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.
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.
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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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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Whether the Treasury Department can reach an agreement with AIG on its next round of retention payments is unclear.
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 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.
But that remains a genuine concern, especially if the tournament organizers and participating countries can't reach an extension to the five-year agreement on the structure of the Heineken Cup in the coming months.
Now, if they're lucky, they will reach an agreement - in principle - when they meet on Sunday.
But privately, many Serbs - and even some of their leaders - accept that Serbs and Albanians will never reach agreement on Kosovo so the only solution is an imposed one.
But an emergency meeting of Mercosur ministers on August 6th failed to reach agreement.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller told the BBC cross-party talks, which have so far failed to reach an agreement, would continue as it was "important to get consensus" on this.
The NHL scrapped its preseason and all games through the end of 2012 after the contract expired on September 15 and the two sides were unable to reach an agreement.
Strachan has been on the look-out for an experienced striker, but failed to reach an agreement with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink earlier this summer.
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"We are calling on the trade union Unite and the employers involved to work together to reach an agreement that will avert industrial action, " he said.
Mr Maude said: "We are calling on the trade union Unite and the employers involved to work together to reach an agreement that will avert industrial action, " he said.
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