When Nikolai Azarov, Ukraine's current prime minister, refused toaccedeto her demand that he speak Ukrainian rather than Russian, she asked for an interpreter.
But Mundell is still making his case, and when governments like China ask his opinion about whether toaccedeto the Bush Administration's demandto let the yuan float, Mundell always tells them to hold firm.
He is insisting that the United States Senate accede during the post-Thanksgiving lame-duck session to his demand for the repeal of a 1993 law prohibiting homosexuals from serving in the armed forces.