The American people have a right to hear full and open debate.

Those are the two with the least interest in open debate over the country's course.

Today, the Senate opened debate on a major energy bill.

The Democrats plan to open debate on the issue next week.

An open debate with the Council would be a good start.

Their coach's job security might not be a subject of open debate.

It should be an open debate and that was always the idea.

Where are the calls for open debate with the citizens of Europe?

He added that the public "should be given an opportunity to hear an open debate."

Such a response from the Republicans is not likely to create the necessary conditions for an open debate.

If changes of this kind are proposed in the future, they must get a full and open debate.

"If there aren't any problems, why are they afraid of an open debate on the project?"

It would only throw the question of where the time and energy should be used into an open debate.

In view of what I have just heard, there is no genuinely open debate.

Sears said it was time to have an open debate.

We have actually had a test lately of open debate with Soviet leaders.

That tells us all we need to know about your attitude to free and open debate.

What we do not yet, though, trust ourselves to have, is an open debate.

All these elements must have their place in an honest and open debate.

"It's an issue of an honest, open debate about the way forward in Iraq."

It was a good and open debate, but we should have had more debates like that one.

To this day, the identity of the ship remains an open debate.

But supporters of an open debate are pressing their case.

Why did the hospital deny the union's request for an open debate on the issues?

The impulse to use the press to promote open debate began again in the early 1990's.