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YOU PUT TOGETHER THIS BOOK, A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, THE POWER, POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND POLICY TOWARDS IRAN. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR CONCLUSIONS?...
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| 00:00:19 |
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WEAPONS INSPECTORS, AND THE TOP IRAN OFFICIAL IN SIX ADMINISTRATIONS TO REFLECT ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IRAN, WHAT'S GOING ON...
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| 00:01:14 |
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1979, 444 DAYS OF AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE, THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION DEALING WITH THAT AND EVERY ADMINISTRATION SINCE TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH IRAN,...
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| 00:01:34 |
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AT DIPLOMACY WITH TALKS LAST WEEK IN GENEVA BETWEEN THE WORLD SIX MAJOR POWERS AND IRAN. AND OF COURSE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DISCUSSION IS OVER...
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| 00:02:43 |
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GUEST: WELL, IRAN IS A VERY IMPORTANT STRATEGIC PROPERTY. IT'S THE 18TH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND IT BORDERS THE THREE MOST
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| 00:02:50 |
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VOLATILE OTHER REGIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE CAUCUSES AND SOUTH ASIA. AND BUT IT ALSO HAS CONTROL OVER, AS YOU POINT OUT, THE SHIPPING LANES THROUGH...
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| 00:03:29 |
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BECAUSE OF ISRAEL BUT IT HAS THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND ONE OF THE
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| 00:03:32 |
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LARGEST ARSENALS. AND SOME OF IT IS WITH THE HELP OF NORTH KOREA DOMESTICALLY MADE. THEY'VE GOTTEN TECHNOLOGY THEY'VE PURCHASED FROM THE PAKISTANIS BUT...
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| 00:03:56 |
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EXPERIMENT IN HOW DO YOU BLEND ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY. AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE
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| 00:04:00 |
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WE FACE THROUGHOUT THE ISLAMIC WORLD. THIS IS THE LAST BLOCK OF COUNTRIES TO HOLD OUT AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC TIDE THAT HAS SWEPT THE REST OF THE...
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| 00:05:25 |
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PRESIDENT ACMINJAD? >> WE MAKE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE IN THE WEST TRYING TO CHARACTERIZE OR LUMP THEM TOGETHER IN THE STEREO TYPES.
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| 00:05:34 |
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CLEARLY HE IS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL LEADER NOT ONLY AMONG THE OPPOSITION BUT ALSO FROM EVEN MANY CONSERVATIVES IN PARLIAMENT WHO HAS CHALLENGED SOME...
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| 00:06:14 |
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PRIMER. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN THE AUTHOR OF JIHAD AGAINST THE JIHAD. >> NO. THAT'S A BOOK THAT'S COMING UP. WE CHANGED THE TITLE. ROCK THE
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| 00:06:24 |
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CAZZBA. AND IT'S GOING TO COME OUT JUST BEFORE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11. HOST: SO FROM THIS AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, IF YOU CAN GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS...
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| 00:06:39 |
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ADMINISTRATION? GUEST: THERE ARE SIX CHAPTERS ON U.S. POLICY AND THE VARIOUS OPTIONS. ENGAGEMENT, CONTAINMENT, SANCTIONS,
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| 00:06:46 |
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THE MILITARY OPTION. AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT THE WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS THAT ARE CAPTURED IN THIS BOOK, NO ONE BELIEVES THAT THE MILITARY OPTION...
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| 00:07:57 |
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ON THE IRAN PRIMER, PART OF THE INSTITUTE OF PEACE ON ITS WEBSITE, WHICH IS WHERE OUR GUEST IS AFFILIATED WITH. MICHAEL FROM MAINE. GOOD MORNING. ...
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| 00:08:13 |
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AROUND THE WORLD AND POLICE EVERYBODY? YOU KNOW, AND WHY WOULD WE BELIEVE, LIKE MASS DESTRUCTION OVER THERE IN THE WAR, THE FIRST WAR WE GOT INTO WITH...
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| 00:08:48 |
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UNITED STATES HAS AGREED THAT IRAN HAD A LEGITIMATE NEED TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM, A PEACEFUL PROGRAM. IRAN CLAIMS THAT'S ALL THAT IT'S...
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| 00:09:44 |
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FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE PORTION OF THE
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| 00:09:48 |
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RADIO. HOST: THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. CALLER: I LISTEN TO THAT. AND I RECOMMEND LISTENING TO C-SPAN RATHER THAN WATCHING
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| 00:09:57 |
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ON TV.
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| 00:09:58 |
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YOU CAN GET MORE DONE. BUT AS FAR AS IRAN GOES, THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, WISEST CULTURES IN THE WORLD, PESHA. -- PERSIA. AND WE TOOK AWAY THEIR...
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| 00:10:57 |
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ALONG THE LINES YOU SAID. JOHN, YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT AND WE'LL GET YOU TO RESPOND TO JIM'S THOUGHT CALLER: ABSOLUTELY. AMERICA HAS TRIED TO CONTROL...
