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BACK WITH -- WE ARE BACK WITH BENJAMIN PAUKER WITH THE WORLD'S REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA IS REELECTION. HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO 2008? GUEST: THERE WAS...
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GREAT SENSE OF HOPE. THERE WAS A SENSE OF A CHANGING AMERICA AFTER EIGHT LONG YEARS OF A BUSH PRESIDENCY. NOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN SENSE THAT OBAMA'S POLICY...
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| 00:01:48 |
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IS THE WISH LIST? LUST GO THROUGH SOME COUNTRIES. LET'S START WITH CHINA. GUEST: FOR CHINA, THERE WILL
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| 00:01:58 |
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BE A CONSISTENT POLICY APPROACH. WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS DURING THIS CONTENTIOUS ELECTIONS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHINA BASHING. THEY BOTH WANTED TO SHOW...
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| 00:03:04 |
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HOST: PRESIDENT OBAMA LEAVING FOR A TRIP OVERSEAS INCLUDING A TRIP TO BURMA. GUEST: HE IS A GOOD
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RELATIONSHIP WITH BURMA. IT'S POSSIBLE THE CHINESE DO FEEL LIKE THE U.S. IS NOW STEPPING ON THEIR TURF SOMEWHAT. FOR THE UNITED STATES, THE OVERTURE...
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AND THAILAND. THIS IS A TRIP FOR HIM TO REINFORCE THE STRATEGIC REBALANCING TOWARDS A JOB BUT THE TRIP TO BURMA IS THE ACTUAL INTERESTING ONE. HOST:...
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| 00:04:41 |
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FOR THE MIDDLE EAST? GUEST: THE MIDDLE EAST
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| 00:04:46 |
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IS STILL IN A GREAT FLUX RIGHT NOW, ISSUES WITH IRAN, ISRAEL. THEY'RE SEEING SOME RATCHETING UP IN GAZA WHERE THEY HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS FIRING...
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| 00:05:21 |
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SO THAN THE HAVE BEEN BEFORE. THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS IN ISRAEL IS SUCH THAT NETANYAHU CAN RELY ON SOME FACTIONAL FAR RIGHT PARTIES WHICH HAVE HELPED...
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| 00:05:56 |
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THE FOCUS THERE IN THE SECOND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION? GUEST: THE ADMINISTRATION
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| 00:06:02 |
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HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR. OBVIOUSLY, I AM NOT PRIVY TO THE INTELLIGENT BUT THE REPORTING WE HAVE DONE IN FOREIGN POLICY IS THAT THERE'S NO SENSE THAT IRAN...
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| 00:07:10 |
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HOST: WHAT DO. THE NEXT MOVE IS FOR SYRIA? -- WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEXT MOVE IS? GUEST: THE TOP GENERAL
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| 00:07:21 |
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IN BRITAIN SAID THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERING A MOVE THERE. THERE'S A CONVERSATION BUT IN WASHINGTON AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL CAPITALS OF THEIR NEEDS TO...
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| 00:07:56 |
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FROM DAVID CAMERON. GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID ABOUT SYRIA, COULD THERE BE PRESSURE FROM OUR ALLIES TO MAKE A BOLDER MOVE IN SYRIA? GUEST: THE U.S....
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ALREADY DOING SOMETHING. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THERE IS ADDITIONAL PRESSURE. THE REST OF THE U.S. ALLIES, TURKEY, THEY ARE AFRAID OF GETTING INVOLVED....
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| 00:09:27 |
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SENIOR EDITOR OF "FOREIGN POLICY" MAGAZINE. COULD THERE BE FALLOUT ON FOR A POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO BEEN GAUZY ATTACKS IN LIBYA? -- BENGHAZI ATTACKS?...
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| 00:09:43 |
GUEST, -
KNOW MUCH. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SCANDALS THAT COMES OUT IN DRIPS AND DRABS. THERE IS A CONSENSUS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW MORE. THERE COULD...
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| 00:10:49 |
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TENN., INDEPENDENT CALLER. GO AHEAD. CALLER: GOOD MORNING,
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| 00:10:53 |
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GRETA, AND TO TEH GUEST SPEAKER. -- AND THE GUEST SPEAKER. GRETA, YOU ARE THE MONA LISA OF C-SPAN. [LAUGHTER] I WANT TO ASK A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION...
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| 00:11:41 |
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IS GOING ON IN OUR NATION IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. THIS IS A WORLD OF ISLAM. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THAT OBAMA'S ARAB REPENTANCE...
