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JOURNAL" CONTINUES. HOST: U.S.A.
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
TODAY WHITE HOUSE REPORTER DAVID JACKSON JOINS US FOR A DISCUSSION ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND TERM CABINET WHO IS STAYING WHO IS ON THEIR WAY OUT....
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IS AFTER THE 19 96 ELECTION PEOPLE LEFT PRESIDENT CLINTON FIRST CABINET. AFTER THE 2004 ELECTION THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO LEFT PRESIDENT BUSH'S FIRST CABINET....
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
KNOW TWO DEAF NITSWHOFMENT ARE THE LIKELY EXPECTED TO TURN OVER? GUEST: ALMOST CERTAINLY
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
TIMOTHY GEITHNER INDICATED HE WOULD LEAVE. THERE'S SOME UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL CLIFF. HE MAY EXTEND HIS STAY IN ORTER TO COMPLETE THOSE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
BIG NAMES OF THE CABINETS AND THE BIG POSITIONS. ANYBODY LOWER DOWN THE CHAIN EXPECTED TO GO? GUEST: A LITTLE TALK ABOUT
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
THE ENERGY SECRETARY STEVEN CHU IS THINKING ABOUT IT. KEN SALAZAR THE INTERIOR SECRETARY IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT LEAVING AND U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
THOSE FORMALLY? GUEST: NOT OFFICIAL . HOST: HAS ANYBODY
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
SAID I'M STICKING AROUND? GUEST: THAT WOULD BE KIND
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
OF UNPROFORMA BUT I THINK KATHLEEN SEEBLUSS SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO STAY BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HEALTH CARE LAW. NO ONE ANNOUNCES THAT....
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
LEAVING IMMEDIATELY AT THE END OF THE FIRST TERM ARE YOU EXPECTED TO STAY FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF THE SECOND TERM OR IS THERE ANOTHER DATED WHERE TURNOVER...
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
UNDERSTAND IT IS IF PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TOLD PEOPLE IF THEY DO STAY HE WANTS THEM TO STAY FOR AT LEAST A YEAR BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND ALL OF...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLS AND QUESTIONS ON THIS SEGMENT. THE PHONE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN THERE. TAKE US THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE POSITION AND THE SITUATION...
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
UNUSUAL SITUATION. SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON HAS BEEN TALKING FOR MOST OF THE YEAR ABOUT HER DESIRE TO RETIRE. AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS THOSE WHO COVER...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
SHE WAS NEVER FORMALLY NOMINATED. GUEST: NO SHE
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
WASN'T. PRESIDENT OBAMA HADN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO IT. THE ADMINISTRATION KIND OF GOT OUT THE WORD THAT RICE COULD VERY WELL LIKELY BE THE NOMINEE TO REPLACE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
UNUSUAL SINCE SHE WASN'T FORMALLY NOMINATED FOR HER TO BE THE SUBJECT OF FLOOR SPEECHES AND COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND HER NOMINATION BEING TALKED ABOUT...
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
BUT NOT LIKE IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SUSAN RICE'S NOMINATION WAS BASICALLY SHT DOWN BEFORE SHE WAS NOMINATED AND WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION. TALK...
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WITH HAGEL. WHERE DID WORD OF HIS POTENTIAL NOMINATION COME FROM? WHERE DID IT LEAK FROM? AND -- >> HOST: GUEST: THAT'S A GOOD
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
QUESTION. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL. FOR ONE THING THEY DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS PEOPLE. WHEN IT COMES OUT AT SOME...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE OBJECTIONS TO CHUCK HAGEL? HERE'S AN AD IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" FROM THE LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS. CHUCK HAGEL WRONG ON GAY RIGHTS, WRONG ON IRAN?...
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ISSUES. CHUCK HAGEL WAS A CRITIC OF ISRAEL WHEN HE WAS IN THE SENATE. HE WAS ALSO CRITICIZED A NOMINEE I THINK DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION,...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
TRIAL BALLOON HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN? GUEST: ALL READING TEA
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
LEAVES. THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. HOST: IF NOT HAGEL, WHO? GUEST:
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
THE REASON WE THINK HAGEL MAY NOT BE IN SUCH GREAT POSITIONS IS OTHER NAMES HAVE SURFACED. I DON'T THINK WE KNOW AT THIS POINT. LIKE I SAY THERE'S...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLS WITH DAVID JACKSON, THE WHITE HOUSE REPORTER FOR U.S.A. TODAY. FIRST UP IS DOUG FROM OKLAHOMA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER:...
