It is also an important day to look forward with renewed optimism and vigor.

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It is an unusual -- and I think unusually important -- day today.

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Friday is the last trading day of the month, which makes it an extra important trading day from a technical perspective.

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Today is the culmination of years of work for many attendees, and it's an important day for the current administration as well.

ENGADGET

And I would simply say that we have an important relationship with Pakistan that we endeavor to work on every day because it is in our national security interest to do so.

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Friday is the last trading day of the month, and of the quarter, which makes it an extra important day, technically.

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