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THIS WEEK ON Q & A OUR GUEST IS KANSAS REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK. |
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SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK OF KANSAS, WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT SOMEDAY? |
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TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND RENEW THE SOCIETY AND CULTURE. THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY ONE WANTS TO... |
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CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT OF YOUR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS? |
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A LITTLE BIT I CAN REMEMBER THAT. THE IDEA FOR ME TO BE INVOLVED IN LEADERSHIP HAD AN EARLY IMPETUS.... |
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WHAT ELSE TO RUN FOR? |
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I WAS STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUMMER IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS. I WAS PRESIDENT OF FUTURE FARMERS,... |
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WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM? |
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JUST A DEEP: WITHIN. IT IS NOT PART OF MY FAMILY HERITAGE. MY FAMILY, GOOD, HARD-WORKING FARMERS IN... |
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WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME A CATHOLIC? |
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ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT I ACTUALLY JOINED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR ABOUT... |
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WHAT WERE YOU BEFORE? |
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A GROUP OF METHODIST. PARKER, KAN., WHERE I AM FROM IS A TOWN OF 250 PEOPLE. WE KID THAT WE LIVED... |
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BY CATHOLIC? WHO INTRODUCED YOU TO IT? |
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NOBODY DID. IT WAS JUST PERSONAL SEARCHING THAT TOOK PLACE. A DEEP FEELING AND CALLING. I DID HAVE... |
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WHY IS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH HARD TO PRACTICE? |
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I THINK IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRACTICE. GONDI WAS CITED FOR SAYING THIS. HE SAID HE WOULD BECOME A... |
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YOU WENT WHERE IT TO COLLEGE? |
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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. FIRST GENERATION OUT OF OUR FAMILY.... |
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WHAT DISTINGUISHES KANSAS FROM THE OTHER 49 STATES? |
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IT IS THE GREATEST STATE IN THE UNION. I THINK THERE'S A VERY DISTINGUISHED HISTORY OF KANSAS. IT... |
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THERE IS A CONTRAST BETWEEN YOUR GROWING UP IN KANSAS WHERE THERE IS A MUCH SMALLER MINORITY POPULATION... |
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EXTRAORDINARY HURTING OF PEOPLE. |
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WHEN DID YOU FIRST GO TO AFRICA? |
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I WENT TO SUDAN IN 1997. I MAY BE OFF BY A YEAR. I WENT TO SOUTHERN SUDAN. THE ISSUE THAT ATTRACTED... |
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1 800,000 OR MORE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN RWANDA, WE DID NOTHING. WHY? HE WENT ALL THE WAY OVER THERE... |
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THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE SOUGHT TO PREVENT. WE HAVE HAD SOME MIXED RESULTS TO DATE. WE DO HAVE AN... |
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ARE REMEMBER READING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AWAITING TRIAL AFTER THE MASSACRE. WHAT DID YOU FIND... |
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THERE ARE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHERE IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THEY HAVE A PROCESS CALLED JUSTICE AND... |
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WHEN I READ THE STORY ABOUT YOU GOING OVER THERE WITH DICK DURBIN, AND WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.... |
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IT IS GOOD BECAUSE WE BOTH REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN AFRICA. YOU KNOW THERE ARE PARTISAN... |
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LET'S GO BACK TO RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. WHEN DID YOU START THE PROCESS OF EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT? |
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IT HAS BEEN PROBABLY A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO OF CONSIDERING IT, MAKING SOME INITIAL CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS.... |
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HEAVY TERM LIMITED YOURSELF? |
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YES, I DID THAT WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR SENATE. |
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2010? |
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I SAID I WOULD RUN FOR TWO FULL TERMS. BOB DOLE RESIGNED, OUR BRAND FOR HIS SEAT. I WAS REELECTED... |
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WHAT TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU DO IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT? HOW BIG OF A GROUP YOU... |
