Part of this strategy involves increasing our oil exploration right here in America.

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We can send R2D2 to explore it and still keep a whole pile of dough for important and inspiring exploration missions right here on Earth, starting at the beach nearest you.

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Here on the Space Coast, we started a new era of American exploration that is creating good jobs right here in this county. (Applause.) We've begun an ambitious new direction for NASA by laying the groundwork for 21st century space flight and innovation.

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UN's legal counsel told the Security Council that Morocco had no right to issue oil-exploration rights in Western Sahara without the consent of Western Saharans.

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Space enthusiasts claim that space exploration has generated major spinoffs for our life right here on Earth.

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But because Guild Wars 2 gives you more options right from the gate and really emphasizes and rewards exploration, that tedium is far less painful.

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In case anyone was wondering what those uncertainties might be, Russia's resources minister, right on cue, said Yukos was likely to lose some of its oil production and exploration licences.

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