1.   The US has been a staunch ally of ours for many years now.

2.   Although they occasionally disagreed on war strategy, Roosevelt and Churchill remained staunch allies in the war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

3.   And Lieberman has been a staunch ally of the industry.

4.   Assemblywoman Carole Migden, a staunch ally, is riding high in the Assembly.

5.   Blair has not just been a staunch Bush ally in recent months, he has been something more than that.

6.   Abraham Lincoln found a staunch ally in his old Illinois political opponent, Stephen A. Douglas, when war broke out between North and South.

7.   Aides to the governor weakly fended off suggestions that the news was timed to help James, a staunch ally of the governor.

8.   But his no-compromise views make him a staunch ally of Speaker Newt Gingrich and House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Irving.

9.   But Meehan had a staunch Republican ally in Shays.

10.   But NATO officials have emphasized the extent of resistance among member countries, even staunch American allies like Britain, to an attack on Iraq.