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CIA officials also began pressing proposals to use their ties with the Northern Alliance to get American agents on the ground in Afghanistan for an extended period, setting up their own base for covert intelligence collection and activity in the Panjshir Valley and lessening reliance on foreign proxies."
Update from Zaire: 1) The Clinton administration is pressing President Mobutu Sese Seko to end the war by resigning and leaving the country.
When there is no perfect reference standard, as in the case of measurement of a patient's sense of pain provocation, i.e., pressing on a "tender point" or "trigger point", then pragmatic criteria can be used as a reference standard [ 42 ] . The visual analog pain scale has been used as a pragmatic reference standard for palpatory pain provocation tests.
Garvey told us that she maintained an open door policy and counted on her security staff to keep her informed on any pressing issues.
With few exceptions, reporters aren't pressing McCain about his role in the Keating Five campaign-finance scandal.