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ONE TO FAIL IN HONESTY, TO FAIL TO TELL THE TRUTH: >> Host: WHAT'S YOUR OBJECTIVE IN YOUR WRITINGS? >> Guest: YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE I BEGAN DOING WRITING...
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STARTED WRITING FOR RADIO, I WAS WRITING
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RADIO COMMENTARIES FIRST, I FELT LIKE IT WAS PART OF POLITICAL ORGANIZING. I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS WRITING A BOOK FOR HISTORY, OR I WAS WRITING AN ESSAY...
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CALIFORNIA WHICH WAS DEFINED MUCH MORE IN THE
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CONTEXT OF BEING PRO-ISRAEL THAN IT WAS ABOUT RELIGION. SO GOD REALLY DIDN'T FIGURE INTO IT, BUT ISRAEL FIGURED REALLY BIG. AND I GREW UP VERY ACTIVE...
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FORTUNE OF BEING AN AGE WHERE I WAS WITH
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AT UNIVERSITY IN THE BIG YEARS OF ANTI-WAR ORGANIZING. I STARTED AT UNIVERSITY AT 17 IN THIS 968. I WAS THERE FROM '68-'72. MOBILIZATION WAS THE TOP...
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QUESTION. I DON'T THINK COUNTRIES HAVE RIGHTS LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK FRANCE HAS A
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RIGHT TO EXIST. FRANCE EXISTS. ISRAEL EXISTS. ISRAELIS HAVE RIGHTS. PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS. ISRAELIS HAVE RIGHTS, PALESTINIANS HAVE RIGHTS, I DON'T THINK...
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WRITING? >> Guest: I HAVEN'T SO FAR. MANY OF MY FRIENDS DO. I THINK THAT IF I LOOK AT
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SOMEONE LIKE ONE OF MY GREAT MENTORS AND FRIENDS, RICHARD FALK, A NOTED PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW WHO IS CURRENTLY WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, THE...
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UNDERSTANDING THE U.S./IRAN CRISIS AND ENDING THE U.S. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. WHERE DID THIS SERIES COME FROM? >> Guest: YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OF THOSE...
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USUALLY CALLED ISRAEL/PALESTINE, WE CHOSE TO NAME THE BOOK UNDERSTANDING THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT. THAT CAME OUT OF A PROJECT THAT HAD ACTUALLY...
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| 00:11:10 |
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CRIMES OF 9/11 WERE HORRIFIC CRIMES. THEY WERE
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| 00:11:14 |
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. BUT I DON'T THINK YOU SOLVE A CRIME WITH BY WAR. AND I THINK THAT WAS AS TRUE FOR A MASSIVE CRIME AS FOR A SMALL CRIME. IF...
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ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 CRISIS."
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AND THE GOAL THERE WAS TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHY DID THE U.S. DO WHAT IT DID, WHY DID IT SEE WAR AS AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THAT TERRIBLE CRIME? AND...
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| 00:13:35 |
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AND HIS OR HER BODY OF WORK. THIS MONTH IT'S PHYLLIS BENNIS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES AND THE AUTHOR OF EIGHT BOOKS PLUS TWO EDITED BOOKS....
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| 00:14:35 |
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END OF THE COLD WAR AND WHAT WAS IT GOING TO MEAN FOR COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THE U.S.? SO WE HAVE AUTHORS IN THAT BOOK FROM AN AMAZING ARRAY OF COUNTRIES,...
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| 00:16:29 |
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THE EAST AND CENTRAL TIME ZONES. 737-0002 FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE MOUNTAIN AND PACIFIC TIME ZONES. YOU CAN ALSO SEND US AN E-MAIL. BOOKTV@CSPAN.ORG...
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THE NUCLEAR
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WATCHDOG,
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| 00:17:18 |
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THE IAEA, THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY HAS SAID IS THAT THERE ARE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. AND IRAN CERTAINLY IS IN VIOLATION OF ITS AGREEMENTS...
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| 00:21:03 |
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I THINK THAT THE
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MIDDLE EAST REGION, LIKE OUR OWN COUNTRY, IS OVERARMED. I THINK TOO MUCH MONEY IS SPENT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE GULF STATES SOME OF WHOM IN THE WIKILEAKS,...
