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MINUTES. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS PAUL CHAPELLE. I'M THE PEACE
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LEADERSHIP DIRECTOR FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT WORLD PEACE AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE...
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| 00:01:00 |
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TO BE A JOKE, BUT IS IT? I THINK MOST AMERICANS FEEL THAT WAY. ANYBODY HERE DISAGREE? THINK THAT WORLD PEACE MIGHT BE POSSIBLE? RAISE YOUR HAND FINK...
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| 00:03:08 |
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SHARES. ANTICIPATE OTHER GUESSES? THE GREATEST PROBLEM OF EVERY ARMY IN WORLD HISTORY IS WHEN A BATTLE BEGINS HOW DO YOU STOP SOLDIERS FROM RUNNING...
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| 00:04:01 |
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IF YOU RUN AWAY WE'LL SHOOT YOU IN THE BACK? DO YOU THINK THAT'S EFFECTIVE? THINK ABOUT IT. IF THE OFFICERS IN
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| 00:04:08 |
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YOUR ARMY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE ATTACKING THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO TURN AROUND AND SHOOT YOU AND YOU CAN ALWAYS GET AWAY AND GO TO A DIFFERENT...
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| 00:04:53 |
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BRAVE. THE GREEKS REALIZED THAT IF SOLDIERS BELIEVED THEY'RE FIGHTING TO PROTECT THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR LOVED ONES THEY WILL NOT ONLY...
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| 00:10:15 |
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15%. NOW, DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, WHAT PERCENT OF SOLDIERS IN COMBAT WHO HAD A CHANCE TO SHOOT AT THE ENEMY ACTUALLY FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AT THE ENEMY....
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| 00:10:42 |
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OR 30% IN VIETNAM. YOU'D THINK IT WOULD BE LOWER, RIGHT? THINK ABOUT IT. IN WORLD WAR II WE WERE FIGHTING THE NAZIS. AND JAPAN ATTACKED US ON OUR OWN...
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| 00:11:53 |
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HOW TO KILL. ARMIES GOT BETTER AT TRAINING PEOPLE TO KILL. THE KEY IS TRAINING PEOPLE HOW TO KILL. KILLING IS NOT NEARLY AS EASY AS HOLLYWOOD MAKES...
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| 00:18:08 |
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IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY EFFICIENCY. WHAT'S MORE EFFICIENT OF FIRING SQUAD, HAVE THEM DIG THEIR OWN GRAVE AND THROW DIRT ON THEM. THERE'S NOTHING...
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| 00:24:12 |
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WE HAD THEM FOR A WHILE A VERY GOOD GUESS. SMART WEAPONS ARE A BIG CHANGE. SMART WEAPONS. A U.S. SOLDIER IN AMERICA CAN BOMB PAKISTAN FROM HERE. VIA...
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| 00:29:07 |
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MOVEMENT. ENDING APARTHEID IN AFRICA, MANDELA, TUTU. ALL THESE PEACEFUL MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, SOCRATES, BUDDHA, MOTHER TERESA, ALL SORTS OF EXAMPLES...
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| 00:30:46 |
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SECOND KIND OF WAR IS THE WAR WITH CASUALTIES AND THE WORST KIND OF WAR IS THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS. AN EXAMPLE IS THE CONFLICT OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE...
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| 00:35:19 |
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PEACE YOU NEED TO THINK TECHNICALLY AND STRATEGICALLY. YOU NEED TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., IS TRYING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS IN...
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| 00:36:13 |
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CORPS. WHEN WAGING PEACE YOU'RE TRYING TO TRANSFORM A HUMAN BEING INTO A FRIEND. THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S ANOTHER CRUCIAL DIFFERENCE...
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| 00:45:11 |
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OF THE NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION IS TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS. STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND EMPOWER NEW GENERATION OF PEACE LEADERS. THAT'S...
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| 00:45:53 |
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AROUND. >> CAN I START IT OFF BY ASKING YOU -- >> SURE. >> WHAT WAS -- WHAT WAS BEST ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION AT WEST POINT? AND WHAT WAS WORST? >>
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| 00:46:11 |
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ANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT WEST POINT? ANY OF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT WEST POINT? WHAT DO YOU
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| 00:46:17 |
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KNOW? [INAUDIBLE] >> A MILITARY ACADEMY. WEST POINT IS A FANTASTIC SCHOOL. I'M SPEAKING AS SOMEONE WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT
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| 00:46:28 |
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PEACE. WEST POINT OFFERS AN UNBELIEVABLE EDUCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, WEST POINT'S ENTIRE EMPHASIS IS ON TEACHING. SO IN A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES PROFESSORS...
