Approval is far from sure even if the union's leaders support the deal.

That, she said, includes companies whose leaders support environmental causes on their own time.

"Here we have the president out front on all these issues, and the supreme leader is supporting him."

Political and business leaders in Berlin strongly support the project.

Republican leaders also agree to publicly and actively support it.

As the request would indicate, the new leader may support moves toward a free market.

He said Republican leaders had not supported some of his proposals for drug prevention and treatment.

While some Republican leaders supported his actions, others said they were excessive and hurt the party's image.

If regional leaders did not support him, he suggested, conservatives could come to power and crack down.

Greece went into the war because its leader supported the Allied cause.