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| 00:22:45 |
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CAREER, AS IT WERE. AND ONE THAT I NEVER EXPECTED. I HAD KNOWN OF THE
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| 00:22:49 |
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INSTITUTE WHEN I WAS A KID. IPS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE EARLY '60s. IT WAS FOUNDED BY TWO EXTRAORDINARY MEN WHO WERE WORKING AT THE TIME IN THE...
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| 00:25:43 |
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BEEN WORKING AS A JOURNALIST AT THE
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UNITED NATIONS WRITING, FIRST, FOR A SMALL BIWEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN CALIFORNIA, A NATIONAL PAPER BUT BASED IN CALIFORNIA. AND WE HAD DECIDED TO SEND ...
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| 00:29:15 |
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WE GREW UP
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IN SUBURBAN LOS ANGELES. MY FATHER SPENT HIS LIFE WORKING AT MY MOTHER'S FATHER'S STORE. MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER. AND HIS BROTHERS HAD OPENED A STORE...
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| 00:33:11 |
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD ISSUES? >> Guest: WELL, IT'S
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| 00:33:16 |
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VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE NOW HE AGREES A GREAT DEAL. I THINK HE DIDN'T ALWAYS, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS A LIBERAL. HE WAS SOMEONE -- HE
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| 00:33:22 |
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WAS PRESIDENT OF CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY, HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF SUNNI BUFFALO AT THE TIME THAT I WAS A STUDENT ACTIVIST. AND THERE WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION...
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| 00:34:33 |
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BENNIS. 202-737-0001 FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL TIME ZONES. TERESA FROM MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, YOU ARE FIRST UP. PLEASE, GO AHEAD. >> Caller: YES, AND...
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| 00:34:51 |
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THE PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN FOR OSAMA bin LADEN BEING THERE. OUR MILITARY LEADERS INSIST WE MUST STAY AND FIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE...
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| 00:35:35 |
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TO WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, THEY LIVED, AS YOU SAY, IN HAMBURG. THEY DIDN'T TRAIN IN AFGHANISTAN, THEY TRAINED IN THE FLORIDA. AND THEY DIDN'T GO TO FLIGHT...
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| 00:38:15 |
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Guest: THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. I'M NOT A MILITARY STRATEGIST, AND I CAN'T
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| 00:38:21 |
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SAY EXACTLY WHICH COMPANIES SHOULD LEAVE FIRST. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE MILITARY. BUT THEY GOT US IN, THEY CAN GET OUT. DECLARE A UNILATERAL CEASE FIRE,...
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| 00:44:48 |
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HI. MS. BENNIS WROTE THE SPEECH SHE THOUGHT THAT PRESIDENT BUSH SHOULD GIVE AFTER THE
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| 00:44:55 |
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SEPTEMBER 11TH ATROCITY REALLY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR NOW WHAT MS. BENNIS THINKS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD SAY IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS...
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| 00:45:16 |
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THE UNION SPEECH SHOULD REFLECT A DECISION THAT I HOPE THAT HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THAT IS RECOGNIZING WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY, THE ...
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| 00:49:16 |
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PLEASE EXPLAIN. >> Guest: I THINK THAT THE YEARS OF WAR HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE FOR PEOPLE IN IRAQ. SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME
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| 00:49:25 |
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WAS TERRIBLY REPRESSIVE. BUT FOR ORDINARY IRAQIS DAY-TO-DAY LIFE WENT ON. THERE WERE, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPRISONED...
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| 00:51:28 |
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OR GOOD AFTERNOON THERE, I GUESS. I HAD HEARD YOU EARLIER SAY THAT IRAN IS IN VIOLATION
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| 00:51:33 |
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OF THE IAEA, AND I HAD RECENTLY SEEN A DOCUMENTARY WITH SCOTT RITTER WHO SAID, NO, IRAN IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF AGREEMENTS, AND THERE'S A COMPLETE BALANCE...
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| 00:52:31 |
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IS NO IRANIAN VIOLATION OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY WHICH IS THE FUNDAMENTAL NUCLEAR TREATY THAT ALLOWS, OF COURSE, ALL NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES,...
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| 00:54:15 |
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SECURITY? >> Guest: I THINK WE SHOULD START BY REDEFINING NATIONAL SECURITY. I THINK THAT THE UNITED NATIONS, FOR
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INSTANCE, HAS DONE SOME GREAT WORK THROUGH THE U.N. DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN DEFINING HUMAN SECURITY AND THE NEW BASIS SO THAT NATIONAL SECURITY IS NO...
