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REGARDING THE OU WHOUL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CORRUPTION IN IRAQ. GOOD MORNING, SIR, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> Guest: GOOD MORNING,
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ROBB, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> Host: EXPLAIN US TO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION SAYS IN DETAIL AND WHY IS IT BEING INTRODUCED TODAY? >> Guest: WELL, BASICALLY...
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CALLS UPON CONGRESS TO
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CRITICIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO RETROACTIVELY
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RECLASSIFY INFORMATION THAT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN DISSEMINATED REGARDING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ ON THE PART OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE,...
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HE REPORTS THAT THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS RIFE WITH CORRUPTION. THAT THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO MINISTRIES
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THERE THAT ARE UNAFFECTED BY SOME LEVEL OF CORRUPTION. WE HAVE TESTIMONY FROM A FORMER JUDGE JUDGE, RAMSEY, WHO ACTUALLY WAS PART OF AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE...
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CONVERSATION. OUR FIRST CALL COMES FROM FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." >> Caller: THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
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JOHN NEGROPONTE WENT OVER THERE AND SIMILAR TO NICARAGUA. I WONDER OF ANY INVESTIGATION INTO HIS INPUT INTO THE INTERIOR MINISTRY MINISTRY'S AND SUBSEQUENT...
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| 00:04:43 |
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DEATH SQUADS.
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I THINK -- I ACTUALLY HAD JUST COME BACK A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, ACCOMPANYING THE SURGE. AND WE VISITED THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BAGHDAD WHERE SOME OF THE...
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AND RECLASSIFIED
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STUFF IS AN OUTRAGE AND I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO PERPETRATE A FRAUD ON CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKING FOR HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND...
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PEOPLE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A
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DECISION. I WOULD POINT-BLANK WITHHOLD THE FUNDING UNTIL THEY GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION. I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH EMBARRASSING THE IRAQI...
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| 00:06:36 |
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S CORRUPTION GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW THAT THE MONIES ARE COMING OUT OF THE IRAQI TREASURY, YOU ARE THERE...
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| 00:08:52 |
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BOWEN, WHO TESTIFIED. -- DEPRIVES PEOPLE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, REDUCING CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND POTENTIALLY AIDS INSURGENT GROONS REPORTEDLY...
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| 00:09:40 |
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OF UNDERMINING AN EFFORT TO CREATE A DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ, WHICH IS THE CAR BOMBINGS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE SUICIDE BOMBERS, WHICH IS THE ATTACKS ON...
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| 00:11:15 |
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THANK YOU FOR DOING THE OVERSIGHT. I THINK IT IS WAY PASSED TIME. ANOTHER THING IS BLACKWATER, I DON'T BELIEVE OUR MONEY SHOULD GO TO SUPPORT BLACKWATER....
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DOING THE
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JOB. AND I
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JUST WISH WE COULD GET OUT OF THE WAR. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Guest: WELL, THANK YOU. >> Host: NEXT UP IS GOLDZBORO, NORTH CAROLINA ON OUR LINE...
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WAS IN
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AMERICA? I HEARD THAT THEY INCREASED
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HIS VOTE SO THAT HE WOULD BECOME PRESIDENT WITH
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THE EXCISE OF THE IRAQIS THAT WAS IN
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AMERICA. HOW WERE THOSE VOTERS' VOTES COUNTED? COULD YOU ENLIGHTEN ME ON THAT? >> Guest: SURE. SURE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. BUT, JUST TO BE CLEAR,...
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ELECTION THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WAS AN ELECTION FOR REPRESENTATIVES. THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER ARE ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY. SO THAT, IT...
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SO, IT DOES DO SOMETHING. IN EFFECT, HOWEVER, IT JUST EXPRESSES THE WILL OF CONGRESS. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM REPUBLICANS...
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THIS. IN FAIRNESS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY DOCUMENTS INITIALLY. THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE THEY OF THE -- ANY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT...
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| 00:15:19 |
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HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOU GUYS THERE IN CONGRESS
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ARE BRINGING IN ALL THESE NON-BINDING RESOLUTIONS MEANS NOTHING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. RIGHT NOW, YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE WORKING ON WHAT'S BEST...
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| 00:16:10 |
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435 OF US, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT, WHETHER OR NOT TO COMMIT $150 BILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO IRAQ FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND OTHER...
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MONEY HIDDEN IN HIS FREEZER --
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WHILE PEOPLE ARE SITTING AROUND WITH NO FOOD AND WATER. I THINK THE IRAQIS HAVE LEARNED FROM THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, JUST EXACTLY HOW THINGS WORK AND...
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| 00:18:53 |
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BEFORE WE IDENTIFY CORRUPTION IN ANOTHER GOVERNMENT. I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT. I THINK THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN FAULTS. WE NEED TO WORK ON THINGS. WE'RE...
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| 00:20:43 |
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UNDER SECRETARY. IT'S FALSE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THE PRESSURE. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT COOPERATING. THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT
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GOING TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS. THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND PEOPLE TO TESTIFY. WE SUBPOENAED THEM, THEN THEY CAME. HOWEVER, THEY GAVE US ONLY...
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WHEN THEY TOLD THE TRUTH,
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THEIR CAREERS WERE
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ENDED. WHEN THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR CAME BACK WITH REPORTS INDICATING RAMPANT CORRUPTION, THE REPUBLICANS TRIED TO DEFUNDS THE ENTIRE PROJECT...
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ON WHEN THE REPUBLICANS HAD CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. I THINK THAT THEY
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WERE RELUCTANT TO CONDUCT SOME OF THE HEARINGS THAT THEY FELT WOULD BE EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING TO THE PRESIDENT. THAT HAS CHANGED. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF...
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