"We have got to be clear that the requirement for the carriers is part of a joint requirement for defence as a whole, and the effect they provide is a joint effect, not a maritime effect in isolation, " he said.

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It is this effect that the Joint Committee on Taxation by agreement with congress is required to ignore.

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In effect, the lawyers are becoming joint business partners with the states and the tobacco companies in levying a tax on smokers.

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Although the use of U.S. heavy bombers risks provoking the North into a dangerous miscalculation, U.S. officials believe the joint exercises with South Korea ultimately will have a stabilizing effect.

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In the past, when evaluating tax proposals, neither the Congressional Budget Office nor the Joint Committee on Taxation were permitted to factor in the effect of economic growth on tax revenue.

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That could be the effect, as well, if Mr. Gates and outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen certify before leaving office that the military is ready to accept avowed homosexuals.

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Speaking in a joint statement, they said the resolution meant legal proceedings were "at an end with immediate effect".

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Jeremiah reported in a 14 June memo to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition that the Council had, in effect, acted with extreme prejudice on the idea of restoring the V-22 as a joint program.

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