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| 00:11:19 |
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TO PRICE HIS OIL IN EUROS. HE WOULD NOT COW DOWN TO AMERICAN POWER. AND SO WE KILLED AMERICANS TO KILL HIM. IT'S CRAZY. HOST: THANK YOU, JOHN. GUEST:...
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| 00:11:39 |
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PERSIAN NATIONALISM.
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| 00:11:40 |
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TO UNDERSTAND IRANIANS, THINK OF THE MOST SHAUFNISTIC TEXAN YOU'VER MET AND ADD 5,000 YEARS. THERE'S A SENSE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY. AND IRAN IS A --...
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| 00:12:48 |
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TALKS. BUT THE HEADLINE ON WEDNESDAY, LITTLE PROGRESS SEEN AS THE TALKS WITH IRAN COME TO AN END. WHAT'S THE STORY? >> WELL, I THINK THE IMPORTANT...
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| 00:13:05 |
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TABLE AND THEY MET WITH THE WORLD SIX MAJOR POWERS WHO ARE LEADING AN EFFORT TO TRY TO FORCE IRAN TO BE HONEST ABOUT ITS PROGRAM, TO GIVE ACCESS AND...
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| 00:14:55 |
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STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE. KEN IS JOINING US FROM FLORIDA. WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION, KEN. CALLER: THANK YOU AND GORNE. MS. WRIGHT, IN RESPONSE TO...
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| 00:15:11 |
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READ SOME COMMENTS FROM WHAT BAR BRA SLAVEN ONCE CALLED A MODERATE WHO INDICATED THAT HIS CALCULUS WAS THAT IF HE LAUFPKD OR IRANIANS LAUNCHED AN...
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| 00:17:02 |
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ROBIN. GUEST: I THINK ON THE MILITARY ISSUE, NO MILITARY STRIKE IS GOING TO BE SIMPLE IN PART BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW A LOT
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| 00:17:09 |
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ABOUT WHERE IRAN'S FACILITIES ARE. SOME OF THE THEM ARE BELIEVED TO BE DEEP UNDERGROUND. BUT IT'S NOT SIMPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS...
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| 00:17:47 |
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CASE OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN THAT COUNTRY? ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS FROM A VIEWER ON TWIT SNER GUEST: YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL HYPOTHETICALS...
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| 00:17:59 |
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CIRCUMSTANCES THE U.S. MIGHT ENGAGE. SO FAR THE MILITARY OPTION IS LEFT ON THE TABLE BUT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS REPEATEDLY SAID IT WANTS A DIPLOMATIC...
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| 00:18:40 |
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ITS ROLE NOT ONLY IN THE REGION BUT GLOBALLY. . . (music) CALLER: HAS MOST IRANIANS -- I KNEW SOME WHEN I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IN...
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| 00:20:56 |
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MANY OTHER COUNTRIES INVOLVED. THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PARTICULAR HAS ENORMOUS LEVERAGE OVER IRAN BECAUSE SEVERAL OF ITS MEMBER STATES LIKE GERMANY AND...
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| 00:22:39 |
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THE WORLD. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SOVIET UNION. THESE WARS WILL DESTROY US ECONOMICALLY GUEST: I SHARE SOME OF THAT CONCERN IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS....
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| 00:23:43 |
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THE ROOTS OF THE IRANIAN PROBLEM IS NOT THE JIMMY CARTER. THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED IN THE EARLY 1950'S. GUEST: WAS NOT ASSASSINATED BUT...
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| 00:24:06 |
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SHAH HAD FLED TO ROME. IT WAS A C.I.A.-ORCHESTRATED MOVEMENT. IT LED TO DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE STREET THAT FORCED HIM FROM POWER AND ALLOWED THE SHAH...
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| 00:24:42 |
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GUEST: IRAN HAS THE RIGHT TO ENRICH URANIUM UNDER THE NON- PROLIFERATION TREE. THEY ARGUE THEY ARE NOT VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL
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| 00:24:57 |
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LAW OR ANY TREATY. THEY DO HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON PER THEY LIED ABOUT A MILITARY PROGRAM FOR 18 YEARS AND HAS NOT PROVIDED ADEQUATE ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT...
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| 00:25:53 |
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THIS WEEK, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR
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| 00:25:59 |
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DEBT. I WAS LISTENING TO CNBC AND ERIN BURNETT SAID OUR SANCTIONS ARE NOT SERIOUS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY SOLD OUR TREASURY TO BORROW MONEY FROM IRAN. THEY...
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| 00:27:00 |
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CALLER: YES, WE HAVE INTERESTS THERE. HOST: IS IT KISH
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| 00:27:07 |
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ISLAND WHICH COULD BE A SOURCE OF -- IT COULD BE A PIPELINE FOR ECONOMIC REVIVAL WITH THE UNITED
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| 00:27:14 |
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STATES IN IRAN? THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. GUEST: I DID NOT SEE THE DOCUMENTARY. WE ARE NOT BORROWING MONEY FROM IRAN. WE
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| 00:27:27 |
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CANNOT. WE DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN. AN INTERESTING THING IS THAT EVERY TRANSACTION THAT INVOLVES U.S. DOLLARS, FOR EXAMPLE THE SELLING OF OIL IN...
