Building an Advocacy Strategy

Dec 30, 2008

American University | Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute

Greg Simon spoke about successful representation of client interests, building alliances with policy makers, and developing new and transparent lobbying strategies. He also talked about using lobbying as a means of public advocacy rahter than public relations, as well as methods to build relationships with various interest groups. He also .. Read More
Greg Simon spoke about successful representation of client interests, building alliances with policy makers, and developing new and transparent lobbying strategies. He also talked about using lobbying as a means of public advocacy rahter than public relations, as well as methods to build relationships with various interest groups. He also answered questions from the audience.

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00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker NOW A DISCUSSION ON THE LOBBYING INDUSTRY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE'LL HEAR FROM GREG SIMON, A HEALTH...
00:00:36 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ADVOCACY INSTITUTE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY...
00:02:56 Unidentified Speaker MY PLEASURE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I'VE GIVEN THIS TALK BEFORE SO I LIKE TO...
00:12:19 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT THE MOST POWERFUL. OKAY WE'LL GO DOWN THE LIST. GRASSROOTS SUPPORT? PEOPLE THINK THAT'S...
00:12:41 Unidentified Speaker ACCURATE INFORMATION.
00:12:42 Unidentified Speaker ACCURATE INFORMATION. YOU'RE TRUSTWORTHY. WHAT ELSE?
00:12:45 Unidentified Speaker SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PERSON.
00:12:47 Unidentified Speaker SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PERSON, WHICH IS THE SAME AS GRASSROOTS SUPPORT. YOU SPEND ENOUGH...
00:13:39 Unidentified Speaker RE-ELECTION.
00:13:40 Unidentified Speaker WHERE IN THE ELECTION?
00:13:41 Unidentified Speaker TELEVISION ADS.
00:13:42 Unidentified Speaker TELEVISION ADS. IT GOES TO TELEVISION ADS. NOW, WHEN YOU'RE ON TELEVISION, AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING...
00:16:35 Unidentified Speaker PROHIBITION IS. IS PROHIBITION OVER? CAN YOU SMOKE MARIJUANA? LEGALLY IN ANY COUNTRY IN ANY STATE...
00:50:31 Unidentified Speaker IF HE BELIEVES IN IT.
00:50:32 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOES OR NOT. LET'S JUST ASSUME HE DOES. I HAD NO IDEA. TELL THE TRUTH. WE NEED...
00:50:50 Unidentified Speaker BUILT LIKE A GRASSROOTS COALITION LIKE GROUNDSWELL OF PEOPLE WILLING TO DO IT.
00:50:54 Unidentified Speaker BUILD A GRASSROOTS COALITION I AM GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE SIDE BOARD HERE JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT'S...
00:51:02 Unidentified Speaker GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SUPPLY NEEDS TO BE SO IT'S UP TO $4 A GALLON.
00:51:06 Unidentified Speaker NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE SUPPLY NEEDS TO BE TO BE AT $4 A GALLON.
00:51:09 Unidentified Speaker OKAY I AM PUTTING THAT ON THE SIDEBOARD TOO.
00:51:12 Unidentified Speaker FIND THE EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT SO THAT PEOPLE WILL -- YOU CAN WIN PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
00:51:16 Unidentified Speaker FIND THE EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT. AND ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT IS WHAT ARE YOUR PRINCIPLES? RIGHT? ...
00:52:08 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY PLAYING UP CONSERVATION TO LIBERALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ALSO NATIONAL SECURITY...
00:52:20 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. GREAT ON THE LIBERAL SIDE, CONSERVATION. ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE. NATIONAL SECURITY. LET'S...
00:52:47 Unidentified Speaker NO THAT'S WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION BUT WHAT DO THAT WORRY ABOUT $4 -- WHEN YAO...
00:52:55 Unidentified Speaker THEIR POCKETBOOK.
00:52:56 Unidentified Speaker THE POCKETBOOK OF THE POOR. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO DRIVE. RIGHT? SAYING OKAY YOU HAVE AN IMPACT...
00:53:19 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:53:21 Unidentified Speaker INDUSTRY WHY ARE YOU GOING TO ART FILTHSY RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE WHEN IT'S $1.65 AND YOUR ANSWER...
00:53:33 Unidentified Speaker CHILDREN.
00:53:34 Unidentified Speaker CHILDREN. WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN?