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| 00:57:38 |
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BENNIS WRITES: IN BUILDING INTERNATIONALISM, PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS, DEE FIND GOVERNMENTS AND THE U.N. ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY: GLX NEXT CALL FOR PHYLLIS...
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| 00:58:15 |
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OF RIGHTS AND COUNTRIES HAVING RIGHTS. AND IT WAS, SHE'S BEEN TALKING FOR A WHILE, OR YOU'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT VARIOUS HUMANITARIAN...
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| 00:58:46 |
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BY NATION-STATES. IS THAT MY PREFERRED WAY OF ORGANIZING THE WORLD? NO. BUT IT IS WHAT EXISTS. IT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. THE WORLD'S ORGANIZED BY...
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| 01:01:29 |
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STEVEN KINSER'S LATEST RESET, AND YOU TOLD US WHY BECAUSE TURKEY IS TRANSFORMING THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL POWER DYNAMICS IN THE PART OF THE WORLD I...
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| 01:01:52 |
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A UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE. IT HAPPENED JUST AT THE MOMENT THAT THE FLOTILLA ATTACK OCCURRED, THE ISRAELI COMMANDOS WHO ASSAULTED A TURKISH...
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| 01:05:40 |
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WAS CURIOUS WITH THE NUCLEAR SITUATION BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIANA AND THE INTERNAL CONFLICT THAT THEY
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| 01:05:47 |
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ARE EXPERIENCING WHERE THERE IS FEAR OF A TAKEOVER FROM AL-QAEDA AND TALIBAN TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR IF, IN FACT, THEY COULD ACQUIRE THEM ELSEWHERE?...
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| 01:06:05 |
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AND ECONOMIC TENSIONS, IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF WHAT GET TALKED ABOUT NOT ENOUGH IN U.S. DISCUSSION BUSINESS WHAT OUR POLICY SHOULD BE IN THAT REGION....
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| 01:09:41 |
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BEGINNING IN 1990 SHE WROTE FROM STONES TO STATEHOOD. SHE EDIT TWO BOOKS, BEYOND THE STORM, AND ALTERED STATES. IN 2000, HE PUBLISHED CALLING THE SHOTS...
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| 01:10:31 |
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IN 1961, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WANTED THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND NOW WE'VE BECOME A MILITARY POWER EMPIRE ACTUALLY. AND WE HAVE, WHAT,...
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| 01:11:44 |
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A BOOK A FEW YEARS AGO CALLED CITIZENS OF EMPIRE. IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BOOKS I GO BACK FREQUENTLY BECAUSE I THINK IT RAISES EXACTLY THE CHALLENGES...
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| 01:13:10 |
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WE REALLY THINK
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| 01:13:11 |
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THAT KEEPS US SAFE WHEN WE SEE THE OPPOSITION -- THE FACT THAT IN ECUADOR, THE BASE, AFTER A HUGE PUBLIC DEBATE IN THE COUNTRY -- BECAUSE THE U.S. SAID...
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| 01:16:03 |
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LIBERAL? ARE YOU A
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| 01:16:06 |
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CAPITAL? >> Guest: YOU KNOW, I CUT MY POLITICAL TEETH IN AN ERA WHERE THERE WAS A GREAT SONG BY THE GREAT FOLK SINGER PHIL
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| 01:16:13 |
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OAKS WHO WROTE SOME OF THE GREAT PROTEST SONGS THAT WAS CALLED LOVE ME I'M A LIBERAL. AND IT WAS THIS VERY CYNICAL SONG ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES...
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| 01:17:56 |
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YES, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ASK MRS.
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| 01:18:02 |
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BENNIS, ABOUT NATO AND RUSSIA. A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS RON PAUL OR BARNEY FRANK OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT SAID THAT WE HAVE -- I THINK IT WAS 100,000...
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| 01:19:23 |
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ANY RELEVANCE. I THINK IT'S A MILITARY -- A U.S.-CONTROLLED MILITARY ALLIANCE IN SEARCH OF A MISSION. WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT...
