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AND FIND OUT WHAT HIS TRIP WAS
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LIKE. MARK FARKAS, TONIGHT THE FOURTH IN
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A FOUR-NIGHT SERIES ON YOUR TRIP. WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO SEE? >> WHAT THEY'LL SEE IS MR. NATSIOS AND THE REST OF THE USA ID DELEGATION AFTER FOUR...
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REGIONS AND KIRKUK SERVE AS THE CENTER OF THE NORTHERN REGION SO HE SPENT TIME IN KIRKUK TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON...
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BEEN THROUGH THIS MANY TIMES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION BUT NEVER ANYTHING ON THIS SCALE IN TERMS OF THE AID'S ROLE OR THE U.S....
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YOU GET THE REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
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EVERYDAY. I THINK THE THING
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THAT JUST FOR WORKING IS THE TEMPERATURE. IT'S 124 DEGREES, AND IT'S NOT TO SUMMER YET. SUMMER IS JULY AND AUGUST. THEY SAID IT ACTUALLY GOES UP TO...
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AND WE'VE ALREADY SPEND 500 MILLION ON FOOD
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AND HUMANITARIAN
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ASSISTANCE. THAT'S ONLY PART
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OF WHAT THE CONGRESS APPROPRIATED, THEY AN PROPOSE THED 2.4 BILLION AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
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WILL SPEND THE REST THAT HAVE ACCORDING TO THE DECISIONS THAT JERRY BREMER, AMBASSADOR BREMER MAKES IN BAGHDAD. >> SOME PERSONAL QUESTIONS. YOU DID...
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MASSACHUSETTS, REPUBLICANS. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STAYED AROUND. BUT I HAD AN INTEREST IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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FROM THE TIME I WAS
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IN COLLEGE AND ONCE
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PRESIDENT BUSH'S FATHER WAS ELECTED
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IN 1988, I DECIDED TO COME
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TO WASHINGTON TO THEN MOVE INTO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AREA. >> THE TIME THAT YOU WERE THERE ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME, YOU HAD A MICROPHONE ON YOU THAT YOU...
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WAS YOU'VE PUT ON THE AIR AND IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT WAS NOT STAGED, BELIEVE ME, AND AS I SAID, MANY TIMES I FORGOT THAT
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IT WAS THERE AND WE SIMPLY HAD OUR
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CONVERSATIONS. >> WOULD YOU DO THAT AGAIN? >> I WOULD DO IT
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AGAIN. BECAUSE WHAT C-SPAN DOES IS SIMPLY PRESENT WHAT'S THERE, AND 14 HOURS A DAY, YOU CAN'T STAGE 14 HOURS A DAY SIX DAYS A WEEK. YOU CANNOT DO THAT...
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OVER WHAT HAS BEEN SHOWN SO FAR? >> I HAVE. I HAVE TO
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SAY WE HEARD REACTION PARTICULARLY FROM LAST NIGHT'S WHICH WAS THE MOST DISTURBING FOR ME PERSONALLY WHICH WAS THE MASS GRAVES. THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED...
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IT, UNLESS YOU SEE THE MASS
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GRAVES AND TALK TO THE RELATIVES OF THE FAMILIES WHO SUFFERED THE ATROCITIES, IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE. I WENT TO THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE, AND YOU CAN...
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IT TONIGHT. I THINK EVERYONE IN THE STATES OUGHT TO SEE IT. IT OUGHT TO
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BE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED. I HOPE THAT YOU RUN IT AGAIN AND AGAIN OR THAT YOU CONTINUE TO RUN SEQUELLS TO IT. IT WAS FASCINATING IN THE FACT THAT WE GOT...
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THERE THOUGH, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS FOR ANYBODY TO DO THAT AND SO WHEN I'M IN A COUNTRY SIX DAYS, YOU SEE EVERYTHING. AND IF YOU'RE GOING FROM 6:00...
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MORNING UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT IT'S NO LONGER STAGED. YOU'RE REALLY SEEING THE REAL THING. BUT IT'S TRUE THAT THE PARTNERS YOU WORK WITH WANT TO SHOW...
