In October, the United States sent 100 combat-equipped troops on a mission to kill or capture Kony.

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It also increased my confidence that Twitter will be successful in its mission to kill off some of the most useful Twitter-app makers and provide those apps itself.

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This is exactly what happened to Jimmy Carter and why it is so bizarre that Mitt Romney actually brought up Carter in his response when asked if he would have ordered the mission to kill bin Laden.

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The Obama administration, it seems, has granted an unusual amount of access to the team behind The Hurt Locker (writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow) for an upcoming campaign-season film about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

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For instance, former Navy Secretary Gordon England was launched by the admirals on a hapless mission to kill the Marine version of the F-35 joint strike fighter during the first Bush Administration, only to be shot down in joint deliberations.

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Its scientists have designed genetically modified mosquitoes that have one mission - to kill off the rest of their species.

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Today, dozens of researchers and millions of dollars in funding support a mission to locate, activate and kill cells infected by dormant virus without harming patients.

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Congo mission began dispatching special forces to capture or kill him.

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Rather than investigate the problem, our sources say she went on a kill-the-messenger mission, convening aides to refute the report.

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Shaft's mission is to get to the white waitress who saw the crime before the murderer can kill her, too.

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