00:53:36 Unidentified Speaker THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR -- [INAUDIBLE]
00:53:39 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
00:53:40 Unidentified Speaker THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAD TO LIVE A WORSE LIFE, THEY WILL BE POOR.
00:53:46 Unidentified Speaker SO OVERCONSUMPTION OF GASOLINE AND OIL IS GOING TO HARM YOUR CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO LIVE IN A WORLD...
00:53:56 Unidentified Speaker HEALTH BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA AND ALSO FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD WALK OR BIKE MORE?
00:54:01 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, SOCIAL BENEFITS OF HEALTH.
00:54:06 Unidentified Speaker CONSERVATIVE OR DEMOCRAT NOW?
00:54:07 Unidentified Speaker EITHER WAY.
00:54:08 Unidentified Speaker IT DOESN'T MATTER.
00:54:13 Unidentified Speaker OTHER PRINCIPLES. PRINCIPLES YOU WANT TO ARGUE
00:54:15 Unidentified Speaker GLOBAL WARMING.
00:54:16 Unidentified Speaker OKAY IN ADDITION TO CONSERVATION, GLOBAL WARMING IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT. OTHER PRINTS PELS.
00:54:24 Unidentified Speaker NEW ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INDUSTRY.
00:54:25 Unidentified Speaker NEW ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INDUSTRY. IT'S THE END OF ONE KIND OF ECONOMY IT'S THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER...
00:54:37 Unidentified Speaker U.S. DRILLING.
00:54:38 Unidentified Speaker U.S. DRILL.
00:54:39 Unidentified Speaker CONSERVATISM WOULD ADVOCATE MORE DRILLING TO KEEP COSTS LOWER THAN $4 A GALLON.
00:54:45 Unidentified Speaker THEY WOULD SAY WHY ARE WE DOING THIS WHEN WE HAVEN'T EXPLOITED OUR OWN SUPPLY.
00:54:50 Unidentified Speaker -- WHEN YOU SAY THE ARGUMENTS THEY WILL SAY -- THESE INDUSTRIES MAYBE THEY LOBBY OR SOMETHING --
00:54:54 Unidentified Speaker SO --
00:54:55 Unidentified Speaker I MEAN YOU SHOULD BE KIND
00:54:57 Unidentified Speaker BUT THESE ARE THE ARGUMENTS YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR, RIGHT? AND OUR CHALLENGE IS HOW DO WE BRING --...
00:55:59 Unidentified Speaker I WAS GOING TO SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF GAS IF THE TAX INCREASE OR SOMETHING THEN...
00:56:07 Unidentified Speaker SO THAT'S A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP, RIGHT?
00:56:11 Unidentified Speaker ALSO THINK GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS APPEALING, HAVING AMERICA LEAD THE WAY....
00:56:16 Unidentified Speaker ALTERNATIVE.
00:56:18 Unidentified Speaker ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.
00:56:20 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. YOU HAD A HAND UP.
00:56:22 Unidentified Speaker BUILDING ON THE ARTIFICIALLY RAISING THE PRICE YOU COULD USE IT TO MAKE BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION...
00:56:28 Unidentified Speaker USE THAT MONEY FOR BERT PUBLIC TRANSAND THE ROAD ALTERNATIVES. RIGHT.
00:56:32 Unidentified Speaker GOING ALONG WITH THE ARTIFICIAL SETTING THE PRICE YOU COULD HAVE A VARIANCE LEVEL SO THE MARKET COULD...
00:56:45 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE. NOW, YOU COULD TAKE ALL OF THESE POSITIONS FOR AND AGAINST THE $4 GALLON AND...
00:57:37 Unidentified Speaker PROFITS FOR OIL COMPANIES.
00:57:39 Unidentified Speaker OR TO THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE SELLING US THE OIL. BOTH. RIGHT? SO THE OIL COMPANIES MAKE A LOT OF...
01:00:37 Unidentified Speaker -- AIMED TOWARD DECREASING POVERTY.
01:00:40 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, LIKE WHAT? ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS LIKE WHAT?
01:00:44 Unidentified Speaker EITC.
01:00:47 Unidentified Speaker EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT, HEATING, WHENEVER THEY CALL IT. HEALTHCARE.
01:00:55 Unidentified Speaker YOU COULD ALSO TRACK MILEAGE FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES ALREADY FOR YOUR VEHICLE AND DETERMINE WHAT A...
01:01:16 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNTING FIRM? YOU SHOULD. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE...
