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THE VERY NOTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, I THINK BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT. SECONDLY, IN OTHER JOBS HE'S HELD, HE'S NEVER REALLY BROUGHT THE KIND OF BALANCE,...
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INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
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WHO HELD COUNTERVIEWS TO WHAT HE HAD, TRIED TO GET ONE FIRED FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, BLOCKING PEOPLE FROM THIS. WHAT THAT DOES IS UNDERMINES...
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| 00:02:10 |
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THE INTERNATIONAL LINE IS OPEN AGAIN, IT'S 202-628-0184. OUTSIDE THE U.S., IF YOU PHONED IN WITHIN THE PAST MONTH, WE ASK THAT YOU HOLD OFF SO OTHER...
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| 00:02:48 |
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THAT SEGMENT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK NOW, TALK MORE WITH STEVEN CLEMONS. THINK PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE OF TWO CONSIDERATIONS. ONE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN VIEW...
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| 00:03:00 |
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NATIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS SHOULD BE A BREAK ON AMERICAN POWER, THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS...
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| 00:04:28 |
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I HAPPEN TO COME FROM A PART OF THE
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AMERICAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM THAT BELIEVES THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ITS PROBLEMS AND WE OUGHT NOT TO OVERINVEST IN IT. CALL ME A U.N. SKEPTIC BUT BELIEVE...
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| 00:06:34 |
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Guest: I THINK BILL HAS GREAT IDEA, I WOULD EMBRACE ITF SENATOR FRIST WAS WILLING TO HAVE THAT DEBATE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS...
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| 00:07:17 |
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IS THE BEST REPRESENTATIVE OR EVEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE TOP SET OF REPRESENTATIVES WE COULD SEND TO THE UNITED NATIONS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT DEBATE....
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| 00:07:45 |
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CONCENTRATE HIS EFFORTS ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE IN THE U.S. LIKE STATE'S RIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA MOVEMENT, STUFF...
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| 00:08:02 |
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PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY NEED HELP, BUT SO DO WE. AMERICANS NEED HELP TOO, WE'RE POOR, PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS ARE OUT OF CONTROL, MEDICAL MARIJUANA...
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| 00:08:43 |
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POWDER DRY ON THAT ONE. >> Host: PORTLAND, MAINE, YOU'RE ON WITH STEVEN CLEMONS. >>
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Caller: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MR. CLEMONS. I WOULD QUESTION SOMEWHAT YOUR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ORGANIZATION AS MIDDLE OF
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| 00:08:55 |
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THE ROAD AND NEUTRAL ON THIS
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| 00:08:57 |
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AND OTHER ISSUES. BUT MY MAIN QUESTION IS HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO INDEPENDENT FORMER DEMOCRATIC SUPPORTERS AND VOTERS SUCH
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| 00:09:05 |
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AS MYSELF WHO ARE NOT UNILATERALISTS, WHETHER
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ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO JUST INSTINCTIVELY BELIEVE THE UNITED NATIONS SHOULD BE DISBANNED, BUT SEE IT AS BADLY BROKEN, INEFFECTIVE, CORRUPTED, WHO WANT THERE...
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| 00:10:20 |
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THINGS AS I'M HEARING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. I THINK IT'S VERY HEAR IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. A MAN, A JAPANESE HEAD OF UNESCO, UNITED STATES...
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| 00:12:28 |
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Guest: INTERESTING, SECRETARY RICE HAS BEEN OUT LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF MR. BOLTON, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY LOB YIK OVER ENTHUSIASTICALLY, MARCH 11, APPOINTED...
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| 00:13:04 |
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DEPARTMENT HIERARCHY, CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE BOLTON COULD DO. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLICY ENTIRELY, IT'S ALSO ABOUT BEHAVIOR. MR. BOLTON'S...
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| 00:15:12 |
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FOR HANGING ON. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. BUSH ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION HAVEN'T HAD A NEW IDEA IN FOUR YEARS. HE'S SURROUNDING HIMSELF...
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| 00:15:35 |
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GOVERNMENT INCLUDED TONY BLAIR WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE AMERICAN ETF TO GET RID OF HIM. MEANTIME, CONGRESS, COLEMAN IN THE SENATE CAMPAIGNING TO GET RID...
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| 00:16:41 |
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ORGANIZATION A AFFAIRS AT STATE. ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL EARLY IN HIS CAREER. BACK IN '82 HE WAS WITH THE USAID, GENERAL COUNSEL, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR,...
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| 00:17:23 |
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ATTORNEY GENERAL, THERE WERE TWO ISSUES THAT CAME, THAT SORT OF SEEMED TO BE PERCOLATEING IN TERMS OF RELEVANCE. ONE WAS HIS ROLE IN THE IRAN-CONTRA...
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| 00:21:35 |
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U.N. FOR I THINK CLOSE TO THREE DECADES NOW. I
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| 00:21:39 |
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REMEMBER GENE KIRKPATRICK, SHE WAS THERE, SAYING IF YOU FLEW IN FROM MARS AND DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THE WORLD, AND YOU WENT TO...
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| 00:23:02 |
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HIS MR. BOLTON'S VIEWS AND WORK BEHAVIOR AND
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| 00:23:05 |
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ETHICAL QUESTIONS AS TO HOW HE RAN A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST. BROADER ISSUE OF BEING SKEPTICAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, I WOULD BE FINE WITH...
