We need a discussion on this at the national level, where priorities need to be re-set to recognize the antequated state of our own infrastructure.

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On the other side, there are those who have long advocated for nuclear power -- including many Republicans -- who have to recognize that we're not going to achieve a big boost in nuclear capacity unless we also create a system of incentives to make clean energy profitable.

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And what I've learned is that when you have major issues that are centuries in the making--and certainly poverty and the intersection between poverty and racial discrimination has been in this country for a long, long time--what we have to do is to recognize that we're not going to reverse it overnight, but we can make steady progress.

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We should recognize it would take mountains of subsidies to ever expect America to re-employ all its original manufacturing talent back into manufacturing.

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In other words, we recognize the covers because we know the songs, but they're done in a new - from a new approach, and hopefully, in a creatively new approach.

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Cradle to cradle re-use of materials needs to become the norm in production, as first mover companies such as Nike already recognize.

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They understand the key issue here: things will only get worse: two-thirds recognize that the problems facing the health care system will affect all of us if they're not fixed.

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