The two men are longtime allies who rose to power together in late 1979 as leaders of an uprising by relatively young army generals.

Some of their associates have said the two longtime allies now hate each other.

But he is denounced by longtime allies who blame him for the state Republicans' collapse in last fall's election.

A number of those expected to be chosen will be longtime allies.

Such a request would come during a period of exceptional tension between the two longtime allies.

But the two longtime allies could not agree on exactly what the offer should contain.

But many longtime allies of those Democrats were disappointed with the vote.

But the possibility that he will enter the race changes the competition and would cause strain among some of his longtime allies.

He is a longtime political ally of the President's whose Congressional career has focused on environmental and energy issues.

As a result, the two men never established much of a connection, and relations between the nations, longtime allies, have only grown worse.