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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...
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THEORETICALLY THEY MAY GET THERE, BUT THERE'S EVERY POSSIBLE THEY
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WON'T. >> Host: HOW IMPORTANT HAS IT BEEN TO HAVE A DEADLINE? >> Guest: WELL, THERE
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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...
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A CONSTITUTION IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT, IT IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH
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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...
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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
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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A MORE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. OUR CONSTITUTION TOOK A LONG TIME, THE FACT THAT THIS IS REALLY
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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...
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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
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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...
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AT THE END OF THE DAY
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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....
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BY DICTATORS FOR DECADE UPON DECADE. FEDERALISM REALLY SEEMED TO BE THE RIGHT
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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....
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THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY, 60, 65% WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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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...
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COULD GIVE THOSE WEAPONS TO THE TERRORISTS
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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:...
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LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION OF
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, I MEAN WE HAVE GONE
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THROUGH, WE HAVE OUR CONSTITUTION, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS GONE THROUGH SLAVERY, A CIVIL
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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,...
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THEY HAVE BEEN PEACEFULLY RESOLVED.
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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...
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THAT DISCOMFORT. BUT THE IRAQIS SHOULD IN FACT BE ABLE
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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...
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WORK? BECAUSE WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF OIL,
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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 ...
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SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OIL COMPANIES MAKING MONEY. BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN
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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...
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THESE SORT OF AD HOMONYM ATTACKS IS NOT REALLY
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THIS, MEANING IRAN AS IT RELATES TO IRAQ, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? >> Guest:
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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,...
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AN ILLEGAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, THAT HAS BEEN SANCTIONED, THAT WILL BE LIKELY SANCTIONED BY
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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...
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OUR SOLDIERS ARE DOING A GREAT
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JOB AND I FEEL MUCH
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SAFER WITH THE
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PRESIDENT THAT WE
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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...
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THAT. WE HAVE CIA OPERATIVES, YOU MENTIONED THE OIL MINISTRY, ALLAWI, HAS OFFICES IN ISRAEL,
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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...
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IBRAHIM WHOM I DON'T CONSIDER A
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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...
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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
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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...
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| 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
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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...
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| 00:24:17 |
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PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO
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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...
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MAKE THE NECESSARY EFFORTS THAT IT COULD HAVE MADE TO REACH OUT AND PARTICULAR TO
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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...
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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
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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. ...
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| 00:27:52 |
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MOST OF THE TIME, HE IS SO SLIMY. BUT HE HIMSELF
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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...
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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...
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AT OUR THINK TANK EVENTS, ALL VERY INCONVENIENT. CONGRESS IS GOING TO I THINK GET INVOLVED IN QUITE A VARIETY
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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...
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THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY,
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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...
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LIVES, IT'S NICE
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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...
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| 00:32:04 |
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KILL FORMER PRESIDENT
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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....
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THIS THING WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER WITH. >> Host: SPEAKING THERE TO MAYBE
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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...
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SCHOLARS ARE BIG PROPONENTS OF ADDITIONAL TROOPS. I HAVE NO NOT. MY VIEW IS THAT WE WILL
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HAVE DECREASING RETURNS FROM THE NUMBER OF TROOPS AND THAT IN FACT MORE TROOPS WILL PRESENT
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MORE TARGETS,
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Unidentified Speaker, -
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...
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SAY THAT YOU WERE
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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...
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| 00:37:07 |
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WAS. IT IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTION DEVOTED
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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...
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| 00:38:56 |
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THE OUTPUT. IT WAS KIND OF A
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QUESTION LIKE WHEN
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DID YOU QUIT
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| 00:39:00 |
Caller, -
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...
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| 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...
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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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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.