" But he said Afghans need to show that they are "willing to make the commitment to build their capacity to secure their own country.
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Joining Forces is a challenge to every segment of American society to take action, to make a real commitment to supporting and engaging these families.
From that time to the present, the United States has sought to make its commitment to the security of the Republic of Korea as unequivocal as possible.
Motsepe is the first African to join the Giving Pledge, a campaign spearheaded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the wealthiest people in the world to make a commitment to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
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They also sent a jointly signed letter to Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, who were about to meet for the first time, urging them to make a commitment to eliminate nuclear weapons and start making further big cuts in their own arsenals.
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Yesterday, in Cedar Rapids, I proposed a new economic blueprint for 21st century America, a plan to create new jobs, to make a commitment to clean energy and innovation, which will be a job engine and creator, just as it is being now here in Iowa, to restore fairness to our economy.
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So we're going to have to make a commitment to our long-term infrastructure.
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One component is setting up a mechanism where people who just can't afford their mortgage right now are able to renegotiate with banks, and the banks lower their interest, and the homeowner assures that they're going to make a commitment to pay a certain amount every month, and the government helps to step in to bridge the gap.
But the first step has to be for the Eastern Europeans to make a larger commitment to their own defense.
"I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married, " he wrote in an op-ed in The Columbus Dispatch.
With BCAP incentives in place, farmers are much more inclined to make a commitment to planting these crops.
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We still need every business that has not yet joined this effort to make a commitment to hire or train our veterans and military spouses.
Another set of university reforms collapsed when a majority of professors refused to make any commitment to higher teaching standards and submit themselves to peer review.
If you're willing to make a commitment to purchasing a first instrument and feel like you could use the encouragement, our gut impression is this is gonna make a powerful learning tool.
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But even if you have to pay for a week to try it out, it's better to spend the money than to make a long-term commitment to a club that doesn't work out.
For a long time, many companies have paid lip service to the need for a mobile strategy and a mobile investment, but it is now more important than ever to make a real commitment to mobile.
Reginald Dumas, Mr Annan's envoy to Haiti, says the international community needs to make a 20-year commitment to prevent the country sliding back into violence yet again.
When Congress failed to act, the federal government and private sector came together to commit -- to make that commitment that was announced today.
And I think it underscores the President's commitment to American companies and American workers -- his commitment to them to make sure that when they compete with their products and their know-how around the world they're competing on a level playing field.
What I am only trying to be clear about is that the commitment to make sure that all American women, no matter where they work, have access to the same health care coverage and the same preventive care services including contraception is absolutely firm.
Power companies have been reluctant to make a larger commitment to natural gas because of worries about supply and price volatility.
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But Ms Rousseff needs to make a clear commitment to clean government.
On Wednesday, Mr Connolly called on the Northern Ireland Executive to make a public commitment to establish an inquiry into clerical sex abuse.
Klitschko, a heavyweight champion like his younger brother Wladimir, said that Ukrainians had rallied in support of the government to make sure the commitment to stage the event would be fulfilled.
Recognizing that both countries have bilateral trade sensitivities, such as certain agricultural products for Japan and certain manufactured products for the United States, the two Governments confirm that, as the final outcome will be determined during the negotiations, it is not required to make a prior commitment to unilaterally eliminate all tariffs upon joining the TPP negotiations.
Liu asks patients to lose 5 to 10 pounds before undergoing anesthesia, to ensure they're willing to make the serious commitment that's forthcoming.
Until demand increases to the point where employers are unable to meet it with existing employees, they will not make the commitment to hire more.
Well, I think it needs to show leadership and make a dramatic commitment to support its customers.
Support for an Israeli-Syrian Accord: As a general proposition, it is not sensible for the United States to make a commitment of indefinite duration to put U.S. troops on the Golan for symbolic purposes, when the necessary symbolism can (and undoubtedly will) be supplied amply by other means.
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