These talents apparently persisted all his life, as did a tendency to speak the truth as he saw it without diplomatic considerations.

Although no one is saying so publicly, this decision was primarily driven by diplomatic and budgetary considerations.

But it is also based on diplomatic considerations of how best to influence the Russians.

The Kuwaiti ships are being treated differently because of diplomatic considerations.

But a senior administration official said this week that there were a "variety of reasons, including diplomatic and operational considerations."

There'll be no diplomatic considerations about this, I assure you.

"If it came down to diplomatic considerations, the result would have been different."

But they conceded that the effort was complicated by diplomatic, economic and military considerations.

And diplomatic and political considerations often still outweigh economic factors when trade questions are decided.

At the moment, we see two main possibilities where political and diplomatic considerations are concerned.