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| 01:21:13 |
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ACTIVIST, TEARGAS WAS FIERCE
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| 01:21:16 |
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AND FLYING A LOT. >> Host: BUT BACK TO STAUSBERG. >> Guest: BUT BACK TO STAUSBERG, WE WERE MANAGED TO GET
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| 01:21:25 |
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AWAY FROM THE MOST OF IT BUT IT WAS A PRETTY BAD BACK. WE HAD TO HIKE BACK TO 8
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| 01:21:29 |
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MILES TO THE HOTEL BECAUSE THE WHOLE CITY WAS UNDER ARMED CONTROL OF THE MILITARY. IT WAS A JOINT FRENCH AND GERMAN MILITARY. THEY HAD 30,000 TROOPS...
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| 01:22:57 |
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HI, TWO QUESTIONS IF I MAY. FIRST OF ALL, IN 1964, WITH
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| 01:23:04 |
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A BUNCH OF STUDENTS STARTED FREE SPEECH IN BERKLEY AND THEY DIDN'T START COM LIST RED WORLD AND THEY WANTED MEANINGFUL DOG AND WHILE YOU WERE YOUNG...
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| 01:24:55 |
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ARE STILL
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| 01:24:57 |
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LOTS OF EDUCATIONAL OUTLETS
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| 01:25:00 |
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INCLUDING A TEACH-IN. WE DID A BIG ONE ON THE IRAQ WAR A FEW YEARS AGO. WE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE LIKE NAOMI KLEIN AND OTHERS TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACTORS...
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| 01:28:31 |
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ASSUME. [LAUGHTER] >> Host: AS I THOUGHT MORE ABOUT THE TURMOIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST, I CONCLUDED
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| 01:28:36 |
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THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WAS THE LACK OF
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| 01:28:38 |
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FREEDOM IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. WITH NO STATE, PALESTINIANS LACK THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD. WITH NO VOICE IN THEIR FUTURE, PALESTINIANS...
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| 01:29:23 |
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OFFICE. THE DISCOURSE OF OFFICIALDOM IN THIS CITY WHERE YOU AND I LIVE, PETER, IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE DISCOURSE AS PEOPLE. THE DISCOURSE OF PEOPLE...
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| 01:34:52 |
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BENNIS. WE RECENTLY VISITED HER AT HOME TO SEE HER WRITING STYLE. >> Guest: I LIVE IN AN AMAZING PART OF TOWN, A PART OF WASHINGTON THAT IS PERHAPS...
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| 01:35:04 |
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AND RACIALLY. IT'S A LOT OF LATINOS, ALTHOUGH INCREASINGLY SOME OF THEM ARE BEING SQUEEZED OUT NOW. IT'S A LOT OF KIND OF EVERYBODY. IT'S JENTRIFYING...
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| 01:44:28 |
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BOOK I'VE EVER READ. I THINK THAT I GOT THE BOOK SHORTLY AFTER HE DIED, IN THE MIDDLE OF COUP IN
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| 01:44:33 |
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CHILE IN 1973. I HAD KNOWN HIS NAME ONLY IN THE VAGUEST SENSE. AND HEARD ABOUT IT, BOUGHT THE BOOK AND THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD, WHAT A LIFE THIS MAN HAS...
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| 01:47:12 |
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I WAS A FAMILY WITH THEIR HOSPITALITY IN A
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| 01:47:15 |
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MINUTE, IN A HEARTBEAT. WOULD I CHOOSE IT IT'S NOT THAT BAD BUT IT SOUNDS RATHER DRAMATIC. >> Host: HOW DID YOU END UP IN THE SDS IN SANTA BARBARA?...
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| 01:47:32 |
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BEFORE THAT, IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD BEEN CLEAN FOR
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| 01:47:35 |
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JEAN. I HAD BEEN ONE OF THE McCARTHY KIDS AS WE CALLED OURSELVES. WHO WAS ALREADY FEELING VERY ENGAGED POLITICALLY. I WAS WORKING -- I DID WORK ON THE...
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| 01:49:45 |
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IN JUST A MINUTE. OUR GUEST IS PHYLLIS BENNIS. 737-0001 FOR THE EAST AND CENTRAL TIME ZONE. 737-0002 FOR THE PACIFIC AND MOUNTAIN TIME ZONES. WHEN...
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| 01:50:07 |
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MY REAL WORK WHICH WAS MY POLITICAL WORK. BUT I HAD WORKED -- I HAD GONE TO WORK FOR THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD AS AN ORGANIZER. THE GUILD IS AN ORGANIZATION...
