Q: While JI has undoubted links with al-Qaeda , the relationship " may be less one of subservience ... than of mutual advantage and reciprocal assistance " .

While JI has undoubted links with the terrorist group al-Qaeda , the report says the relationship " may be less one of subservience . . . than of mutual advantage and reciprocal assistance " .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
A: yes
Q: The CBO analysis of the Senate package said an amendment sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash . , accounted for $ 40 billion of the total cost .

The budget office said one provision of the Senate bill accounted for $ 40 billion of the cost .

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A: yes
Q: Kerry Kennedy Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo have been married 13 years .

Andrew Cuomo and Kerry Kennedy were married 13 years .

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A:
yes