"We do need to enhance the training and education of our military community, we need to involve the entire chain of command and we need to run a program that is consistent among the services and complies with the Department of Defense policies and procedures as we execute the program, " Abell said.

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But Iraq suffers from one major disadvantage: it has been run, like the former Soviet Union, as a command-and-control economy.

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But those cars still command a premium over similar models that run only on gasoline.

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Do Assistant seeks to take speech software even further by offering a suite of common business applications that run entirely by voice command.

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Friday will see the command given to unfurl the arrays, a procedure that has in the past run into difficulties with panels snagging as they roll out.

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