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MAX'S AND DAVID JAYDEN HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS. DAVID WAS THERE JUST LAST WEEK. MANY PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS ABOUT COMMITTING TO AN INTENSIFICATION OF THE...
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| 00:00:22 |
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YOU CAN TALK NOT JUST TO THE COMMANDERS, BUT TO THE BRIGADE COMMANDERS AND LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS. IT IS MORE WINNABLE THAN PEOPLE HERE THINK. WE...
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| 00:02:26 |
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TALKING ABOUT X'S STRATEGIES. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IS TO BUILD OF THE AFGHAN ARMY. I THINK WE WILL
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| 00:02:36 |
GUEST, -
SUGGEST RHETORICAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT BASICALLY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IN THE BIG DEBATE WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION -- THIS WAS COVERED IN THE PAPERS THIS...
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| 00:03:24 |
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AND SHIITES WORKING TOGETHER AND, ACTUALLY, IRAQIS ARE DOING
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| 00:03:31 |
GUEST, -
THE WORK TOGETHER. I HEARD GENERAL PATRAEUS DISCUSS A KEY INSIDE IN MUNICH A MONTH OR SO AGO AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE. THE KEY POINT IS AT...
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| 00:04:42 |
HOST, -
IF YOU STICK TO IT, IF YOU ARE PERSISTENT, THEN THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE DEALT WITH. THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY OF PERSISTENCE, BY THE WAY, IS ONE THAT I AM GOING...
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| 00:05:03 |
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AS I AM IN THIS OFFICE. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN PERSISTENCE. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, IF WE KEEP ON WORKING ON IT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT...
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| 00:06:10 |
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HOGE, MR. AUDACITY, MR. CHANGE IS NOW A
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| 00:06:13 |
GUEST, -
KIND OF MR., STEADY AS IT
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| 00:06:17 |
HOST, -
GOES, INCREMENTALISM. I MIGHT DISAGREE WITH HIM ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH HE WANTS TO GO, BUT I THINK
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| 00:06:24 |
GUEST, -
IT IS A REASONABLE STANCE FOR A PRESIDENT TO TAKE ON A LOT OF ISSUES. A BLOG I POSTED ON THE "WASHINGTON POST" WEBSITE I MENTION THAT HE ALSO APPLIED...
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| 00:07:32 |
HOST, -
GUEST: HE MENTIONED IT AGAIN IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I DO NOT CARE WHAT HE CALLS IT. I THINK HE IS GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO BE NICE. PAKISTAN'S OFFICIAL...
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| 00:07:55 |
GUEST, -
THERE, THAT WE ACCEPT THAT IT IS AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THAT IS THE WAY THEY UNDERSTAND ISLAMIC REPUBLIC, TO PRESENT BLOGGERS....
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| 00:09:30 |
HOST, -
I WOULD RATHER TRUST IRAN RATHER THAN ISRAEL RIGHT NOW. GUEST: I WOULD RATHER TOUCH -- TRUST ISRAEL. THE OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR 35 YEARS AND THEY...
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| 00:10:04 |
GUEST, -
REAL THREAT AND, LOOK, DO NOT LISTEN TO ME ON THIS. TALK PRIVATELY TO THE SAUDIS OR TO THE EGYPTIANS. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ISRAEL IS A LITTLE COUNTRY...
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| 00:11:11 |
HOST, -
THIS AT ALL HOW BELIEVE -- HISTORY WOULD SUGGEST THAT WITH THIS LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DISLOCATION, THAT IT HAS SERIOUS POLITICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL CONSEQUENCES....
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| 00:11:28 |
GUEST, -
GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE TENSIONS INCREASED BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT IN EUROPE. THERE ARE A LOT OF RESTRAINT ON THE EURO. WE HAVE GOTTEN...
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| 00:12:13 |
HOST, -
KRISTOL AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ANSWER IT WITH A SIMPLE YES OR NO. DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE LED INTO THE IRAQ WAR WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WERE WEAPONS...
