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Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
FRUSTRATION IN THE RAFNTION OF SUNNI INSURGENTS, A SO-CALLED AWAKENING TO WHOM WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING $300, IT'S NOT NOT A CRITICISM, THEY WANT TO BE...
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| 00:42:33 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
REVIEWS THE LOCAL CITIZENS' COMMITTEE AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE SECURITY COURSES -- FORCE. NOT ALL OF THEM WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE FIES AND...
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| 00:45:04 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
THE GENERAL, AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON. THE FACT WAS THAT I WAS TOLD BY TWO OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS WHO CAME FROM BAGHDAD, ONE SUNNI AND ONE...
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| 00:47:18 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
RIGHT, SENATOR, THIS WILL TAKE TIME, THIS WAS A FORTUITOUS DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS FRANKLY NOT ENVISIONED IN THE WAY THE SECURITY FORCES WERE PLANNED...
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| 00:48:09 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
WE'VE EMPOWERED PEOPLE AND I WOULD ARGUE FOR YOU FEN TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CONGRESS HAS PASSED HERE ABOUT PUSHING FORWARD ON THIS WHOLE FEDERAL...
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| 00:49:52 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
FOLK FUNCTIONED ON THE QUESTION OF -- HE IS FOCUSED ON THE QUESTION OF IMPLEMENTATION AND USE THERE NEED TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED....
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| 00:51:17 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
UP. BECAUSE OF TALINE MOVED A SOVIET STATUE. LAT YEAR THE SOVIET REMOVED FROM A TREATY IN EUROPE AND RISKED AN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY INCIDENT WHEN...
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| 00:53:53 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
DAVOS THAT THE UPHELPFUL AND REALLY -- I WILL USE REPRY PRESENCEIBLE OUT OF MOSCOW AS POSITIVE ASPECTS AND WE
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| 00:54:13 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
HAVE COOPERATED AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE REDUCTION IN WORK AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR TERRORISM, A LOT OF THINGS, YET WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES THAT I WOULD...
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| 00:57:25 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLANS, THOSE ALSO REQUIRE AN EXAMINATION OF WHETHER A STATE IS AND I WOULD GIVE THE SAME ANSWER. WE'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT STATES...
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| 00:58:07 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
SENATE. THE LAST ROUND WAS A JOYOUS OCCASION, THE SENATORS WERE PROCEEDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A CELEBRATION. I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE...
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| 00:59:00 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
MAY
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| 00:59:10 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
BE WITH WHOM WE HAD NO DEALINGS. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY. HE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA OF THE SIEGE ANOTHER AS THE SAME GENERATION...
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| 01:01:35 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
MEMBER IN EXPRESSING OUR SADNESS OUT THE LOSS OF TOM LANTOS. MY DAUGHTERS AND I HAVE
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| 01:01:41 |
Dodd, Christopher "Chris" J. - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
THE TAPES TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE WONDERFUL TRIPS REFERRED TO IN BUDAPEST, AND HE WAS JUST SO FULL OF ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY
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| 01:01:51 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
AND HAD
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| 01:01:53 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
THIS MARVELOUS WARMTH AND BRIGHTNESS ABOUT HIM THAT WE ALL REMEMBER AND WE WILL MISS HIM AND HIS PASSION FOR HUMAN-RIGHTS AND FOR THE ISSUES THAT WE...
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| 01:05:02 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM ON THE PERSONAL SIDE 33 ASKED IN THE LAST BUDGET FOR 280 PERSONAL BUT DIDN'T GET DONE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT...
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| 01:07:02 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
THERE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE WE HAD A ROAD-BUILDING PLAN ON A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE WILL, THE SUPPLEMENTAL. SO WE ARE BUILDING...
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| 01:07:22 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE. I WILL GET THE EXACT BREAK OUT FOR YOU, SENATOR. >> COME TO THE HEART OF THE
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| 01:07:34 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
ISSUE INSTEAD OF THE QUESTION WHEN YOU MEASURE THAT AGAINST WHAT GENERAL JONES AND THE SECRETARY SAID AND OTHERS I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THE...
