David Manning
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"Sir David Geoffrey Manning", is a former British diplomat, who was the British List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United States/Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called "Bush-Blair 2003 Iraq memo/Manning Memo" summarising the details of a January 2003 meeting between American president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the Iraq War/invasion of Iraq. He has since been appointed to the Household of TRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge/The Duke and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge/Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

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They say no one is indispensable. That is certainly true of ambassadors. But Amanda surely comes close to being the exception.

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There is a huge amount of consolidation in the industry, and that consolidation is smaller companies all becoming larger through mergers or acquisitions or any kind of arrangement. So what's really going on is there's a huge pressure to lower their costs.

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We had a good talk with the coaches, and he said he would be fighting for one of the starting guard positions, ... It was a good chance form him to go in and play right away.

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I am undecided on my major, but I'm leaning toward psychology, ... I plan on graduating, even if the NBA comes calling. I am going to graduate.

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We should be pretty good this year, ... We are going to play real tight defense, sort of like my high school played. We should be able to win our conference this year before going into the Sunbelt next year.

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The time and information you're given can make the difference.

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We'll do our best to address the needs within the revenues that we already have, and then the mayor and the council will have to decide.

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Our diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning .

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The coaching staff there was real nice, ... They were cool people to talk to and deal with. Plus we have Matt Doherty and he'll bring a lot of prestige to the college.

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