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AMENDMENTS. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT RUNNING CAMPAIGNING IN THE ADVANCE, TOMORROW HE WILL BE WITH MARCO RUBIO WITH NEW SPECULATION ON THE BEEFSTEAK....
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REMEMBER I WAS ASKED -- WHERE IS YOUR PAL, HUNT, THESE DAYS? HE SAID -- DOES TO WORK FOR US? I SAID -- NO, HE LEFT MONTHS AGO. THAT HE WAS OFF THE PAYROLL....
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| 00:03:14 |
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THE QUESTION -- BUT THE WATERGATE POLLOCK -- THE LEGACY OF WATERGATE ON AMERICAN POLITICS. WE WILL GET YOUR CALLS AND COMMENTS IN JUST A MOMENT. FROM...
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COMES NOT WHEN THINGS GO GOOD FOR YOU, BUT WHEN YOU ARE REALLY TESTED. WHEN YOU TAKE SOME KNOCKS, SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS. WHEN SADNESS COMES. BECAUSE ONLY...
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| 00:06:50 |
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AUGUST 9, 1974. HE WAS FORCED OUT BECAUSE OF THE WATERGATE SCANDAL. OUR QUESTION WAS THE LEGACY OF WATERGATE OF AMERICAN POLITICS. WHETHER IT WAS IN...
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| 00:07:45 |
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WILL EXPLORE THE EFFECTS ON POLITICS AND THE MEDIA 40 YEARS LATER." IT WILL COME OUT NEXT YEAR. THAT STORY IS FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH INSIDE OF "THE NEW...
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I WAS JUST A KID, BUT THE LEGACY OF WATERGATE IS SHAMEFUL. IF WE DO NOT GET CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM THAT IS NOT WATERED DOWN, GETTING THE MONEY OUT OF...
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| 00:08:58 |
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A PHOTOGRAPH HERE, CHARLES COLSON, NIXON'S SO-CALLED HATCHET MAN. JOE IS ON THE PHONE. WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION. CALLER: MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, I...
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WHO WENT AFTER THIS GUY FOR BREAKING INTO THAT OFFICE. YES, IT WAS WRONG, BUT THEY TOOK THIS AND OVERTHREW A GOOD PRESIDENT. RICHARD NIXON WAS A GOOD...
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| 00:10:51 |
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HOST: OUR QUESTION, THE LEGACY OF WATERGATE ON AMERICAN POLITICS. THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF CHUCK COLSON BACK
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| 00:11:05 |
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IN 2003, OUTSIDE THE OVAL OFFICE. HENRY IS ON THE PHONE FROM POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK. DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I WAS ALWAYS VERY SUSPICIOUS...
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AS A FALL GUY. HE HAD A LOT OF INTEGRITY. HE COPPED A PLEA AGAINST THE LAWYERS THAT HE PAID FOR. WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SEE HOW DIRTY AND...
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| 00:12:17 |
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JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG -- ON TWITTER.COM/C-SPANWJ. HOST: JOHNNY IS ON THE PHONE. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETS, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THIS LEGACY QUESTION IS
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A JOKE.
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PENSION, PARDON, THE WHOLE LINE YARDS. IF I WAS IN JAIL TODAY I WOULD USE MY PENSION AND EVERYTHING. IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE POLITICS, REPUBLICANS AND...
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| 00:13:57 |
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A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. HE FAILED TO GET EVEN 60% OF THE VOTE. HE MUSTERED AN 18. WIN ON SATURDAY, BUT THE GAPING MARGIN FELT NOTHING LIKE A VICTORY....
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OF NOWHERE AND YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THESE PEOPLE BEFORE WHEN THEY COME OUT. WHO DO THEY REPRESENT? WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS -- WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:15:55 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THESE THINGS KIND OF CONNECT PRESIDENTS. WE HAVE OUR FRIEND,
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NIXON, HERE. NOT A CROOK, THEY MADE ME DO IT. JIMMY CARTER, [UNINTELLIGIBLE] FARMER DEMOCRAT TO RUN DOWN? HOST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL. WE GOT A TWITTER...
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| 00:16:29 |
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HOST: YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT TWITTER.COM/C- SPANWJ. INDEPENDENT LINE, UNION CITY,
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| 00:16:43 |
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NEW JERSEY, WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION. CALLER: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY CALL. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMERICAN
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POET WHO PLAYED THE BLUES TREMENDOUSLY. HE HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT WHOLE TIME, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMICS OF WAR, WHICH AT THE END OF THE...
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WASHINGTON POST," THE
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OBITUARY FOR CHARLES COLSON. HE HAD BOASTED THAT HE WOULD OPEN " WALK OVER HIS GRANDMOTHER," FOR THE REELECTION OF NIXON. PASSING AWAY YESTERDAY IN FAIRFAX....
