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But they did not go well, bolstering those who declare “enough,” and prompting the question of whether the US president alone – even under the facade of congressional authorizations rather than formal declarations of war – ought to bear the war-making responsibility.

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Where did anybody get the idea that you ought to stay arm's length from politics?

So, "Large-scale governmental surveillance of email and internet traffic ought to be permissible as means to combat international crime and terrorism."

In fact, what we ought to do is take a page from their playbook, because the initiatives and programs that have been set in place for women in science and engineering and mathematics are fantastic.

They've done a lot of good for girls in these situations, and we ought to be thinking about how we can make that happen for boys too in their younger years.

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