It's basically dominated the American political debate for the last two to three years.

Over the next several months, the surge in Iraq will dominate debate.

And when the bill came to the floor, that provision dominated the debate.

No Administration will ever totally control the agenda, but it can dominate the debate.

But a different concern - money - is likely to dominate debate on the city's rebuilding effort over the next few years.

The coal dispute was also an issue which dominated debate.

However, both the ideas and the practice have changed as experience has accumulated, with two particular issues dominating the debate.

Their plight has dominated the national debate in Kuwait since the war.

Conservatives still dominate debate with ideas such as using government to free up market forces for private solutions to public problems.

But as we return to our states, it is likely that one divisive subject will dominate the national debate.