01:01:54 Unidentified Speaker IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE MONEY THAT HE'S ALREADY EARNED WHEN THE GAS WAS LUBBER...
01:02:07 Unidentified Speaker SO YOU USE IT AS A BUFFER?
01:02:09 Unidentified Speaker YOU SAVE THE MONEY AND WAIT
01:02:12 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. DID WE DO THAT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY TODAY? DO WE HAVE A BUFFER THAT PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM...
01:02:25 Unidentified Speaker HOME HEATING OIL.
01:02:26 Unidentified Speaker HOME HEATING OIL. WE HAVE PROGRAMS CAN GET A GUARANTEED PRICE. I CAN GET A GUARANTEED PRICE ON MY...
01:03:00 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE TO I GUESS ALSO INCREASE PUBLIC TRANSIT BUT ALSO SUBSIDIZE ITEMS. SUBSIDIZE PUBLIC TRANSIT....
01:03:08 Unidentified Speaker SAID THAT IT'S EASY PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP, IT'S JUST SOR OF THERE, YOU KNOW.
01:03:13 Unidentified Speaker SO FOR INSTANCE IF THE PRICE OF THE METRO IN WASHINGTON THIS YEAR AND THE PRICE OF DRIVING AND PARKING...
01:04:52 Unidentified Speaker THE ARGUMENT YOU COULD TAKE THE LEAD, IT IS MORE COMPLICATED BUT THE PRICE WILL GO UP ABOVE $4 AT...
01:05:03 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY. PLANNING AHEAD, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A CONCEPT. WE TEND TO PLAN AHEAD OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE...
01:05:24 Unidentified Speaker SOME TO SUBSIDIZE THE 50 CENTS ON METRO COULDN'T YOU CHARGE EXCESS PARKING FEES OF THAT WHITE PEOPLE...
01:05:29 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN SOFT EVERYWHERE....
01:10:40 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE LIKE HAVING THEIR OWN PERSONALIZED TRANSPORTATION. THEY LIKE BEING ABOUT TO GO WHERE THEY WANT...
01:10:48 Unidentified Speaker OKAY THAT SECONDARY.
01:10:50 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
01:10:52 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TAXES GETTING RAISED ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING THEY THINK IS PART OF A LIFESTYLE....
01:10:59 Unidentified Speaker IT WOULD COST THEM MORE MONEY.
01:11:02 Unidentified Speaker IT WOULD COST THEM MORE MONEY.
01:11:06 Unidentified Speaker GAS PRICE IS GOOD.
01:11:08 Unidentified Speaker IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ADDICTED TO FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN...
01:13:06 Unidentified Speaker HOWEVER THEY WANT TO SPEND
01:13:07 Unidentified Speaker IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE MONEY? THEY WILL JUST SPEND IT ON THE GAS.
01:13:14 Unidentified Speaker SUBSIDIZE THE PURCHASE OF HYBRID VEHICLES LIKE THEY'VE DONE WITH PEOPLE WHO GET DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS...
01:13:25 Unidentified Speaker GET PEOPLE TO CONSERVE, RIGHT? CHARGE THEM TO WASTE, PAY THEM TO CONSERVE. OKAY. NOT ACCEPT THE A...
01:15:21 Unidentified Speaker EITHER GIVE MONEY TO PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY INVEST IN CAR SHARING PROGRAMS ARGUES CARS SHARING PROGRAMS...
01:15:40 Unidentified Speaker SUPPLIES TRANSPARENCY IN 20 DIFFERENT WAYS. JUST GIVE AWAY THE SMART SHIP CARDS. $50 FREE TRANSIT...
01:15:50 Unidentified Speaker GIVE PEOPLE A DISCOUNT ON BICYCLE AND BICYCLE SAFETY BECAUSE THAT'S A PROBLEM TOO. BUT REALLY ANYTHING...
01:16:00 Unidentified Speaker ACCEPT SEVEN FIFTIES, WE ARE NOT FOR THAT.
01:16:04 Unidentified Speaker IS ON OUR PANEL OF A RIFT.
01:16:05 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE TO WHETHER OR IS THEIR HOMES. WE'VE GOT MUCH BETTER TECHNOLOGY. DID YOU KNOW REAGAN TOOK THE...
01:16:30 Unidentified Speaker PAY THEM TO SWITCH UTILITIES TO RENEWABLE ENERGY BY REEF TV COVERAGE IS AND WHAT HAVE TO PAY OR SUBSIDIZING...
