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PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES, PLEASE. HELLO. I AM THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA STATE AND FREEDOM COALITION. ON BEHALF OF...
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| 00:04:51 |
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WELCOME. WELCOME TO POINT OF GRACE CHURCH. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE DO HERE. IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT. LET ME PLAY...
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| 00:07:00 |
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PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE? >> I PLEDGE
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| 00:07:04 |
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ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND...
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| 00:07:17 |
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FOR ALL. >> (music) [THE NATIONAL ANTHEM] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK
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| 00:09:17 |
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YOU. LET US RECOGNIZE SEVERAL GROUPS AND WE WILL APPLY FOR THAT GROUP. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED LONG HOURS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL...
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| 00:15:21 |
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YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION, I THINK. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A GREAT TURNOUT AND I WANT...
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| 00:18:24 |
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THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE OUR GOVERNOR. [APPLAUSE] THERE IS NO ONE LIKE CONGRESSMAN STEVE CAIN. -- KING. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE A LOT...
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| 00:19:38 |
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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME BLUSH HERE. I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. WE ALL DO. I WAS REFLECTING...
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| 00:26:51 |
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A CONGRESSMAN. THIS IS ONE OF HIS SHORT SPEECHES. [LAUGHTER] ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT MY NAME IS NOT ADAM, BUT I STILL LIKE STEVE. I LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE IS...
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| 00:28:04 |
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EVENING. THIS IS A GREAT NIGHT. WHEN WE DECIDED TO SET THE STAGE, A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT THIS COULD NEVER BE PULLED OFF. WE WOULD BE LUCKY IF...
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| 00:34:35 |
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THIS EVENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. THAT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF THE HARD WORK. I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THEM...
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| 00:35:45 |
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YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING BARACK OBAMA'S SUCCESSOR HERE IN IOWA? [APPLAUSE] I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT...
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| 00:48:25 |
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NOT BE HERE, AND HE SENT A LETTER, AND ANDY IS GOING TO READ THE LETTER. >> THANK YOU VERY
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| 00:48:38 |
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MUCH FOR YOUR KIND INVITATION TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER WONDERFUL YEAR. I REGRET I CANNOT BE WITH YOU IN THE SPRING KICK OFF. I AM...
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| 00:50:35 |
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FOR READING THAT LETTER, AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CONGRESSMAN FOR SENDING THAT MESSAGE TO US. THERE ARE STILL SOME IN THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR...
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| 00:52:25 |
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SAY WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE IS TO BE HERE IN IOWA TO CUT OFF THE CAUCUS SEASON. IMPORTANT WORK HE DID HERE TO LEAD THE NATION. I CANNOT THINK OF A...
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| 00:57:06 |
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AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THEY GIVE FOR BEING HERE, BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU CARE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS...
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| 01:06:11 |
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SPEAKER IS THE FORMER SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH. HIS EXPERIENCES AS THE SON OF A SOLDIER CONVINCED HIM AT AN EARLY AGE THAT TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO HIS COUNTRY...
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| 01:09:20 |
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TOTALLY CANDID. I JUST SAID THE HERMAN CAIN I AM STEALING AS MUCH OF THAT AS I CAN. TALKS THIS EVENING. HERMAN AND I GO BACK A LONG WAY. EVERYBODY IN...
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| 01:19:52 |
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ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE WENT ON TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN 1964. GOVERNOR ROMER SERVED FOUR TERMS IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS....
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| 01:21:32 |
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YOU, AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN. I LOVE THOSE KIDS. I AM HONORED TO BE WITH YOU IN IOWA AT FAITH IN FREEDOM. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CHURCH- GOING METHODIST...
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| 01:37:59 |
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GO, BUDDY! >> TIM PAWLENTY
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| 01:38:17 |
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OFTEN SAYS THAT PEOPLE'S POLITICS ARE ROOTED WHERE THEY COME FROM. THAT IS SOUTH ST. PAUL MINNESOTA, A BLUE-COLLAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS THE HOME TO...
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| 01:40:44 |
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THANKS A LOT. AS PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD SAY, YOU ARE WELCOME. AS THE STORY GOES, THEN PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON ASSEMBLED HIS TEAM INTO THE CABINET...
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| 01:53:31 |
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THANK YOU. STEVE DOES NOT LIKE HIS NEW NAME CHUCK, SO I AM SORRY. [LAUGHTER] FORMER SENATOR RICK SANTORUM OF PENNSYLVANIA WAS ELECTED TO THE U.S. HOUSE...
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| 01:57:00 |
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AND -- I HAVE DONE THAT A MILLION TIMES. SORRY. IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK. I WAS HERE AT A SMALLER VENUE LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THIS. THIS IS EXCITING TO...
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| 02:16:56 |
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CLOSING PRAYER, I WANT TO SAY THANK-YOU. 2000 PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING AND I WANT TO SAY THANK- YOU, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK-YOU TO 150 MEDIA REPRESENTING...
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| 02:17:53 |
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LET'S PRAY. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR OUR STRONG CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THESE...
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| 02:21:45 |
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TO THE WHITE HOUSE COVERAGE. HERE IS MORE ABOUT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AND WHO IS LIKELY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. >> TOM
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.