In these meetings, he discussed the current state of transition to Afghan lead and our progress towards meeting the objectives agreed to at the NATO Summit in Chicago earlier this year.

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For example, in March 2012, the Secretary of State issued Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality to Achieve our National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator released Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy.

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While each year the heads of state sing from the same hymn sheet in praise of scientific research as a vehicle to achieve the objectives of growth and full employment, the first cuts proposed to the future European budget under negotiation yesterday were in this field.

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