And that means I pledge to give all of you the tools and the support that you need to get the job done, both here at home and around the world.

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You have to be purposeful in what you want to accomplish, and that also means getting the tools you need.

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"I have a profound conviction that if you give women the tools they need - education, employment, contraception, safe abortion - then they will make the choices that benefit society, " she says.

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He said the concern is that once virtualization is in place, you need to adopt management tools, and the value proposition shifts from flexibility and automation, a company like VMware might not be as successful as it has previously been.

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And, you need tools that can empower the customer-facing agents to act on your behalf when interacting with your customers.

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"It's unfortunate that so many Democrats refused to give you the tools you need to keep this nation on a prosperous track, " Archer wrote.

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In other words, you need to find a new set of complementary tools, tools that will work with the skills, talents and abilities that you already have, not replace them.

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