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YET THAT. DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE BECAUSE IRAQI TRADITION, MIDDLE EASTERN TRADITION IS ALL ABOUT THE BRINK, ALL ABOUT THE PRESSURE...
00:00:19
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THEORETICALLY THEY MAY GET THERE, BUT THERE'S EVERY POSSIBLE THEY
00:00:22
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WON'T. >> Host: HOW IMPORTANT HAS IT BEEN TO HAVE A DEADLINE? >> Guest: WELL, THERE
00:00:27
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ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT. THE ONE IS THAT THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO DECIDE AT THE DEADLINE AND SO IF THE DEADLINE IS NOW, THEY WILL DECIDE NOW. IF THE...
00:00:43
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A CONSTITUTION IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT, IT IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH
00:00:47
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A SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT RESTS AND PERHAPS IT OUGHT TO BE GIVEN THE NECESSARY TIME. THAT'S MY SCHOOL OF THOUGHT AS IT HAPPENS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT...
00:01:25
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QUESTION OF WHO GETS AUTONOMY, ON THE QUESTION OF FEDERALISM, EVEN ON THE QUESTION OF A DISTRIBUTION OF MINERAL WEALTH, OIL WEALTH IN
00:01:36
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PARTICULAR. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS FRAUGHT WITH RISK. IF YOU DON'T MAKE A DECISION, IF YOU LEAVE VAGUENESS, YOU LEAVE ROOM FOR BICKERING AND FIGHTING WITHIN...
00:02:20
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202-628- 0205 IS OUR NUMBER. EXPLAIN FOR US, DANIELLE PLETKA, WHAT PROCESS WOULD TAKE PLACE IF THIS CONSTITUTION DOES NOT HAPPEN TODAY. >> Guest: WELL,...
00:02:50
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PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL TIME. IN FACT, ADDITIONAL TIME WAS PROVIDED FOR IF IT WAS ASKED FOR. SO THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS IF THEY MISS THE DEADLINE AND...
00:03:37
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A MORE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. OUR CONSTITUTION TOOK A LONG TIME, THE FACT THAT THIS IS REALLY
00:03:43
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BEING RUSHED MAY NOT SERVE EVERYBODY IDEALLY. >> Host: FAIR FIELD, TEXAS, OUR FIRST CALL FOR DANIELLE PLETKA, THANK YOU FOR CALLING. >> Caller: MY...
00:04:07
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DIRECT DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES. SINCE THAT HAS TURNED OUT NOT TO BE TRUE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SPREAD OF
00:04:13
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DEMOCRACY. AND MY POINT WOULD BE THAT IF IRAQ GOES AHEAD AND ADOPTS A WONDERFUL CONSTITUTION AND THEY BECOME PEACEFUL, WE HAVE GAINED NOTHING BECAUSE...
00:05:02
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AT THE END OF THE DAY
00:05:03
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DOES NOT SPEND THE VAST BULK OF THE NATION'S WEALTH ON WEAPONS AND ON AGGRESSION. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK WE WILL GAIN A GREAT DEAL....
00:05:54
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BY DICTATORS FOR DECADE UPON DECADE. FEDERALISM REALLY SEEMED TO BE THE RIGHT
00:06:00
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ANSWER. THE QUESTION IS THE SHAPE OF THE FEDERALISM, THE RIGHTS THAT ARE INHERENT IN THAT FEDERALISM AND THE REMAINING AUTHORITY THAT ACCRUES TO STATE....
00:06:38
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THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY, 60, 65% WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:06:42
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HERE, THEY ARE ASSERTING THAT IF THE KURDS HAVE THEIR OWN AUTONOMY, PERHAPS THE SHI'AH SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN AUTONOMY. THIS WOULD TAKE UP A LARGE...
00:07:43
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COULD GIVE THOSE WEAPONS TO THE TERRORISTS
00:07:46
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AND GET TO OUR COUNTRY AND CAUSE ALL KINDS OF HELL. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY CASE WHERE'S I THOUGHT HE WAS WAY OFF THE MARK. THANK YOU. >> Host:...
00:08:16
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LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION OF
00:08:18
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, I MEAN WE HAVE GONE
00:08:20
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THROUGH, WE HAVE OUR CONSTITUTION, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS GONE THROUGH SLAVERY, A CIVIL
00:08:24
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WAR, DENIAL OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE. MY QUESTION IS HOW WILL THE U.S. PROCEED BEYOND, I MEAN RELATIVE TO THE SIMPLE PROCESS LIKE THE ELECTION AND CONSTITUTION,...
00:09:02
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THEY HAVE BEEN PEACEFULLY RESOLVED.
00:09:04
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YES, THERE HAVE BEEN WALK OUTS AND ARGUMENTS, BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN SHOT. WE HAD A MINISTER SHOT IN SRI LANKA, A COUNTRY WE THINK OF AS RELATIVELY STABLE...
00:09:55
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THAT DISCOMFORT. BUT THE IRAQIS SHOULD IN FACT BE ABLE
00:09:58
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TO PROCEED AT THEIR OWN PACE WITH A FRIENDLY PUSH ON THE BACK RATHER THAN A NUDGE IN THE RIBS. >> Host: ALBUQUERQUE FOR DANIELLE PLETKA, WELCOME TO THE...