01:16:37 Unidentified Speaker SUBSIDIZE EFFORTS TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES.
01:16:42 Unidentified Speaker SUPPLIES PEOPLE COMING UP TO ALTERNATIVE. CARS, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PRODUCERS, GEOTHERMAL WIND, ALL...
01:16:50 Unidentified Speaker YOU COULD SUFFICE TO PUT MONEY ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR MASS-TRANSIT SO THEY HAVE A STATE...
01:16:58 Unidentified Speaker GOOD. WE HAVE GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY. THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT WAS...
01:18:48 Unidentified Speaker HOW DO YOU GO BOUCHER ON THE CORRELATION? YOU CAN SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT AND ACTUALLY DO IT BUT...
01:19:01 Unidentified Speaker BETWEEN THE BENEFITS AND THE BURDEN?
01:19:05 Unidentified Speaker AND GIVING $4 HERE AND PAY AND $4 YEAR BUT THERE FOR I'M GETTING THIS BIG OF A TAX REDUCTION. IT'S...
01:19:35 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT. OKAY, GOOD QUESTION. THANK GOODNESS I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT, WHO WANTS TO ANSWER?
01:19:42 Unidentified Speaker TELL THE TRUTH FROM THE BEGINNING.
01:19:44 Unidentified Speaker BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
01:19:46 Unidentified Speaker DEFINITELY.
01:19:48 Unidentified Speaker SO YOU'RE SAYING CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP WILL CHANGE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR IF YOU TELL THEM WE ARE SACRIFICING...
01:20:06 Unidentified Speaker EVEN PRIMARY INTENTION --
01:20:08 Unidentified Speaker PRIMARY INTENTION TO STRENGTHEN THE COUNTRY.
01:20:11 Unidentified Speaker AT TIME TO SECURE -- THEY MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND.
01:20:14 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. WHAT ELSE? HOW ELSE TO USE OF THE PROBLEM? HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO REALLY GET IT THAT THE...
01:20:28 Unidentified Speaker PUBLIC CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS AND THINGS OTHERWISE PEOPLE HAVE SHORT TIME SPAN MIKE SHORT MEMORIES BECAUSE...
01:20:56 Unidentified Speaker PROBABLY FUNDED BY THE INCREASE.
01:20:59 Unidentified Speaker SECURE GRANTED TAKE THE PEOPLE'S MONEY THAT LOBBY ABOUT GETTING THEIR MONEY?
01:21:04 Unidentified Speaker COS. BECAUSE THEY GET MONEY.
01:21:07 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET THEM TO PAY FOR IT? YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS GOING...
01:21:59 Unidentified Speaker THAT THE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES COULD ACTUALLY HURT JOBS AND TO COULD LOSE A LOT OF JOBS IN THE AUTO...
01:22:21 Unidentified Speaker IT WOULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE EMPLOYMENT. SO DOES THAT SUGGEST SOMETHING TO YOU? WHAT IS THE...
01:22:34 Unidentified Speaker INCREASE -- INCREASE JOBS AND LIKE INCREASE GREEN JOBS AND OTHER THINGS. LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO LOSE...
01:22:49 Unidentified Speaker ANYBODY WHO USES .
01:22:52 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSKILLED AND OTHER AREAS.
01:22:55 Unidentified Speaker SO ONCE AGAIN IF MONEY IS THE PROBLEM IS THE ANSWER? MONEY. SO HOW DO YOU READ DIRECT MONEY JOB THE...
01:23:20 Unidentified Speaker IT SEEMS THE ARGUMENT COMING FROM THE RIGHT ESPECIALLY THE FREE MARKETERS IS GOING TO BE THE YOU KNOW...
01:24:00 Unidentified Speaker OPPOSITION WILL SAY WISDOM OF THE CROWDS, THE NEW PHRASE IS BETTER THAN THE WISDOM OF A CENTRAL PLANNER...
01:24:14 Unidentified Speaker AS A CONSUMER I CAN'T BUILD A NEW BOSS LINE.
01:24:17 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY. YOU AS A CONSUMER CANNOT WILL IN NEW BUS LINE OR HIGHWAY OR CAR. NOT MANY OF THEM. YOU COULD...
01:24:47 Unidentified Speaker I JUST A QUESTION. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THIS COUNTRY HAS CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY'S WE BUY...
