Canada has a similar point system, along with a Provincial Nominee Program to meet the needs of local industries.

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John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism chief and Obama's nominee to run the nation's spy agency, helped manage the drone program.

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I'm interested - in a different part of this program we heard Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals say that if you're the nominee, centrist and moderate evangelicals might go for you over Senator McCain.

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