The President said all along that the last week to 10 days would prove decisive.
Four weeks on the job has proved him right, he said, and then some.
They had better put that knowledge to use because the next weeks could prove crucial.
Through it all, the week proved to be an inflection point in the relationship between government and the press.
These next few weeks and months could prove very interesting.
"This is a story stock and the past few weeks have proven it," she said.
But that week proved the deadliest of the war until then for American forces, with 64 killed.
The next few weeks could prove to be an critical test.
She wasn't quite easy about seeing him again, but the next week proved Simon a good teacher, and a generous one.
But the next week proved him more elusive than the wind.