But he and his party were clearly in no mood to make an issue of it.
But this northernmost German state came back into the news when Thilo Weichert, the state's privacy commissioner, raised an issue of such complexity that it will make the first Schleswig-Holstein question look like a dot-to-dot coloring book in comparison.
One of the most endangered GOP Senate incumbents, Republican Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has already tried to make it an issue in his race against Democrat Bob Casey, who opposes the surveillance program.
Most of the time they allow Members of Parliament to make a stance on an issue, without having it become policy, or even debated in the chamber.
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But if this becomes more of an issue it could scare off investors and make it harder for these companies to raise funds in U.S. capital markets.
So my guess is that those kinds of discussions are not altogether different, that I think President Bush was making -- reaching the same calculation, which is that it would be in the best interests of the safety and welfare of our American servicemen and women to issue an apology and make it clear that those actions were unintentional.
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Obama was optimistic about prospects for a deal on immigration reform, Kenny said, adding that it's an issue of importance to the Irish people even though they make up a relatively small portion of U.S. immigrants.
Social Security, if it is part of a package, would be an issue of how do we make sure Social Security extends its life and is strengthened?
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But he did not pursue much of Mr Giuliani's education agenda, which makes it hard for Hillary Clinton to make education an issue in the Senate fight.
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