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| 00:12:23 |
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT FOR A POLICY?
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| 00:12:28 |
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GUEST: THE CALLER CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT OBAMA HAS REACHED OUT TO THE MUSLIM WORLD. I THINK HE CAME INTO OFFICE AS A PRESIDENT HOLDING...
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| 00:13:13 |
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FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIAL TODAY. GENERAL PETRAEUS HAS BEEN THE MASTERMIND BEHIND USING DRUGS TO GO AFTER AL QAEDA IN THE HORN OF AFRICA. BUT HAS BEEN...
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| 00:13:35 |
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GUEST: IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL STRATEGY, NO QUESTION. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON THE USE OF DRONES. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN A RIVER...
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| 00:15:03 |
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GUEST: THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT MAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION. THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM GOING INTO THE COPENHAGEN...
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| 00:15:39 |
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CRUCIS, MEXICO, DEMOCRATIC CALLER. -- LAS CRUCAS. CALLER: WE TALKED ABOUT
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| 00:15:47 |
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SYRIA, IRAN, AND LIBYA EARLIER. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA. IT STRIKES ME THAT KIM JUNG UN IS ALLOWING TO SOME WESTERNIZED FOODS AND SUCH IN. DO...
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| 00:16:53 |
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A GOOD POINT. THE NEW LEADER IN NORTH KOREA, KIM JONG UN, IS IN POWER. BUT IT IS A FAMOUSLY CLOSED SOCIETY. THERE'S CERTAINLY A FEAR OF NUCLEAR ESCALATION...
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| 00:18:13 |
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JOHN. YOU ARE BREAKING UP THERE. ARE YOU STILL WITH US? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. SORRY. MAYBE YOU CAN CALL BACK ON A BETTER LINE. ARKANSAS. REPUBLICAN...
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CALLER: ALASKA. APPEAR IN RON PAUL COUNTRY. THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO CONVERT THE ALASKAN REPUBLICAN PARTY TO RAHM PAUL. BENJAMIN, THE PREVIOUS CALLER...
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| 00:19:57 |
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THAT WHEN DEALING WITH MUSLIM NATIONS, EITHER DEALING WITH EACH OTHER OR OTHER COUNTRIES? GUEST:
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| 00:20:06 |
GUEST, -
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE ARAB SPRINGER. THIS WAS A FUNDAMENTAL MOMENT OF THE PAST FEW YEARS IN WHICH WE SAW THIS...
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| 00:21:21 |
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ITS NEXT FOR EGYPT? -- WHAT IS NEXT FOR EGYPT? GUEST: IN TERMS OF TAX? HOST: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
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| 00:21:39 |
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GUEST: THEY STILL NEED TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT THERE. AFTER THE INCREDIBLY UPLIFTING MOVEMENTS IN IT TO REAR SQUARE, IT HAS DEVOLVED...
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| 00:22:47 |
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SOUTH CAROLINA. CALLER: AND KIND OF
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| 00:22:52 |
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NERVOUS. CAN YOU BEAR WITH ME? I HAVE THREE TOPICS. I WANT TO TOUCH ON GENERAL PETRAEUS. YES, HE NEEDS TO BE DISCIPLINED. THE ATTACK THAT KILLED AMERICAN...
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| 00:23:42 |
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POINT FOR BENJAMIN PAUKER. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT YET, THE KARZAI GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS NEXT FOR AFGHANISTAN? GUEST: IT
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| 00:23:53 |
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IS A TIME OF TRANSITION OUT, ONE THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD DURING LONG ELECTION SEASON. THERE ARE 68,000 AMERICAN TROOPS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN. THERE IS A...
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| 00:25:09 |
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PANETTA SAYS ON HIS TRIP OVERSEAS YESTERDAY THAT HE WILL ANNOUNCE SOME SORT OF TIMELINE SOON. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM SECRETARY PANETTA OR THE...
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| 00:25:25 |
GUEST, -
THE FIGHTING SEASON IS ABOUT TO END, IT WILL PROBABLY BE SENT, BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAUMA RIGHT NOW IN THE PENTAGON. WE NEED TO SEE HOW THINGS PLAY...
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| 00:26:33 |
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MIDEAST SITUATION. SHOULD THE U.S. BE CONCERNED OVER BORDER FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA? COULD THIS BE THE NEXT MIDEAST WAR OVER GOLAN HEIGHTS?...