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IT IS NOT A HUGE GROUP, BUT IT IS EXPANDING. YOU START CREATING A NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS... |
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HOW MUCH MONEY? |
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I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS OF WHERE WE ARE TO DATE. NONE OF IT IS RAISED FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE... |
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IDENTIFY WHAT FIVE TIMES, NEW HAMPSHIRE COUPLE TIMES, SOUTH CAROLINA. I'VE TRAVELED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT... |
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WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU WANT THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX? YOU ARE MAKING... |
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I AM AN HONEST, STRAIGHT SHOOTER. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS AN HONORABLE, HONEST MAN. THEY... |
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OTHER PEOPLE YOU KNOW IN THIS TOWN AND RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WERE NOT HONEST AND HONORABLE? |
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I HAVE NOT MET PEOPLE -- I HAVE NOT BEEN VERY MANY PEOPLE AT ALL IN THE PUBLIC POLICY ARENA HERE THAT... |
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WHAT DO SAY TO THE CYNICS WHO SAY THIS IS THE BEST COMMERCE MONEY CAN BUY? |
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I DISAGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY. I REALLY WOULD. MONEY DOES INFLUENCE THE SYSTEM. I DO NOT DENY THAT.... |
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RECENTLY BYRON DORGAN SUPPOSEDLY SENT BACK $67,000 HE GOT. FROM JACK A VERMONT. I SAW THAT ORGANIZATION... |
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IT WAS ABOUT 6000, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. DO NOT HOLD IT AT THAT BECAUSE I DO NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY.... |
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DID YOU SEND THAT MONEY BACK? |
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WE GIVE TO CHARITY. |
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WHY? |
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WE HAVE DONE THIS ON A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN THERE IS A QUESTIONABLE PERSON IN ALL DUE TO KNOW EVERYTHING... |
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ANY CONCERN HIS CASE WILL UNRAVEL AND BE NEGATIVE FOR THE REPUBLICANS? |
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I SUPPOSE IT COULD, BUT HE FREELY GAVE TO BOTH SIDES. AS YOU MENTIONED, BYRON DORGAN IS A DEMOCRAT.... |
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SO HOW DO YOU RAISE MONEY IF YOU ARE A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT? YOU ASK THEM YOURSELF FOR... |
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I DO THAT ON OCCASION. |
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WHAT YOU TELL THEM THERE WILL GET OTHER THAN YOUR BEING HONEST? |
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I DON'T TELL THEM ANYTHING. THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT I TRY TO DELIVER TODAY IN THE 10 YEARS I'VE... |
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WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE? |
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RENEW THIS SOCIETY AND RENEW THE CULTURE. YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT SAY, WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RAISE... |
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ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HAVE HAD FOR FIVE YEARS WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSE? |
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I THINK YOU'VE SEEN A PUSH TOWARDS THAT. |
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WHY HASN'T IT HAPPENED? |
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IT IS A LONG PROCESS. THE SYSTEM IS MEANT TO THWART MOST LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVES. IT IS MEANT TO SLOW... |
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LET'S TAKE A MOMENT YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT. WHAT KIND OF A FAMILY WILL WE SEE IN THE BROWN BACK FAMILY?... |
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I HAVE A LOVELY WIFE NAMED MARY. WE MET IN LAW SCHOOL. SHE IS TRAINED AS A LAWYER. SHE IS SMARTER... |
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WHERE DO THEY LIVE? |
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11 TO PICK UP, SO I TRAVELED BACK AND FORTH. TWO OF MY CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED |
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FROM WHERE? |
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WE ADOPTED -- ADOPTED THEM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, FROM GUATEMALA AND ONE FROM CHINA. THEY LOOK AND ACT... |
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WHY DID YOU ADOPT? |
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WE WANTED TO OF MORE CHILDREN AND COULD NOT DO IT OURSELVES. I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING ROUND THE WORLD... |
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HOW DID YOU ADOPT? |
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WENT THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS IN BOTH COUNTRIES. THERE IS A SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH HOME... |
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WHAT DOES YOUR WIFE THINK OF YOU RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT? |