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| 00:13:36 |
GUEST, -
HOST: THERE IS THE WILL TO LIVE GOAL OF PREVENTING AL QAEDA FROM ESTABLISHING SAFE HAVENS IN AFGHANISTAN. A TALL ORDER. GUEST: IT IS. I THINK IN PRACTICE,...
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| 00:14:01 |
HOST, -
TO DO MORE THAN JUST THE OCCASIONAL AIRPLANE STARTS AGAINST TERROR CABS. -- TERROR CAMPS. HOST: 4000 MORE TROOPS.
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| 00:14:14 |
GUEST, -
GUEST: THEY WILL SERVE AS TRAINERS AND ADVISERS, INCLUDING THE 82ND AIRBORNE. THIS IS A PRETTY INTERESTING SHIFT, USING A MILITARY ELITE UNIT, DISPERSING...
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| 00:14:31 |
HOST, -
SUB-PLATOONS, COMBAT SQUADS, TO
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| 00:14:35 |
GUEST, -
WORK WITH THE AFGHANS. WE HAVE DONE A VERY BAD JOB OF BUILDING OF THE CENTRAL AFGHAN ARMY TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK IN FIGHTING THE TALIBAN AND PREVENTING...
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| 00:15:09 |
HOST, -
LOWEST THAT IT GOT UNDER CLINTON SINCE THE FALL OF THE COLD WAR. IT WILL BE THE LOWEST NUMBER
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| 00:15:16 |
GUEST, -
SINCE WORLD WAR II. I DO NOT THINK THE WORLD AS GORDA BRIZA SAVED TO DO THAT. -- THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE SO SAFE AS TO DO THAT. TO THE DEGREE THAT WE...
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| 00:16:17 |
HOST, -
PRINT MAGAZINE AND THE SEPARATE ARTICLES WE POSED ON THE WEBSITE, THE DAILY
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| 00:16:23 |
GUEST, -
STANDARD ARTICLES. AND, OF COURSE, THE BLOG. HOST: WE HAVE A LINK TO THE "WEEKLY STANDARD" IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT. MISSOURI, GO AHEAD. CALLER: COULD...
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| 00:16:49 |
HOST, -
GUEST: I WAS NOT A PARTICULAR SUPPORTER OF IT, BUT I THINK IT WAS A PLAN TO GET MORE REPUBLICAN FROM LATE LOBBYIST'S ON 2 K STREET IN WASHINGTON AFTER...
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| 00:17:10 |
GUEST, -
DEMOCRATIC LOBBYISTS KIND COMING IN THERE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A LOBBYIST AND I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TO FOCUS SO MUCH ON GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE INTO...
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| 00:18:18 |
HOST, -
IF THIS CAN'T AMERICANISM IS AND DRIVEN BY HAVING 20,000 AMERICANS ON A BASE IN GERMANY BEING PERFECTLY LAW-ABIDING, MY SENSE IS
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| 00:18:28 |
GUEST, -
THAT THE COUNTRY IS WELCOMING THE AMERICANS AND THEY SPEND MONEY. THEY ARE GOOD CITIZENS THERE. I SHOULD SAY, GOOD VISITORS THERE. I DO NOT THINK THE...
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| 00:19:04 |
HOST, -
REPUBLICANS CAN COMPROMISE ON, AREAS OF POLICY. I THINK REPUBLICANS SHOULD RESIST THAT AND SHOULD NOT JAM IT THROUGH. THEY SHOULD INSIST ON A FULL DEBATE....
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| 00:19:20 |
GUEST, -
ONE THING TO PUSH THROUGH A STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT IS MAY BE NEEDED TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY. I THINK RABIN'S TRIP MAKE ARGUMENTS AGAINST REFORMING OUR...
