Wilkins has a lofty goal for her company, that is, to build small business capacity particularly MWBEs.

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Along those lines, the United Nations has launched the Sustainable Energy for All program that has a lofty goal of providing universal energy access by 2030.

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Benjamin Mixon, commander of Task Force Lightning, also reflected a less lofty American goal for Iraq's future.

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