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| 00:00:10 |
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We have been through a lot together. As I look to the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton.... |
| 00:01:44 |
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Thank you for those comments, Mr. President, and for the question. I'm wondering if you plan... |
| 00:02:02 |
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I have talked to the president-elect about this subject, and I told him that if he felt that... |
| 00:02:34 |
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So you haven't made the request yet? |
| 00:02:34 |
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Well, he hasn't asked me to make the request yet. And I don't intend to make the request unless... |
| 00:03:55 |
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Thank you, Mr. President. Do you believe that the Gaza conflict will have ended by the time... |
| 00:04:11 |
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Hm. Remind me of the three points, will you, because I'm getting -- |
| 00:04:15 |
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Will it end -- |
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-- I'm getting a little older. |
| 00:04:15 |
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Will it end by the time you leave office in terms of -- |
| 00:04:20 |
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I hope so. I'm for a sustainable cease-fire. And a definition of a sustainable cease-fire is... |
| 00:05:45 |
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Do you approve of Israel's -- (inaudible) -- in the -- |
| 00:05:47 |
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I think Israel has the right to defend herself. Obviously in any of these kinds of situations,... |
| 00:06:07 |
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Why were you -- (off mike) -- |
| 00:06:07 |
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That's a good question. It's been a long time since they've had peace in the Middle East. Step... |
| 00:07:56 |
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(Off mike.) |
| 00:07:56 |
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Finally got your name right after how many years, six years? |
| 00:08:04 |
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Yes. (Laughs.) (Off mike.) Eight years. |
| 00:08:04 |
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Eight years. (Laughter.) You used to be known as Suzanne. Now you're Suzanne. |
| 00:08:09 |
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Suzanne. Thank you. (Laughter, cross talk.) |
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I'm George. (Laughter, cross talk.) |
| 00:08:12 |
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In your 2002 State of the Union Address, you identified U.S. threats as an Axis of Evil: Iran,... |
| 00:08:36 |
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The most urgent threat that he'll have to deal with and other presidents after him will have... |
| 00:09:57 |
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You said in an interview earlier this weekend, one of these -- sort of like an exit interview,... |
| 00:10:03 |
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This is the ultimate exit interview. |
| 00:10:03 |
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-- you think the Republican Party needs to be more inclusive. Who needs to hear that message... |
| 00:10:13 |
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Yeah, you see, I am concerned that in the wake of the defeat, that the temptation will be to... |
| 00:11:57 |
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I'm good. How are you doing, sir? |
| 00:12:00 |
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What have you been doing since 2000? Never mind. (Laughs.) |
| 00:12:02 |
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(Laughs.) Working my way to this chair. |
| 00:12:04 |
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So are you going to be here for President Obama? |
| 00:12:07 |
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I will. I will. |
| 00:12:11 |
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A pretty cool job. |
| 00:12:11 |
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It's not bad. (Laughter.) |
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Yeah. |
| 00:12:15 |
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Yours might be better. |
| 00:12:15 |
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Yeah -- what, retirement? (Laughter.) |
| 00:12:19 |
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In the past, when you've been asked to address bad poll numbers or your unpopularity, you said... |
| 00:12:50 |
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Well, first of all, hard things don't happen overnight, Jay. And when the history of Iraq is... |
| 00:15:57 |
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Thank you, Mr. President. I'd also like to ask you about your critics. |
| 00:16:00 |
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Sure. I -- you know any? |
| 00:16:03 |
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Well, a couple of years ago, Charles Krauthammer, a columnist and Harvard-trained psychiatrist,... |
| 00:16:43 |
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You know, most people I see -- you know, when I'm moving around the country, for example --... |
| 00:19:18 |
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Mr. President, thank you very much. Since your philosophy is so different from President-elect Obama's,... |
| 00:19:28 |
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You know, Michael, I'm not going to speculate about what he's going to do. It's going to be... |
| 00:21:50 |
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Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, in recent days there's been a fair amount of discussion... |
| 00:22:15 |
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I won't be discussed -- I won't be discussing pardons here at this press conference. |
| 00:22:17 |
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Can I have a follow-up? |
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Would you like to ask another question? |
| 00:22:17 |
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Yes, I would, sir. Thank you. Four years ago -- |
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That's the spirit, isn't it? |
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-- that -- (chuckles) -- I appreciate that. |
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Yeah. Thank you. (Laughs.) |
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Four years ago you were asked if you had made any mistakes. |
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Yeah. |
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And I'm not trying to playing "gotcha," but I wonder, when you look back over the long arc of... |
| 00:22:47 |
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Gotcha! Look, I'm -- I have often said that history will look back and determine that... |
| 00:26:39 |
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One of the major objectives that the incoming administration has talked frequently about is... |
| 00:27:10 |
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Yeah. |
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I'm wondering, basically, what is your reaction to that? Do you think that is something that... |
| 00:27:17 |
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I strongly disagree with the assessment that our moral standing has been damaged. It may be... |
| 00:31:01 |
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Thank you. Mr. President, you spoke a moment ago about using taxpayers' money for the... |
| 00:31:07 |
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Yes, I did. |
| 00:31:07 |
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The first 350 billion (dollars) is out the door. It's been spent. Are you satisfied that it's... |
| 00:31:23 |
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I'm -- I'm supportive of the president-elect working out a plan with Congress that best suits... |
| 00:32:25 |
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Mr. President? |
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Yeah. |
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You spoke of the moment that the responsibility of the office would hit Barack Obama. The world's... |
| 00:32:57 |
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Yeah, that's a great question. He'll -- I -- I -- he will feel the effects the minute he walks in... |
| 00:34:35 |
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So it was never the loneliest office in the world for you. |
| 00:34:35 |
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No, not for me, uh-uh. We had a -- you know, people -- we -- I had a fabulous team around me... |
| 00:35:45 |
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You've talked a lot about your concerns over the rise of protectionism in the current economic... |
| 00:35:50 |
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Yeah. |
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What do you think the future holds for that? Do you think the trend is a good one or a bad one? |
| 00:35:57 |
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I hope the trend is bad against protectionism. A disappointment, not a mistake but a disappointment,... |
| 00:37:47 |
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Thank you, Mr. President. |
| 00:37:47 |
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Yeah. You were sound asleep back there, so I decided -- (laughter) -- |
| 00:37:53 |
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(Laughs.) No, I wasn't. There was a whole clear row before me. I thought you were going to go... |
| 00:38:34 |
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Sure, thanks. First of all, we did get the $121 billion, more or less, dollars passed... |
| 00:39:02 |
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What more needs to be done? |
| 00:39:04 |
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Well, the -- more people need to get in their houses. More people need to, you know, have their... |
| 00:41:19 |
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Mr. President -- |
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That would be you. |
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Mr. President, often presidents go -- leave here, they say they're to be decompress, and then... |
| 00:41:36 |
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You know, Mike, I don't know. Probably the next day. I'm a type A personality. You know, I just... |
| 00:44:23 |
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Oh, thank you. And I wanted to ask you about day one. You arrived here wanting to be a uniter,... |
| 00:44:41 |
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I hope the tone is different for him than it has been for me. I am disappointed by the tone... |
| 00:45:33 |
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Why? |
| 00:45:33 |
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I don't know why. You need to ask those who -- those who used the words they used. As... |