00:10:25
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WORK? BECAUSE WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF OIL,
00:10:30
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LET'S SAY IN THE FUTURE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, SHIITES AND KURDS WOULD WANT TO TAKE MORE OF THE SHARE OF THE OIL THAN SOOUN E-S, THEN -- SUNNIS, EVERYTHING...
00:11:14
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FACT, THAT WOULD BE ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST,. WHAT YOU SEE IS OIL WEALTH REMAINING IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE AND FINDING A WAY TO...
00:12:15
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THE PALESTINIANS IN THEIR CASE FOR THE IRAQIS IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE AFGHANS AS WELL. WHAT IS ISLAMIC LAW...
00:12:29
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VIEW THIS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN. THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN A TRADITIONALLY FAIRLY GALTARIAN CONSTITUTION, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE...
00:14:11
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PROLIFERATION AND PROVO UTAH IS UP NOW, HI. >> Caller: HI, THANKS. I LIVE IN A RED STATE, YOU'RE WEARING A RED DRESS. I THINK YOU'RE TOTALLY DELUSIONAL,...
00:14:36
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IS DELUSIONAL? >> Caller: WELL, NUMBER ONE, THAT SHE THINKS THE BEST THING, I MEAN THERE'S NO NUMBER ONE, THERE'S SO MANY. SHE THINKS THAT THE BEST ...
00:14:54
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SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OIL COMPANIES MAKING MONEY. BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN
00:14:58
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IT. IT'S THE IMAGINATION THAT IF THEN, IF THEN, IF WE SCREWED IT UP AS BADLY AS BIDEN POINTED OUT YESTERDAY, THEN WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY THAT IRAN IS...
00:16:04
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THESE SORT OF AD HOMONYM ATTACKS IS NOT REALLY
00:16:09
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SERVED. I THINK WE NEED TO WORK FORWARD UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN IRAQ PRIOR TO THE INVASION WAS HORRIBLE, THE DEATH OF A MILLION PEOPLE...
00:17:11
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OF THE SIGNIFICANT MISTAKES WE AND COALITION ALLIES MADE AT THE OUTSET OF THE WAR, FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY UNTIL RECENTLY, WAS A FAILURE TO REALLY WORK HARD...
00:17:29
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MEAN THAT AHMED CAN WALK ACROSS WITHOUT PAPSS, I MEAN YOU CAN DRIVE A TRUCK ACROSS WITH WEAPONRY AND OTHER THINGS. THIS IS A LARGE AND POROUS BORDER...
00:18:10
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THIS, MEANING IRAN AS IT RELATES TO IRAQ, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? >> Guest:
00:18:13
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WELL, WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY A WHOLE VARIETY OF PROBLEMS WERE RAN THAT DON'T ONLY RELATE TO IRAQ, BUT RELATE FOR SUPPORT FOR GROUPS LIKE HEZBOLLAH,...
00:18:28
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AN ILLEGAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, THAT HAS BEEN SANCTIONED, THAT WILL BE LIKELY SANCTIONED BY
00:18:34
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THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. THEY'RE DEVELOPING LONG-RANGE MISSILES, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF PROBLEMS NOT TO SPEAK OF THE FACT THIS IS...
00:19:29
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OUR SOLDIERS ARE DOING A GREAT
00:19:31
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JOB AND I FEEL MUCH
00:19:33
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SAFER WITH THE
00:19:34
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PRESIDENT THAT WE
00:19:35
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00:19:36
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HAVE. >> Host: ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUEST? WE'LL LET IT STAND. MOVE ON TO DALLAS, TEXAS, HI, DALLAS. >> Caller: HI. I WANT TO STICK WITH THE CALLER...
00:19:57
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THAT. WE HAVE CIA OPERATIVES, YOU MENTIONED THE OIL MINISTRY, ALLAWI, HAS OFFICES IN ISRAEL,
00:20:06
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ANOTHER NEOCON WHO YOU'RE PROBABLY INTERTWINED WITH IS IN CHARGE OF THE OIL MINISTRY. WE'RE NOT WILLING, EVERYTHING YOU SAY ABOUT IRAN IS TRUE OF THE...
00:20:54
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IBRAHIM WHOM I DON'T CONSIDER A
00:20:56
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CRONY OF ALLAWI. THERE IS JUST NO QUESTION THAT IF WE LOOK AT IRAQ, WE CAN CRITICIZE A GREAT DEAL. WE WILL BE ABLE TO CRITICIZE A GREAT DEAL FROM NOW...
00:22:27
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JOB, THEY'RE DOING IT IN IRAQ, I'M PROUD TO SEE THE WAY THEY HAVE DONE. WE HEAR REPORTS THEY
00:22:33
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ARE IN FACT IMPROVING DRASTICALLY OVER PAST PERFORMANCES. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO TRY AND POINT OUT TO PEOPLE IS THAT MOST OF THE ATTACKS THAT...
