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Rob Boatright added. One Senate Republican aide said Democrats should follow recent precedent, not the shrill calls of partisan opposition groups. When President Obama took office, The Senate confirmed seven of his nominees President Obama first day in office, and nearly all of them within two weeks. – One Senate Republican aide	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It’s not pleasant for 9/11 families to have our biggest sources of opposition to come from our White House and our State Department but, adding to that, a lot of the lobbying firms the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has hired are run by well-entrenched former elected officials, or by those from the Armed Services or other leadership positions, and frankly it’s bipartisan and a big problem. – Kristen Breitweiser	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
As long as there will be a criminal government in Kosovo that betrays the national interests, no one should hope that opposition resistance will be over. – Driton Caushi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The big question now is whether the opposition intends to use this mobilisation as leverage in negotiations. – Jason Stearns	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am against the principle where someone will dwell in the society with the infidels without making public his opposition or anger against infidels, anyone doing such can't be a real Muslim thick and thin. – Abubakar Shekau	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The big question now is whether the opposition intends to use this mobilization as leverage in negotiations. – Jason Stearns	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think the Russians will do their best to kill more and more to make the opposition break. – Abo El Ezz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
They're struggling to justify their opposition to our engagement with Iran, i understand the interest in details for a more colorful story but I don't understand what this does to the broader outlines of an agreement that has been in place for six months now. – White House spokesman Josh Earnest	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This was done to re-confirm (the family's) opposition to the merger and to swiftly resolve the issue, we're not trying to bully them. – Takujiro Hamada	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have concerns emergency rule may increasingly be used against the true opposition in Turkey, those outside the Gulen movement. – Tayyip Erdogan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
She set the tone for some opposition activists, gave them a signal, they heard this signal and started active work. – Russian President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It has carried out hundreds of executions, put children on death row after grossly unfair trials, and ruthlessly repressed opposition and human rights activists. – Richard Bennett	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What he is scared of most is defeat in the election, his strategy is to remove the opposition party leadership, so now he is targeting me. – Kem Sokha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The hope (is) that this can be used not only to address political differences but also to create a platform from which both the government and the opposition can ask for help from the international community to address some of the very significant crises that Venezuela faces now, it is up to the two parties to determine whether or not the facilitators are the right ones. Our view is that they are at this point. – Political Affairs Tom Shannon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Abenomics is not working out well and Abe's security policies are not popular. You'd think he'd be vulnerable, but the opposition is weak and discredited, and even though they will be cooperating, I don't think it will make a big difference. – Jeffrey Kingston	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our air force operation is continuing in Syria, it is not a secret for anyone that the continuing mingling in places of the so-called moderate opposition with Al-Nusra is a really serious problem. – Dmitry Peskov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Donald Bryson, North Carolina state director for Americans for Prosperity, told FoxNews.com. Renee Ellmers support for a number of spending bills and subsidies have provoked conservative ire. Renee Ellmers also faces opposition from pro-life groups unhappy at Renee Ellmers after Renee Ellmers temporarily halted and forced changes last year to a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks Renee Ellmers said last week Renee Ellmers was not going to be controlled by special interest groups. I absolutely refuse to feel the pressure they put on other members to vote the way they want them to vote. I don't care about the scorecards that they keep. – Renee Ellmers	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This case illustrates how extreme the District of Columbia’s opposition to concealed carry has been, here you have law enforcement who are offering to protect others for free, and the District has borne large legal costs to stop them from doing it. – John Lott	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Now, it is important to go the last mile and ensure the two-thirds majority (in parliament) needed for the respective constitutional changes, therefore, I urge all parties including the opposition to place the interest of their country and citizens above their individual interests and find compromises on the outstanding political issues. – Johannes Hahn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unfortunately, our American partners are not taking any decisive steps apart from persistent requests not to strike the groups of the Nusra Front, because 'moderate opposition' units may be located nearby. – Sergei Rudskoy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's not matter of fighting Assad or not. It's how do you change the system from a dictatorship into a democratic system in Syria. Look at the other opposition, they called for the fall of Assad, but they have gained nothing but killing and many refugees. – The PYD	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Secretary Kerry raised these concerns in a call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov earlier today and urged him to press the regime to cease at once airstrikes against opposition forces and innocent civilians in Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs. – State Department	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am fed up with living like a dog. I was in a trench while they were enriching themselves, i will support the opposition to change things for the better. – Zivko Josic	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Finance Minister Aso stated strongly that sudden yen strength or weakness is bad and that Japan has the means to intervene, he also attempted to alter market expectations that US opposition will prevent Japan from intervening. Overall, the comments do not significantly change our view that direct intervention to dampen yen strength remains unlikely in the near-term. – Lee Hardman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Rob Boatright added. One Senate Republican aide said Democrats should follow recent precedent, not the shrill calls of partisan opposition groups. When President Obama took office, The Senate confirmed seven of his nominees President Obama first day in office, and nearly all of them within two weeks.