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| 01:07:53 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
GROUND DELIVERY RAPIDLY. >> YES. AND I THINK, SENATOR, ONLY A PORTION OF THAT AND I WOULD SAY A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION RELATES TO RESOURCES. I THINK...
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| 01:08:16 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
IN THE SOUTH. AND THE FORCES ARE ABLE TO CLEAR THESE AREAS. IF YOU TAKE THESE PLACES THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLEAR. THE QUESTION IS CAN IT BE HELD? AND...
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| 01:09:44 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
THE QUESTION OF NATO TROOPS, THE ADDITIONAL TROOPS AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ENORMOUS TEST FOR NATO. I THINK SECRETARY GATES MADE THE RIGHT COMMENTS....
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| 01:10:37 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
TIME WORKING VERY HARD. FRENCH HAVE SAID THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP SOME IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. >> WHY DO THINK THIS IS A DIFFICULT? I KNOW THE...
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| 01:11:05 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
THE FUTURE? >> WELL THE FIRST PRINT TO MAKE IS IT IS THE FIRST MISSION OF THE AREA AND THIS WAS NOT LIE THINK THE ALLIANCE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING...
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| 01:11:28 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OF A PROBLEM IN THE GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH THEIR PEOPLE BUT THIS IS NOT ANOTHER PEACEKEEPING OPERATION. THIS IS...
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| 01:12:51 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
DEPLOYMENT OF THE MARINES BECOME PERMANENT? >> I BELIEVE THERE ARE STILL GOOD OPTIONS FOR THE ALLIANCE. A LOT OF EFFORT IS BEING PUT TOWARD BECOMING
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| 01:13:00 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OF BUCHAREST TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
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| 01:13:05 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
WE HAVE SEEN INCREASED INFLOW AND WILLINGNESS TO GIVE EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL FORCES. THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN
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| 01:13:15 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THE TRADING ON WITS, AND THIS IS NOT TRADING IN A CLASSROOM VERY OFTEN. THIS IS MENTORING AND A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER TERRORISTS...
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| 01:14:18 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
WE HAVE NOT MINCED WORDS FAT IN ALLIANCE THAT HAS TAKEN
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| 01:14:27 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THIS MISSION ON, AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THIS WAS A DECISION TAKEN TO TAKE THIS LESSON DELETE COMMISSION ON PURITANS THE CONSENSUS ORGANIZATION SO THERE...
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| 01:15:13 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
OF DOWNSTREAM IMPACT OF THE TALIBAN RESURGENCE, AL QAEDA, ETC.? >> I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S A MIXED. I THINK THAT THOSE WHO A LOT OF COUNTRIES NOW THAT...
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| 01:15:41 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
A CONTINUUM. YOU CLEAR, YOU HOLD, YOU BUILD, IT ALL HAS TO HAPPEN IN A CONTINUUM. THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE. >> ALSO FAIR TO SAY IS...
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| 01:16:13 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
DO ABOUT. BUT IT MIGHT AS IT'S DOWN TO THE ISF HEADQUARTERS I THINK PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TERMS. THE PROBLEM IS THE ALLIANCE HAS TO
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| 01:16:24 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
COME TO TERMS AS A WHOLE. IT CANNOT JUST
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| 01:16:28 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
BE CANADIANS AND BRITS AND DANES AND
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| 01:16:31 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THE AMERICANS AND A FEW OTHERS. >> WHAT DID FOREIGN SECRETARY GILLIBRAND SAY TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE BRITISH? >> I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THIS FIGHT....
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| 01:16:55 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
IS UNDERSTANDING BETTER MILITARILY WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
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| 01:17:00 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
BE FIGHTING FOR POPULATION SECURITY IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY WON'T COME AT YOU AS AN INTEGRATED MILITARY GROUPING BECAUSE THEY GET REALLY DESTROYED....