01:25:03 Unidentified Speaker THEY COULD ACCEPT THERE IS ENOUGH FUNDS ABILITY IN THE OIL MARKET THAT THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT...
01:28:25 Unidentified Speaker IF OIL COMPANIES ARE NOT MAKING THEIR PROFITS THEY COULD JUST GET OUT OF THE OIL BUSINESS.
01:28:32 Unidentified Speaker GET OUT OF THE OIL BUSINESS OR CUT WAY BACK ON EXPLORATION. OKAY.
01:28:37 Unidentified Speaker THROOP PRICES COULD GO UP.
01:28:39 Unidentified Speaker FOOD PRICES COULD GO UP. A GREAT POINT.
01:28:41 Unidentified Speaker THEIR PLAN TO STOP BUYING
01:28:43 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STOP BUYING THE CARS WILL MAKE NOW, THAT'S FOR SURE.
01:28:49 Unidentified Speaker OF THE OIL PRICES WOULD GO UP BECAUSE SUMMIT COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY LIKE INDONESIA AND CHINA SUBSIDIZE...
01:29:07 Unidentified Speaker COUNTRIES THAT SUBSIDIZE IF PRICES GO UP AND YOU TO SUBSIDIZE OR EIGHT FLOORS THEIR MANUFACTURING...
01:30:02 Unidentified Speaker
01:30:06 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, SO WE ARE READY TO SUBSIDIZE FARMERS AND A LOT SO IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE SUBSIDIZING THEM MORE...
01:30:42 Unidentified Speaker INCENTIVIZE REAL TRANSPORTATION WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST, RIGHT? SO ALTERNATIVE MODES OF DELIVERY OF...
01:30:55 Unidentified Speaker BUILD MORE MARKET-- HARKEN BRIDES.
01:30:57 Unidentified Speaker MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THE METRO. THERE PLENTY OF METRO STATIONS IN WASHINGTON BUT YOU...
01:31:19 Unidentified Speaker YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO EXPENSIVE TO TRANSPORT FOOD THAT THERE IS AN INCENTIVE TO BILL BLUNDER...
01:31:34 Unidentified Speaker WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY. WE JUST DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT IS ARTIFICIALLY LOW. [INAUDIBLE]
01:31:44 Unidentified Speaker SUBSIDIZING THE DISTRIBUTIVE IS BECAUSE THE FARMERS OF GETTING PLENTY OF SUBSIDIES. THERE IS ANOTHER...
01:33:53 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO GET BACK TO YOUR ANALOGY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE IDEA OF IS NOT PREFERABLE? DO WHEN YOU...
01:34:07 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY BECAUSE WHAT COURTNER'S POLICY LED TO US THE FACT THAT THE CIVIL WAR SOCIALLY LIVED ON FOR...
01:36:44 Unidentified Speaker DOESN'T TAKE THEIR MONEY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A TOOL OF THE MILITARY. THEY ARE A TOOL OF...
01:36:53 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU DO WITHIN THE BATTLES THAT ACTUALLY DO SEEM TO HAVE THE FLAVOR OF RIGHT AND WRONG TO THEM...
01:37:24 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THE HISTORY OF ALL SUCH CAMPAIGNS IS THAT THERE IS APPEARANCES AND THERE IS REALITY. YOU CAN...
01:39:22 Unidentified Speaker WHEN DOES THE WAR FINNISH?
01:39:27 Unidentified Speaker THE WAR DOES NOT FINISH. [INAUDIBLE]
01:39:30 Unidentified Speaker WHICH WHERE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE IRAQ WAR OR WAR IN GENERAL?
01:39:33 Unidentified Speaker IN GENERAL.
01:39:35 Unidentified Speaker LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR FOUR YEARS AGO IT EVERYTHING I WORKED DONE WITH...
01:41:18 Unidentified Speaker EVERYTHING WORKS FINE FOR EXAMPLE IF PEOPLE HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS AND ANY LOG FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THE...
01:41:44 Unidentified Speaker SO GOOD INTENTIONS. AND ALL RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY MARRIAGE, 50% OF MARRIAGES ENDED THE BOURSE...
01:42:55 Unidentified Speaker COULD I ASK THE LAST QUESTION THAT APPLIES TO THIS CLASS. YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND...
01:43:12 Unidentified Speaker GOOD QUESTION. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ANSWER OR MORE THAN...

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