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IT IS A TOUGH ISSUE. SHE HAS NOT BEEN ONE THAT HAS SOUGHT THE PUBLIC LIMELIGHT. SHE HAS BEEN VERY... |
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WELL SHE PARTICIPATE? |
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YES, SHE WILL PARTICIPATE. |
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WELL THE KIDS? |
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TO THE EXTENT THEY WANT TO. IT IS NOTHING WE WILL FORCE UPON THEM. I THINK THEY WILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE.... |
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THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO SENATORS IN HISTORY WHO WENT RIGHT FROM THE SENATE TO THE PRESIDENCY. YOU... |
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THEY TELL ME IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WHY NOT? PARTICULARLY IN A VERY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT... |
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ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS PRESIDENT BUSH DID WHEN HE RAN OR BECAME PRESIDENT WAS TO TELL THE MEDIA HE... |
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I READ THE MEDIA AND WATCH IT. BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A FAIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE... |
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? |
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I WAS RAISED AROUND THE IDEA THE MEDIA JUST REPORTS THE NEWS AND LETS THE PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT SHOULD... |
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SO YOU WERE A BROADCASTER WHERE? |
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AT KANSAS STATE. THERE WAS A RADIO STATION ON THE CAMPUS, A PUBLIC REPUTATION. IT WAS -- I WAS A FARM... |
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DID YOU EVER THINK IT WOULD BE A CAREER? |
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I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. I DECIDED AGAINST IT AND DECIDED I WOULD RATHER DO OTHER... |
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WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS DO AND ARE STILL ALIVE? |
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THEY'RE BOTH STILL ALIVE. THERE WERE FARMERS. MY DAD STILL FARMS. I HAVE A BROTHER WHO IS A VETERINARIAN.... |
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WHAT DOES FARMING MEAN TODAY TO YOUR FAMILY? HOW BIG IS THE FORM? |
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IT IS A FULL-TIME FAMILY FARM OPERATION. BETWEEN HIM AND MY BROTHER, THEY PROBABLY OPERATE 2,000 ACRES.... |
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HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THE TAXPAYER NOW SPEND ON THE FORM EACH YEAR? |
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ON AN AVERAGE FAMILY FARM? |
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SAMI BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO WE UNDERWRITE FARMING NOW? |
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IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT BUT I COULD NOT TAKE THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW. IT IS THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT... |
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ARE YOUR READER OF BOOKS? WHAT IS THE LATEST BOOK YOU'VE READ AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND? |
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I'M READING A BOOK RIGHT NOW ON ROBERT E. LEE. IT IS AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL FIGURE. IT WOULD BE... |
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YOUR A WELL-KNOWN CONSERVATIVE. THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT THAT,... |
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MAYBE NOT, BUT I BELIEVE A RECONCILIATION. I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED... |
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CAN REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST GOT INTERESTED IN RACE AND WHY? |
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IT HAS BEEN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS PRIMARILY. THE REASON OF IT WAS A BIT IS JUST SO PALPABLE... |
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IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO ABOUT IT? |
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I WOULD REACH OUT. I HAVE A BILL IN NOW, WE PASSED IT THROUGH THE INDIAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE -- IT... |
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DO THEY WANT THAT? |
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YES. THE NATIVE AMERICAN CONGRESS VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THAT. MANY PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT IS INSUFFICIENT,... |
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WAS THE IRAQ WAR WORTH A HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS UP TO THIS POINT? |
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WE HAVE THE ELECTION TAKING PLACE AS WE'RE TAKING TODAY. I THINK SO. IT IS NOT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT,... |
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ANY TIME YOU HAVE SAID THIS HAS BEEN A MISTAKE? |
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NO, NOT THAT I'VE SAID IT HAS BEEN A MISTAKE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MADE MISTAKES BUT NOT THAT THE WAR... |
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LIKE WHAT? |
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I THINK WE SHOULD ON IRAQI LEADERSHIP BEEN MUCH SOONER. THE GENERAL AND OUR ADMINISTRATION OF THE... |
