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I would like to put forward a simple thesis that should no longer be at all controversial: it is now objectively the case that our national interests are increasingly affected not just by what happens between states, but also by how people are treated within states. Samantha Power

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I came to America when I was 9. My mother brought me. Samantha Power

Me Mother Brought Came America

Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter. Samantha Power

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The United States and the Obama administration have consistently opposed the delegitimation of Israel. We've also consistently pushed for legitimation of Israel across the U.N. system. We uniformly oppose one-sided actions designed to punish Israel, and we will continue to do so. Samantha Power

When we blame all Muslims, all Syrians, or all members of any other group because of the actions of individuals, we fall into the trap of asserting collective guilt. We empower the narrow-minded ideology that we are trying to defeat. Samantha Power

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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups. Samantha Power

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One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices. Samuel Wilson

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One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions. Samuel Wilson

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There is no doubt that environmentally related diseases will continue to pose problems in the future. Samuel Wilson

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I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old. Samuel Wilson

Old Physician Seven Years Wanted Decided

I completed medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1984. Samuel Wilson

School Medicine Completed Linda Medical Medical School University

I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting. Samuel Wilson

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While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require. Samuel Wilson

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It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions. Samuel Wilson

Environmental Will Power Important Consider Project Relevant Selected Most Genome Discover Provide Sample Size Interactions Whether Sufficient

To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions. Samuel Wilson

We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met. Samuel Wilson

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Strategic autonomy is not secured by merely asserting one's independence: it is secured by creating mutually beneficial interdependencies. Sanjaya Baru

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While the World Bank is an inter-governmental institution, drawing its funds from member governments and run by a board of directors nominated by member governments, its policies have increasingly become sensitive to civil society pressure and NGO agendas. Sanjaya Baru

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When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger national interest. Sanjaya Baru

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While ideological blinkers blind one to change that one does not wish to see, statistics and opinion surveys, too, have their limitations in a complex polity like India. Sanjaya Baru

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For all the criticism I've been showered with - people calling me a betrayer, a backstabber - frankly, the only criticism I have of Manmohan Singh is that he weakened the office of the prime minister, and he brought down the dignity of the office. Sanjaya Baru

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In India, too many people do not write memoirs, but Natwar Singh and P. C. Alexander did. Sanjaya Baru

People Too Many People Alexander Too Memoirs India Write Did Many

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