What you want to know about the applicant is whether they have the capacity for commitment.

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He said the US must now "do better to make clear our nation's will, capacity and commitment to work together to tackle our major fiscal and economic challenges".

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Solutions to these underlying challenges include technology, to be sure, but they also require investments in the building blocks of education that must be properly in place to harbor success--such as policies that enable basic access to education, infrastructure, the capacity and commitment by countries and communities to make education a priority, and well-trained teachers able to make learning compelling and lasting.

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