking office - part of his outreach to the Muslim world.

On taking office, he appointed a commission to advise him on the reform.

Amazingly, the governor of the central bank is not obliged to place his investments in a blind trust before taking office.

SHORTLY after taking office, Barack Obama promised Latin America that he would usher in a new era of partnership.

And since taking office, President Obama has not publicized his attendance at church, like many of his predecessors.

If a forgettable U. S. president dies a month after taking office, do historians still have to write books about him?

Staff members at positions with access to personal financial information shall make a written confidentiality promise before taking office.

Since taking office, Mister Obama has ordered the closure of the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

It turned out he too was a Tzu Chi member, who was vegetarian on Mondays and volunteered for rubbish recycling even after taking office.

The DPJ's pledge on taking office was to make policy decisions itself and ensure bureaucrats acted on those.

Nearly two decades before taking office in 1929, he was earning $2. 5 million a year in today's dollars from the mining business.

After taking office, I announced a new strategy that would end our combat mission in Iraq and remove all of our troops by the end of 2011.

But they want to hear first what President Obama and his team will propose to them after taking office.

Taking office in December 2006 with a narrow mandate after a disputed election, he launched the army against violent drug-trafficking gangs.

Congratulation on your taking office in Beijing , I wish you much success .

U. S. President Barack Obama will leave Washington early Tuesday morning on his first overseas trip since taking office.

Shortly before taking office last April he waved through a decision to deny a visa to the Dalai Lama.

On taking office Mr Yanukovich's immediate instinct was to consolidate power.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon began a major offensive against the criminal organizations shortly after taking office in December 2006.

Obama traveled to Elkhart, Indiana today in hopes of winning support for a package that has become the first big test since taking office.

The trip, Mr. Obama's first to the war zone since taking office 14 months ago, was shrouded in secrecy for security reasons.

Barack Obama waits backstage moments before taking office as the 44th President of the United States on Jan.

Since taking office in January, President Obama has expanded that policy and introduced a massive economic stimulus package.

Just days before taking office, Chile was hit by one of the strongest earthquakes on record, an 8. 8 magnitude quake.

U. S. President-elect Barack Obama has reaffirmed his intention to withdraw American combat forces from Iraq after taking office.

Mr Pi? era now faces a test of his presidency before even taking office.

A new Gallup poll finds that President Obama's approval rating averaged 44. 7% for the last quarter - a new low since taking office.

Mr Morales is popular, in part because since taking office in January 2006 he has presided over a commodity boom (which is now fizzling).

Shortly after taking office, Mr Obama won passage of legislation that allowed Cuban-Americans to visit the island and to send money there.

Since taking office, Obama has expended energy and political capital in pursuit of strong ties with Southeast Asia.

He is now taking office in a petroleum company in Shanghai.

Since taking office, the President has helped grow the maximum Pell Grant scholarship by $800.

Prime Minister Kan has already lost two ministers to opposition pressure since taking office nine months ago.

It was the first time 62-year-old Sheng faced the media after taking office at the railway ministry.

Since taking office, President Obama has searched for ways to get the housing market back on its feet.

Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, hours after taking office.

On taking office, Obama threatened to cap bonuses at $500, 000, describing runaway pay packages as "the height of irresponsibility" .

President Barack Obama had promised the lower levels shortly after taking office.

President Obama will be making his first trip to East Asia since taking office and will attend his first APEC leaders meeting.

Pitt was the youngest Prime Minister in history, aged 24 upon taking office.

After taking office in January, Barack Obama offered talks without precondition to Iran.

Since taking office, he has failed to pursue any big policy changes on minority rights.

With Obama taking office for more than one year, the tone of foreign policy of US democrat government has become clear.

Anti-government protesters vowed to stay at Government House and stop Somchai from taking office after the election.

John Kennedy made a similar call 48 years ago, taking office, like Mr Obama, with the political winds at his back.

After taking office in January he plans to keep broadcasting his show from Austin, and the capital is primed for drama.

He created the 30-year mortgage within months of his taking office.

She has notched up more than a quarter of a million miles since taking office.

Political contributions for four years before taking office.

Taking office in January 2009, President Barack Obama inherited the largest peacetime budget deficit in US history.

His stay in India will be the longest time he has spent in a foreign country since taking office.

Both Clinton and Edwards said they would remove U. S. troops from Iraq soon after taking office.

As I have stated since taking office, the two approaches are not mutually exclusive. They are not in conflict.

President Barack Obama is leaving this morning for his first overseas trip since taking office.

Yet, within months of taking office, Clinton extended China's trade status.

A Director-General usually has six months to prepare before taking office.

Within months of taking office in 1961, Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

On taking office in 1981 Reagan had a slim majority in the Senate but the Democrats controlled the House.

That's why, shortly after taking office, I approved a long-standing request for more troops.

While recent presidents have each done a big overhaul upon taking office, Obama decided against major redecorating.

He announced plans to do it soon after taking office.

On taking office he called the Kunduz airstrike militarily "appropriate" despite its horrific death toll.

The day after taking office, he held a weekend meeting about Darfur.

One hundred days after taking office in late 2005, a poll named her the most popular Chancellor in German history.

I have paid several visits to Germany since taking office as the Chinese premier, and each visit left a deep impression on me.

Obama has proposed withdrawing U. S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.

Clinton has promised to begin withdrawing U. S. troops from Iraq within 60 days of taking office.

Gov. Butch Otter, who was once married to Mr. Simplot's daugher, Gay, has refused to move in since taking office in 2007.

On taking office in June 2009, Lamido Sanusi, the central-bank governor, initiated an emergency audit of Nigeria's 24 lenders.

Annual intellectual property income has risen from $20 million as President Wilson was taking office to $73 million during 2009.

As soon as taking office, he propagandized and put into practice the hard-line policy of repression.

He helped launch the high-level semiannual talks shortly after taking office in 2006.

Since taking office in 2008, Mr Ma has worked hard to improve cross-strait ties.

Obama has pledged to withdraw most U. S. combat troops within 16 months of taking office.

Whilerecent presidents have each done a big overhaul upon taking office, Obama decided against major redecorating.

He is to swear on the Book before taking office.

The trip is Mr. Obama's first official visit to Israel since taking office in 2009.

And that is why I took several steps upon taking office to better protect the American people.

That's been our vision since taking office.

It is the secretary's first trip to the region since taking office in January 2009.

Prior to bush taking office gold was under $400 an ounce and oil was around $50 a barrel.

What would you do if you saw a peer taking office supplies home ?

Bloomberg has been the victim of several crimes since taking office in 2001.

Mr. Lee reversed that policy after taking office in 2008.

Since taking office in 2008, Ma has been clearing these hurdles away.

SINCE taking office in May 2010, the government has trumpeted the need for transparency on economic data.

He pleged to sign the measure soon after taking office.

It will be their first face-to-face meeting, though Mr Obama spoke to the Chinese president by phone soon after taking office.

Upon first taking office in 2003, I pledged to end hunger in my country.

Relations between the two Koreas deteriorated after Lee adopted a tougher line towards the North after taking office early last year.

I want to commend the prime minister for his leadership in tackling the challenge that he confronted upon taking office.

This is his first visit since taking office four northern islands.

He was scheduled to arrive in Israel this morning, this is his first trip there since taking office.

After taking office last year, Japan's Democratic party-led government tried to improve relations with China.

But Mr Tusk's biggest diplomatic achievement since taking office has been to steer Poland towards a rapprochement with Russia.

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