"They're very fast, they run all the match, and make a lot of chances for goals, " Vieri said.

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We're integrating those goals with funding streams to make sure -- and holding agencies accountable for progress on the goals.

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What makes all of this potentially realistic -- and not a fantasy -- is that the deals on the table are not transformational ones where weak and constrained leaders need to push for impossible goals or make decisions beyond their capacities.

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