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SEMESTER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HERE IN THE LINCOLN AUDITORIUM AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER. 25 YEARS AGO, A FOUR-TERM CONGRESSMAN FROM WYOMING SPOKE TO A GROUP...
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TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, THE ALAN K. SIMPSON NORMAN MINETA SERIES OF EVENTS HERE AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER AND ACADEMIC...
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FOR BEING WITH US. IT HAS SPENT THE MONTHS SINCE YOUR SURGERY. THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> WELL, I AM BARRETT -- FEELING VERY WELL....
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SINCE I WAS 37, BACK IN 1978. BUT GRADUALLY, OVER TIME, AS IS PREDICTABLE IN THOSE CASES, I EVENTUALLY HAD FIVE HEART ATTACKS AND HEART FAILURE AND SO...
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WHO CALLED YOU? WHAT WAS YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION? WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? >> ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS AT END-STAGE HEART FAILURE. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH...
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| 00:07:20 |
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KIDNEYS, AND SO FORTH. THAT IS WHEN WE INSTALLED THE LVAT. THAT WAS IN JULY OF 2010. AT THE SAME TIME, I APPLIED TO GO ON THE WAITING LIST FOR AN ACTUAL...
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| 00:10:04 |
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THAT ALL AFTERNOON. YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR HEALTH, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE
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| 00:10:10 |
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OVERDO IT IN A SENSE. BUT THE DONOR PROGRAM IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT. I CARRY, FOR DECEMBER, MY WYOMING DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IT HAS A LITTLE HEART ON IT...
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| 00:12:05 |
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STARTED OUT AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. YOU NEVER GOT YOUR PH.D. BUT ENDED UP AT THE WHITE HOUSE DESK. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?...
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BUT I WAS RECRUITED TO GO TO YALE WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN -- WELL, I GOT KICKED OUT TWICE. I ENDED UP BACK IN WYOMING BUILDING POWER LINE...
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28. >> A QUESTION
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FROM ARIEL. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY QUESTION HAS TO
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DO WITH YOUR BOOK. WHEN WRITING YOUR BOOK OF
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| 00:16:27 |
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MEMOIRS, WAS THERE IN ANY EVENT OR MOMENT IT WOULD HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY AT ANY REGRETS IN YOUR EARLY YEARS OF POLITICS THAT YOU WISH YOU WOULD HAVE...
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TWO THOUGHTS STAND OUT. ONE, I WAS
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VERY FORTUNATE.
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| 00:16:49 |
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I HAD SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAME MY WAY. BUT THAT WAS, IN PART, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON ME. AFTER A CAREER LIKE MINE, IT...
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YOU SAID THE
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| 00:19:14 |
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IMPACT OF THE PARDON WOULD HAVE BEEN LESSENED IF MORE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO HOW THE PARDON WAS ANNOUNCED. SAID IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION....
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| 00:19:38 |
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THE PRIVATE COMPANY I WAS WORKING AT. HE WENT BACK TO NATO. WE GOT CALLED BACK A COUPLE WEEKS, AFTER THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN THERE ABOUT A MONTH AND HE...
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INTERN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND
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| 00:22:28 |
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WORK YOUR WAY UP TO CHIEF OF STAFF AND VICE PRESIDENT. THE FEEL THAT YOUR INTERNSHIP WAS VITAL TO THAT PROCESS, AND WHAT KIND OF LESSONS DID YOU LEARN...
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| 00:22:51 |
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IT WAS AN EXTENT, WHICH IS WHY THE -- WHICH IS BY THE WAY THE WAY CONGRESS SHOULD MEET. WHEN I ENTERED THAT, I WAS SORT OF NONPARTISAN. I WAS A GRADUATE...
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| 00:25:23 |
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THE MORNING OF JANUARY 20, 1977 IN THE
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WHITE HOUSE. BY MIDAFTERNOON, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WERE HAVING LUNCH IN A MCDONALD'S AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE. TAKE THAT METAPHOR AND WHAT THAT TELLS...
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| 00:25:50 |
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WHITE HOUSE OR GO BACK TO SENIOR LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. WE LOST THE ELECTION IN 1976. JIMMY CARTER WAS TAKING OVER. WE HAD RUN A TRANSITION APPEARED ...
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| 00:27:46 |
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IF I WAS TO RUN FOR OFFICE, THAT WAS THE PLACE TO DO IT. THAT WAS HOME. IN THAT SPRING, SINCE SCHOOL WAS OUT, WE LOADED UP THE U-HAUL TRUCK AND HAULED...
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| 00:28:34 |
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ONE OCCASION. I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH -- >> THEY
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| 00:28:40 |
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SAID -- >> WELL, MY FAVORITE STORY WAS -- HAD TO DO WITH A FELLOW DOWN
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IN
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| 00:28:52 |
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TORRINGTON, A HOUSE PAINTER. THIS IS ONE OF THE GUYS WHO RUNS ALL THE TIME ANYWAY AND NEVER WINS ANYTHING. HE ACTUALLY RAN HIS DOG ONE YEAR. THAT WAS...
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A LAWYER. NO OFFENSE. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. HE STARTED AS CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE FORD WHITE HOUSE AND LATER AS VICE PRESIDENT WITH PRESIDENT...