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| 01:52:34 |
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VIRGINIA, YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: YES, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR MS. BENNIS. THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SUPREME COURT DECISION,...
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| 01:52:42 |
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GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS TERRORISTS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NONTERRORIST PURPOSES CAN BE PROSECUTED AND A RELATED QUESTION...
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| 01:53:10 |
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FAR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, WIDE RANGING AND DAMAGING, HORRIFYING DECISIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME. THAT GIVES CORPORATIONS UNLIMITED RIGHT...
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| 01:54:51 |
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SO MANY POSSIBLE THINGS TO SAY. BUT THE MAIN REASON THAT I CALLED WAS TO RECOMMEND A BOOK TO
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| 01:54:57 |
CALLER, -
ADD TO YOUR LIST OF BOOKS TO READ. AND FOR EVERYONE TO READ WAS AN INTERVIEW -- IT WAS HELD YESTERDAY ON C-SPAN BY A FORMER PENTAGON ADVISOR ABOUT...
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| 01:56:30 |
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WAR, SPELLED THE OTHER WAY, WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE FACE RIGHT NOW WHICH IS THE WARS ARE PROFITABLE. THE WARS IN IRAQ AND INCLUDING...
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| 01:58:33 |
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TO STATEHOOD. SHE THEN EDIT TWO BOOKS, BEYOND THE STORM AND ALTERED STATES. IN 2000, CALLING THE SHOTS WAS PUBLISHED. BEFORE AND AFTER WAS WRITTEN IN...
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| 02:00:01 |
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665 CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD WITH. IT BEGAN AS THE SUN ROSE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOME OF THE SMALL ISLAND STATES, AND THEN...
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| 02:05:10 |
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TALK TO YOU. IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I
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| 02:05:14 |
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HAVE HEARD ANYONE ARTICULATE WHAT I REALLY THINK AND FEEL. IT'S JUST AMAZING TO HEAR YOU. YOU'VE JUST DONE SO MUCH. I LIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND YOU...
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| 02:06:44 |
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Guest: WEB SITE. >> Host: WEB SITE. AND WE WILL PUT THAT UP AGAIN, INA, AND THEY CAN CONTACT YOU THROUGH THAT? >> Guest:
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| 02:06:51 |
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ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, INA, SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK RIGHT NOW PARTICULARLY IN THIS NEXT PERIOD WHEN
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| 02:06:57 |
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THE CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO END WARS AND DEAL WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, FOR INSTANCE, I THINK THAT WE'RE...
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| 02:07:42 |
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SHE HAS EMBODIED IN THIS
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| 02:07:44 |
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SHOW. I HAVE A FEW STATEMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE MS. BENNIS TO MAKE A COMMENT. CAN YOU DRAW AN ANALOGY BETWEEN THE U.S. POLICY FOR NOT WITHDRAWING...
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| 02:08:37 |
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THAT THE U.S. MAKES THAT WE CAN'T LEAVE AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF TALIBAN COMES BACK. AND THE ANSWER IS, I THINK, WE ARE MAKING IT...
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| 02:13:04 |
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ON PAKISTAN'S ROLE IN THE HORRIFIC TERRORIST ATTACKS IN INDIA? >> Guest: I THINK THAT THE U.S. IS FACING THIS VERY TRICKY FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE.
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| 02:13:16 |
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ON THE ONE HAND, THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD A STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA BECAUSE THEY SEE INDIA, APPROPRIATELY, AS ONE OF THE RISING NEW ECONOMIC...
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| 02:15:01 |
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AND YOUR POSITION ON POLICY AND CORPORATE WHISTLEBLOWERS IN GENERAL? >> Guest: FOR SOME OF THESE I'D ASK YOU TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE. I WROTE A PIECE...
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| 02:15:16 |
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THE HUFFINGTON POST ALSO ON WIKILEAKS. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD A SEMINAR/DEBATE/DISCUSSION ABOUT WIKILEAKS AT IPF THAT EMERGED -- IPS THAT EMERGED WHEN...
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| 02:18:47 |
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BENNIS HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, THANKS FOR HOLDING. YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: HI, HOW ARE YOU? HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. MY QUESTION, I'M ORIGINALLY...