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| 01:18:30 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
GOING TO BE TO MAKE THE FAIRNESS OF THOSE ELECTIONS? >> WELL, WE WILL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS AS HE SAID WE HAD TO PULL OUT, THERE WAS A LARGE EUROPEAN...
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| 01:18:57 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
EVEN LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ELECTION MONITORING AND THE LIKE, A AND WE WILL HAVE OUR PEOPLE OUT AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE AS YOU KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE...
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| 01:19:30 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
VIOLENCE AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST POCKETS
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| 01:19:35 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
WHERE THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS WITH ELECTIONS BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING AND ENCOURAGING AND INSISTING THAT THIS IS AN ELECTION ON WHICH A LOT...
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| 01:20:31 |
Kerry, John F. - U.S. Senator, [D] Massachusetts
IN POST OF -- POS OF
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| 01:20:37 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
BOE. THE SERBIANS HAD AN ELECTION RECENTLY WITH A PERSON WHO APPEARS TO
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| 01:20:42 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
BE HEADED TOWARD AFFILIATION WITH EUROPE AND THAT IS VERY ENCOURAGING BUT CAN YOU DESCRIBE BY THE EFFORTS WE ARE MAKING TO MAINTAIN VERY STRONG TIES...
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| 01:21:26 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
ALLIES RECOGNIZING THAT THE SERBIAN, THE SERBS NEED A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE. I PERSONALLY INTERVENED SO THAT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE COULD BE OFFERED...
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| 01:22:52 |
Lugar, Richard "Dick" G. - U.S. Senator, [R] Indiana
TO THIS COUNTRY IN PARTICULAR FOREIGN POLICY. I KNOW THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE YOU I'M SURE, I
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| 01:23:00 |
Hagel, Chuck - U.S. Senator, [R] Nebraska
HOPE FOR THIS COMMITTEE THIS YEAR BEFORE YOU'RE 10 YEAR END BUT AS WAS NOTED AT THE BEGINNING IT WILL BE YOUR LAST BUDGET MOST LIKELY THAT HE WILL PRESENT....
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| 01:30:03 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
AMNESTY THAT THENi SUNNIS ARENi VERY PLEASED TO coNi SEE. SO THE LEGISLATUREorce HAS DONE A LOT. WE TALK y ABOUT BOTTOM-UP RECONCILIATION, AND I DO...
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| 01:33:16 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
STRONG SUPPORTER FOR STRONG OPERATIONS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A ROBUST AND FULLY FUNCTIONING AGENCY. I'M PLEASED THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED FY09 STATE DEPARTMENT...
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| 01:33:27 |
Feingold, Russell "Russ" - U.S. Senator, [D] Wisconsin
INCREASED FROM 8.5%. I REMAIN DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE PRESIDENT IS STILL FAILING TO PROPERLY ALLOCATE RESOURCES SO WE CAN ADDRESS OUR TOP NATIONAL...
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| 01:36:31 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
FOR YEARS. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND, FRANKLY, NOT JUST STARTING...
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| 01:42:19 |
Feingold, Russell "Russ" - U.S. Senator, [D] Wisconsin
HAVING BEEN TO AFRICA MANY TIMES AND SEEING THE WORK OF OUR MILITARY IN SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS, IT IS SO MOVING AND WONDERFUL TO SEE, FOR EXAMPLE,...
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| 01:44:02 |
Coleman, Norm - U.S. Senator, [R] Minnesota
ON SOME POSITIVES AND THEN RAISE SOME AREAS OF CONCERN. I ALSO JOIN IN APPRECIATION FOR THE INCREASING IN STATE DEPARTMENT FUNDING. I THINK THAT'S...
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| 01:49:11 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
ARE NOT ARM SALES THAT ARE ILLEGAL AND WE SAY NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS LEGAL IS WISE. AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE....
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| 01:51:17 |
Coleman, Norm - U.S. Senator, [R] Minnesota
WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO IS THEY WOULD STOP THEIR OWN INDIGENOUS EFFORTS OF REPROCESSING AND ENRICHMENT AND ACCEPT THAT FUEL WOULD BE SUPPLIED BY OUTSIDE...
