But he is running, and therefore we must take him seriously.

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"After years of helping veterans of the Vietnam and Gulf wars cope with the health effects of toxic battlefields, we have learned that we must take exposures to toxins seriously to ensure that this generation of service members does not face the same difficulties, " the congressmen say in the letter to be sent Monday to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

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Yet, as difficult as it is, we must take Romney's comments seriously.

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We are a new legislature and we must take the consequences of our decisions seriously.

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However, because the piece claims to be serious journalism, readers everywhere must wonder how it is possible to take Forbes seriously anymore.

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If you take such assertions seriously, then you must not know much about the history of U.S. defense downturns.

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