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MORNING. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT GEITHNER. HADN'T HE SAID SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT WANTING TO LEAVE? GUEST: THAT'S CORRECT. HOST: AROUND THE
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
INAUGURATION WAS THE QUOTE. HOST: HOW WOULD YOU FEEL
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
ABOUT GEITHNER LEAVING? DO YOU WANT HIM TO GO AS A DEMOCRAT? CALLER: THAT'S A GOOD
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QUESTION. NO. NO. GUEST: THE CALLER IS
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
RIGHT. GEITHNER HAS SAID PUBLICLY HE WANTS TO LEAVE AROUND THE NOMINATION. BUT WITH THE UNCERTAINTY, I DON'T THINK THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD WANT HIM...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
A CONTENDER FOR HIS JOB WOULD BE JACK LEW. GUEST: THAT'S THE
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
BETTING MONEY. IS HIS JOB IF HE WANTS IT. AND THERE'S SOME QUESTION IF HE WANTS IT. THAT'S A BIG COMMITMENT. I THINK HE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO STAY FOR...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
DID HE COME FROM BEFORE CHIEF OF STAFF? GUEST:
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
HE'S BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME. HE WAS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON. HE WAS ON WALL STREET DURING THE BUSH. BUT HE BASICALLY MADE...
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MUCH FOR C-SPAN. I'M HAVING A PROBLEM BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE COMPARISONS WITH IN THE PAST WITH CLINTON AND REAGAN AND ALL, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS FACED...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
WHO DO YOU THINK HAS SERVED THE PRESIDENT BEST IN TERMS OF HIS CABINET? WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE STICK AROUND? GUEST: I WOULD LIKE TO
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
SEE ALL OF THEM STICK AROUND. BUT I THINK CHUCK HAGEL IS WONDERFUL. I WISH HE WOULD GET IN. BUT YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY ON THAT TV ON TWITTER SPREADING...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
BE A NOMINEE IN THIS AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND 24 HOUR CABLE? GUEST: IT'S TOUGH
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
AS WE'VE SEEN WITH RICE AND HAGEL. TWITTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SPEEDED UP THE PROCESS AND I THINK THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE...
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OF MODERN POLITICS IS THERE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS GONE ON KNOWN FOR HAVING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CABINET TURNOVER? >> THERE PROBABLY
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IS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE. IN THE OLD DAYS IT WAS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR CABINET MEMBERS TO LAY OVER BECAUSE THE JOBS WEREN'T AS CHALLENGING....
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE PROCESS WORK IN TERMS OF SAYING I AM GOING TO STAY ON? GUEST: PRESIDENT OBAMA
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
HAS BEEN BRINGING IN CABINET MEMBERS AND HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE SECOND TERM. THE PERSON LEADING WILL TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA THEY...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
CONTENDERS FOR EPA? HE SAYS WE NEED SOMEONE MORE AGGRESSIVE. GUEST: I DO NOT KNOW
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
ANY SPECIFIC NAMES. THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES. THEY ONCE SOMEONE WHO CAN DEAL WITH CONGRESS ON THOSE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY REPUBLICANS.
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
HOST: "WASHINGTON TIMES" STORY AND THE DEPARTURE OF LISA JACKSON LAST WEEK. I WANT TO GO NOW TO ANDY ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE FROM NEW YORK.
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CALLER: ROBERT GATES SEEMS TO BE ON THE WAY OUT AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. WHOEVER COMES IN NEXT WILL NEED TO MAKE THE CUTS. HOW ABOUT COLIN POWELL COMING...
