It is not our policy right now -- we are not -- we have made very clear that we do not believe that it is right at this time to contribute to the further militarization of the situation in Syria.

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You know, and you know, part of that is, you know, we need to be very clear with them that we are not going to be there forever.

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Now, with respect to Iran, I've made very clear that we are not taking the same position -- and I'm curious that you would suggest that we're taking the same approach when I'm spending an awful lot of time back home answering people who are concerned that what we're doing is too radical.

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"Together, we had a very clear message: 'We are not going to be tough on budgets at home just to come here and sign up to big increases in European spending', " he said.

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"It is very easy for politicians to ignore us if we are not clear in what we are asking or arguing for, " he will say.

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"Even if we, in June, will not take definitive decisions, the path and trajectory are very clear for everybody, " he said.

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In order to get Republican support, I think -- the President is clear that we are not going to compromise on what we believe represents a very strong piece of legislation.

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And there are very clear principles that the President has laid out, and one is that we will not -- he will not sign into law an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the top 2 percent.

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"They're not going to get away with it, because we are going to hunt them down, let me be very clear about that, " Ch Supt Alan McCrum said.

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