Mexico was reforming at the time, basically privatizing the banking sector and floating the exchange rate.

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As if to illustrate this, Slovakia, the one-time laggard turned reforming star, hopes to join the euro as soon as next year.

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But, again, I think the President will spend some time talking directly about ideas for reforming Washington, yes.

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So we are in the process of investing more in the VA and reforming how business is done at the VA than at any time in the last 30 years.

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And we have spent a lot of time and a lot of votes on Capitol Hill getting a recovery plan in place, reforming Wall Street.

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