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
AN INTERESTING THOUGHT. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THE REPUBLICANS WOULD REACT. I THINK SOME ARE UPSET HE HAS ENDORSED PRESIDENT OBAMA TWICE. GENERAL POWELL IS...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
IN ON TWITTER THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOWARD DEAN OFFERED A POSITION. IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT THE HOWARD DEAN APPOINTMENT? GUEST: THEY DO APPRECIATE
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
THE JOB HE DID DURING THE 2008 ELECTION FOR THE PARTY. I HAVE NOT HEARD HIS NAME. HOST: WE'RE
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
TALKING WITH DAVID JACKSON FROM "USA TODAY." HE ALSO WORKED AT "DALLAS MORNING NEWS." I WANT TO GO TO DIANE FROM ARIZONA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. CALLER:...
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ANY POSSIBILITY BEN BERNANKE AND TIM GEITHNER COULD BOTH BE REPLACED? FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THEY BOTH HAVE A BACKGROUND OR SOME DEALINGS WITH THE BASICS...
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
NO DOUBT THEY DID WORK TOGETHER ON THE TARP LEGISLATION DURING THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE OF LATE 2008. BEN BERNANKE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE....
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
CHATTER, IS THIS THE WHITE HOUSE GETTING THAT OUT TO REPORTERS? GUEST: LIKE WALL STREET,
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
PEOPLE TALK. IF BEN BERNANKE WERE TO LEAVE THE FED, TIM GEITHNER WOULD BE A NATURAL CANDIDATE. IT WOULD BE NATURAL HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED. WHETHER HE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE OFFICIAL NOMINEE. WHAT CHALLENGES DOES HE FACE? GUEST: SUSAN RICE OPTED
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
OUT AND SENT A LETTER TO OBAMAS SAYING SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE HER NOMINATION MIGHT BECOME DIVISIVE IN THE SENATE. PRESIDENT OBAMA...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
IT EASIER FOR A SITTING SENATOR TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR COLLEAGUES? GUEST: IT IS
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
A CLUB. THAT HAS NOT WORKED FOR CHUCK HAGEL, BUT I THINK IT WOULD WORK FOR JOHN KERRY. HOST: IF HE TAKES THE
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
POSITION, THE ELECTION FOR HIS SEAT WOULD HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS. IT LOOKS LIKE DEMOCRATS ARE LINING UP BEHIND ED MARKEY FOR THAT SENATE SEAT. THAT IS...
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30-YEAR WATCHER OF C-SPAN. I WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO MY GOOD FRIEND DOWN IN GEORGIA. I AM GLAD I GOT A CHANCE TO GET ON THE LINE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND...
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
LOT OF FOREIGN POLICY GROUPS ARE OPPOSED TO HIM BECAUSE THEY FEEL HE IS TOO CRITICAL TO IRAN. ANOTHER FACTOR IS THE SENATE IS A CLUB. THERE IS A LOT OF...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
SAID HE BELIEVES PRESIDENT OBAMA CAVES TOO MUCH. GUEST: I AM NOT
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
SURE IF IS A CAVE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THAT COMMITTED TO NOMINATING HIM I THINK HE WAS WILLING TO GO THROUGH WITH THE RICE NOMINATION,...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE SECRETARY OF LABOR. ANY INDICATION SHE IS THINKING ABOUT GOING? GUEST: NO, IF SHE
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
DOES GO YOU CAN REST ASSURED THE NOMINEE WILL BE PRO-UNION. HOST: SHE IS A
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, 32ND DISTRICT. I WANT TO GO TO DAVID ON THE REPUBLICANS' LINE. CALLER:
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I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND MAYBE A QUESTION. I DO NOT SEE MANY OF THE CABINET PEOPLE WORTH WHAT THEY ARE MAKING. MAYBE THAT IS JUST MY PERCEPTION...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
YOU THIS STORY OUT FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S COMMENTS THIS MORNING. DAVID JACKSON, ANYTHING SURPRISING? GUEST: PRESIDENT
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Jackson, David - Correspondent
OBAMA IS ENGAGED IN A CAMPAIGN TO PRESSURE CONGRESS TO SIGN OFF ON THE DEAL. HE ASKED THE SENATE TO PUT TOGETHER AN AGREEMENT THAT CAN BE DONE BEFORE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
JACKSON, THEY DO SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. NEXT, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN IRAQ WITH MICHAEL GORDON.
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.