And my hope is, is that during the course of this year we're going to be able to work with all 50 senators, because all of you have a stake in this, to just see where are our manufacturing opportunities and where can we fill -- plug some holes in order to make sure that we're competitive internationally.

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Al-Jazeera's slant could be seen not so much in its highly professional news reporting as in the editing and framing of stories, the angling of interviewers' questions, and the choice of sound and imagery for the dramatic plug spots that fill time between programmes.

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