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IS PLEASED TO WELCOME REPRESENTATIVE NORMAN DICKS FROM WASHINGTON AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER. HE IS THE LEAD DEMOCRAT ON THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND ON...
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| 00:00:37 |
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WILL PASS A COMPROMISE. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER WE CAN GET IT DONE BY NEXT FRIDAY, BUT I HOPE THERE WILL BE A DEMONSTRATION BETWEEN NOW AND, SAY, WEDNESDAY...
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| 00:01:11 |
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NUMBER THE $33 BILLION WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT? >> I THINK IT WILL
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| 00:01:14 |
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BE CLOSED. EVERYONE SAID THERE IS NO DEAL UNTIL EVERYBODY AGREES ON EVERYTHING. AND THESE WRITERS ARE VERY CONTROVERSIAL. A LOT OF THEM WILL HAVE TO COME...
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| 00:01:34 |
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YOU. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT LIBYA, BUT JUST ON THE RESOLUTION, DO YOU THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT IF THE RIDERS ARE TAKEN OUT, THE DOLLAR FIGURE...
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| 00:02:03 |
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NOT GIVE US ANY CREDIT. HERE IS TALKING ABOUT $73 BILLION. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY. THERE MAY BE A RELATIONSHIP THERE, AND THERE COULD BE. THERE IS GOING...
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| 00:02:59 |
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VERY GOOD. ON TO LIBYA. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ON MONDAY, WHEN YOU HEARD FROM SECRETARY KIDS, SECRETARY CLINTON? DO YOU BELIEVE...
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| 00:03:16 |
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ELSE, WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE MORE PRIOR CONSULTATION. I WAS ON THE PHONE CALL, AND I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY EXPLAINED -- AND AS FORMER SPEAKER...
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| 00:04:47 |
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ANXIETY ABOUT WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH? >> THINK ABOUT AFGHANISTAN
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| 00:04:51 |
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WHEN WE WERE HELPING THE SAME PEOPLE, PROBABLY, GO AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION AT THAT TIME. I AM WORRIED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AL QAEDA INFLUENCE, BUT I THINK...
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| 00:05:34 |
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BUDGET BILL. IT IS ONE THING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT, WHICH YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS. IT IS ANOTHER THING TO PASS IT. THE SPEAKER HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR...
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| 00:06:04 |
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DEPENDS. OBVIOUSLY, I LIKE THE DEFENSE PORTION OF THIS BILL. HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS, SAID THIS IS A REAL DEFENSE BILL. I LIKE THE...
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| 00:07:33 |
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CONCERNED THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN MESSAGING THIS BILL? THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN IT THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE UNWORKABLE. SOME...
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| 00:07:51 |
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WISH THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE ON TARGET HERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS WOULD BE A THING CAME UP, AND IT HAS REALLY DOMINATED THE NEWS FOR THE...
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| 00:09:43 |
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APPEARS TO BE CAST. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT $40 BILLION OF THE $73 BILLION IS ACCEPTING A FREEZE FROM 20 BILLION -- FROM 2011....
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| 00:09:56 |
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HOW I EXPLAIN IT IS WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN CHARGE, WHEN WE DID THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION, WE WERE $40 BILLION BELOW THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST...
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| 00:11:30 |
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ME ASK WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE RIDERS. HARRY REID WAS SIGNALING HIS WILLINGNESS TO TALK ABOUT THE, AND PEOPLE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WOULD BE SOME...
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| 00:12:00 |
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THIS WILL COME OUT. I BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO GET A BILL PASSED AND GET ANY DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT, MOST OF THESE RIDERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BECAUSE...
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| 00:12:29 |
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PEOPLE SAID THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAN THAT. ARE WE FACING A CATCH-22 WHERE A BILL THAT CAN GET REPUBLICAN SUPPORT CANNOT BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT BUT...
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| 00:12:41 |
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I HOPE NOT. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN. I THINK IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNLESS...
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| 00:13:01 |
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AN OPTIMIST. I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP AL ROGERS ON THIS AS BEST I CAN. HE OBVIOUSLY IS WORKING ON THIS 302B ALLOCATION, AND THAT IS STILL A...
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| 00:13:23 |
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REPUBLICANS WOULD BE BLAMED IF THERE IS A SHUTDOWN. I WAS MONITORING A PANEL THIS WEEK, AND HOWARD DEAN SAID IF HE WERE AT THE DNC RIGHT NOW, PUTTING...
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| 00:13:43 |
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IS THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME. HERE WE ARE IN TWO WARS AND A VERY MAJOR INVOLVEMENT IN LIBYA. OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE...
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| 00:14:16 |
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OF LIBYA AND FINANCING IT, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY WORD AT ALL, ANY INDICATION THAT A SUPPLEMENTAL MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THIS WILL ALL BE DONE WITHIN THE CONFINES...
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| 00:14:29 |
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TO BE THAT THERE IS AN ARGUMENT ABOUT THIS. NORMALLY THE WHITE HOUSE AND OMB WINS THESE ARGUMENTS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE...
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| 00:15:35 |
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ON THE FIGHT YOU JUST MENTIONED, IS THAT FROM THE DEFENSE BILL YOU ARE DOING IN DECEMBER? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> 515
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| 00:15:46 |
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IS THE NUMBER THAT I USE. OBAMA 1530. WE WENT DOWN TO 515. I THINK WE COULD HAVE GONE ANOTHER FIVE -- >> IS THE YOU WERE
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| 00:16:03 |
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PUSHING IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS? >> NO, I AM
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| 00:16:06 |
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WITH MY CHAIRMAN, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WHEN I WAS CHAIRMAN AND BILL YOUNG WAS MY RANKING MEMBER, WE COULD HAVE CUT MORE MONEY OUT OF DEFENSE WITHOUT...