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| 02:18:59 |
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READ ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WAR, BUT I HAVEN'T READ YOUR WEEK, AND I WILL -- BOOK, AND I WILL DEFINITELY. >> Guest: GOOD. >> Caller: MY ASSESSMENT THAT AFGHANISTAN...
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| 02:19:12 |
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THAT ASSESSMENT, AND HOW
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| 02:19:13 |
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YOU SEE IT ENDING? WHAT YOU SEE AS END GAME? >> Guest: YEAH. >> Caller: HOW AND WHERE AND WHEN? >> Host: PHYLLIS BENNIS. >> Guest: THANK YOU. IT'S A...
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| 02:19:24 |
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THINK THERE IS A CIVIL
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| 02:19:25 |
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WAR UNDERWAY IN AFGHANISTAN AT THIS POINT.
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| 02:19:27 |
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THE U.S. IS ONE OF THE
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| 02:19:28 |
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PLAYERS. IT'S ONE OF MANY MILITARY PLAYERS, BY FAR THE MOST POWERFUL. IT'S CALLING THE SHOTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN, IN KABUL AS WELL. THE QUESTION...
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| 02:21:45 |
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Guest: HI. >> Caller: I'VE AGREED WITH MOST OF WHAT YOU'VE SAID, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A
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| 02:21:50 |
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SUGGESTION FOR YOU
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| 02:21:51 |
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WITH A COUPLE
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| 02:21:52 |
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OF CAVEATS. IF SOMEBODY ASKS YOU IF YOU'RE A LIBERAL, WHY NOT ANSWER, COMPARED TO WHAT? [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE FOR MYSELF I'M LIBERAL COMPARED WITH THE...
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| 02:23:28 |
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THE RIGHT TERM, FOR CORPORATIONS IS A HUGE ISSUE. FOR ME, THE MOST UNPATRIOTIC CORPORATIONS TEND TO BE AMERICAN CORPORATIONS LIKE AIG, LIKE GOLDMAN...
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| 02:24:36 |
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WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BENNIS, FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. PLEASE,
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| 02:24:42 |
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KEEP DOING IT. >> Guest: THANK YOU. >> Caller: KEEP DOING AND SAYING WHAT YOU ARE. WITHOUT C-SPAN
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| 02:24:50 |
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I WOULD
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| 02:24:51 |
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DROWN IN BEAUTIFUL EAST TENNESSEE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY OUR CONGRESS ALLOWS THE CORPORATIONS AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, WHY THEY'RE ALLOWING...
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| 02:25:13 |
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ON WHAT COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR. >> Guest: YEAH. LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING TO LOUISE FIRST, AND THAT IS ON THE QUESTION OF THE MEDIA. I THINK THE CORPORATE...
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| 02:25:22 |
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MEDIA IS A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM, AND THE EXISTENCE OF THINGS LIKE C-SPAN IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE A VIBRANT AND GROWING...
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| 02:29:08 |
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| 02:29:11 |
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HEAR MS. BENNIS' COMMENTS ON THE OBAMA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S OPINION WHERE THEY CAN HOLD YOU INDEFINITELY AND NOT CHARGE YOU AND NOT PUT YOU ON TRIAL....
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| 02:29:29 |
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SO QUICKLY, WAS THE COMMITMENT TO SHUTTING GUANTANAMO, ENDING TORTURE AND ALL THE OF THE THINGS RELATED TO THAT. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS QUITE THE OPPOSITE....
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| 02:30:48 |
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SUGGEST THAT SHE MOVE OUT AND GIVE HER CONDO TO FIVE LATINO FAMILIES. INCIDENTALLY, HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, IT IS JUST AS LIKELY THAT...
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| 02:31:27 |
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1969. BUT SMALL, SMALL PROBLEM. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I LIVE IN A COOPERATIVE, NOT IN A CONDO. ALSO NOT VERY RELEVANT. BUT I THINK THAT THE ISSUE OF...
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| 02:33:08 |
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NOW. I UNDERSTOOD YOUR RESPONSE TO BE THAT ALTHOUGH THE IRAQI POPULACE ENDURED SEVERE POLITICAL REPRESSION, THAT MILLIONS LIVED BETTER LIVES WHICH...
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| 02:33:28 |
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THAT COULD HAVE STARTED IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE U.S. HAD STOPPED ITS MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN. ONE OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ...
