IR satellite missions, focusing on selected areas, were followed by MSX Midcourse Space Experimentt, e.g., Egan et al., 2003), ISO (Infrared Space Observatory, e.g., Genzel and Cesarsky, 2000; Verma et al., 2005), and SST (The Spitzer Space Telescope, e.g., Soifer et al., 2008).
There are also affinity missions, focusing on character relations, and these are dominated by fetch quests.
Examples of funded missions focussing on the technical aspects of animal proteomics include the following: training in the use of bioinformatic tools; analysis of data using different databases; quantitative proteomics; molecular modelling; and development of new algorithms for data analysis.
Military commanders have advocated a postwar mission focused on training and advising Afghans, with a larger number of troops spread across the battlefield.
The fiscal framework is good, and the mission focused on how to build fiscal cushions needed to respond to adverse shocks.
His service includes deployments with Special Operations units in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Bosnia, where the mission focused on capturing or killing adversaries.
Given the evolving mission, Mr. Hagel acknowledged that another goal for his visit was "to better understand where we are in Afghanistan" as the American and allied role shifts from combat to a mission focused on training and advising.
But the State Department had characterized Mr. King's planned trip as a "humanitarian mission" focused on winning Mr. Bae's release and played down any connection between his visit and the North's demand for official dialogue.
We are going from a limited mission focused on baby-sitting Afghanistan — no matter how awful its government — in order to prevent an Al Qaeda return to adopting Afghanistan as our state-building project.