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| 00:16:19 |
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THIS PAROCHIAL ISSUE THAT THE SPEAKER CARES ABOUT WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE ENGINE. WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT? >> IT WENT DOWN ON THE
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| 00:16:30 |
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HOUSE WITH A LOT OF NEW TEA PARTY VOTERS. I THINK IT IS OUT. I HAD SUPPORTED IT UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, BUT I DECIDED WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR BUDGET FOR LAST...
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| 00:16:57 |
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WAS THE VOTE SIGNIFICANT? A MINOR TURNING POINT IN DEFENSE FUNDING IN THIS COUNTRY? HE HAD THE PROJECT IN HIS OWN DISTRICT. >> HE DID NOT LIFT A
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| 00:17:12 |
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FINGER AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. HOW CAN YOU DO THIS WHEN YOU SAY WE ARE STOPPING ALL EARMARKS EVERYWHERE, BUT EXCEPT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SPEAKER BUT...
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| 00:18:01 |
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EARMARKS. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CHAIRMAN ROGERS, AND I SAID THAT IT SEEMED THERE WAS STILL BE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED OR INFLUENCED OR DRAFTED...
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| 00:18:45 |
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THIS IS REAL. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS. BEFORE, EVERYTHING WAS DONE COMPETITIVELY. I DO NOT THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE EARMARKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE...
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| 00:20:25 |
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BILL WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THERE WAS THIS COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN WASHINGTON ON EARMARKS. A LOT OF THEM WENT TO PRIVATE COMPANIES. LOBBYISTS AND EXECUTIVES...
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| 00:20:52 |
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IT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHEN WE SAID NO EARMARKS TO PRIVATE COMPANIES. BEFORE THAT, MR. MURTHA WAS STILL INVOLVED HERE WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON...
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| 00:21:58 |
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IS OBVIOUSLY NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR THAT. >> JUST LIKE
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| 00:22:01 |
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THE TANKER ISSUE. WE JUST HAD THIS VICTORY IN OUR GREAT STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND THE THREE ROUNDS FINALLY WENT TO TANKER, AND THAT IS SOMETHING I CARE...
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| 00:22:25 |
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WE TALKED ABOUT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE HOUSE. REPUBLICANS NOW HAVE A BIG ADVANTAGE IN THE REDISTRICTING KEY STATES. YOU LOST A LOT OF MEMBERS...
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| 00:22:44 |
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MONEY COMING IN TO THE DCCC IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAN EVER IN HISTORY. NANCY PELOSI IS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY RAISING MONEY. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT...
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| 00:23:55 |
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MATTER, MANY RACES WERE VERY TIGHT. DO YOU EXPECT MANY REMATCHES? >> I CANNOT
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| 00:24:02 |
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THINK OF ALL THE NAMES, BUT THE NUMBER OF FORMER MEMBERS GOING TO RUN AGAIN. I WOULD NOT GET TO THAT NUMBER, THOUGH AS YOU MENTIONED THREE OR FOUR OR...
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| 00:25:03 |
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. "NEWSMAKERS" IS BACK WITH ANDREW TAYLOR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND MAJOR GARRETT. WE JUST HAD A LIVELY SESSION WITH CONGRESSMAN...
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| 00:25:39 |
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ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SHUTDOWN PLAY ITSELF OUT, THAT WOULD LIKE TO ELEVATE THE STATUS OF THIS BATTLE. I THINK THERE ARE...
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| 00:26:38 |
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TO WIN A MIDTERM ELECTION AND IF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS ANOTHER TO DEFEAT HIM IN A LEGISLATIVE BATTLE WHEN HE HAS A VETO PEN AND ALL...
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| 00:27:28 |
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A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO SENATE DEMOCRATS. THE CONGRESSMAN MENTIONED A WIDE VARIETY OF RIDERS, WHICH OUR POLICY ADDITIONS TO SPENDING...
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| 00:28:22 |
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ISSUE IS HUGELY IMPORTANT TO A SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE IN THE FINAL BILL. THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE THAT CLEAR AND...
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| 00:28:50 |
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IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE C- SPAN AUDIENCE. THIS HOUSE BILL, $61 BILLION FROM THE 2010 BUDGET WAS ON THE FLOOR FOR FIVE DAYS COME SUBJECTED TO 60...
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| 00:30:27 |
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THEY HAVE ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL REALLY PASSIONATELY ABOUT SPENDING, DOING THE DEBT LIMIT IN PARTICULAR IS...
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| 00:30:43 |
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ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. THAT WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL JUNE OR JULY NOW. KEEPS GETTING PUSHED OFF, PARTLY BECAUSE...
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| 00:31:14 |
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THAT THE JOB NUMBER IS A BENEFIT TO THEM LAST MONTH. YOU WERE BOTH TALKING ABOUT PARTY POLICIES GOING INTO THE ELECTION. IF THIS NUMBER KEEPS GOING DOWN,...
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| 00:31:27 |
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AND THE PRESIDENT, CLEARLY. >>
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| 00:31:29 |
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FOR SURE? EVEN IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN CUTTING THE BUDGET? FELLOW REPUBLICANS WILL ARGUE THAT AS PART OF THE CLIMATE THAT HAS IMPROVED SINCE THEY WON...
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| 00:32:15 |
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OWNS THE ECONOMY. AS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE THE KEY ELEMENT TO HIS REELECTION FOR SURE. >> INTERESTING...
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| 00:32:23 |
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AHEAD. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2011] >>
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