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STILL GOING ON ON AND PROBABLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN IRAQ WHERE YOU HAVE LOCAL POLITICIANS LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN OR EVEN NATIONAL POLITICIAN WHO'S MAY...
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CONTRACTS YOU TELL ME AND I WILL THROW THEM
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OUT OF THE BUILDING. I TOLD THE STAFF THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO POLITICAL INTERFERENCE FROM ANYBODY IN ANY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WAY THE PROCUREMENTS...
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IN FAVOR OF TUS SUCCEEDING THERE, AND
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I'M ALSO -- I
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DON'T HAVE
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THE PROBLEM WITH BECHTEL THAT MOST PEOPLE DO. THEY HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT WHOLE REGION FOR SEVERAL DECADES....
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THE ELECTRIC MOTORS WERE NOT WORKING, SO ALL
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OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE BUILT IN THE EARLY '80s HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THEN, CEMENT'S FALLING OFF THE CEILINGS, THE FANS DON'T WORK. THE ELECTRICITY...
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YOU. HOW MANY IRAQI CIVILIAN PEOPLE DIED IN THIS WAR? AS A TAXPAYER WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS WAR, I AM ENTITLED TO THIS INFORMATION. WOULD YOU BE SO...
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SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE REST OF THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE? >> ONE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO BODY COUNTS SO WE DON'T...
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LET THE IRAQIS DO IT, THEY WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP THE HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY TORTURED AND EXECUTED PEOPLE. AND THE SECOND WAS THE BAATHIST...
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VIDEO THAT BRIAN SHOWED US, IT IS
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JUST INCREDIBLE, BUT THE THING THAT CAME ACROSS TO ME PERSONALLY
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WAS THAT THE WORK
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THAT YOU'RE DOING, IS THAT -- DOES THAT ENCUMBER YOU TO LOOK INTO THE ATROCITIES AND ALL OF THE PERSONAL ISSUES, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING...
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OUR DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAMS CALLED THE DARK TEAMS, WE CREATED A UNIT CALLED THE ABUSE
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PREVENTION UNIT TO PREVENT AND INVESTIGATE ATROCITIES AND HIRED SIX CONTRACT STAFF FROM THE OUTSIDE WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THIS, AND THEIR JOB HAS BEEN...
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IN HIS OFFICE.
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MARK, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? >> MY QUESTION IS, ALMOST EVERYWHERE WE WENT, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PLACE, THERE WAS A SCHOOL, A TOWN COUNCIL, EVERYONE...
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AT FULL CAPACITY, AND WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'D READ THE ARTICLES ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE POST THIS MORNING AND YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH YOU'RE
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TALKING WITH YOUR FOLKS OVER THERE AND WHAT'S THE GROUND TRUTH THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM BAGHDAD SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE POWER SITUATION AND YOU KNOW,...
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BEST ELECTRICAL POWER BECAUSE IT WAS WHERE THE BAATHIST PARTY ELITES LIVED. THERE'S A BUY AS IN THE VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. ELECTRICAL POWER IS BETTER...
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198 3, SECRETARY OF STATE
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AND FORMER BECHTEL PRESIDENT GEORGE SHULTZ RECEIVES AN INTELLIGENCE REPORT DESCRIBING SADDAM HUSSEIN'S ALMOST DAILY USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND NO ACTION...
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IT SHOWS
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DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD SAYING YOU SEE, KIDS, GOOD THINGS DO KNOT COME TO THOSE WHO ARE PATIENT AND WAIT. >> THANKS CALLER. >> WELL, I JUST WANT TO...
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NO
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POLITICAL SPER FRENS. BECHTEL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD. THEY DID THE CHUNL FROM FRANCE TO BRITAIN. THEY DID...
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IS A BIT
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OF A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THERE AND THE U.S. PRESENCE THERE, AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT UNFORTUNATELY MANY SOLDIERS ARE GETTING KILLED OUT...
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THE DIALECTS OF KURDISH USE IN THE NORTH. THAT WAS FOR US. THE U.S.
