31.   He said the president should act quickly.

32.   In foreign and military policy, presidents can act.

33.   On Friday, he said he expects the president to act quickly.

34.   Other presidents have acted for similar reasons.

35.   The constitution is ambivalent on whether the president can act alone in dismissing the military chief.

36.   The constitution is ambivalent on whether the president can act alone in dismissing the chief of staff.

37.   The Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago has said the constitution states that the president should act on the advice of the prime minister.

38.   The mediation board would first have to recommend that the president act.

39.   The notion was to let presidents act in emergencies while giving Congress a role in decisions of war or peace.

40.   The president likely will act before Christmas, said White House press secretary Jake Siewert.