This is the first major turnaround in development assistance since World War II.

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We're still a growth company. We're talking of taking the company north of $250 million in three years and that requires infrastructure.

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And the fundamental question is, why does someone with such extraordinary wealth look for the taxpayers of the state to subsidize his ventures?

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They see a mayor getting killed here, policeman being blown up at a graduation ceremony there. If we can get the security situation right, we will unlock that population to build a new Iraq.

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There's much yet to be done, but I'm heartened that all of the secretary-general's major proposals are still on the table and being taken seriously.

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Politicians need to justify what they're doing, so they'll get some economist to put together a study that put out a job-creation figure that depends on multiplier effects and a lot of economic variables to come through.

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Things are bad everywhere, ... but this is...

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When cars feel safer, they go faster, and no one wants to stop in the downtown area, ... During Lee, the entire focus was getting people in and out of the city as fast as possible. Life was oriented entirely around the automobile.

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While it all sounds good, what are the real specifics and where is the money coming from? And the fundamental question is why does someone with such extraordinary wealth look for the taxpayers of the state to subsidize his ventures?

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