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WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL US THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROLES BOTH IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THEN HOW YOUR POSITION AS CHIEF...
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| 00:30:28 |
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THING,
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| 00:30:29 |
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WHEN YOU STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE -- WHEN I CAME AWAY FROM MY YEARS AS A STUDENT AND A SCHOLAR, WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SIMILARITIES ACROSS ADMINISTRATIONS,...
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| 00:36:37 |
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JOHNSON. , YOU ENJOYED IT. AL GORE SAID HE HAD A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES. WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT? >> WELL, THE NORM HAS BEEN, I GUESS I WAS THE...
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| 00:36:54 |
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PATTERN, MY GUESS IS HE MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS A VERY DILIGENT STUDENT WHO COULD NAME ALL OUR VICE-PRESIDENT, BUT I CANNOT. OFTENTIMES, IT HAS BEEN...
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| 00:40:26 |
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WAS. BUT I TOOK THAT AS A POINT OF ORDER. SECRET SERVICE
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| 00:40:31 |
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GAVE ME THAT. -- BUT I TOOK THAT AS A POINT TOOKHONOR. SECRET SERVICE GAVE ME THAT. WE HAD A DINNER WHEN I LEFT, AND THEY GAVE ME, AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION,...
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| 00:41:21 |
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ISSUE, IF SO, HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT ISSUE OR THE SITUATION? >> WELL, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I -- I GUESS I FELT OUTNUMBERED. THAT IS EASY TO DO SOMETIMES
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| 00:41:35 |
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WHEN YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE RUN BY THE DEMOCRATS, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT I HAD THE ATTITUDE -- AS OPPOSED I AM TRYING TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE...
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| 00:43:56 |
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. I AM
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| 00:43:59 |
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FROM TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY. WHAT ATTRIBUTES DO HAVE AS AN
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OLDER PROFESSIONAL THAT YOU WISHED YOU WOULD HAVE HAD WHENEVER YOU WERE A YOUNGER PROFESSIONAL IN WASHINGTON? >> WELL, I WOULD ALMOST STATE IT THE OTHER...
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| 00:44:20 |
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EXPERIENCED, HOW ABOUT THAT? >> EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE EXPERIENCES THAT I LEARNED OVER TIME THAT I DID NOT HAVE
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| 00:44:31 |
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WHEN I STARTED WAS I THOUGHT WHEN I STARTED
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| 00:44:33 |
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THAT THE QUALITY OF MY CONTRIBUTION WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW MANY HOURS A DAY I PUT IT INTO MY DESK, AND THE LONGER I STAYED IN THE HARDER I WORK,...
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| 00:46:44 |
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POLITICS. IS THAT OUR POLITICAL BATTLES ARE MESSY, SHRILL,
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| 00:46:47 |
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AND SOMETIMES CRUEL. YET, FOR ALL OF THAT, YOU SAY THE SYSTEM HAS A WAY OF PRODUCING COURAGEOUS AND COMPASSIONATE ACTION WHEN IT IS NEEDED THE MOST....
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| 00:47:11 |
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ASKED TODAY LOTS OF TIMES, PEOPLE WILL SAY IS THIS THE WORST TIME IN AMERICAN POLITICS, THE WORST TIME WHEN THE RHETORIC IS MORE HARSH AND THE RELATIONSHIPS...
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| 00:50:04 |
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BUT I AM CURIOUS, AS INTERNS, WE WILL NOT ALWAYS AGREE
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| 00:50:09 |
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WITH THE STANCE IS OUR SUPERVISORS HAVE ONCE WE GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. SPC -- SINCE LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU HAVE BECOME MORE OUTSPOKEN AND SUPPORTIVE...
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| 00:50:37 |
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WE HAVE LIVED WITH THAT AS A FAMILY, AND WE CROSSED THAT BRIDGE A LONG TIME AGO. I REMEMBER IN MY FIRST VICE- PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN 2000 AGAINST JOE...
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| 00:54:02 |
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FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO WORK FOR. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. FOR MITT ROMNEY, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HIM AND HIS TEAM AS THEY GO THROUGH THE...
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| 00:54:12 |
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FOR PRESIDENT AND FINDING A VICE PRESIDENT? >> I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SEARCHES. SOME OR MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS....
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| 00:54:24 |
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REMEMBER IS THAT THE DECISION YOU MAKE S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON WHO YOU ARE RUNNING MATE IS GOING TO BEAT IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL-LEVEL DECISION...
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| 00:56:04 |
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HAVE WRITTEN FIVE OR
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| 00:56:05 |
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SIX OF THESE, BUT WE TRIED TO KEEP IT AT A REASONABLE LINKS. ABOUT 600 PAGES, WHICH IS WHAT THE PUBLISHER WANTED. IT IS A GOOD BOOK. I RECOMMEND YOU READ...
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| 00:56:25 |
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THAN -- THANK YOU. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS
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| 00:56:29 |
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COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2012] [APPLAUSE] >> ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE IN WASHINGTON. IT REALLY IS A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY. YOU'LL HAVE...
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BOTH FEET, AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND HONEST WORK AS A RESULT. GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> IF
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