We would not have made this progress without this Jobs Council.

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That progress would not have been possible without strategic arms control treaties.

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Not, however, without one key condition: more progress on European defence.

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Of course, progress in our society has not always come without tensions, or struggles to overcome a painful past.

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This progress in the utility businesses has not come without cost.

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Furthermore, without female role models for future generations of women, progress will not just stall -- it will reverse.

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But obviously all the progress that we have made, we could not have done it without her leadership, without her staff support, and we are again so grateful to you for being so focused on these issues.

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