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The United States of America, also referred to in short form as the United States, the USA, or simply the U.S. , and colloquially as America, is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico. Full Article
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US President Barack Obama (R) speaks alongside Paul Volcker (L), chairman of the Presidentís Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) during a meeting of the board in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009.
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US President Barack Obama (L) talks about Jeff Immelt (R), Chairman & CEO, General Electric (GE), during meetings with the President�s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) smiles with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi Fihri prior to their bilateral meeting at the Mamounia palace of Marrakesh on November 2, 2009.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi Fihri (R) as US head of state department for Middle Eastern affairs Jeffrey Feitman (C) looks on during a bilateral meeting at the Mamounia palace of Marrakesh on November 2, 2009.
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The United States regards a united Europe as an important partner in dealing with both economic and security issues that include both the European Union on the economic side, and NATO on the military side
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It is very important for the United States and China to manage their relationship well because of their impact on the world economy
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There are 150 million workers in the United States. I think 140 of them would flunk the test
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If Copenhagen was the culmination of the environmental 'nirvana' and we were signing this treaty that was binding on the United States and our President ... we would be putting our economy in a straightjacket that would cost millions of jobs per year, every year for the next 20 to 30 years.
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The United States is unlikely to offer any new carrots or incentives to the DPRK [North Korea] to encourage a return to the agreement ... There is very little appetite for that in Washington, especially after the May 2009 nuclear test. The objective remains to disable and destroy as much of the North's ...
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The United States cannot keep demanding that North Korea come back to the negotiation table ... There should be some justification for North Korea to come back. It's hard to solve all problems at once.
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What Pyongyang has strongly insisted is that the United States drop its hostile policy toward North Korea
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Most of the iPhones in Israel are bought in the United States ... Though a lot are knockoffs that come from China. But there is a lot of excitement for them to be sold in Israel.
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Whether it's what we're doing here in New York with PlaNYC or Mayor Daley in Chicago, Mayor Nicholls in Seattle, Mayor Newsom in San Francisco: the states and local government are really where innovation happens in the United States ... The world should recognise the fact that an awful lot of American s...
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We feel we can win without him, with the team we have ... We know we have a daunting task in Kentucky, which I said is as talented as anybody in the United States.
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Japan and the United States could lose their mutual trust. The Japan-U.S. alliance has already been shaken a bit.
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If Copenhagen was the culmination of the environmental 'nirvana' and we were signing this treaty that was binding on the United States and our President ... We would be putting our economy in a straightjacket that would cost millions of jobs per year, every year for the next 20 to 30 years.
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America lost a lot of credibility when then Vice President Al Gore promised the international community in Kyoto something that he knew that could never be passed by the Congress of the United States. I would hope that President Obama will not repeat Al Gore's mistake when he goes to Copenhagen at the e...
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In order for our industry to quickly learn about these new standards and adapt their manufacturing processes, AAFA stepped up and led and industry-wide educational program that touched every link in our supply chain ... We took unprecedented steps to go beyond the C-suite and hit factory floors all arou...
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Obviously the FBI must be having substantial evidence to back the arraignment of Headley. We do hope that the United States would bring pressure to bear on Pakistan to have uniform standards on controlling terrorism on both their eastern and western borders
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The President possesses constitutional authority to use military force against Iraq to protect United States national interests.
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Whether it's three years or two years or four years I think remains to be seen ... As President Obama has made very clear, this is not an open-ended commitment on the part of the United States.
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I look forward to the day where the civil union or the marriage is the law of the entire land of the United States and we won't be doing a ceremony anywhere until that day
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Sargent and the Sea draws work from a wide range of public and private collections in the United States and Europe, and is the first exhibition to provide such an extensive look at Sargent´s exquisite but lesser-known depictions of coast and sea. In this show we are introduced to a forgotten chapter of ...
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The filing of the end-of-Phase 3 report is an important milestone in the development process for Lymphoseek ... We are very pleased with the final results of the Phase 3 trial and we look forward to meeting with FDA to discuss the results of the trial and to begin discussions regarding the filing of the...
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A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States ... De-development means bringing our economic system (especially patterns of consumption) into line with the realities of ecology and the global resource situation. Resources a...
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What people here care about is what the United States commits to in terms of targets and financial support, and they will hold President Obama to his word
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Israel's very aware that this step is significant as far as it goes, but it's not nearly what the Arabs or the Palestinians, or the United States, were asking them to do, so let's not overstate it
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I would describe it as extremely close and warm. Already the United States and New Zealand have stood shoulder by shoulder for decades. Currently the administration is very focused on finding ways to deepen and expand the relationship.
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