Original sentence: The Special Relationship is a phrase used to describe the exceptionally close political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, following its use in a 1946 speech by British statesman Winston Churchill
Edited sentence: The Special Relationship was a phrase used to describe the close political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, following its use in a 1946 speech by British statesman Winston Churchill.The validity of the expression has been questioned to such a degree that, during president Obama's visit to the United Kingdom in May 2011, both parties agreed that the phrase "essential relationship", which emphasises pragmatism and a business-like relation, should substitute the expression "special relationship"