In addition to strengthening the ATF's enforcement power, we need to attack gun trafficking at its source by limiting the high-volume gun sales that fuel trafficking from licensed dealers.

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But we also need to attack the underlying drivers of health care spending, which means not paying for care of little or no value.

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We need another surge of wealth creation to simultaneously attack the debt while maximizing employment, reducing energy cost is key.

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"It does raise the question of why we need 10 carrier battle groups and close to 100 attack submarines, " he said.

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To slow the growth of tuition, we need reforms that attack the inefficient cost structure and low productivity in higher education.

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"We have felt for some time that we need to explore the left-arm swing variety to add an extra dimension to our attack and Lonwabo Tsotsobe made a good impression at the recent national camp we held in Kimberley, " said Craig Matthews, the acting convenor of selectors.

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"As we sense in real time more and more about the individual, such as moods and behaviour, we need to provide near absolute guarantees that the information will not be subject to theft or attack, down to the silicon melting and still not giving up its data, " says Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker.

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