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I'm a solid Dem voter (since '01) and I find the calls counterproductive.
Republican Wins Special Election For Virginia Safe Seat 2009
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Pakistan's foreign secretary — the current top official in the ministry — has said that any U.S. pressure on Islamabad to release Davis will be "counterproductive."
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Barely two weeks ago, for instance, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani called the strikes "counterproductive."
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Pakistani officials have repeatedly and publicly condemned the use of drone strikes, calling them "counterproductive."
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Schumer made news last week when he said on the Nachum Segal Show that Obama's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "counterproductive."
Study: Guidance needed to apply sanctions against Syria 2010
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Pakistani officials have repeatedly and publicly condemned the use of drone strikes, calling them "counterproductive."
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Schumer made news last week when he said on the Nachum Segal Show that Obama's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "counterproductive."
Study: Guidance needed to apply sanctions against Syria 2010
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In fact, Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner declared that government involvement would be "counterproductive."
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It should not be a statement by the State Department that settlement expansion is "counterproductive."
MJ Rosenberg: Netanyahu Sticks it to the United States...Again MJ Rosenberg 2010
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Obama said just today that discussions about race are "counterproductive."
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