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| 01:51:36 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
IT SO THAT COUNTRIES DON'T ACQUIRE THE FUEL CYCLE. THIS WAS A PROPOSAL THAT THE PRESIDENT MADE IN A SPEECH OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY A COUPLE...
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| 01:53:06 |
Coleman, Norm - U.S. Senator, [R] Minnesota
THIS LAST AREA OF CONCERNED, I FORWARDED A LETTER FROM 26 OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE DURBIN 2 CONFERENCE. TOM LANTOS ATTENDED DURBIN 1 AND WE WALKED...
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| 01:54:25 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS BUT LET ME JUST STATE VERY CLEARLY WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING ON SOMETHING THAT DETERIORATES INTO SOMETHING THE...
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| 01:54:57 |
Coleman, Norm - U.S. Senator, [R] Minnesota
AND ANNETTE, THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE. I GO
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| 01:55:00 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
BACK RUNNING FOR
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| 01:55:02 |
Dodd, Christopher "Chris" J. - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
CONGRESS 30 YEARS AGO WHEN TOM LANTOS WAS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US. IT'S A REAL LOSS FOR THE COUNTRY, AND I KNOW YOU AND...
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| 01:57:05 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
MUCH STRONGER IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AGENDA THAN THE UNITED STATES HAS HAD IN THE PAST. AND I THINK IT SERVED US WELL TO BE VERY CLEAR...
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| 02:00:52 |
Dodd, Christopher "Chris" J. - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NOW, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND SAY HOW MUCH THE LOSS OF TOM LANTOS IS GOING...
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| 02:01:16 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
AND TRYING
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| 02:01:17 |
Voinovich, George V - U.S. Senator, [R] Ohio
TO BRING IT TO THE PRIORITY LIST OF THE O.S.C.E. AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISIM IN THE 55 O.S.C.E. COUNTRIES. ...
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| 02:06:32 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
AS YOU KNOW, OF THE WORK THAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES, BOTH ITS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND IT'S ELECTION MONITORING. IT WAS VERY CRITICAL IN HELPING...
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| 02:07:20 |
Voinovich, George V - U.S. Senator, [R] Ohio
OF RESOURCES BETWEEN VIENNA AND THE ACTUAL ACTIVITIES OF THE O.S.C.E., BUT, NO, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK VERY...
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| 02:07:35 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON TO BE VERY VIGILANT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION. >> BY THE WAY, I AM CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE O.S.C.E. IS GOING TO BE PULLING...
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| 02:08:00 |
Voinovich, George V - U.S. Senator, [R] Ohio
ALLIES LOOKING LOOKING AT THE SO-CALLED
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| 02:08:07 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
SUPERVISED --
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| 02:08:08 |
Voinovich, George V - U.S. Senator, [R] Ohio
THE EUROPEANS HAVE A EUROPEAN MISSION THAT WILL BE GOING IN AND INCLUDING AN E.S.D.P. MISSION TO DEAL WITH POLICING AND POLICE TRAINING AND THE
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| 02:08:17 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
LIKE. THERE'S, OF COURSE, STILL A U.N. ACTIVITY THERE. AND SO WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT HELPING KOSOVO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE -- WE EXPECT THERE'LL...
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| 02:09:30 |
Voinovich, George V - U.S. Senator, [R] Ohio
BAN-KI MOON THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.N. AND ALSO FOR GENERALLY THE UNITED NATIONS. WOULD YOU COMMENT ON HOW THIS BUDGET IMPACTS -- I KNOW THERE'S A...
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| 02:10:19 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
GREATER ARREARAGE. WE NEED TO FULLY FUND IT THIS TIME. WE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN FULLY FUNDING THAT HAS CAUSED US TO SLIP, AND I WOULD ASK THAT...
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| 02:10:56 |
Voinovich, George V - U.S. Senator, [R] Ohio
UP-TO-DATE ON THE DUES THERE. >> I THINK WE CAN MANAGE ON THE RESOURCES WE REQUESTED BUT WE REALLY DO NEED THE FULL FUNDING THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU....