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| 02:34:25 |
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TO COMPLEMENT YOU, FIRST, ON YOUR HIGH INTELLIGENCE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE
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| 02:34:30 |
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ISSUES. >> Guest: THANK YOU. >> Caller: AND, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE OF A
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| 02:34:37 |
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PERSONAL QUESTION,
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| 02:34:38 |
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IS IF YOU BELIEVE IN A GOD, AND IF YOU DO, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE THAT DO BELIEVE IN A GOD SHOULD BE IN CONTROL OF THE WORLD, OR DO YOU THINK THAT...
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| 02:35:15 |
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I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FAITH. I CONSIDER MYSELF A PERSON OF FAITH IN A SENSE, BUT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT I HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE. IN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS,...
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| 02:36:30 |
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ATHEIST. IS THAT A MOVEMENT? >> Guest: I GUESS IT IS ALTHOUGH I FRANKLY DON'T SEE IT SO MUCH AS A MOVEMENT. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND
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| 02:36:39 |
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SOME ORES WHO ARE SORT OF MAKING THAT THEIR SELF-DEFINITION WHICH, TO ME, IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT. I'M MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU KNOW, WHAT...
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| 02:37:15 |
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ME. MADAM BENNIS, MY BIG QUESTION AND THEN I'D
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| 02:37:18 |
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LIKE TO TACK ONE ON, BUT MY BIG QUESTION IS THIS: IN A RATIONAL, NOT MUD-SLINGING SENSE HOW WOULD YOU DEFEND YOURSELF TO THE MIDDLE IF SOMEONE WAY...
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| 02:37:40 |
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ABOUT THE TEA PARTY FOLKS BEING
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| 02:37:43 |
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NEOPHYTES, AND YOU WONDERED HOW THAT WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT. I THINK WE'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE ISN'T OBAMA KIND OF A NEOFITE? >> Host: ALL RIGHT....
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| 02:37:59 |
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AMERICA BEING MOST RESPONSIBLE? I THINK THERE'S TWO
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| 02:38:02 |
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PARTS TO THAT. ONE IS THAT I THINK IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD OF THE LAST, SAY, 40 YEARS MAYBE MORE, THE U.S. HAS BEEN BY FAR THE MOST POWERFUL...
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| 02:40:03 |
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THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT," "ENDING THE U.S. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN," "UNDERSTANDING THE U.S.-IRAN CRISIS, "ENDING THE IRAQ WAR." ARE THERE MORE...
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| 02:40:23 |
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ISLAM." I THINK THERE ARE MORE TO COME. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO WRITE ANOTHER PRIMER FOR A WHILE. I'M A LITTLE TIRED OF THE GENRE. I THINK THEY'RE...
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| 02:40:49 |
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I'VE BEEN INVITED BY
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| 02:40:51 |
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THE LENNON FOUNDATION TO DO A WRITERS' RETREAT IN MARTHA, TEXAS, IN, LATER THIS SPRING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING FIVE WEEKS TO READ AND TO...
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| 02:41:12 |
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ISN'T IT? >> Guest: I DEPRESS IT IS. >> Host: OR UNIQUE IS PROBABLY A BETTER WORD. >> Guest: IT IS UNIQUE. THE FOUNDATION IS BASED IN SANTA FE,
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| 02:41:20 |
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NEW MEXICO, AND
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| 02:41:21 |
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IT'S HISTORICALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK
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| 02:41:23 |
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IN SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND SUPPORTING POETRY. BUT PATRICK LENNON, WHO'S ONE OF THE KEY PEOPLE IN THE FOUNDATION, HAS ALSO BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN THE...
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| 02:42:21 |
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CALL IT, THE POLITICAL ARM OF INTERLEAGUE BOOKS WHICH IS THE
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| 02:42:26 |
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PUBLISHING COMPANY IN, NOW IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS. AND THEY PUBLISH A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK FROM POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, A LOT ON THE PALESTINIAN/ISRAELI...
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| 02:44:55 |
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WEB SITE? >> Guest: THEY ARE. THEY CAN GET THEM ONLINE AT INTERLINK.COM. >> Guest: NEXT
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| 02:45:01 |
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CALL FOR PHYLLIS BENNIS. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LEFT. MICHIGAN, HARRISON. GO AHEAD. >>
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| 02:45:08 |
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Caller: HELLO, C-SPAN. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. MY QUESTION IS CONCERNING THE ISRAELI
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| 02:45:14 |
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OCCUPATION. I HAPPEN TO BE -- [INAUDIBLE] SECULAR JEW WHO WHO'S HAD HIS HEART WITH ISRAEL SINCE THIS WHOLE THING BEGAN. AND I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT...
