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HOST: DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING NEW FROM MITT ROMNEY YESTERDAY? GUEST: THIS
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WAS HIS THIRD FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH, BUT PEOPLE ARE PAYING A LOT MORE ATTENTION NOW. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR HIM. WHEN HE'S TRYING
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| 00:00:29 |
GUEST, -
TO DO, HE'S NOT OUTLINING HOW HE WOULD RUN THE COUNTRY OR HOW HE WOULD PROTECT AMERICA AROUND THE WORLD SO MUCH AS HE'S CONTINUING TO TRY TO DRAW CONTRASTS...
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| 00:01:02 |
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CLEAR.
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| 00:01:04 |
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IT'S NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER HE FEELS THE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH. THERE'S A DEBATE INSIDE HIS CAMPAIGN WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN-POLICY. HE'S A ONE-MAN...
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| 00:02:20 |
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LET'S LISTEN TO MITT ROMNEY YESTERDAY OUTLINING SOME OF HIS FOREIGN-POLICY IDEAS IN VIRGINIA. [VIDEO CLIP] >> THE PRESIDENT IS FOND OF SAYING THAT THE...
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| 00:02:43 |
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AT THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY WITH IRAN CLOSER THAN EVER TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY, WITH THE CONFLICT IN SERIOUS THREATENING TO DESTABILIZE THE REGION,...
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| 00:03:44 |
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OF THE SPEECH WAS AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA AND WHAT HE'S DONE AND HOW MUCH OF IT WAS LAYING ON HIS OWN TRAJECTORY AND AGENDA? GUEST: MOSTLY IN HIS ROLE...
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| 00:04:02 |
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TALKED ABOUT HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY. HE'S TRYING TO EMPHASIZE HIS CRITIQUE OF OBAMA AS LEADING FROM BEHIND, WHICH WAS FROM AN UNNAMED ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL...
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| 00:05:57 |
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DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE
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| 00:06:00 |
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LADY TALKING ABOUT THE FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE. I THINK MITT ROMNEY IS AN OPPORTUNITYIST. HE WENT OVERSEAS AND IS RESPECTED OUR ALLIES. HE KISSES UP TO BENJAMIN...
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| 00:07:26 |
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THINK ROMNEY DID MAKE A TRIP THIS SUMMER TO EUROPE AND ISRAEL. HE WENT TO LONDON WHERE HE
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| 00:07:36 |
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FAMOUSLY CRITICIZED THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE LONDON OLYMPICS GAMES. HE WENT TO POLAND. HE WENT TO ISRAEL. DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO EMPHASIZE WHAT THEY...
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| 00:08:56 |
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I AM BARACK OBAMA, AND I APPROVED THIS MESSAGE. >> RECKLESS, AMATEUR, THAT IS
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| 00:09:05 |
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WHAT MITT ROMNEY'S TRIP WAS CALLED.
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| 00:09:10 |
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HIS KNEE JERK RESPONSE SHOWED AN EXTRAORDINARY LACK OF PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. REPUBLICAN EXPERTS SAID MITT ROMNEY'S REMARKS WERE THE WORST POSSIBLE...
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| 00:09:41 |
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GUEST: SOME OF THIS CAN BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. BEFORE THE CONVENTION, 4% OF
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| 00:09:50 |
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AMERICANS SAID FOREIGN POLICY WOULD BE THE TOP ISSUE. IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE NUMBER HAS GONE UP SLIGHTLY, AS A RESULT OF THE TRAGIC ATTACK ON THE...
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| 00:10:31 |
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QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU
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| 00:10:35 |
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JUST MENTIONED ROMNEY SPEAKING ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR IN LIBYA, HOW COME NOBODY IS ASKING THAT -- TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ASKED FOR SECURITY BUT? -- SECURITY?...