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| 00:49:13 |
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AMERICAN. THE FIRST TWO YEARS YOU COULD ONLY LEAVE A COUPLE TIMES EVERY SEMESTER. YOU HAVE TO BE IN YOUR ROOM AT 11:30 AT NIGHT. THEY MAKE YOU START...
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| 00:51:19 |
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OF PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE GAY. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY CARE. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE GENERALS ARE SAYING NOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE SUPPORTING REPEALING...
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| 00:52:34 |
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UNDONE. THE EARLIER YOU ARE CONDITIONED THE EARLIER YOU ARE TRAUMATIZED THE HARDER IT IS TO UNDO. THE EARLIER IT HAPPENS TO YOU THE HARDER TO UNDO BECAUSE...
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| 00:55:52 |
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INSIGHT. I GUESS MY QUESTION, WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORY OF THE -- [INAUDIBLE] >> AND HOW -- DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE ARE INHERENTLY USEFUL, WHICH I...
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| 00:56:04 |
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QUESTION IS, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS TO PEACE IN THE SOCIETY THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, SO MANY RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED, CHILDREN'S...
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| 00:57:16 |
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART ATTACKS AND NUTRITION AND EXERCISE. THEY ARE ALL INTERLINKED. SO ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARE INTERLINKED. IF YOU LOOK AT...
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| 01:01:34 |
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LIKE THAT, DO YOU THINK, HOW WOULD YOU GO BACK AND ELIMINATING THAT ARE KIND OF CHANGE THE FOCUS? >> I AM NOT OFFERING AN OUTLINE OF POSITIONS THAT THE...
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| 01:01:54 |
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BUILD SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. MANY OF THEM DON'T EVEN CARRY WEAPONS. THEY ARE BASICALLY THE ARMY PEACE CORPS. WHEN GENERAL McCHRYSTAL...
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| 01:05:20 |
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DIFFERENCE HAS MADE, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ON CURBING THIS ECONOMIC, LIKE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF WAR? SOMEBODY...
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| 01:05:52 |
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ABOUT WAR AND MONEY. SO GENERAL EISENHOWER SAID THAT THE DEATH FROM THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND ARE NOT FED, THOSE WHO ARE COLD AND ARE NOT CLOTHED,...
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| 01:10:29 |
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WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE. SO WE DID THAT FOR CAN WE TAX RESISTANCE HERE IN CLASS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY PAY THAT GOES TO THE MILITARY. IS...
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| 01:10:56 |
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ESPECIALLY ENLISTED SOLDIERS. THE VA IS OVERSTRESS, CAN'T MANAGE ALL OF ITS WOUNDED, PSYCHOLOGICALLY WOUNDED. AND BENEFITS HAVE DECLINED. THE MONEY...
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| 01:11:17 |
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THAT SERVICES AS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT. AND FROM DAY ONE AT WEST POINT YOU WERE TAUGHT IF YOU EVER LEAVE THE MILITARY
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| 01:11:23 |
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YOU HAVE TO SURGE COUNTRY. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY BUT A LOT OF WEST POINT IS GET OUT OF THE MILITARY AND WEST POINT SAID YOU HAVE...
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| 01:11:56 |
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I WAS WONDERING, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WAGING PEACE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PEACE, AND YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, DO YOU RECOMMEND JOINING THE ARMY...
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| 01:12:36 |
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PUBLIC SPEAKING, PUBLIC SKILLS TRAINING, BUILDING A CONFERENCE, BUILDING YOUR IDEALISM. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO JOIN THE ARMY, OR GO TO WAR, AND YOU WANT...
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| 01:14:12 |
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THE COAST GUARD, IS THAT RICE THE? I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO JOIN. >> NONA. >> I'M SORRY. I MISUNDERSTOOD ASPECT...
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| 01:17:48 |
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OR BRAINWASHING, BUT CLEARLY YOU HAVE SORT OF TRANSFORMED THE MILITARY MENTALITY TO A NEW APPLICATION. SO HOW DO YOU EXPECT HOW DO HOPE TO ABIDE BY...
