For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.

Charles Bass
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  1. China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.

  2. State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.

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