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| 00:20:06 |
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SO, WHY WOULD WE STUPIDLY -- THEY ARE GOING TO KICK OUR BUTTS THREE GUERRILLA WARFARE? -- TAKE OUR CUTS THROUGH GUERRILLA WARFARE. THEY HAVE GOT TO BEGIN...
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| 00:21:28 |
HOST, -
A JOB ORGANIZING THE LOCAL
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| 00:21:33 |
GUEST, -
TRIBES. WE HAVE ALLOWED A LOT OF CORRUPTION. WE'VE ALLOWED -- THERE IS A LOT OF CORRUPTION. THIS IS NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE AMERICANS FIGHTING...
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| 00:22:43 |
HOST, -
GUEST: I'M SURE THE RELATIONSHIP IS FINE. MY SENSE IS THAT HE IS HAPPY WITH THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN. HE WAS VERY HAPPY -- THIS IS PUBLICLY...
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| 00:23:04 |
GUEST, -
TO NOT PULL DOWN IN ACRES OF HIS WAY. -- IN A PRECIPITOUS WAY. I THINK THOSE GUYS ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, LEONON AT LEAST THESE...
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| 00:23:52 |
HOST, -
TERMS OF COUNTERINSURGENCY AND COUNTERTERRORISM. THERE OF AN AIRSTRIKE AGAINST TERROR CANS, BUT NOT THE RULE OF SENDING HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS, THE KIND...
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| 00:24:08 |
GUEST, -
BIDEN AND HIS STAFF HAS MADE THE CASE FOR VERY LIMITED ACTION. SOME OF THE RHETORIC REMAINED IN OBAMA'S SPEECH TODAY. AND THE FOCUS IS NOT JUST GOING...
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| 00:26:12 |
HOST, -
FREDERICK, MD., DEMOCRAT LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: YES, SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE SEEN YOUR GUEST SEVERAL TIMES ON FOX NEWS AND AS FAR AS WITH IRAN,...
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| 00:27:42 |
HOST, -
OF 1979. KHAMENEI DID NOT SAY WE NEED TO HAVE AN ISLAM REPUBLIC IN IRAN BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUP IN 1953. THE PERSON AGAINST THE COUP WAS CONDUCTED...
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| 00:27:56 |
GUEST, -
THEN COMING DECIDED TO RESTORE THAT. WITH THIS ANTI-AMERICANISM -- WAS THIS ANTI-AMERICANISM? PERHAPS, ALTHOUGH THE ROBINS SEEM TO BE PRETTY GOOD AMERICAN...
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| 00:29:13 |
HOST, -
WE ALL AGREE ON OUR -- ON EVERYTHING
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| 00:29:18 |
GUEST, -
AMONG OURSELVES EITHER. -- WE DO NOT ALL AGREE ON EVERYTHING AMONG OURSELVES EITHER. IT IS NOT WHETHER YOU ARE SUPPORTING OBAMA ON THIS OR CRITICIZING....
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| 00:30:19 |
HOST, -
TROOPS WILL WORK FOR AFGHANISTAN, BUT IT HAS NOT WORKED FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN A SEVENFOLD INCREASE IN TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE THE...
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| 00:30:33 |
HOST, -
HOST: THE ME GET A RESPONSE TO THAT AND WE WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOUR OTHER QUESTION. GUEST: MORE TROOPS BY THEMSELVES OR NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT MORE TROOPS...
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| 00:30:54 |
HOST, -
OBVIOUSLY, NO ONE IN THE MILITARY FORCE CAN DO EVERYTHING AND BAD NUMBERS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTER. BUT HAVING A MILITARY
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| 00:31:01 |
GUEST, -
FORCE IS IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD AND NUMBERS IN MILITARY FORCE DO MATTER. YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE WITH 60,000 TROOPS AND WITH 40,000. HOST: WE WILL GO BACK...
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| 00:31:30 |
HOST, -
METHOD? IS IT TO ENSURE A PERPETUAL WAR AND PERPETUAL PROFITS FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX? GUEST: THAT IS REALLY MY DEEP INTEREST, PROFITS FOR...
