For these reasons, we at the Center for Security Policy are convinced that the National Aerospace Plane must become a high profile, "national" program funded at a level determined by the maturity of the associated technology.

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Wednesday's developments further heightened the drama of a high-profile showdown between Issa and Holder over the Fast and Furious program that dates back to subpoenas issued by the House committee last year.

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"Property developers in Hong Kong have a very mixed profile, " said professor Richard Welford, deputy director of the Corporate Environmental Governance Program at Hong Kong University.

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