The President supports doing as much as possible, trying to reach an agreement on the biggest deal possible.
And Malley says even if the two sides do reach an agreement on the endgame, getting there in the current environment is virtually impossible.
We were shown videos and tried to reach an agreement on access.
Senior EU officials are warning that it is proving harder than ever to reach an agreement on the European Union's next multi-annual budget.
The reason the cuts were put into place was that President Obama and Congress were unable to reach an agreement on taxes and spending.
There has already been an effort to reach an agreement on reforming party funding - in 2006 another review was launched, in the wake of the cash-for-honours row.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Obama threatened late last year to devote the speech to assailing Republicans if they did not reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff.
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Officials said those attending Friday's meeting hope to reach an agreement on the formation of a new national unity government and electoral law, which should lead to parliament's election of a president.
And we believe that we can reach an agreement on significant deficit reduction within the same timeframe that we need -- that Congress needs to take action to raise the debt ceiling.
Chief exectuives from major banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, along with other CEOs from major corporations are pressuring President Obama and Speaker Boehner to reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff.
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Only two days ago five Mogadishu faction leaders opposed to the new government met but failed to reach an agreement on forming a stronger alliance that could have threatened the existence of the government.
For example, it took days of intensive talks last December between President Bashir and the southern leader and Sudanese Vice-President, Salva Kiir, to finally reach an agreement on the law governing the 2011 referendum.
"By giving to the insurgents the power to veto an agreement, they effectively said, 'Unless you two reach an agreement on the sharing of power, we're not going to provide aid and assistance, '" Kerry said.
And there is a chance, at least, that Mr Khatami and Mr Putin will use their forthcoming meeting to reach an agreement on how the Caspian Sea itself should be shared among its five littoral states.
Having passed reform bills in both the House and the Senate, we now have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law.
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The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is always in favor of -- in Cyprus we believe that there is a lot of opportunity to reach an agreement on the Cyprus issue and this is an area which we continue to focus on.
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Even with the improvement in sentiment, pessimism remains high and is above average for the longest period of time in approximately a year. (Bearish sentiment never dipped below 30% during the 18-week period of from May 13 to September 9, 2010.) The failure of Washington to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling and the slow pace of economic growth remain key concerns for individual investors.
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SEOUL, South Korea President Obama and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea failed to reach an agreement Thursday on a long-awaited free-trade agreement, and said they had decided instead to give their negotiators more time to work out differences, which revolved around Korean imports of American autos and beef.
The bad news is that the President has undermined this concept by putting it forward as an element in his campaign to reach early agreement on an accord prohibiting these weapons.
Whether the Treasury Department can reach an agreement with AIG on its next round of retention payments is unclear.
There is no reason to reach an agreement with Mitchell on the administration's bigoted demand that Jews not build in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.
Instead, he wants to reach an agreement with Democrats on a framework or bridge that would postpone the cuts and tax-rate changes for one year until a broader deal on deficit reduction -- including entitlement and tax reform -- can be worked out.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been attempting reach a compromise on this matter and the announcement means the ECB will have to reach an agreement with the BCCI or lose out on the riches on offer.
The president had hope to reach an agreement with South Korea on a pending trade deal.
But at the end of the dialogue, if we will not reach an agreement, we must agree on the one most important principle that the majority will decide, a democratic majority, and everybody, everybody, will respect it.
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But at the end of the dialogue, if we will not reach an agreement, we must agree on the one most important principle -- that the majority will decide, a democratic majority, and everybody, everybody, will respect it.
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But now we're getting to a point where we can hopefully reach an agreement that everybody can sign on to that will ensure that in just a few days these loan rates won't double for 7.4 million or 7.3 million American students.
John Kerry, who wrote to Time Warner Cable and News Corp. last week requesting the companies reach an agreement so viewers could watch football on New Year's Day, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt said his company is willing to accept binding arbitration "immediately" to resolve the dispute.
But our focus is on moving quickly with intensity and determination -- collegiality and optimism -- to reach an agreement -- (laughter) -- no seriously, to reach an agreement in the negotiations being led by the Vice President on deficit reduction and dealing with our long-term debt.
Together they worked closely with teams from the Department of Transportation and the EPA to reach, as I said, an historic agreement on fuel economy.
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