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| 00:25:21 |
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Guest: I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. I'LL TAKE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" EDITORIAL WHICH FOUND LOTS OF REASONS TO BASICALLY OPPOSE MR. BOLTON'S NOMINATION. I...
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| 00:26:01 |
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RELATIONS COMMITTEE HAVE A COMPLICATED CASE. IF THIS WAS ABOUT BOLT YOON'S VIEWS OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THEY'RE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME. I THINK THE...
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| 00:27:52 |
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IN THIS COUNTRY, BUSH AND CHENEY IN PARTICULAR. THE SECOND
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| 00:27:57 |
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PART IS, OR THE SECOND COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT THAT START BACK WITH REAGAN AND DEREGULATION. THAT MOVEMENT HAS...
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| 00:29:45 |
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TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TILT, IF YOU WILL, IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE AND
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| 00:29:51 |
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PRIORITIZE. JUST A COUPLE QUICK POINTS. WOLFOWITZ HAS GONE TO THE WORLD BANK, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE BEHAVES. FIRST PONT YOU MADE, I THINK IT IS...
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| 00:32:23 |
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IT IS VOTE ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS
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| 00:32:25 |
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COMMITTEE HELD THURSDAY, BUT THAT'S UNOFFICIAL. THAT'S THE DEAL THAT HAS BEEN MADE YOU. >> TOUCHED ON SENATOR LINCOLN CHAFEE, I THINK READ OVER THE...
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| 00:32:50 |
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SECRETARY RICE, THAT SHE PROMISED HIM THAT BOLTON WOULD BEHAVE. >> Host: THIS IS A SERIOUS CHALLENGE NUMERICALLY FOR MR. BOLTON, POINT OUT THAT LAST...
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| 00:32:59 |
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SENATE CONFIRMATION, 43 PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST HIM. >> Guest: WHEN IT GOES TO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE, IF IT DOES GET OUT OF COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT IT...
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| 00:33:14 |
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NOMINATION IS STILL IN DOUBT, IN A LOT OF PROTESTS, WHAT PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT, THIS LEVEL OF ANGST. THE
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| 00:33:22 |
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FIRST TIME IN A REAL VOTE DEMOCRATS LINED UP TO OPPOSE A BUSH DIPLOMATIC NOMINEE. NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. RIRB WAS ONE THAT...
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| 00:34:22 |
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THE WORSE THE PUNISHMENT, I BELIEVE. THERE SHOULD BE SANCTIONS SET, ONCE YOU SIGN
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| 00:34:26 |
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IT, YOU SIGN IT. YOU CAN'T TAKE A CUP CAKE, ANY KIND OF BRIBE, YOU KNOW LOBBYISM, HONOR COMES ABOVE ALL ELSE. WHEN THE PEOPLE GO TO WAR, OUR CHILDREN,...
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| 00:35:30 |
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IS, COULD THE BOLTON POSITION END UP TO BE SORT OF LIKE NIXON AND CHINA?
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| 00:35:37 |
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AND THEN
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| 00:35:39 |
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MY COMMENTS ARE THAT I SEE THE WORLD IN TERMS OF MANAGED QUALITIES, QUALITIES OF MANAGE. ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT, QUALITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND QUALITIES...
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| 00:38:00 |
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SOME, IN
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| 00:38:01 |
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SOME ASPECTS OF MULTILATERAL BRIDGE BUILDING AND HE BELIEVES IN FACT THAT THE UNITED NATIONS SERVE AS VITAL FUNCTION IN THE WORLD, HE CAN BE A GREAT...
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| 00:41:26 |
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IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL. DO THEY PAY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY?
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| 00:41:30 |
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ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT IT IS EQUAL? IF NOT, WE NEED A MAN TO STAND UP FOR AMERICA. FORGET WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS. HE IS THERE TO REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS,...
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| 00:42:20 |
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TO CREATIVELY LOSE. IF YOU THINK -- WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO FIND COMMON GROUND WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. U.N. DUES PAYMENT, WE WITHHELD DUES FOR A LONG...
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| 00:43:41 |
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IS POSITION IN THE UNITED NATIONS TO BECOME A DEFACTO MAJOR COMMENTATOR ON OTHER U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. TO BE FAIR, A LOT OF MY PROGRESSIVE AND
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| 00:43:51 |
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CENTRIST FRIENDS WON'T LIKE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, WHEN HOLBROOKE WAS IN THE UNITED NATIONS, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT IN ANOTHER POST, IT WASN'T ALWAYS FRIENDLY...
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| 00:45:25 |
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THEY HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS, DO IN NO SMALL
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| 00:45:28 |
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PART IN MY ESTIMATION TO BOLTON'S BULLETIN CHINA SHOP APPROACH. I DON'T HEAR THIS BEING SAID BY ANYBODY. WOULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY....
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| 00:45:59 |
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GO OFF WITH HIS OWN POLICY STATEMENTS AT A POINT WHERE IT LOOKED FAST THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION ITSELF, PRESIDENT BUSH, COLIN POWELL, OTHERS H. A DIFFERENT...
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