– One Senate Republican aide

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It’s not pleasant for 9/11 families to have our biggest sources of opposition to come from our White House and our State Department but, adding to that, a lot of the lobbying firms the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has hired are run by well-entrenched former elected officials, or by those from the Armed Services or other leadership positions, and frankly it’s bipartisan and a big problem.

– Kristen Breitweiser

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

As long as there will be a criminal government in Kosovo that betrays the national interests, no one should hope that opposition resistance will be over.

– Driton Caushi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The big question now is whether the opposition intends to use this mobilisation as leverage in negotiations.

– Jason Stearns

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am against the principle where someone will dwell in the society with the infidels without making public his opposition or anger against infidels, anyone doing such can't be a real Muslim thick and thin.

– Abubakar Shekau

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The big question now is whether the opposition intends to use this mobilization as leverage in negotiations.

– Jason Stearns

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think the Russians will do their best to kill more and more to make the opposition break.

– Abo El Ezz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

They're struggling to justify their opposition to our engagement with Iran, i understand the interest in details for a more colorful story but I don't understand what this does to the broader outlines of an agreement that has been in place for six months now.

– White House spokesman Josh Earnest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This was done to re-confirm (the family's) opposition to the merger and to swiftly resolve the issue, we're not trying to bully them.

– Takujiro Hamada

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have concerns emergency rule may increasingly be used against the true opposition in Turkey, those outside the Gulen movement.

– Tayyip Erdogan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

She set the tone for some opposition activists, gave them a signal, they heard this signal and started active work.

– Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It has carried out hundreds of executions, put children on death row after grossly unfair trials, and ruthlessly repressed opposition and human rights activists.

– Richard Bennett

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What he is scared of most is defeat in the election, his strategy is to remove the opposition party leadership, so now he is targeting me.

– Kem Sokha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The hope (is) that this can be used not only to address political differences but also to create a platform from which both the government and the opposition can ask for help from the international community to address some of the very significant crises that Venezuela faces now, it is up to the two parties to determine whether or not the facilitators are the right ones. Our view is that they are at this point.

– Political Affairs Tom Shannon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Abenomics is not working out well and Abe's security policies are not popular. You'd think he'd be vulnerable, but the opposition is weak and discredited, and even though they will be cooperating, I don't think it will make a big difference.

– Jeffrey Kingston

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our air force operation is continuing in Syria, it is not a secret for anyone that the continuing mingling in places of the so-called moderate opposition with Al-Nusra is a really serious problem.

– Dmitry Peskov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Donald Bryson, North Carolina state director for Americans for Prosperity, told FoxNews.com. Renee Ellmers support for a number of spending bills and subsidies have provoked conservative ire. Renee Ellmers also faces opposition from pro-life groups unhappy at Renee Ellmers after Renee Ellmers temporarily halted and forced changes last year to a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks Renee Ellmers said last week Renee Ellmers was not going to be controlled by special interest groups. I absolutely refuse to feel the pressure they put on other members to vote the way they want them to vote. I don't care about the scorecards that they keep.

– Renee Ellmers

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This case illustrates how extreme the District of Columbia’s opposition to concealed carry has been, here you have law enforcement who are offering to protect others for free, and the District has borne large legal costs to stop them from doing it.

– John Lott

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Now, it is important to go the last mile and ensure the two-thirds majority (in parliament) needed for the respective constitutional changes, therefore, I urge all parties including the opposition to place the interest of their country and citizens above their individual interests and find compromises on the outstanding political issues.

– Johannes Hahn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unfortunately, our American partners are not taking any decisive steps apart from persistent requests not to strike the groups of the Nusra Front, because 'moderate opposition' units may be located nearby.

– Sergei Rudskoy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's not matter of fighting Assad or not. It's how do you change the system from a dictatorship into a democratic system in Syria. Look at the other opposition, they called for the fall of Assad, but they have gained nothing but killing and many refugees.

– The PYD

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Secretary Kerry raised these concerns in a call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov earlier today and urged him to press the regime to cease at once airstrikes against opposition forces and innocent civilians in Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs.

– State Department

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am fed up with living like a dog. I was in a trench while they were enriching themselves, i will support the opposition to change things for the better.

– Zivko Josic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Finance Minister Aso stated strongly that sudden yen strength or weakness is bad and that Japan has the means to intervene, he also attempted to alter market expectations that US opposition will prevent Japan from intervening. Overall, the comments do not significantly change our view that direct intervention to dampen yen strength remains unlikely in the near-term.

– Lee Hardman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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