The reason for that second objective is also the reason for thinking 2011 might, in the history books of the future, be seen as the year when the space cadets' dream finally died.

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Objective factors may not be the only reason for the pay difference, however.

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Still, for those willing to be objective about Obamacare, there is good reason to suggest that the added regulatory review instituted by the ACA seems to be paying dividends.

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The point you raise was I think discussed in the public arena at the time, and I think that it goes to the reason why the President has focused his Afghanistan strategy on the original objective.

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For this reason, the Royal College of Surgeons is looking at how such subjective information can be quantified in an objective way.

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He developed a strategy that made clear that our number-one priority, the reason why we are in Afghanistan, is because of al Qaeda, and that our number-one objective for our mission in Afghanistan is to disrupt, dismantle, and ultimately defeat al Qaeda, and that all other objectives that are secondary to that help support the primary objective.

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