The position of the Obama administration and that of other governing bodies has become more clear in Obama's recent speech:
I suppose at this time it's a matter of whether anything tangible takes shape or whether it will be needed. And, of course, whether it will be enough, and whether it will be soon enough.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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