And what, if anything, at this point can the U.S. do about it?

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Or to put it another way, it is hard to see how the eurozone convoy can or will do a u-turn on the road to ruin, unless and until that convoy sees that it is minutes away from driving over a cliff.

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Finally, largely Muslim Indonesia is a focus of our war on terrorism, meaning the U.S. will do whatever it can to ensure that Indonesia builds a prosperous middle class.

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Mr. Henri says the U.N. agency is limited in what it can do.

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And it describes what U.S. troops in Korea can and cannot do.

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For better or worse, the Israelis will have to do both, and the U.S. can play a constructive role if it begins to view foreign policy as strategy rather than, in Michael Mandelbaum's words, social work.

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What it can do is help unite its members around making the remaining two big U. S. automakers successful.

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The government will do all it can to avoid a hard landing in 2012, just as the U.S. has done all it can to avoid a double dip recession.

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With a little stretching Gruber can call Agco, the U.S. farm equipment maker, a Latin stock since it will do 20% of its sales volume in South America this year.

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Making it in America, supporting U.S. manufacturing and buying American is one thing we can all do today to help keep the American dream alive and well.

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