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| 02:46:07 |
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THAT ALSO SAYS THAT WHEN ISRAEL WAS CREATED IN 1948 THAT THAT WAS ALSO A KIND OF OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN LAND, ALBEIT APPROVED PARTLY BY THE UNITED...
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| 02:50:07 |
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IDF SOLDIER KIDNAPPED FROM A SOUTHERN NATION BY HAMAS, A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION? >> Guest: I HAVE REPEATED OH AND OVER -- OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT ...
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| 02:50:20 |
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I WOULD ASK MR. HARRISON, WAS IT? >> Host: GARRISON. >> Guest: SIMILARLY, I'M CURIOUS WHAT WORK E HE HAS DONE TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE
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| 02:50:31 |
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11,000 PALESTINIAN POLITICAL
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| 02:50:32 |
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PRISONERS CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY ISRAEL. I HOPE THAT ALL OF THEM CAN BE PSYCHIATRIED BY THE RED CROSS -- VISITED BY THE RED CROSS. >> Host: GO AHEAD,...
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| 02:50:47 |
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UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND IT'S SO REFRESHING TO HEAR SUCH HONESTY,
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| 02:50:51 |
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I MUST TELL YOU. IT TRULY IS. ANYWAY, AS AN OUTSET HERE, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I AM LIBERAL, AND I AM REPUBLICAN. AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT...
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| 02:51:58 |
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INCREASED SECURITY WE HAVE TODAY IN COMBINATION WITH ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY,
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| 02:52:01 |
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IS THE SPIRIT OF ACTIVISM, CAN THAT STILL BE ENHANCED BY THESE POWERS, OR DO YOU SEE IT BEING DIMINISHED? >> Guest: I THINK THAT THE SECURITY ISSUES...
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| 02:52:15 |
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THAT WE'VE COME TO A POINT WHERE PROTEST IN THE STREET ARE NOT OUR ONLY FORM OF PROTEST. DEMONSTRATIONS ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE...
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| 02:53:25 |
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POLICIES? >> Guest: ON MANY ISSUES, ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THE S.T.A.R.T. TREATY, ALTHOUGH IT'S WEAK AND LIMITED AND DOESN'T GO VERY
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| 02:53:32 |
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FAR, IT PROBABLY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN PASSED UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP. IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, BUT I THINK ON OTHER ISSUES...
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| 02:54:14 |
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EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD WRITE ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. [LAUGHTER]
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| 02:54:19 |
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I'M NOT SURE I'M ENOUGH OF A GENERALIST. I, I THINK -- AS I SAID EARLIER, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN TURKEY WHICH IS NOT ONLY A MIDDLE EAST QUESTION, IT'S...
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| 02:55:31 |
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NO CORPORATE MONEY BY THE TERMS
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| 02:55:33 |
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OF OUR CHARTER. WE GET MONEY FROM INDIVIDUALS AND FROM FOUNDATIONS AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. IT'S A BIG STRUGGLE. OUR PROJECTS HAVE TO RAIDS THEIR...
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| 02:56:16 |
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AND C-SPAN IS GREAT. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU GUYS. ON ONE SPECIFIC THING YOU OUGHT
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| 02:56:21 |
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TO TRY AND BRING ANOTHER PERSON IN TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGALITY ISSUES OF THE SETTLEMENTS AND ALL THAT. BECAUSE I DO THINK, I DO THINK SHE IS MISSTATING...
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| 02:57:30 |
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ILLEGAL. AND THEY, IN A LEGAL FINDING BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT BACK IN I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 1986, I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATE, THERE WAS A WHOLE...
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| 02:58:44 |
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WITH "STONES TO STATEHOOD." EDITED TWO BOOKS. "CALLING THE SHOTS" WAS PUBLISHED IN 2000." BEFORE AND AFTER," 2003. "CHALLENGING EMPIRE" SHE WROTE IN...
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| 02:59:32 |
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CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS PROGRAM
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| 02:59:35 |
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WILL REATE MID FIGHT -- REAIR AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .. P.M. FLIESH [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE
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