What we hope they will do is tell us when we can sit down and talk about the entire package, not just a part of it.

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When people talk these days about what Washington can do to create jobs, they seem to be turning to the Federal Reserve since there is no appetite for any additional government spending that would create temporary government jobs.

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If the journalists see a solid relationship between the PAO and the commander, then when the PAO speaks for the commander, the issues of credibility of what is being said should not be questioned and the commander can do other things than just talk to the reporters when a crisis occurs.

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