"In Europe and also here increasingly in the U.S., they are talking as if we had basically lost it and the main question was talking to the Taliban and settling to some degree on their terms, whereas we still have not tried - and I think it would be worth trying for a year, at least,or two - to address the causes as to why the Taliban has become relatively popular, or at least relatively accepted,"

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But there is no question that if U.S. productivity hinged on retaining mothers in the workforce, these policies would be put back into place on a dime.

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If the U.S. government decides to prosecute the crime, the question of sovereignty arises, Lupo said.

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Tory politicians worry that if they are seen to hedge on the question, the increasingly popular U.K. Independence Party will grab a substantial share of their vote.

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