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| 00:11:42 |
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EAST, A REGION THAT IS IN THE MIDST OF THE MOST PROFOUND UPHEAVAL IN A CENTURY. THE FAULT LINES OF THIS STRUGGLE CAN BE SEEN IN BENGHAZI. THE ATTACK ON...
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| 00:12:41 |
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TO THE TRAGIC KILLINGS, JUMPING INTO A PARTISAN CRITIQUE OF OBAMA IN THE MIDST OF THE EVENT. THEN HE BACKED OFF. YESTERDAY, HE WAS CRITICAL, BUT NOT...
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| 00:14:37 |
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CALLER: JOBS ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE ELECTION, BUT FOREIGN POLICY WILL BE IMPORTANT. AS
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| 00:14:49 |
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FAR AS GOVERNOR ROMNEY NOT POINTING OF THE SPECIFICITY OF WHAT HE WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY, I DISAGREE. IN HIS SPEECH HE POINTED OUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT...
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| 00:16:08 |
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DID POINT OUT YESTERDAY -- AND ROMNEY, AND WHEN THE OBAMA -- ONE THAT WAS POINTED OUT YESTERDAY. OBAMA SAID IT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. IT IS IMPORTANT...
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| 00:17:17 |
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THEY ALSO LOOKED AT A KAISER HEALTH TRACKING POLL FROM LAST MONTH, THINKING AHEAD TO THE ELECTIONS, HOW IMPORTANT MILITARY SPENDING WILL BE. 30% SAID...
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| 00:18:45 |
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FROM BOTH PARTY. THIS IS AMERICA AT ITS BEST, AND THE MEASURE BY WHICH WE MEASURE EVERY PRESIDENT. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PRESIDENT'S POLICIES HAVE NOT...
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| 00:19:42 |
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STRATEGY. SUSAN GLASSER, REALISTICALLY, WHAT CAN MITT ROMNEY DO DIFFERENTLY? GUEST: IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS SPEECH, TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE, HE IS SUGGESTING...
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| 00:19:57 |
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MUSCULAR, ASSERTIVE MILITARY WITH THE IDEA THAT HE WILL GET OUT THERE AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY SAY NOW? THAT...
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| 00:21:59 |
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TONY ON TWITTER. THE OBAMA RESET WITH RUSSIA, BUSH LOOKING INTO PLATOONED'S SOUL NEITHER WORKED WELL. THIS IS A PART OF THE REGION THAT YOU KNOW WELL....
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| 00:22:31 |
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THE SHAPING OF WHAT HAS BECOME TODAY'S RUSSIA. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT PRESIDENTS COME IN AND THEY OFTEN TALK ABOUT REINVENTING RUSSIAN POLICY,...
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| 00:24:24 |
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MY HEAD IS SPINNING. I
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| 00:24:30 |
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SAW ROMNEY'S SPEECH YESTERDAY, AND I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND, BETWEEN THE DEBATE AND THIS SPEECH YESTERDAY, THAT PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A PHONY,...
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| 00:25:41 |
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VOTE ON IS THE QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP AT LARGE AND THAT IS WHY YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP FROM MITT ROMNEY AND WHAT KIND OF ROLE OBAMA IS PROJECTING...
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| 00:26:31 |
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HAS A DIFFERENT VIEW. HE SAID IT WAS TRAGIC TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ, AND DOUBLED DOWN ON THAT TODAY. HE SAID IT WAS A MISTAKE AND I DISAGREE. BRINGING...
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| 00:27:29 |
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COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT ON A CONTINUING U.S. MILITARY ARRANGEMENT. HE WAS NOT SAYING LET'S KEEP FIGHTING IN IRAQ INDEFINITELY....
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| 00:28:54 |
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LEADERSHIP. YOU WILL NOT FIND UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT. LARRY. GEORGIA. DEMOCRATS FIND. -- DEMOCRATS LINE. CALLER: FIRST, MITT ROMNEY IS THE MOST WAR-MONGERING...
