And that is that the American people would like to see Democrats and Republicans sit down at a table, be it here, be it there, and work through important solutions to the problems that face the American people.

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When the last of them has been nominated and confirmed, Congress should sit them down at a witness table (or tables) and ask them to agree on a few points.

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The first candidate to sit down at the dark-stained conference table was a Chinese-American, from Washington state, named Andrew Hsu.

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But when I sit down at that well-appointed table, I always do so with a moment of hesitation.

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Stronger sanction pressure, which some of our partners see almost as a goal in itself, will not encourage Iran to sit down at the negotiating table.

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Is America entering a new era in which ideaological oppononets rise above the rhetoric and sit down at the negotiating table to hammer out their differences in lieu of pointed media and political attacks?

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