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AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IT'S OUR GOOD FORTUNE TODAY TO HAVE WITH US ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION REFUGEES AND MIGRATION...
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| 00:02:10 |
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MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON. NANCY, THE USAID'S ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND I TRAVELED TO TUNISIA AND EGYPT...
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| 00:07:55 |
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ERIC. HELLO, EVERYBODY. AS ERIC SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS TRIP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND THE QUALITY OF THE RESPONSE TO...
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| 00:10:51 |
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DISASTER ASSISTANCE TEAM USE IT IN THE REGION, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THEY ARE? AND MR. DONILON SAID LAST WEEK THAT THE U.S. DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS WERE...
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| 00:11:18 |
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15 PEOPLE COMING AND AS MR. DONILON SAID, WE ARE FULLY PREPARED AND WILL GO IN AS SOON AS THE SECURITY SITUATION PERMITS US TO DO SO. AS YOU KNOW,...
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| 00:11:35 |
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INTO THOSE DETAILS. >>
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| 00:11:40 |
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OKAY. >> SORRY, KIRIT, DID YOU HAVE
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| 00:11:42 |
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A QUESTION OR -- >> OWLS MY
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| 00:11:45 |
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QUESTION. >> GREAT, GO
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| 00:11:46 |
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AHEAD. >>
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| 00:11:47 |
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IN YOUR OP-ED BEFORE YOU LEFT ON YOUR TRIP, YOU WERE VERY CLEAR IN POINTING OUT THAT THE BUDGET CUTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET COULD DIRECTLY...
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| 00:12:20 |
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LET ME ANSWER. I MEAN, IN AN URGENT CRISIS LIKE THIS, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO INSURE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO RESPOND. AND THAT MEANS IN ADDITION...
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| 00:13:28 |
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HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THOSE ACCOUNTS TO DEAL WITH THESE CRISES OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE NEEDING MORE MONEY FOR THE EMERGENCIES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH?...
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| 00:13:39 |
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IMMEDIATE TERM, IN THE SHORT TERM WITH A SPECIFIC RESPONSE, WE WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. BUT THE CONCERNS THAT WE DESCRIBED IN THE PLACE TO WHICH...
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| 00:14:18 |
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IDEA FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND? >> I DID YOUR
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| 00:14:22 |
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PARDON? >> SENATOR
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| 00:14:23 |
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KERRY PROPOSED AN ENTERPRISE FUND TO SPEED ASSISTANCE INTO THESE TWO COUNTRIES. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SUPPORT? >> I
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| 00:14:32 |
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CAN'T -- >> I THINK THAT'S SEPARATE
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| 00:14:34 |
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FROM THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION. AND I WOULD JUST ADD ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF THE OP-ED THAT WE DID TOGETHER WHILE WE WERE THERE WAS TO POINT OUT THE...
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| 00:15:21 |
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A MOMENT AGO ABOUT THE TRIAL AND TO INSERT MEMBERS OF THIS REGION TEAM AND THE SECURITY SITUATION ALLOWS IT. IS THERE ANY LARGER CONCERN THAN, DEPENDING...
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| 00:15:39 |
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WANT TO UNDERSCORE WE ARE ALREADY IN HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME NOW PROVIDING ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY INSIDE OF LIBYA THROUGH OUR NGO AND OTHER PARTNERS AND...
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| 00:16:01 |
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WOULD YOU ABLE TO EXPAND THOSE OPERATIONS AS THE SITUATION SEEMINGLY CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE OR IS THERE A WHOLE PATTERN ON WHAT YOU CAN DO? >> IT...
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| 00:16:13 |
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VERY RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION BOTH IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL AND THE KIND OF MEDIUM SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. SO THE IMPERATIVE RIGHT NOW IS TO BE READY TO...
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| 00:16:32 |
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FOLLOW UP LOOKING FOR THE TRANSCRIPT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING LAST WEEK ABOUT THE SECURITY SITUATION BEING A CONTINGENCY FOR THESE TEAMS INTO LIBYA SO I'M...
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| 00:16:54 |
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WHAT I SAID. WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SECURITY SITUATION OF OUR CIVILIAN TEAMS AND IT'S A WRECK THE EVOLVING SITUATION. >>
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| 00:17:07 |
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SO IS THERE A DECISION MADE TO NOT GO INTO IT QUICKLY? >> WE ARE WATCHING
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| 00:17:14 |
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THIS VERY CLOSELY. WE HAVE TEAMS PREPARED AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY SITUATION PERMITS WE WILL GO IN. >> SECURITY IS ALWAYS AN
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| 00:17:26 |
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ISSUE AND CONCERN AS A PARAMOUNT CONCERN -- >> IT'S JUST THAT LAST WEEK
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| 00:17:36 |
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ITS SOON SENDING TEAMS AND NOW IT'S A TIME FRAME AT ALL. ISLAMIC IF I CAN FOLLOW-UP IS THERE A TIME FRAME AT THIS POINT? DO YOU HAVE A PERIOD DURING...
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| 00:17:54 |
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JUST ECHOED THAT SECURITY IS PARAMOUNT AS AN ISSUE AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S STOPPING. >>
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| 00:18:06 |
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OKAY. >> WE ARE LOOKING
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| 00:18:07 |
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TO DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >>
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| 00:18:10 |
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OKAY. THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS WHETHER YOU CAN EXPAND ON THAT AID THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING INSIDE OF LIBYA'S -- HOW THAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT...