00:23:32
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VERY BADLY TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT BETTER TRAINED. THEY NEED NEW AND GOOD TRAINING, BUT
00:23:38
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THEY ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, AN ARMY OPERATES VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN IT DID UNDER A SYSTEM UNDER SADDAM HUSSEIN. THOSE...
00:24:17
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PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO
00:24:20
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COMMUNICATE. HE HAS ALIENATED MOST OF THE WORLD, IF NOT ALL, AGAINST US. THEREFORE, WE'RE GOING WE'RE GETTING NO COOPERATION. THE GREAT POGO ONCE SAID...
00:25:17
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MAKE THE NECESSARY EFFORTS THAT IT COULD HAVE MADE TO REACH OUT AND PARTICULAR TO
00:25:22
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SOME OF OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES. I THINK THERE WERE SOME THROW OI WAY LINES WE DIDN'T NEED TO USE THAT PUT PEOPLE OFF. THAT SAID, HAD WE HAD A WARM AND...
00:26:37
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THAT WAS WONDERFUL, A REALLY, A HEART- WARMING DEVELOPMENT, 8 1/2 MILLION IRAQIS BRAVING THE THREAT OF TERRORISTS, COMING OUT. POLL
00:26:46
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NUMBERS WENT WAY UP. WHY SHOULD THAT NUMBER HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE? THE ATMOSPHERE IN IRAQ HAD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED. ...
00:27:52
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MOST OF THE TIME, HE IS SO SLIMY. BUT HE HIMSELF
00:27:55
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SPOKE OF AND HE IS SO FOCUSED ON MAKING OUR PRESIDENT THE PROBLEM AND THE ADMINISTRATION THE PROBLEM OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH HE SAID THE SUNNIS WERE AIDING...
00:29:02
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CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND I DON'T OFTEN AGREE WITH HIS CRITICISMS, THE TRUTH IS HE'S ALSO WORKED VERY HARD FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE. HE'S WORKED HARD...
00:30:08
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AT OUR THINK TANK EVENTS, ALL VERY INCONVENIENT. CONGRESS IS GOING TO I THINK GET INVOLVED IN QUITE A VARIETY
00:30:15
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OF FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES. TRUTH IS WHILE WE SEE THIS GOING ON IN IRAQ, WE HAVE REAL CHALLENGES IN IRAN, THE QUESTION OF IRAN BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL...
00:30:53
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THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY,
00:30:55
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I WONDER HOW MANY MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS' LIVES ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST SAFE FOR ISRAEL? BECAUSE THERE'S THE REAL...
00:31:52
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LIVES, IT'S NICE
00:31:53
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TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS CARE. OF COURSE SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ACTS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND HE...
00:32:04
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KILL FORMER PRESIDENT
00:32:05
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BUSH ON A VISIT TO KUWAIT NOW PERHAPS SOME WOULD WRITE THAT OFF. I DON'T THINK THAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT MAKING THE MIDDLE EAST SAFER FOR ISRAEL AT ALL....
00:33:52
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THIS THING WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER WITH. >> Host: SPEAKING THERE TO MAYBE
00:33:55
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THE NUMBER OF TROOPS OR THE INITIAL STRATEGY, THAT TYPE OF THING. >> Guest: FIRST, I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYBODY IS UP IN ALASKA AT THIS TIME. >> Host: YOU...
00:34:14
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SCHOLARS ARE BIG PROPONENTS OF ADDITIONAL TROOPS. I HAVE NO NOT. MY VIEW IS THAT WE WILL
00:34:19
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HAVE DECREASING RETURNS FROM THE NUMBER OF TROOPS AND THAT IN FACT MORE TROOPS WILL PRESENT
00:34:23
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MORE TARGETS,
00:34:24
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BUT WON'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO FIGHT INSURGENCY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE-ON-ONE BATTLES HERE INSIDE IRAQ. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, THERE WOULDN'T...
00:35:30
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SAY THAT YOU WERE
00:35:33
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EDUCATED AT JOHNS HOPKINS AND I'M SORRY, AND SMITH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT SORT OF EXPERTISE, HOW THAT QUALIFIES YOU TO HAVE ANYTHING...
00:37:07
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WAS. IT IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTION DEVOTED
00:37:11
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TO FREE MARKETS, WE DON'T TAKE ANY GOVERNMENT MONEY, WE DON'T WORK FOR ANY POLITICAL PARTY, WE HAVE A PRETTY WIDE DIVERSITY OF VIEWS INSIDE AEI AND CALLER...
00:38:56
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THE OUTPUT. IT WAS KIND OF A
00:38:58
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QUESTION LIKE WHEN
00:38:59
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DID YOU QUIT
00:39:00
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BEATING YOUR WIFE AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS THEY ASK WHEN THEY PUT OUT THE POLLS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE...
00:39:39
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POINT. CONSTITUTIONS CAN BE WONDERFUL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IGNORED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE JUDICIARY AND THE PEOPLE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PERFECTLY...
00:39:54
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LIKE EGYPT, EVEN IN PLACES LIKE SYRIA. SO A GOOD PIECE OF PAPER IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOR RIGHTS, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DEPEND...

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