Word: mission
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mission Accomplished...
...very hard to fulfill a mission if youhaven't fully been given it," he said...
Earlier this week, the Reverend Jesse Jackson traveled to Belgrade on a "mission of faith." Jackson met with Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, joined hands in prayer with him and succeeded in securing the release of three American POWs...
While everyone certainly rejoices in the safe return of our military personnel, Jackson's mission has attracted a hail of criticism. He made his trip against the express objections of the Clinton administration, and his conference with Milosevic has been described as a self-serving publicity stunt that recklessly imparted legitimacy to an unrepentant tyrant. Of course, this is not the first time that Jackson has exploited the American public's sentimentality at the expense of our larger foreign policy...
...long haul, officers are going to findthat working in an organization in which there isone clear sense of what the mission [will maketheir jobs] more pleasant," he said