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| 02:11:19 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
CLOSE. I WARN MY REMAINING COLLEAGUES I MAY CUT IT
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| 02:11:24 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
BACK TO 8 MINUTES TO ACCOMMODATE HER SCHEDULE. BUT I THANK EVERYBODY FOR STICKING WITH THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PHYSICAL ENDURANCE, MADAM SECRETARY....
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| 02:12:01 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
10,600 AS A OF TODAY. BRIDGE FORCES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO 4500. AND AN ADDITIONAL 2,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAVE IRAQ THIS SPRING. YET,...
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| 02:13:53 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THEIR SHOULDERS. SO YOU HAVE NO ANSWER -- >> SENATOR, I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO COME
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| 02:13:58 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
UP WITH A NUMBER OF HOW
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| 02:13:59 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
MUCH MORE I THINK WE WILL SPEND IN IRAQ. >> THEN LET'S GET ON -- >>
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| 02:14:03 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE QUESTION -- >> I DON'T WANT ANOTHER ANSWER. I WANT AN ANSWER TO -- NO YOU SAID YOU CAN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. >>...
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| 02:14:17 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER HOW MUCH WE NEED TO SPEND. FORCE LEVELS
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| 02:14:22 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
ARE BEING DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BY
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| 02:14:25 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THE COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND THROUGH SECRETARY GATES TO GET
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| 02:14:27 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. >> FINE. >> NOW, IRAQI FORCES ARE MAKING UP AN
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| 02:14:33 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
EVER-INCREASING -- >> THE ONLY REASON I'M
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| 02:14:36 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
INTERRUPTING IS YOU SAID YOU
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| 02:14:37 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
COULDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. >> I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. >> WELL, THAT IS A SAD STATEMENT ABOUT THE LACK OF PLANNING, FORESIGHT....
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| 02:14:49 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
NIVEN NO ONE KNOWS
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| 02:14:52 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THE CONSTRUCTION BY
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| 02:14:55 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
THE U.S. OF EMBASSY IS SEEN AS A SYMBOL
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| 02:14:58 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURE IN IRAQ. IT'S PLAGUED BY DELAYS, COST
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| 02:15:02 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
OVERRUNS AND LIFE THREATENING SAFETY CONCERNS. AND I'LL PUT THOSE STATEMENTS IN THE RECORD, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MIGHT BACKING UP WHAT I SAID. THERE'S...
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| 02:16:16 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT OUR POLITICAL PRESENCE TO BE A GOOD PARTNER FOR AN IRAQ THAT IS TRYING TO EMERGE FROM YEARS OF TYRANNY. THAT WILL BE...
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| 02:16:33 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
WE INHERITED IN 2001 THAT PRODUCED AN IDEOLOGY OF HATRED SO GREAT THAT PEOPLE ATTACKED INNOCENT CIVILIANS. SO THAT'S HOW I SEE THE EMBASSY. I SEE IT...
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| 02:17:27 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
CONDUCT PRECISE OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. WE'D HAVE MORE CIA. ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU DIFFERENTLY IS BLOWING SMOKE, UNQUOTE. JUST LAST WEEK THE SECRETARY...
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| 02:18:53 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
YOU AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. >> WELL,xD I'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH -- >> I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IF YOU WILL PERMIT...
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| 02:19:04 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
YES. >> AS I SAID TO SENATOR
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| 02:19:06 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
KERRY, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM
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| 02:19:08 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
WITH OUR ALLIES IN AFGHANISTAN -- BY THE WAY, ALL OF WHOM
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| 02:19:12 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
UNDERTOOK A DECISION TO GO INTO AFGHANISTAN THROUGH THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
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| 02:19:16 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
OF NATO IN A CONSENSUS DECISION TO GO INTO AFGHANISTAN SO THERE
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| 02:19:19 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
WAS NO QUESTION THAT OUR ALLIES WERE PREPARED AND WILLING TO
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| 02:19:23 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
GO INTO AFGHANISTAN. I DO
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| 02:19:26 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN DIFFICULTY WITH SOME ALLIES IN WANTING TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT A PEACEKEEPING OPERATION. THAT IT IS A HEAVY...