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WHEN REPUBLICANS WERE IN THE MINORITY, THEN YOU'D HEAR FROM THEM AS WE NEED A BALANCED BUDGET. YOU... |
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YOU HEAR IT FROM ME. |
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THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT VETOED ONE BILL. AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE YOU HAVE DEFICIT'S COMING IN. YOU... |
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IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I WOULD ALSO THAT WE HAD THREE BALANCE BUDGETS WHILE I'VE BEEN IN THE CONGRESS.... |
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IS THIS AFFECTING YOU CANNOT DO YOUR JOB? |
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IS A RECOGNITION OF REALITY. HOW MANY MILITARY BASES TO BE CLOSED PRIOR TO THIS PROCESS? THE WAY THE... |
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IF YOU'D BEEN PRESIDENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WOULD YOU HAVE USED THE VETO? |
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YES, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO DO IT. BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WISE ON NOT AND... |
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WHAT TO SAY TO PEOPLE WATCHING THIS TOWN AND SAY YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN HOUSE, SENATE, AND PRESIDENT... |
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I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INVESTIGATION TAKING PLACE. WE HAVE THE ABRAMHOFF SITUATION, WE HAVE SCOOTER... |
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NOT BY THE CONGRESS. |
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BUT HE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. WITH THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR A WHILE BUT THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO... |
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WITH THE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BEFORE THE WAR? YOU LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED.... |
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WHAT ABOUT THE 9/11 COMMISSION. |
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WHAT ABOUT IT? |
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THEY HAVE DONE INVESTIGATION. |
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BUT IT IS NOT THE CONGRESS. |
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IT IS AN ENTITY SET UP BY THE CONGRESS. |
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BUT THERE WOULD SAY CONGRESS IS NOT WHAT THEY FOUND INTO LAW. |
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NOT EVERYTHING, BUT WE DID PUT SOME THINGS INTO LAW. YOU WERE AROUND AT THIS TIME. THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE... |
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WHEc YOU GO BACK KANSAS AND TALK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER THEY TELLING YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY DO... |
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WASTEFUL SPENDING. A LOT OF IMMIGRATION ISSUES BEING RAISED NOW DAYS. |
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WHAT DO THEY THINK IS WASTEFUL SPENDING? |
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BRIDGE TO NOWHERE. YOU COULD GET ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. SOME PEOPLE WOULD SITE EVEN SOME ... |
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WHAT YOU THINK OF THE SYSTEM OF YOUR MARKS. WE HAVE GONE TO 16,000 ABOVE AND HARDLY HAD ANY IN THE... |
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IT IS TOO MUCH. |
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HOW DO YOU STOP IT? OR SHOULD YOU STOP IT? |
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YOU SHOULD SYSTEM APPROACHES. I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE US GO INTO A BRAC TO ALL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT.... |
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BACK TO SOMETHING YOU DID IN THE EARLY 1990'S, THAT IS BECOMING WHITE HOUSE FELLOW. FIRST OF ALL,... |
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IT IS A PROGRAM STARTED IN THE JOHNSON ERA. IT IS TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG IN THEIR CAREERS --... |
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WHAT YEAR WERE YOU IN WHITE HOUSE FELLOW? |
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1990 TO 1991. LEWIS KATZ. HE WAS A REAL WIZARD ON HOW THESE INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT... |
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BY THE TIME GOT THE APPLICATION FOR THE WHITE HOUSE FELLOW YOU HAVE BEEN A CORPORATE PRESIDENT, STUDENT... |
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1974, 1975 OF KANSAS. THEN I WAS A NATIONAL OFFICER. |
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FOR WHITE HOUSE FELLOW THERE WERE 3000 APPLICANTS? |
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I DO NOT KNOW. IT IS A FABULOUS PROGRAM. ANYONE WATCHING BUT APPLIED TO -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO APPLY... |
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WHAT WE DOING WHEN YOU APPLY? |
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I WAS SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR KANSAS. ONE OF MY LAW PROFESSORS HAVE BEEN A WHITE HOUSE FELLOW... |
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HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING SELECTED? |
