TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: The United States cut virtually all military links with Indonesia in 1999 after its forces were implicated in the violence that swept East Timor after that territory voted for independence.

SOLUTION: The United States cut all military links with Indonesia in 1999 after its forces were implicated in the violence that swept East Timor.

PROBLEM: The kids can still buy cookies, chips, and ice cream at the school snack bar; federal law does not ban their lunch hour sale at schools receiving food aid.

SOLUTION: Federal law does not ban the sale of cookies, ice cream, and chips at snack bars of schools receiving food aid.

PROBLEM: Developing a new generation of informed and committed leaders in philanthropy is, in fact, one of the Center's highest priorities. That is why we have just introduced an exciting new program called Leadership Works.

SOLUTION:
Developing informed and committed leaders in philanthropy is the Center's highest priorities. That why we have introduced a program called Leadership Works.