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Have an agreement, we have 169 targets. In this decade, we have seen a few forces coming together. We see disaster hitting our planets, with scarce resources. We see poverty and migration issues. All these problems are what is being addressed. We will address it in a more sustainable and equitable way. No business is making a case of dealing with out poverty. If the society does not function, it is very difficult for us to function as well. Francine are you confident businesses will translate into the increase . Paul if you go back to the real reason for this, im sure there are exceptions. Hopefully we will solve some of the problems that are out there. The problems are food security, Climate Change. Although there are challenges, they are enormous opportunities to invest. Technology allows us to do that. Funding ultimately has to come from business. Business is about 60 of global gdp. 80 of the financial flow. 90 of the job creation these days. So if business does not get involved, i
The civilian community. Many veterans do it. Many active duty do it, with not even a skip of a beat. But many struggle with these issues. And we know they struggle because we see we see evidence in all the legal problems, many of our veterans are having. We also know that there is a great deal of homelessness in our veterans population. I guess the employment issues that Everybody Knows about, and ultimately the saddest of the statistics is all of the suicide we are hearing about. Sampsa and other organizations tell us anywhere from 22 upwards to 30 a day, veterans commit suicide. And we know at least one active duty dov military member commits suicide. These are tragedies that we really have to muster up and fight. But the good news, even with all the difficulty many of our veterans are facing, is that in each community there are great supports that nami needs to connect up with. And theyre called vsos, our veteran Service Organizations. There are a great many veteran Service Organiza
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