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| 02:19:59 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
WILL LEAVE A INDELIBLE STAIN ON THE LEGACY OF PRESIDENT BUSH. IT WAS SAID LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS WATERBOARDING IN '02 AND '03. IN '04 YOU WROTE A...
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| 02:21:05 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
BE RAISED THROUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. BUT AS A GENERAL PROPOSITION LET ME STATE VERY CLEARLY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER AUTHORIZED...
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| 02:21:44 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
TO WAR UNDER FALSE PRETENSE. BACK IN '03 THE MAIN JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ WERE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND LINKS TO AL-QAEDA THAT SIMPLY...
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| 02:22:40 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OUR INTERESTS. HE WAS A THREAT TO OUR SECURITY. WE HAD GONE TO WAR WITH HIM IN 1991. WE'D GONE TO WAR WITH HIM IN 1998. WE BELIEVED THAT HE HAD WEAPONS...
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| 02:24:12 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
AN OCCUPYING FORCE. THEY ARE THERE ON U.N. MANDATE. THEY ARE THERE AT THE INVITATION OF A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED IRAQI
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| 02:24:21 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE THERE FIGHTING AL-QAEDA FORCES THAT TAKE WOMEN WHO ARE MENTALLY CHALLENGED AND SEND THEM AS SUICIDE BOMBERS. AND SO I WOULD NOT...
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| 02:25:00 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
IS -- THE FACT IS MANY OF US BELIEVE IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE IRAQIS TO TAKE OVER AND TO DO WHAT MOST NATIONS DO AND MANY OF US BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SPENT...
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| 02:25:49 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A HALF HOUR LEFT AND WE HAVE TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO I'M AFRAID THAT WE'RE GOING
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| 02:26:01 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
TO HAVE TO LIMIT IT TO 5 MINUTES IN ORDER
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| 02:26:05 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
TO MEET OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SECRETARY. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL BE EVEN MORE BRIEF THAN THAT. >> THEN WE'LL GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME. >> I DO SENSE WE'VE MOVED...
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| 02:26:31 |
Corker, Bob - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
A SORT OF PRIVATE SETTING WITH OUR ENVOY TO
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| 02:26:35 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
DARFUR, RICHARD WILLIAMSON. AND I HAVE TO TELL
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| 02:26:39 |
Corker, Bob - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
YOU -- THIS IS NOT A CRITICAL COMMENT. I'D JUST LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT. HE'S GOT FOUR PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH HIM. FROM WHAT I CAN...
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| 02:27:52 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
TIME AND SO I THINK THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HIM -- IT WOULD BE DECEPTIVE TO THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WORKING ON DARFUR. AND WE'VE, OF...
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| 02:29:35 |
Corker, Bob - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
THANK YOU. ..
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| 02:29:41 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
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| 02:29:43 |
Corker, Bob - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
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| 02:29:55 |
Cardin, Benjamin "Ben" L. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
STRUGGLES THAT HE WENT THROUGH. MADAME SECRETARY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WANT TO FOLLOW-UP FIRST ON THE POINT SENATOR VOINOVICH RAISED...
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| 02:32:08 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
MUCH IMPACTED BY OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN IRAQ, AND I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY AREAS IN THE WORLD WE NEED TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT WE ARE...
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| 02:32:21 |
Cardin, Benjamin "Ben" L. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
EFFORT IN IRAQ IT IS DETRACTING FROM OUR ABILITY TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS IN PARTS OF THE WORLD BUT IN ONE RESPECT I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND...
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| 02:33:15 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THE U.N. EFFORT ON REFUGEES AND
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| 02:33:18 |
Cardin, Benjamin "Ben" L. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
WE ARE -- HAVE MONEY IN SUPPLEMENTALS FOR REFUGEE AFFAIRS FOR THE IRAQIS. IT HASN'T REALLY QUITE FRANKLY BEEN SO MUCH AN
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| 02:33:26 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
ISSUE OF FUNDING. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM OF THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF DEALING WITH IRAQI REFUGEES. WE ONLY RECENTLY HAVE BEGUN TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS...