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YOU APPLY. THERE IS A PAPER CUT. THEN YOU HAVE FOR ORIGINAL SET OF INTERVIEWS. THIS SELECT THOSE FROM... |
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TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU LEARNED MOST FROM BEING A WHITE HOUSE FELLOW? -- DO YOU REMEMBER? |
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I GUESS WHAT STRUCK ME THE MOST DURING THE PROCESS WAS JUST HOW THESE BIG SYSTEMS MAKE DECISIONS. ... |
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WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT A COUPLE THINGS WILL BE IMPORTANT -- YOUR ORGANIZATION.... |
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I TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT IN A LIKE MANNER REALLY ABOUT WHO I AM. I TRY TO MAKE IT ENJOYABLE AND ON.... |
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WHAT DID YOU USE TO DO THAT YOU DO NOT DO ANY MORE AND FROM AUDIENCES? |
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I USED TO TRY TO TELL A LOT MORE JOKES. AND JUST GET IN TROUBLE WITH THOSE. YOU USE HUMOR AT YOUR... |
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WOULD YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE OR A PERSON IN YOUR LIFE WHO YOU CONSIDER A MENTOR?... |
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I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MENTORS AND DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME. EACH SEEMINGLY FOR A PARTICULAR... |
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WHO ARE THEY? |
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POLITICAL MENTORS FOR ME WHEN I FIRST WENT IN THE SENATE WOULD BE A GUY LIKE JACK KEMP AND BILL BENNETT.... |
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ANYBODY IN SCHOOL, AND A PROFESSOR ALONG THE WAY? |
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WHEN I WAS AN UNDERGRAD, I HAD A PROFESSOR WHO WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL TO ME, AGRICULTURE AND -- AGRICULTURE... |
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ANYONE FROM HISTORY? |
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I LIKE TO READ PRESENT HISTORY MORE THAN ANY OTHER PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE IT IS WHAT WE HAVE. YOU... |
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FAVORITE NEWSPAPER COLUMNS? |
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I'VE GOT SEVERAL THAT I ENJOY. I ENJOYED GEORGE WILL. I ENJOYED IT CHRISTOPH. -- I ENJOY NICK CHRISTOPH.... |
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BECAUSE HE WRITES ABOUT AFRICA? |
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HE WRITES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. HE COMES FROM THE LEFT BUT I THINK HIS HEART IS GOOD ABOUT IT.... |
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ANTI SAM BROWNBACK BLOCK BY SOMEBODY NAMED KANSAS MEET, WHAT THIS IS A... |
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I PRESUME THERE WOULD BE ONE OUT THERE, BUT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. |
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT REDSTATE.ORG, OF THE THINGS YOU'D BE A GREAT RUNNING MATE FOR RUDY GUILIANI?... |
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I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT PARTICULAR ONE. |
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WHAT YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THAT? |
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I AM IN THIS TO PUT FORWARD A SERIES OF IDEAS. I THINK ON THE SELECTION OF A PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE GOT... |
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HOW IMPORTANT IS THE AMES STRAW POLL OF 2007? |
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THAT HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS NARROWED THE FIELD. IT HAS DONE SOME OF THE SORTING BEFORE GOING INTO THE... |
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ARE YOU AIMING FOR THAT? |
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THAT IS ONE THING WE WILL LOOK AT A CRITICAL ORGANIZED. |
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WHAT WOULD BE THE TIME FRAME YOU HAVE TO ANNOUNCE? |
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I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOT BILL AFTER THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. I'M NOT SURE... |
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THERE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE SENATE THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. DO YOU ALL TALK ABOUT --... |
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SOME BUT NOT OFTEN. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF YOU SETUP THE MEETING, THAT WILL HAPPEN. IT... |
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WHAT DO SAY TO THOSE WHO SAY YOU ARE THE IVORY SOAP OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES? THE 99.99 PERCENT... |
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I TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. I GENERALLY THINK RONALD REAGAN HAD THE VIEW RIGHT,... |
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IF YOU DID NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR YOU DID AND LOST, WHAT WOULD YOU DO NEXT? |
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I DO NOT KNOW. I HAVE FIVE WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND A LOVELY WIFE. I'M SURE GOD WOULD PROVIDE SOMETHING.... |
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SENATOR BROWN BACK, WE'RE OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
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THANK YOU, BRIAN. |
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