But it doesn't -- as we said from the beginning, it does not begin and end with congressional action.

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Major confusion arose after President Obama's December 2009 announcement of the "surge" of 30, 000 troops to Afghanistan, which was coupled with the announcement that those troops would begin to withdraw beginning in July 2011.

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Its highly anticipated line of 2013 TVs will begin shipping this month in the U.S., beginning with the LED 8000-series and the Plasma 8500-series.

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This set of images is barely the beginning, though, with the camera not set to begin active operations until December.

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Right about now is the time when Wall Street strategists and economists begin ratcheting down GDP estimates and tempering their optimistic year-beginning calls with a dash of bitters and a dollop of doubt.

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The first strike will begin on 18 May, ending on 22 May, with the three further strikes beginning on 24 May, 30 May and 5 June.

BBC: British Airways strike dates announced

Mr. Wei and other Cosco officials were in the United States to meet port officials in Massachusetts, where they had reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Port Authority to begin a weekly shipping service between Shanghai and Boston beginning next year.

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