The government would consider dismantling "the targets in disguise" - such as Key Performance Indicators - and would stop burdening forces with short-term "initiatives and gimmicks", she said.

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Deputies who once helped Henry Kissinger set the stage for the American withdrawal from Vietnam -and the North's subsequent, unopposed conquest of the South -- have been key figures in the Bush and Clinton administration "road map" for dismantling the trade embargo imposed following that invasion.

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