The president went out of his way to assure them that he does not support a government take-over.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

But I can assure you that no instructions have been issued by Mr.Zardari or the government to block any private television channels,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

"We are looking forward to consulting closely with his government in the weeks and months to come to assure that the Afghan people are actually seeing progress on the ground,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"We appreciate the tremendous effort by the government to assure market stability, " Mr Pandit, who took the top job at Citigroup in January, said in a statement.

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The government policies are designed to assure high growth and the incentives in the population to innovative and make money are very high.

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In the meeting, Mr. Singh sought to assure the executives that government supported them.

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