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| 00:29:19 |
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MUCH MONEY ON THE MILITARY. I WAS IN THE MILITARY. I'M RETIRED. WE DO NOT NEED THAT MUCH MONEY GOING INTO THE MILITARY. WE WASTED AND USED MORE MONEY...
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| 00:30:13 |
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TO SOME EFFECT IS THAT ROMNEY'S PROPOSED INCREASES IN DEFENSE SPENDING ARE NOT BEEN -- SUPPORTED BY THE MILITARY. HE IS IN SOME CASES ASKING FOR SPENDING...
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| 00:31:02 |
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IS OUT OF TOUCH -- OBAMA IS OUT OF TOUCH. GUEST: MY GUESS IS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS WELL AWARE. CALLER: THE
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| 00:31:17 |
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MORNING. I WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS -- GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS
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| 00:31:24 |
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NOMINATION -- DOMINATION. WHEN WE ARE DEFENDING ISRAEL, WE ARE DEFENDING DESIGNED PEOPLE. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS A PART OF THE RELIGION. THE CHRISTIAN...
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| 00:33:24 |
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AS PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN, BUT THERE IS A BROAD POLITICAL CONSENSUS ACROSS THE TWO PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING ISRAEL, AND...
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| 00:35:48 |
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POST" SAYING, "OF FOREIGN POLICY PEPCO." -- FOREIGN POLICY ECHO." ONE OF OUR VIEWERS ON TWITTER SAYS THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE. DO YOU SEE MUCH DAYLIGHT...
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| 00:36:20 |
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ACCUSING PRESIDENT OBAMA OF NOT BEING A BELIEVER OF EXCEPTIONALIM AND A SPECIAL DESTINY OF AMERICA IN WORLD HISTORY. TO MANY THAT SEEMS TO BE A SILLY...
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| 00:36:59 |
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FOR A LONG TIME -- STUDIED FOR A POLICY FOR A LONG TIME, AND WHAT I
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| 00:37:05 |
CALLER, -
SEE ON TELEVISION ARE ATTACK ADS, MISINFORMATION. I SERVED IN THE MILITARY. I WENT IN IN 1982. I WAS IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, WITH MY GOOD FRIEND STANLEY...
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| 00:38:18 |
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NEO-CON, BUT HE SAYS HE WANTS TO SEE A MESSAGE OF PEACE. ARE WE HEARING THAT? GUEST: AMERICAN ELECTION YEARS TEND TO BE TESTOSTERONE-FILLED WHEN IT...
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| 00:38:38 |
GUEST, -
IN THE WORLD IS. THINK ABOUT THE OBAMA OF 2008. WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN SURPRISED? I CERTAINLY WAS TO SAY THAT HE IS RUNNING ON A CAMPAIGN WHERE HE TALKS...
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| 00:40:07 |
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THERE IS A LOT OF TALK IN THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE ECONOMY, AND A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT THE
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| 00:40:16 |
GUEST, -
LOSSES THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO THE CRISIS IN EUROPE AND THE SOFTENING OF ECONOMIES IN CHINA AND INDIA....
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| 00:42:55 |
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GANG OF EIGHT WITH LISA MASCARO WITH "L.A.
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| 00:43:01 |
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TIMES," AND SOLUTIONS TO THE FISCAL CLIFF. LATER, BRUCE MORRISON FROM THE BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER, BUT FIRST, IT IS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF C-SPAN...
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AFFECT COVERAGE. WE BRING YOU LIVE COVERAGE OF HOUSE AND SENATE PROCEEDINGS. WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF DEBATES ON THE FISCAL CLIFF. ALSO, WE BRING...
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| 00:44:30 |
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WHEN WE FIRST WENT ON THE AIR IN 1997, SUSPEND A RADIO WAS
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| 00:44:35 |
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AVAILABLE ON 90.1 FM HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE BECAME AVAILABLE ON SATELLITE RADIO. AS THE YEARS WENT ON, SMARTPHONES WERE INVENTED,...
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