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| 00:28:21 |
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MORE DISTA SINCE THE COLD WAR? . GUEST: TENSIONS ARE ARGUABLY GREATER BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES. THE OBAMA
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| 00:28:35 |
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ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO RENEW RELATIONS WITH IRAN BUT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES IRAN'S COOPERATION WITH THE...
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| 00:29:18 |
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ROBIN. I THINK THE REAL
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| 00:29:22 |
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ISSUE THIS COMES DOWN TO HER REGARDING NATIONAL RATE -- NATURAL RESOURCES. UNDER THE DISGUISE OF IMPOSING DEMOCRACY, HOW DOES THIS COUNTRY JUSTIFIED...
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| 00:30:21 |
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ENORMOUS MILITARY PARADE Y HAVE THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS AND THE MILITARY. THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF NOT FROM A POWER LIKE THE...
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| 00:31:32 |
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TO LOOK AT IRAN. MS. WRIGHT TALKS ABOUT OTHER AS MEDDLING WITH IRAN. DOESN'T SHE SEE THE UNITED STATES MEDDLING AS WELL? THE U.S. NEEDS TO RETURN TO BEING...
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| 00:33:11 |
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SAYS ANOTHER VIEWER. GUEST: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AS A WAY TO COMBAT EXTREMISM. WE WANT TO BRING UP A GENERATION THAT UNDERSTANDS THE BROADER
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| 00:33:22 |
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IDEALS AND THE KIND OF STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED INTERNATIONALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS APPROPRIATE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION...
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| 00:33:41 |
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WERE TRACK TWO EFFORTS AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HELPING IRANIANS AND AMERICANS GET TO KNOW EACH
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| 00:33:46 |
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OTHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT INVOLVED THINGS LIKE WRESTLING COMPETITIONS AND OTHER SPORTING EVENTS. THERE WERE EXCHANGES BETWEEN FILM MAKERS AND...
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| 00:35:11 |
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REGION, THERE IS A CAPACITY BUT I HAVE NOT
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| 00:35:15 |
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PAID ATTENTION TO THE BLOCKADE IN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ. AND DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY NOW -- I KNOW WE CAN DO THE BLOCKADE BUT CAN WE ACTUALLY PROTECT...
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| 00:36:08 |
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THINGS. CAN MEAN TRYING TO PREVENT THROUGH SANCTIONS AROUND'S AND ACCESS TO CERTAIN KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY. CONTAINMENT IN A BIGGER FORM CAN MEAN THE DEPLOYMENT...
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| 00:37:24 |
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THE USIP WAS CONGRESSIONAL MANDATED AND GETS SOME OF ITS FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE.
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| 00:37:35 |
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MAYBE ALL OF IT. I AM SIMPLY A FELLOW REGIONAL SPECIALIST. AT BUT THE INSTITUTIONS. THEY BOTH OF GOVERNMENT TIES. HOST: YOUR FOCUS INCLUDES IRAN, SOUTHEAST...
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| 00:37:53 |
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WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION. CALLER: HELLO, I WANTED TO ASK -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? HOST: WE SURE CAN. CALLER: I WANTED
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| 00:38:08 |
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TO
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| 00:38:11 |
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ASK, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING
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| 00:38:19 |
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OF THE IRAN SITUATION? HOW HAS THE STRATEGY WORKED SO FAR? IS IT WORKING? I WANT TO QUICKLY QUOTE A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE ECONOMIST WHICH STATES THAT...
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| 00:38:54 |
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION,
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| 00:38:57 |
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ITS POLICY TOWARD IRAN HAS TWO SIMULTANEOUS TRACKS. ONE IS TO CONTINUE PRESSURE ON IRAN TO TRY TO GET IT TO COOPERATE AND THAT THE SAME TIME IT IS ENGAGING....
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| 00:39:54 |
HOST, -
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| 00:39:58 |
CALLER, -
AN ISRAELI STRIKE IS NOT REALLY REALISTIC IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTANCE FROM ISRAEL AND THE AVENUES THEY HAVE TO TAKE TO CONDUCT A STRIKE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT...
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| 00:40:51 |
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TO URGE IT TO GIVE THE U.S. EFFORT, THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT, MORE TIME, NOT TO MOVE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR IN THE SPRING IF THERE IS TALK IN WASHINGTON....
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| 00:42:11 |
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TO IGNORE IRAN AND IRAN INTERNALLY VIEWS ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM AS A SYMBOL OF GREATNESS. GUEST: THEY ALSO VIEWED AS AN ISSUE OF SOVEREIGNTY. THEY VIEW...
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| 00:42:26 |
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OUTSIDE WORLD TRYING TO CONTROL ITS ABILITY TO FUEL ITS PEACEFUL NUCLEAR REACTORS AND THEY DON'T THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE RIGHT. THE WORLD DOES NOT...
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| 00:43:41 |
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PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, AND 2012 PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. WE BEGIN AT NOON WITH MEET THE PRESS. THEY WILL HAVE AUSTIN GHOULS...
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