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THAT WAS A NICE LEAD IN. THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN.
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ANYWAY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT NIXON'S LEGACY FROM WATERGATE IS THAT I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT CONSPIRACIES CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. SO, I KNOW THAT BIG SECRETS...
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| 00:18:48 |
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FACE-OFF, THE HOCKEY METAPHOR. "PRESIDENT ROMNEY," THAT IS HOW REUTERS SENT IT UP. HOST: THE LEGACY OF WATERGATE OF AMERICAN POLITICS IS OUR QUESTION....
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| 00:19:42 |
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REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. ACTUALLY, IN PENNSYLVANIA YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AS DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, AND YOU
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| 00:19:51 |
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CANNOT VOTE IN THE PRIMARY, I AM ACTUALLY AN INDEPENDENT, SO I HAD TO COME IN ON THIS LINE. WHEN CABLE TELEVISION CAME IN, THERE WERE MANY TO STATIONS...
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| 00:20:54 |
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LIKE "CQ WEEKLY," A $100 BILLION SEQUESTER WITH A HAZARDOUS VOTE ON THE DEBT LIMIT. THIS IS COMING OFF AFTER THE ELECTION. THEY OUTLINED EXACTLY WHAT...
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CLOSED -- I SHOULD REPEAT THAT, MANUFACTURING PLANTS HAVE CLOSED IN THE UNITED STATES, MIAMI BEACH WENT OUT THERE, AND AS A MARINE CORPS CARD FOR PRESIDENT...
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| 00:23:15 |
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GOVERNMENT. YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT TWITTER.COM/C-SPANWJ. 1974, THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF CHARLES COLSON HEADING INTO A COURT ROOM. TOM DONAHUE...
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THE BUDGET? >> I HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND AM
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SMART ENOUGH TO DO THAT. THE PRESS
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REPORTED THAT IN THE LAST EXIT, WE SPENT MORE THAN $50 MILLION. I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WAS RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT IT WAS NOT A LOT WRONG, AND THIS IS A MORE...
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| 00:24:41 |
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WATERGATE ON AMERICAN POLITICS. SEND US AN E-MAIL, IF YOU LIKE. JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG. VIRGIL GOODE HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO SERVE AS THE CONSTITUTION PARTY...
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| 00:25:44 |
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VIRGIL GOODE, ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION OF THE CONSTITUTION PARTY. C-SPAN IS COVERING HIS NOMINATION SPEECH, AVAILABLE ONLINE AT ANY TIME, AND IT WILL...
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| 00:26:17 |
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THE VIETNAMESE AT THE PARIS PEACE TABLE. THEY HAD NO SUPPLIES COMING IN. THEY WERE AT ODDS WITH THE CHINESE. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN STARVED OUT TO MAKING...
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| 00:27:42 |
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GOVERNMENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WEIGHING IN AT I IT -- WEIGHING IN ON TWITTER. REPUBLICAN LINE, TEXAS, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HOW DO YOU DO IT? LISTENING...
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AILING THEM LIKE A TOMATO. HOST: ALRIGHT, WANTED TO HEAR REAL HAD TO SAY. SORRY ABOUT THIS. ALL OF THIS CAN BE FOUND ON LINE AT "THE FINANCIAL
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| 00:28:18 |
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TIMES," WEB SITE. THEY POINT OUT THAT THE CAMPAIGN INVOLVING CAVORTING WITH PROSTITUTES IN COLOMBIA HAS OVERSHADOWED THE EFFORTS OF BARACK OBAMA TO BUILD...
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| 00:29:34 |
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LINE. MICHAEL, GOOD MORNING, THE LEGACY OF WATERGATE OF AMERICAN POLITICS? WHAT IS IT? CALLER: GOOD MORNING. YOU HAVE A GREAT SHOW. THE PRESS DID A...
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I HAVE READ A NUMBER OF THEM. IT IS AMAZING THAT WOODWARD WAS LEFT OUT. I DO NOT QUESTION THAT NIXON DID THE CONSPIRACY FOR THE COVER UP. WHAT THE CHAIRMAN...
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| 00:30:26 |
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WATER A LEADER REBORN AS AN EVANGELICAL LEADER. THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM FROM 1977. 1998, HE MET WITH POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND. CALLER NO GOOD MORNING,...
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| 00:32:30 |
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HOST: IT WAS A REMARKABLE SCENE OVER WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY MORNING, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, THE SPACE SHUTTLE
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| 00:32:41 |
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DISCOVERY COME INTO ITS FINAL DESTINATION. THIS IS A SCENE FROM OVER WASHINGTON, D.C. "THE BALTIMORE SUN," MORE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THE SPACE STATION...
