Previously, the Senator had issued only a one-paragraph statement, calling the issue "a private family matter."

The intelligence budget is composed of money, not land, and calling it turf muddies the issue.

He also called her case "the toughest issue" in his tenure.

This issue calls into question the issue of music ownership.

Though the settlement does not admit or deny any discrimination, he called civil rights the most important single issue facing the department.

It deals with what is sometimes called the issue of a "sensitive claimant".

They are calling for more police protection and making this dread of crime the major issue there in the mayoral primary campaign.

"I am calling the issue on the table."

That survey found that 22 percent of respondents called it the most critical issue in making their decision.

I am not calling into question the issue of people, but that of procedures.