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| 00:32:00 |
GUEST, -
NOT TROOPS TO SECURE THE DIPLOMATS? THERE ARE EUROPEAN TRAINERS TO NOT JUST TRAIN THE POLICE, BUT TO PROVIDE WATER SYSTEMS AND THE LIKE. YOU NEED HELP...
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| 00:33:22 |
HOST, -
AND HE JUST SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, [UNINTELLIGIBLE] I WONDER WHY THEY ARE DOING THAT, MR. KRISTOL BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD FOR...
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| 00:34:19 |
GUEST, -
WAR LEVELS PROVIDING THERE WERE 2.1 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN IN ACTIVE SERVICE. WE HAVE CUT IT BACK DOWN TO 1.5 MILLION. WE ARE CREEPING IT BACK UP A LITTLE...
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| 00:35:26 |
HOST, -
OF WHOM ARE BARELY MAKING IT. I WAS SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY, SO I SAID, YOU HAVE TO STOP FOR A WEEK OR SO UNTIL I RECOUP SOME MONEY. SUDDENLY, I GOT THIS...
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| 00:36:33 |
HOST, -
ASKING WHO I PAID ALL LAST YEAR. HOST: HOW MUCH WAS THE TAX BILL? CALLER: $145 OR SOMETHING. I DID NOT WRITE THE CHECK BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE WROTE...
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| 00:36:59 |
HOST, -
YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING IF SHE SAID? GUEST: GOVERNMENT TO YOUR CHRISSY IS ANNOYING. PROBABLY SOME OF IT SHOULD GET CUT BACK -- GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY...
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| 00:37:18 |
HOST, -
IN THE "WEEKLY STANDARD" THIS MONTH. RULE NUMBER ONE, NEVER
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| 00:37:24 |
GUEST, -
LET A GOOD CRISIS GO TO WASTE. YOU ALSO SAY THAT THE AGE OF OBAMA HAS NOT TURNED OUT QUITE THE WAY RAHM EMANUEL AND HIS LEGIONS HAVE EXPECTED IN HIS...
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| 00:37:37 |
HOST, -
GUEST: I THINK RAHM EMANUEL'S STRATEGY -- AND HE WAS PRETTY CANDID ABOUT THIS -- WAS, TAKE THIS PACKAGE AND PUSH FOR A BIG HEALTH CARE PLAN, THE ENERGY...
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| 00:38:00 |
GUEST, -
GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE USING THE CRISIS TO TRY TO PUSH THESE THROUGH. IT IS HARD TO GET SUPPORT FOR THEM IN A NORMAL THE VOTE -- POLITICAL DEBATE....
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| 00:39:16 |
HOST, -
IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP IN THIS NEW CONGRESS, IT WAS LESS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT HAVING TO REACH OVER TO...
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| 00:39:36 |
GUEST, -
BE HIS MOST PRESSING MATTER AND THAT IS WHAT IS COMING TO BEAR RIGHT NOW. LOOKING AT THE BATTLE IN THE SENATE OVER THE BUDGET AND HEALTH CARE REFORM,...
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| 00:40:12 |
HOST, -
BUSH WAS RIGHT, BUT DID NOT HAVE HIS PARTY WITH HIM. IT WAS CONGRESS THAT FAILED TO PASS THE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IT WAS
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| 00:40:18 |
GUEST, -
A GREAT DAMAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH BY THE ELECTIONS THAT YEAR. IT IS USUALLY YOUR OWN PARTY THAT CAUSES TROUBLE. IT IS NOT THAT THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS...
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| 00:42:03 |
HOST, -
PARIS -- OWEBN BURRIS,
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| 00:42:11 |
GUEST, -
DELAWARE, WHERE VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN A STEP DOWN AND TRIED TO HOLD THE FOR THE ATTORNEY -- FOR HIS SON. I DO NOT KNOW IF HE'S REALLY GOING TO DO THAT....
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