The roundtable discussion also allowed us to highlight important conversations taking place within the Administration about the federal role in the important process of integrating immigrants into the fabric of our society.

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"If we go ahead with a configuration which is also taking into account the manned version, this will allow us to reduce drastically the overall cost of the capsules, " Mrs Di Pippo told BBC News.

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Ms Hughes was also taking in Egypt and Turkey as part of a mission to improve the image of the US in the Middle East.

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We have to place some timed bets on things that we feel are gonna be the most important to licensees, and also to us where we're taking games.

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