But we cannot lose sight of the fact that there is violence all the time in America and that we need to take concerted action to deal with it.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Far from deciding to take concerted action against Iran, the great powers did nothing more than wish the Obama administration good luck as it moves to directly engage the mullahs.

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It is no mystery that we were very disappointed in the failure of the Security Council because of a lack of agreement by some members to take concerted action through the Security Council against Assad.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And Egypt for its part has refused to agree to take any concerted action to prevent the weapons shipments from docking in its ports and transiting its territory en route to Gaza.

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They have refused to take any concerted action against terrorist groups, including al-Qaida, that openly operate on Pakistani soil.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Pakistani dilemma

Mr Bashir's regime is weak, and it should not take much concerted international pressure to make it take tougher action.

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And given that US President Barack Obama is on record supporting pursuing negotiations with Iran until at least January 2010, it is hard to imagine that the international community will take any concerted action against Iran in the foreseeable future.

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And this morning at the United Nations, I talked about the concerted action that the world needs to take right now to right our economic ship.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama at Clinton Global Initiative

The Obama administration will not take concerted action against WikiLeaks because doing so will compromise its adherence to leftist politically correct nostrums.

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