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MILITARY HIRED HUNDREDS OF ARABIC TRANSLATORS AND THEY DO HAVE THEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMAND STRUCTURE AS THE BRITISH DOES, AND MANY AMERICAN SOLDIERS...
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AND BOMB AGAIN SO WE CAN
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REBUILD ONCE AGAIN? >>
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FIRST, MOST OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING
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IN IRAQ IS NOT DAMAGE FROM THE WAR. IT'S DAMAGE FROM SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM 20 YEARS OF ATROCITIES MANY AND DIVERSION OF MONEY FROM THE CIVILIAN SECTOR...
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ARE REHABILITATING THE SECTOR THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED PARTICULARLY THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND HEALTH AND EDUCATION. THERE WERE A GROUP OF VERY EXPENSIVE...
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OF MY FRIENDS
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WHO WERE PRO AMERICAN NORMALLY PRO-AMERICAN WERE VERY MUCH AGAINST THIS WAR SO I STARTED INVESTIGATING AND WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS THAT THE NEWS THAT THEY'RE...
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THING IF SADDAM WERE SORT OF YOUR GARDEN
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VARIETY OF DICTATOR. HE'S NOT. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT CRIMINAL REGIMES, AND IF JUST READ THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS. WE DIDN'T WRITE THEM, THEY'RE...
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HAD WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WE DIDN'T GO TO
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WAR BECAUSE SADDAM WAS NOT A NICE MAN OR WAS THIS EVIL DICTATOR THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT HE WAS, AND MAYBE HE WAS, BUT THAT WASN'T WHY WE WENT TO...
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ON. >> WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GO BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S IN THE OTHER ROOM TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY OR ASK QUESTIONS. LET'S GO TO TROY. THIS TIME WE...
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YORK, YOU'RE ON
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THE AIR. >> Caller: HI, BRIAN. YOU DO A GREAT JOB ON THE SHOW. I WANTED TO ASK YOU, IF THE
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AID WHICH FOR WHICH I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF REGARD AND YOUR RECORD IS OUTSTANDING BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK, IN MOST COUNTRIES THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST...
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NATIONS, SO A GREAT SALUTE TO YOU AND EXCELLENT JOB. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW, BY THE WAY IS THE AID INVOLVED OR WILL IT BE INVOLVED IN DOING ANY WORK...
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UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN NORTH CAROLINA. TO DO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING IS HELPING WITH THE CIVIL AFFAIRS UNITS THAT ARE IN THE...
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YOU GATHERED SINCE YOU GOT BACK AND WHAT TYPE OF FOLLOW-UP DO YOU HAVE? HOW OFTEN ARE YOU SPEAKING WITH FOLKS OVER IN IRAQ AND HOW MUCH TIME IS THE...
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IRAQ TAKING UP WITH YOUR JOB WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT AID DOES. >> YOU GOT BACK ON THE 21st OF JUNE? >> YES, I ACTUALLY GOT BACK TO THE UNITED...
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DESIRE AT THE SENIOR LEVELS TO GET MORE DATA
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ON WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AND IT STIMULATED MY INTEREST IN A VARIETY OF AREAS. WE VISITED THE MARSH ARABS AND THAT WHOLE DISASTER AND THE KIDS WERE...
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IS CONVENTIONALLY USED, RADIO, TV, NEWSPAPERS HAS BEEN BLOWN
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UP. >> IN FACT, THAT WAS ONE FACILITY THAT WAS BLOWN UP. AND IT'S BEEN REBUILT. AID HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY UNDER...
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HAD BEEN DONE. IT'S NOW FUNCTIONING BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY TWO MONTHS SINCE THE WAR ENDED. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THIS IS UP...
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RID OF THE MOST MONS TREMENDOUS REGIME IN THE 20th CENTURY. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND ABOUT
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THE WORLD MEDIA. THEY DON'T SHOW THE GOOD WORK OF MR. NATSIOS. THEY DON'T SHOW THE ATROCITIES OF THE SADDAM REGIME, AND I WONDER WHY. I JUST WANT...
