Palestinians see the West Bank settlements, home to about 300,000 Israelis, as an obstacle to the creation of a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

"And we will use the savings to give tax cuts to companies that are investing in research and development here at home, so we can jump-start job creation, foster innovation, and enhance America's competitiveness."

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Together, we have taken steps to stimulate growth, restore the flow of credit,open markets, and dramatically reform our financial regulatory system to prevent such crises from occurring again - steps that will lead to job creation at home,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

It placed less weight on competition at home than on the creation of a national champion and on security of supply.

ECONOMIST: The controversial takeover of Ruhrgas is held up by a court

At a time of rising competition from India and China--not only in manufacturing but also in high tech--and of concern over jobs creation at home, we're about to seriously handicap our own cutting-edge technology companies and domestic startups by crippling an instrument that's key to their survival and success.

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It is a future where we must strengthen our collaboration on critical environmental issues: cleaning up our air, land and water, fighting for environmental justice to relieve the burdens of pollution in poor and minority communities, protecting the planet we all call home and safeguarding the creation that has been given to us to steward.

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