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LET THAT SECOND CALL GO. IT SURPRISES
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| 00:34:09 |
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ME THAT PEOPLE STILL
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| 00:34:12 |
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TALK ABOUT NIXON AS THOUGH HE MADE A SLIGHT BLUNDER. HE HAD AN ENEMIES LIST. HE USED THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY TO GO AFTER PEOPLE HE HATED AND GROUPS...
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| 00:35:22 |
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WHEN YOU ARE REALLY TESTED. WHEN YOU TAKE SOME KNOCKS, SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS. WHEN THE SADNESS COMES. BECAUSE ONLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE DEEPEST VALLEY...
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| 00:36:49 |
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WHERE IS YOUR FOUL, ALAN HUNT, THESE DAYS -- HE SAID -- WHERE IS YOUR PAL, ALAN HUNT, THESE DAYS? HE SAID -- DOES HE WORK FOR US? I SAID -- NO. HE LEFT....
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| 00:37:53 |
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ELECTION NIGHT IN 1972, MR. COLSON WATCHING THE RETURNS WITH THE PRESIDENT. "I COULD NOT FEEL ANY SENSE OF JUBILATION. HERE WE WERE, SUPPOSEDLY WINNING,...
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| 00:38:33 |
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STUDENT AT KENT STATE. I HAD AN EPIPHANY AT THAT TIME. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT RICHARD NIXON, COLSON, AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN WHITEWATER...
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| 00:39:29 |
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IN AKRON, AND WHOM I KNEW. HE TOLD ME IN THE 1990'S THAT HIS SON WAS APPROACHED ON THE IMPEACHMENT. THAT THERE WAS PAYBACK AND WE WOULD BE FORCED TO...
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| 00:39:54 |
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IN RETRACTS UP $3 MILLION MORE DEBT AS CAMPAIGN DISINTEGRATES -- NEWT GINGRICH RACKS UP $3 MILLION MORE DEBT AS CAMPAIGN DISINTEGRATES." THE JUSTICES...
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| 00:41:00 |
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CALLER: IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IF THE PRESIDENT DOES IT, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL. DICK CHENEY CAME INTO OFFICE BELIEVING
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JUST THAT. ONE OF THE SMARTEST THINGS THAT GEORGE BUSH DID WAS STARTING TO PUSH DICK CHENEY OUT OF THE PICTURE IN HIS SECOND TERM. FAR AS I AM CONCERNED,...
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| 00:41:43 |
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REMAINED ON GOOD TERMS WITH NIXON, VISITING HIM AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON. HOST: NEXT ON THE PHONE, REPUBLICAN LINE, GOOD MORNING. PAUL, ARE YOU...
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CALLER: BABA. HOST: BOB, I AM SORRY. CALLER: OK, YES. MY BELIEF IS
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THAT WATERGATE WAS NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL.
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THAT
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HE WAS FORCED OUT OF OFFICE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE AS A PERSON. AND IF HE WAS A POPULAR PRESIDENT, LIKE KENNEDY OR CLINTON, OR REAGAN,...
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| 00:42:55 |
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HOST: A SHOWDOWN IN CONGRESS. THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET CUTS AND A VOTE ON THE DEBT CEILING, BUT THEY CANNOT DO ANY OF
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| 00:43:08 |
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THAT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. THIS PAST WEEK THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE HELD A MARKUP THAT WAS A CHANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO DELIVER REMARKS....
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IT IS ALL ABOUT
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OBAMA, NOW. IN NORTH
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CAROLINA, IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, YOU HAVE PROBABLY READ ABOUT THIS. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] OUR GOVERNMENT GOT IN FOR A FELONY. BUT NIXON DID NOT DO RIGHT....
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| 00:44:39 |
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HOST: THERE IS A STORY AND SOME PHOTOGRAPHS ONLINE AT THE LOS ANGELES TIMES WEBSITE, POINTING OUT THAT LANDFILLS
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ARE LIVELIHOODS AND HOMES. THAT ON TRASH MOUNTAIN, FAMILIES EARN $1 TO $2 FOR DAY SLOGGING THROUGH THE MUCK. THEY PRAY AND CELEBRATE LIFE AND OTHER...
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FROM THE ENVIRONMENT. THE ADMINISTRATION -- BY THE WAY, WE DO NOT DO PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. I DO NOT THINK OF THE IT MINISTRATION...
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| 00:46:18 |
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ON FIRST LADIES AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. NORA JOHNSON WILL BE JOINING US -- CAMILLE JOHNSTON WILL BE JOINING US. LATER, THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT...
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WE START WITH "MEET THE PRESS." HOSTS IS DAVID GREGORY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND REFORM COMMITTEE. THEN NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN, PETER KING....
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