"That to my mind was not the way to start building a coalition for a very forward program," she said.

He wants to get other countries on board; build a strong coalition.

Building a coalition of people who might not completely agree with it.

Building a coalition for a substitute will be much more difficult.

His latest problem is that he has not been able to build a coalition on this board to support him for president.

He also urged the president to build an international coalition before taking any military action against Iraq.

It is hard to build a coalition of people with a stake in the issue.

He also started building a coalition to develop the state's water resources, a lifelong interest.

"We're trying to build a concrete coalition for the next election."

There are key political reasons as well to build a coalition inside Afghanistan.