He therefore proposed a "middle way", asking Mr Hague whether he agreed that "one way forward is to place more reliance on Afghan forces, on our own special forces, even on buying Afghans, bribes, anything you like, rather than leaving combat forces on the ground as sitting targets".

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But a lot of what the NIH is sitting on is likely to be promising targets in areas companies are working in, but in which they are not quite willing to begin chasing unicorns.

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