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THE OPERATOR WHEN
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I GOT ON, I WAS KIND OF STUNNED TO SEE YOU ON THURSDAY. I ALWAYS SEE YOU ON FRIDAY AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A DAY OFF. MY QUESTION IS FOR MR....
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THINGS. WE CREATED
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THE MONSTER IN IRAQ. WE SUPPLIED HIM WITH A LOT OF THE WEAPONS THAT HE HAD. THE -- THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ALL THAT AND IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED THAT...
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WHATEVER AND I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT MR. NATSIOS WAS CORRECT
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ON HIS ANALYSIS. >> THANKS. >> WELL, BUT WE DO KNOW ONE THING, THAT'S INDISPUTEABLE. HE INVADED A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY KUWAIT AND I SAW WHAT HE DID TO...
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AMERICAN TROOPS ON THEIR TERRITORY
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AND THEY HELPED US IN THE WAR AND THEIR SOLDIERS FOUGHT WITH US. SADDAM HUSSEIN IS NOT A NICE MAN. HE ATTACKED IRAN, NOT ONE OF OUR GREAT ALLIES, BUT...
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MARK FARKAS, YOU HAVE A FINAL QUESTION? >>
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YEAH, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK MR. NATSIOS FOR LETTING ME PUT THAT MICROPHONE ON HIM FOR SIX DAYS AND NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT IT ONCE. WE VISITED...
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SNORING. >> WE VISITED A FOOD DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE, AND I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN YOU
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LETTING OUR VIEWERS KNOW HOW THE PEOPLE IN IRAQ GET THEIR FOOD AND WHAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IS IN THAT. >> WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER SUCCESS THAT'S...
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COURSE, THIS IS SORT OF
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A MARXIST ECONOMY. THE SYSTEM USED TO FEED THE PEOPLE WAS SIMILAR TO NORTH KOREA'S EASTERN EUROPE UNDER COMMUNISM AND RUSSIA. EVERYBODY GETS A RATION...
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BASIC FOOD BASKET AND IT LOOKS VERY HUMANITARIAN BUT IT'S ALSO A MEANS FOR CONTROL. WE'RE FINING NOW IN SOME VILLAGES THAT UP TO 20% OF THE POPULATION...
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THOUSAND 01 TO A MAXIMUM OF 7661. BUT MY MAIN QUESTION IS IF SOME OTHER COUNTRY INVADED THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE CLINTON HAD GASSED THE DAFDIANS AND...
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WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FAMILY. THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY SADDAM, AND THESE ARE NOT A FEW MASSACRES, THESE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDRED OF THOUSAND THOUSANDS...
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THE BAATHIST PARTY WERE THEY HAPPY HE WAS OVERTHROWN. THERE WAS A POLL DOWN BY "USA TODAY", WE DON'T CONTROL THE POLLS DONE BY AMERICAN MEDIA BELIEVE...
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SIR, ON C-SPAN WHEN I'VE BEEN E-MAILING YOU, FAXING YOU, AS WELL AS CALLING YOUR OFFICE TO NO AVAIL. I'VE JUST RETURNED FROM A TWO-WEEK VISIT TO IRAQ...
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TRIP TO IRAQ OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. I CAN TELL YOU, SIR, THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE TELLING THE PUBLIC ON TV RIGHT NOW ISN'T ACCURATE. I HAVE SEEN...
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SYSTEM UP BASICALLY TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE WAR, AND THEN REPAIR IT BECAUSE WE EXPECT THERE TO BE A SURGE IN ELECTRICAL USAGE BY NEXT SUMMER BECAUSE...
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START GEB. BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS OPENING UP IN A FEW WEEKS. WE EXPECT THE ECONOMY TO START GENERATING ENOUGH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO PUT EVEN...
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THE GENERATING PLANTS ARE UNDER HEAVY STRESS BECAUSE THEY'RE
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OLD PLANTS AND NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE SO THOSE ARE HAVING TO BE REPAIRED NOW. BECHTEL JUST BROUGHT IN SIX GENERATORS TO INSTALL LITERALLY TODAY IN...
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