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| 00:18:27 |
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HAS PROVIDED A TOTAL OF $7 MILLION TO THE IR -- THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR RED CROSS, AND ABOUT $4 MILLION TO VARIOUS NGO PARTNERS, INTERNATIONAL...
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| 00:19:22 |
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OF $21 MILLION. IS THAT ALL -- ALL THAT 20 MILLION HAS GONE INSIDE THE COUNTRY? I JUST WANT TO -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH...
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| 00:19:34 |
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THE WFP IS STILL -- SOME OF THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO USE FORCE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HARDEST HIT ON THE BORDERS. >> WE CAN TRY
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| 00:19:43 |
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TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE PRECISE INFORMATION, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO -- I MEAN, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF U.S. SUPPORT HAS...
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| 00:20:25 |
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OKAY. >> AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT
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| 00:20:27 |
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IN THESE SITUATIONS YOU WANT TO ALWAYS HAVE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT YOU CAN SCALE UP AS THE NEEDS CONTINUE REDEFAULT. I WOULD JUST UNDERSCORE ONCE AGAIN...
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| 00:20:52 |
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OKAY. MY ONLY LITTLE FALLOUT WOULD BE CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THAT AID IS GOING INSIDE THE COUNTRY? IMAGINE A LOT OF -- USE IT ON THE BORDER REGIONS....
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| 00:21:16 |
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IN THE EAST. WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING BETTER ACCESS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. AND THE -- I THINK FORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE RAPID...
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| 00:21:36 |
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ABOUT THE TREND LINE? IS IT GETTING WORSE? >> IT'S -- THE HEALTH AND
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| 00:21:58 |
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THE FOOD NEEDS I THINK ARE STAYING RELATIVELY -- WE ARE NOT SEEING RAPID INCREASES OF FOOD AND SECURITY AT THIS POINT. >> WE ARE
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| 00:22:12 |
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CONCERNED HOWEVER -- NANCY IS REFERRING TO THE SITUATION IN -- >>
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| 00:22:17 |
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IN THE EAST. SOME OF THE EAST, YES. >> WE ARE
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| 00:22:19 |
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CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE WEST. OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WEST, BUT WE HAVE SOME. WE GET...
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| 00:23:14 |
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HAZY ABOUT THE AID INSIDE LIBYA. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY HEALTH KITS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES? ARE THOSE PROVIDED INSIDE LIBYA? AND IN...
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| 00:23:33 |
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ALL OF IT HAS GONE IN YET. PART OF WHAT ANY KIND OF RESPONSE OF THIS NATURE IS THAT YOU BRING IT IN AS THE NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED. AND WE'VE GOT -- IN...
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| 00:23:54 |
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YOUR LITTLE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT IT IS BEING PROPERLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND NOT BEING TO LIVE TV COULD AFFORD TO BUY -- >> OUR...
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| 00:24:03 |
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HIGH, AS ERIC SAID, IN THE EAST. >> YOU HAVE TO
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| 00:24:07 |
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APPRECIATE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL AND THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WORK WITH -- WE HAVE WORKED WITH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THAT THEY HAD ESTABLISHED...
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| 00:24:38 |
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OF WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO ON THE BORDERS FIRST THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS LAST WEEK THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS DEAL WERE NOT BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE LIBYA....
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| 00:25:12 |
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LET ME ANSWER THE FIRST ONE FIRST. THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE CONCERN FROM REPORTING AND BASICALLY FROM THE FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS WHICH NANCY AND I GOT...
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| 00:26:55 |
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QUESTION. >> HAD THE NGOs WANTED TO
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| 00:26:59 |
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RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS FROM THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT IN TRYING TO CARRY OUT THEIR WORK THROUGHOUT THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS? >> THERE -- THE
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| 00:27:07 |
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INTERNATIONAL NGOs ARE OPERATING PRIMARILY IN THE EAST. >>
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| 00:27:10 |
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OKAY. >> AND THAT'S ALL RUBBLE
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| 00:27:16 |
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HELD -- >> EVEN THE RED
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| 00:27:19 |
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CRESCENT SOCIETY? >> I THINK THEY ARE MAINLY
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| 00:27:21 |
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IN THE EAST. >> I THINK THE
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| 00:27:23 |
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INTERNATIONAL NGOs ARE OPERATING IN THE EAST. I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE MAY BE LOCAL, IF ANY, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WEST....
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| 00:27:41 |
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US AN UPDATE ON WITH THE U.S. AID TEAMS HAVE DONE GOING INTO THE -- ABLE TO FIND ON THE FIRST DAY. >> ANOTHER WOULD BE MORE
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| 00:27:55 |
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FAEROE BRIEFINGS ON THIS. I WOULD JUST SIT FREQUENTLY THAT WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE EARTHQUAKE WE HAD A RESPONSE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT THE THE CASSETTE...
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| 00:28:27 |
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AS THAT? COULD YOU SAY IF THERE IS AN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT AS OF THE 24 HOURS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HERE? >> WE WILL GET MORE TO
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| 00:28:34 |
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YOU. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE PREPARED TO GIVE YOU THE READOUT NOW. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >>>
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