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| 02:34:32 |
Cardin, Benjamin "Ben" L. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
UNITED STATES HAS PLAYED A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE HERE BUT I EXPECT IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE INTERNATIONALLY MOVING FORWARD, CONSIDERING THE POSITIONS...
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| 02:35:25 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
TRANSITION AS POSSIBLE. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE STATUS OF KOSOVO HAS TO BE RESOLVED AND WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES...
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| 02:37:29 |
Cardin, Benjamin "Ben" L. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
A TRIP TO IRAQ IN THE
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| 02:37:30 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
MIDDLE OF JANUARY AND SAW FIRST HAND
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| 02:37:34 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
TWO THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP YOU, ONE IN GAZ REYEAH WHERE I WALKED THE STREETS PEOPLE ARE RETURNING HOME BECAUSE OF THE
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| 02:37:40 |
Isakson, John "Johnny" - U.S. Senator, [R] Georgia
SECURITY. AND SECOND REASON, THEY ARE RETURNING IS BECAUSE OF THE MICRO LOANS WE APPROVED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, 500 TO $2500 LOONTION TO RESTART...
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| 02:39:55 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
YOUR PREPARED TESTIMONY TODAY. IN PARTICULAR ONE ASPECT OF OUR IRAQ POLICY. WHERE YOU
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| 02:40:01 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
USE THE WORD "-- BRINGING CLARITY TO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS" AND THAT THIS IS REASON FOR MY QUESTION. BECAUSE I THINK ON ANY ISSUE OF IMPORTANCE, BUT...
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| 02:44:22 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
AND OBVIOUSLY, IN IRAQ THAT CAN DEFEND ITSELF WILL MAKE THE REGION MORE STABLE BUT THE UNITED STATES IS NOT TAKING ON THAT OBLIGATION AS SECRETARY GATES...
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| 02:44:56 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
OF PRINCIPLES IS A BROAD DOCUMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE IRAQ AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE BROADEST POSSIBLE WAY OVER TIME. BUT...
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| 02:45:16 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
WITH THIS CONGRESS ON IT -- NOTHING IN THAT DOCUMENT WOULD COMMIT THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE SECURITY GUARANTEES OR TO ENGAGE OURSELVES IN IRAQ'S WARS...
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| 02:45:50 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO
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| 02:45:51 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
CONFLICT ALSO WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNING STATEMENT. I'M READING FROM THE JANUARY 28th SIGNING STATEMENT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE...
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| 02:46:05 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
FROM THE BEGINNING, PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, DoD ACT, INCLUDING SECTIONS 84 1:846, 1079 AND SECTION 1222 WHICH PERTAINS SPECIFICALLY TO PERMANENT BASES,...
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| 02:47:29 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
I WOULD SEPARATE THAT
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| 02:47:31 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
NOTION WHICH I THINK IS VERY MUCH AT THE BASE
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| 02:47:33 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH IRAQ, AND WHICH I THINK HAS IN A SENSE BROAD SUPPORT. THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF THING WE OUGHT TO BE DOING....
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| 02:49:02 |
Casey, Bob - U.S. Senator, [D] Pennsylvania
OF PRINCIPLES WITH WHAT YOU HAVE SAID AND WRITTEN AND WHAT SECRETARY GATES HAS SAID INTISM, AND WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN, SO I WOULD ASK FOR -- I THINK THAT...
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| 02:49:49 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
A CLEAN SLATE IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND TRULY DEVELOPING POLICIES, THE
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| 02:49:53 |
Murkowski, Lisa - U.S. Senator, [R] Alaska
ARCTIC IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US. AND WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR UNDERWAY AND SOME -- STAN TIFF RESEARCH PROJECTS GOING ON. -- SUBSTANTIVE...