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| 01:18:10 |
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THAT IN TERMS OF THE MILITARY TRANSFORMING? THINK OF IT LIKE THIS. THE U.S. ARMY 200 YEARS AGO, 200 YEARS AGO U.S. ARMY, PUBLIC CORPORAL PUNISHMENT,...
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| 01:21:16 |
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TO SAY WHAT THE MILITARY CAN DO AND WILL DO TO BRING PEACE TO THE WORLD. MY QUESTION IS, I DO BELIEVE THAT HUMANS ARE NATURALLY PEACEFUL. WHY DO YOU...
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| 01:21:56 |
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HEALTHY. BOXING, MARTIAL ARTS. I WILL EXPLAIN THAT. WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT PROGRESSION. HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AGGRESSION. IF YOU HAVE A PACK OF WOLVES...
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| 01:26:20 |
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QUESTION. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE, LIKE YOUR BELIEFS BELIEFS OR YOUR THOUGHTS WERE SAVED BECAUSE OF GROWING UP IN LIKE WATCHING YOUR DAD BEING IN THE ARMY...
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| 01:26:50 |
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THINK THAT WAR IS VERY DANGEROUS. AND WRONG. EVERYTHING I WAS NOT GOING UP IS THAT YOU NEED MORE. COMIC BOOK, ACTION GAMES, EVERYTHING TIME IF YOU...
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| 01:29:30 |
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LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND SKILLS IN WAGING PEACE, SPECIFICALLY FOR TACTICS AND
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| 01:29:35 |
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STRATEGY. AND LEADERSHIP IS CRUCIAL. WHAT TIME IS IT? >> ABOUT 4:00. WE CAN TAKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. >> SURE. LEADERSHIP. MOST AMERICANS, MOST OF...
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| 01:29:49 |
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NO LEADERSHIP TRAINING AT ALL. MANY OF YOU WILL WORK
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| 01:29:52 |
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AT A COMPANY AND THE PERSON YOU'RE WORKING FOR HAS NO LEADERSHIP TRAINING. YOU WILL KNOW WHAT BY THE WAY THEY TREAT YOU. LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS CRUCIAL....
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| 01:31:37 |
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WAR. HE SAYS THAT SOMETIMES
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| 01:31:41 |
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IT'S JUST NECESSARY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS A NECESSARY SOMETIMES? >> DID EVERYBODY HERE THAT? IS WAR ALWAYS NECESSARY? OR COULD WERE ALWAYS BE -- SOMETIMES,
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| 01:31:55 |
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IS WAR NECESSARY SOMETIMES. IT DEPENDS THAT IT REALLY DEPENDS UPON THE TIMELINE. HITLER. COULD YOU HAVE STOPPED HITLER IN 1942? HEIGHT OF HIS POWER,...
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| 01:35:43 |
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EXACTLY. PREVENTION BEFORE RATHER THAN INTERVENTION AFTER. >> YOU SPOKE A
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| 01:35:49 |
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LOT ABOUT AUTHORS AND LEADERS ESPECIALLY IN THE NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT. WHAT
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| 01:35:57 |
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WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR -- [INAUDIBLE] >> I THINK IT'S HARD TO POINT TO ONE YOUR I THINK ONE OF THEM IS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 01:36:09 |
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YOU'RE IN DEEP TROUBLE, PAUL. >> BUT I THINK THERE'S MANY TO CHOOSE FROM. I REALLY
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| 01:36:23 |
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LIKE ALBERT SCHWEITZER. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT PHILOSOPHERS IN HUMAN HISTORY. GANDHI, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I REALLY LIKE THE TENNECO DAVE...
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| 01:38:17 |
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ONE LINE MAYBE. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED HIS OWN ADVANTAGES OVER OTHERS IN HEALTH, TALENTS, AND ABILITY, SUCCESS. AND IT HAPPY CHILDHOOD...
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| 01:39:18 |
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LOT OF BOOKS WITH AN OFFER THAT I THINK YOU'LL REALLY LIKE TO HAVE INSPIRED ME AS WELL. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU. IT'S VERY HOPEFUL...
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| 01:39:41 |
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WEST POINT GRADUATE CAPTAIN PAUL CHAPPELL IS THE AUTHOR OF "WILL WAR EVER END?." HE SERVED IN IRAQ IN 2006
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| 01:39:49 |
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AND 2007. TO FIND OUT MORE VISIT PAULKCHAPPELL.COM. >> FORMER PRESIDENT OF SHELL OIL TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOK WHY WE HATE
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