The competing interests are clear: Fiat wants to pay as little as possible to pick up the rest of Chrysler and complete the strategic objective of combining them that Marchionne had in mind when he worked with the U.S. government and the UAW to rescue the company in 2009.

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That's a strategic objective of the United States.

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It is like the ancient Asian game of Go, a subtle strategic game whose objective is to surround an opponent who is trying to do the same to you.

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Not only will this extend the reach of the program, it will serve a strategic objective.

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As for our second objective, we plan on providing tangible but strategic resources that will help lift the transiently homeless out of homelessness.

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And, of course, Korea and the United States will continue to consistently apply a principled approach so that we can achieve our strategic objective.

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We chose to engage our customer base and employees as an important strategic objective in order to create a more sustainable program that would be embraced by the Chase community long-term.

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Strategic and tactical flexibility should be taken into account, but do not mitigate the threat posed by the objective toward which any political force is striving.

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