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| 02:51:30 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THOSE TIES CONCERNING THE ARCTIC. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING IF WE HAD THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY MAKE...
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| 02:52:20 |
Murkowski, Lisa - U.S. Senator, [R] Alaska
EAST NOW, THERE WAS A GAO REPORT BACK IN OCTOBER ABOUT THE AMOUNT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL DONORS HAD PLEDGED FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION. TOTAL OF ABOUT...
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| 02:53:36 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
EITHER CITE THE SECURITY SITUATION AS A REASON, OR SOME MIGHT SAY AS AN EXCUSE, AND THAT THE SECURITY SITUATION IS IMPROVING AND THAT IT IS NOW POSSIBLE...
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| 02:54:59 |
Murkowski, Lisa - U.S. Senator, [R] Alaska
ADMINISTRATION AND SOME
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| 02:55:00 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
OF MY COLLEAGUES
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| 02:55:02 |
Vitter, David - U.S. Senator, [R] Louisiana
LIKE LISA ON THE LAW THE SEA TREATY. WE WON'T RESOLVE THAT TODAY. BUT THAT DISAGREEMENT ON THE SIDE. I'M CONCERNED NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY MIGHT THINK...
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| 02:56:16 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE U.S. NAVY AND SOME OF OUR BUSINESS INTERESTS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE NOT USE OUR ABSENCE OF THE RATIFICATION...
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| 02:56:52 |
Vitter, David - U.S. Senator, [R] Louisiana
WOULD ALLOW US TO RAPIDLY BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT IT, IF IT DOES GO FORWARD. >> WELL, THAT ISN'T IN THE BUDGET. THAT
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| 02:56:59 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
CAVEAT THAT COMMITMENT NOT TO SPEND ANY MONEY BEFORE SENATE RATIFICATION. THE MONEY IS JUST THERE. SO I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY PRESUMPTUOUS -- >> SENATOR...
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| 02:57:17 |
Vitter, David - U.S. Senator, [R] Louisiana
ANSWER AND LET ME -- THERE ARE SOME LEM OF THIS, THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED WE WANTED TO SUPPORT IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR OWN INTERESTS BUT I WILL GET...
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| 02:57:33 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND -- TO YOU IN WRITING ON PRECISELY HOW WE'D USE THE FUNDING IF WE LOOK IT AT ALL. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. LET ME SAY...
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| 02:57:50 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
URGE THE ADMINISTRATION, STRONGLY URGE THE CONGRESS, TO STRIKE THAT. I WOULD ALSO NOTE, ONE OF THE TWO ENTITIES, THE TRIBUNAL, IS AN ENTITY WE HAVE...
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| 02:58:02 |
Vitter, David - U.S. Senator, [R] Louisiana
GO TO, IF WE BECOME SIGNATORIES TO THE TREATY. WE DON'T TRITS. WE WILL NOT GO NEAR IT NO MATTER WHAT AND WE ARE ASKING FUNDING FOR THAT. I DON'T THINK...
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| 02:58:50 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
OF IRAQ. >>
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| 02:58:51 |
Biden, Joseph "Joe" R. Jr. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
CONDOLEEZZA RIGHT, YOU ARE A WAR CRIMINAL. >> YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS, CONDOLEEZZA RICE, YOU SHOULD RESIGN AND TAKE BUSH WITH YOU, YOU SHOULD RESIGN...
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| 02:59:06 |
Rice, Condoleezza - Secretary
THIS IS
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| 02:59:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TERRIBLE. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]. >> RESIGN, RICE,
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| 02:59:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RESIGN. >> I'M SORRY, YOUR HAIR DOES LOOK
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| 02:59:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GOOD. GET US OUT OF IRAQ, MS. CONDI, GET US OUT OF IRAQ, YOU ARE A WAR CRIMINAL, SHOULD YOU GO TO THE
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| 02:59:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAGUE. >> THE U.S. SENATE BOYS
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| 02:59:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO MEET, A
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Unidentified Speaker, -
BILL SETTING AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE YEAR 2017. SEVERAL
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