Schools are being held accountable and parents are being given the information they need to make choices about their children's education.
For one thing, they reckoned Johann Lamont slipped up by referring at the outset to her own speech in which she spoke of the spending challenges which will confront Scotland - and the consequent need to make choices.
He said he's "very concerned" that new health insurance marketplaces for consumers and small businesses will not open on time in every state, and that if they do, they might just flop because residents don't have the information they need to make choices.
And then we decided we've got to make sure every student has access to a simple fact sheet on student loans and financial aid, so you can have all the information you need to make intelligent choices on your own about how to pay for college.
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The DNC chairman did not offer an answer to the question he posed, but he went on to say that "we need to make moral choices in America, " calling on Congress to abandon plans to make permanent the elimination of federal inheritance taxes.
We need to make our choices with the advice of the professionals.
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But that only increases the need to make tough choices elsewhere.
Just as we agree that both sides will need to make difficult choices, we agree that unilateral actions -- such as Palestinians seeking a vote on statehood at the U.N.
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These include ensuring "foods produced or sold in the UK are safe to eat" and "that consumers have the information and understanding they need to make informed choices about where and what they eat".
And then we wanted every student to have access to a simple factsheet on student loans and financial aid, so you can have all the information you need to make your own choices about how to pay for college.
We simply need to make these tough choices and be willing to take on our bases.
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But we also need to make some real choices when it comes to our tax code -- choices about what kind of country do we want to be.
President Bush said Friday that he would return to the Mideast in May to continue pressing for a peace agreement, saying Israel and the Palestinians need to "make difficult choices" if a deal is to be reached before he leaves office.
In this era of patient-centered care, women do need to feel empowered to make the choices that are best for them in treating their breast cancer.
Moving forward, we will need to make many more tough choices to construct a plan to pay down these deficits and put our nation on sound fiscal footing.
If the U.S. recognizes that its natural resources and environment will, in the end, place limits on immigration quotas, political leaders will need to make some very difficult choices as to who is allowed to immigrate.
Data.gov, an important step to empower Americans with the data and tools they need to make more informed choices in the marketplace.
And to do that, we need to make the right choices.
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And Albalee very well laid them out. (Laughter.) Good job. (Applause.) But let me repeat: First part, let's move to give parents the tools and the information they need to make the healthy choices for their kids.
They are also two generations who are deeply attuned to the problems facing the environment and the need for the government to make smart choices about education and technology that will help them and their children survive in a new economic world that provides less stability and requires more adaptability than the one of their parents.
"We're at a point where we need to make some very hard choices and decisions, " he says.
But to make rational consumption choices we need to know how much we are buying and what it costs - in real time .
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So informed consumption can drive supply chains to become more sustainable, but first we all need the information and incentives to make better choices.
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And because all forces are having to make 20% cuts, choices need to be made about what style of policing the public want.
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However, American women have not always had access to the health care they need, or the freedom to make the best health choices for their loved ones.
It argues that schools need to make decisions about how their spending choices can make the biggest difference.
"If people make positive choices, perhaps there will be less need for the commission to make decisions this summer, " Mr Osborne added.
State and federal governments need to make sure that consumers understand their health insurance choices.
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He also believes that the State Department budget is very important and that the money, the relatively small amount of money that is utilized through the State Department to advance American interests abroad, is money very well spent, and that we need to be mindful of that as we make our choices going forward.
If we make the hard choices now to rein in our deficits, we can make the investments we need to win the future.
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