Government attempts to strike peace deals with the militants have not stopped the fighting and have sparked criticism from U.S.officials.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

In other words there was not enough data on these things, in other words, with other conventional mortgages, you have data covering peace and war, prosperity and depression and so forth and you can follow these data back for decades.

换句话说,关于这些新增贷款没有足够数据，换种说法，和其他传统贷款相比，你有和平和战争时期的数据，有市场繁荣和萧条时的数据等等,你可以追述这些数据。

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U.S.officials also have praised the action following months of criticism over the attempted peace deal with the militants.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

The Pakistani army has fought in Waziristan several times in recent years with little to show for its efforts except peace deals that have quickly fallen apart and emboldened Mehsud and his fighters.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

And with respect to the announcement that occurred when the vice president was there, we've expressed our dismay and disappointment and we have, as I said earlier engaged in consultations with our partners in the peace effort - the Israelis and the Palestinians - about the way forward."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16