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| 00:26:46 |
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IS RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED. THIS IS AN ISSUE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. ISRAEL NOW HAS CONFLICTS ON TWO ORDERS, THE GAZA STRIP AND NOW IN SYRIA. THERE HAS ALWAYS...
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| 00:27:37 |
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TEXAS, DEMOCRATIC HOLLER. -- SAN ANTONIO. CALLER:
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| 00:27:47 |
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A DOES WANT TO ASK YOUR GUEST WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE ISRAEL PEOPLE. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF IS REALLY IS THAT LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA AND DISAGREE WITH...
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| 00:28:07 |
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A WALLET, A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP. WE DO NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN DEGREE OF AFFECTION AMONG THE ISRAELI POPULACE FOR OBAMA. IT WAS SHOWN...
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| 00:29:03 |
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AND -- FOREIGNPOLICY.COM. BENJAMIN PAUKER IS THE SENIOR EDITOR. CALLER: IT'S NOT
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| 00:29:14 |
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OFTEN I GET TO ASK A QUESTION OF, BUT IT TO HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN...
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| 00:30:11 |
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OF NATIONS THAT BORDER THE MEDITERRANEAN AND I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT TOO SIMPLISTIC TO SAY EVERETT. TO THE NORTH IS A PRO-WESTERN. THERE ARE DIFFERENT...
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| 00:31:28 |
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MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? BASICALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF DRAMA GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WORLD WAR III POSSIBLY GOING ON...
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| 00:31:48 |
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THINK ANYONE WOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT A WORLD WAR III. I THINK THERE IS A FEAR OF NUCLEAR ESCALATION. I DO NOT THINK ANYONE WANTS TO SEE IRAN DEVELOP A...
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| 00:32:30 |
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HOST: LET'S GO TO RUSSIA. BEFORE THE ELECTIONS, PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS HEARD ON A HOT MICROPHONE TELLING DMITRY MEDVEDEV THAT HE WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY...
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| 00:32:51 |
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ROMNEY IS SENT ONE OF HIS SONS TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE AIDS OF VLADIMIR PUTIN. POLICY SOMEONE GETS FROZEN DURING AN ELECTION. RUSSIAN POLICY, IN PARTICULAR....
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| 00:34:35 |
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BILLY, AND DALLAS, TEXAS. CALLER: BENGHAZI, ONE OF
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| 00:34:43 |
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THE QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, IT APPEARS DURING THE ELECTION THAT IT WAS A MAIN FOCUS, AS TO WHY WE DID NOT GET AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE...
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| 00:35:34 |
GUEST, -
GOOD QUESTION. A LOT OF REPORTERS AND FOREIGN POLICY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONFUSION AS TO WHY THE ADMINISTRATION...
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| 00:36:49 |
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JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION. HOW DO YOU FEAR -- FEEL ABOUT THE UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC ATMOSPHERE IN SOME OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES? GUEST: THE ADMINISTRATION
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| 00:37:00 |
GUEST, -
IS CERTAINLY CONCERNED. THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT TIMOTHY GEITHNER TO EUROPE TO ENDORSE THE AUSTERITY PACKAGES, THE GERMAN FOCUSED IN PLACES LIKE GREECE,...
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| 00:37:54 |
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HELLO. HOW'RE YOU DOING, GRETA? MR. PAUKER, I THINK I DISAGREE WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU SAY. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS VIEWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES...
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| 00:39:15 |
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LET BENJAMIN PAUKER RESPOND. GUEST: THE
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| 00:39:20 |
GUEST, -
QUESTION OF THE AMERICAN POWER PROJECTION IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE CAMPAIGN. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. IN TERMS OF MILITARY...
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GUEST: OF OPINION? . IT'S THE TO GO TO MAINE BUT I CAN REALLY GIVE SOME AREAS. IF THEY WERE TO ATTACK THAT THE U.S. MAY BE DRAWN INTO A WIDER CONFLICT....
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| 00:42:03 |
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TO FOREIGNPOLICY.COM. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO OUR VIEWERS. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HOST: THAT DOES IT FOR
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| 00:42:15 |
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TODAY. WE WILL BE BACK LIVE TOMORROW MORNING BUT LAWMAKERS MAKE THEIR WAY BACK FOR THE LAME-DUCK SESSION THAT BEGINS TODAY. WE WILL BE UP THERE TAKING...
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