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Scully, Steven - Host
MARCHING PARADE IN FORMATION AND THE REVERSALS TAKING PLACE ON CAPITOL HILL. ALL THIS IN ADVANCE OF THE CEREMONIES THAT WILL GET UNDERWAY IN EIGHT DAYS....
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT'S CO-CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HE HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB IN THAT CAPACITY....
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Scully, Steven - Host
PAGE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES -- CLINTON NOT TO GO REPUBLICANS WHO CALLED HIM THE KEYS ARE BASED ON WHAT HE SAID ON IRAQ. HE VOTED FOR THE IRAQ WAR, BUT...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
A LITTLE STRONG. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THE SURGE. HE VOTES -- HE VOTED AGAINST...
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Scully, Steven - Host
YOU FROM THE C-SPAN2 LIBRARY SOME OF THE STATEMENTS FROM SENATOR HAGEL AND SOME OF THE MOVIES WE HAVE CONDUCTED WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS. -- INTERVIEWS...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. FIRST, HE WANTS AN INDEPENDENT, NO-NONSENSE VOICE AT THE TABLE AROUND THE PRESIDENT. SENATOR HAGEL HAS HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP...
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IN A 2005 INTERVIEW, HIS EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM. HERE IS THE PRESIDENT AS HE FORMALLY NOMINATED CHUCK HAGEL TO BE THE NEXT DEFENSE SECRETARY, REPLACING...
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HE SAID, IS GEARED TOWARDS THE GUY AT THE BOTTOM WHO IS DOING THE FIGHTING AND DYING. WITH CHUCK, OUR TROOPS WILL ALWAYS KNOW, JUST LIKE SERGEANT HAGEL...
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Scully, Steven - Host
AS YOU HEAR THE WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT GOING TO BE IN CHUCK HAGEL'S THINKING IN TERMS OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AT THE PENTAGON?...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
LIKE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR HIM. THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE MILITARY HE SERVED IN AND SERVED IN ON MERKLEY IS THE MILITARY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
REGARD TO WHAT HE WILL INHERIT. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM LEON PANETTA ABOUT THE CONCERN FOR SEQUESTRATION AND THESE AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS, $500...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
UPSET SECRETARIES AND GENERALS. WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT SPENDING AND TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT, THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT WERE CRAFTED AND SORTED...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: HOW SUBSTANTIAL IN TERMS OF CUTS? GUEST: IF YOU'RE DEALING
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
WITH A $120 BILLION FRONT AND CUT, THAT IS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL SCHOCK. -- SHOCK. YOU CANNOT JUST -- YOU WOULD BE SHAKEN OFF QUITE A BIT. BUT ME TELL YOU...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
OF THE PENTAGON WAS BLOATED. I THINK THAT SHOWS A LOT ABOUT HOW IT IS WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE MATTERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WAS CUT $8 BILLION...
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Scully, Steven - Host
A IN-DEPTH REVIEW DEPTHSENATOR HAGEL, THE NOMINEE FOR THE NEXT DEFENSE SECRETARY. ALL OF OUR VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU AT NO COST. YOU CAN CHECK IT...
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OF THESE COUNTRIES AND THAT PARTICULAR REGION HAVE FAILED THE PEOPLE. FOR THEIR OWN REASONS. NOT UNLIKE THE TROUBLE OVER THE YEARS IN AFRICA. IT IS NOT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HAGEL, IN HIS SPEECH, AND TWO YEARS AGO -- AS YOU HEAR THE WORDS HE TALKS ABOUT THE LIMITS OF POWER. THAT ECHOED WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT IN 2008...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS TEAM -- A LOT OF DEMANDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF RUMBA WORLD AND A LOT OF CHALLENGES. AMERICA'S...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DO THESE TWO MEN HAVE? GUEST:
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
THEY DO GET ALONG PERSONALLY. I THINK IF YOU LOOKED AT THE FIRST TERM OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT OBAMA -- IT WAS QUITE NATURAL FOR HIM TO...
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SCHMITT, THE CO-DIRECTOR FOR THE -- AND STEVE CLEMONS THE EDITOR AT LARGE @ "THE ATLANTIC." WE WILL GET YOUR COMMENTS IN JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO POINT...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
I THINK THE SUGGESTION THAT SENATOR HAGEL IS ANTI- SEMETIC, I HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT IS TROUBLING ABOUT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE JEWISH LOBBY -- THE MOST TROUBLING...
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Scully, Steven - Host
WASHINGTON POST," THIS MORNING -- "BY CONGRESSIONAL STANDARDS, HE BELIEVES IN SPECIAL U.S.- ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP BUT NOT ONE IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
A COMPLEX AND TABOO SUBJECT. WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INTERVIEWS HE DID WITH VARIOUS LEADERS IS THAT THEY ARE ALL ONLINE. PEOPLE CAN GO LISTEN...
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Scully, Steven - Host
REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: NOT ONLY SHOULD
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CALLER, -
WE WORRY ABOUT HIS ANTI-SEMITIC VIEWS, HE WAS AGAINST THE FRENCH AND IRAN. NO ONE WOULD SAY WE ARE LIVE -- WE ARE WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN. UNDER OBAMA,...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
USED THE WORD "TRIBE." TALKING ABOUT, "I AM NOT THE SENATOR FROM ISRAEL," THE PROBLEM WITH THIS LANGUAGE IS THAT IT'S JUST THAT THOSE WITH A STRONG...
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Scully, Steven - Host
ONE OF OUR VIEWERS. "CHUCK HAGEL EXPRESSES A DEEP STRAIN OF MIDWESTERN SKEPTICISM AND FRUGALITY ABOVE FOR ADVENTURES." WHEN THE TALKING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN...
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LOOK AT A COUPLE OF REALITIES HERE. THAT REALITY IS WASHING OVER A NATION POSSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THAT WAR. AMERICA IS POLLING NUMBERS ARE...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS NOW FREEING UP ASSETS. COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN AND OTHERS ARE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE MORE CAPACITY...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: WHAT IS SENATOR HAGGLES STANCEL'S STANCE IN SYRIA AND THE SUDAN? HOSGUEST: -- TRYING TO PUT ALL SORTS OF OTHER PRESSURE ON THE SOUTH. I DO NOT BELIEVE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
DOWN TO THE LIFE AND CAREER OF CHUCK HAGEL. WE ARE USING AND EXITS OF INTERVIEWS AND PIECES HE HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS, ALL OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON OUR...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
KNOW THAT -- I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WHEN THE LIBYA CONFLICT WAS GOING ON, CHUCK HAGEL SAID IT WASN'T A MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST. IT IS A LITTLE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
US FROM MINNEAPOLIS, DEMOCRATS LINE. PATRICK? SORRY, WE WILL GO TO RON IN TEXAS. CALLER: I DO NOT
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CALLER, -
SEE THE PROBLEM WITH THE NOMINATION IS. IF YOU LOOK AT JOHN KERRY, HE HAS HAD ALLEGATIONS OF WAR CRIMES IN VIETNAM AND IRAQ. CHUCK HAGEL MAKES AN ANTISEMITIC...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
MOYNIHAN WOULD HAVE A PHRASE FOR THAT. HOST: THIS IS FROM
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Scully, Steven - Host
AN INTERVIEW BACK IN 1998 WHEN BILL CLINTON WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. CHUCK HAGEL SAID, "THEY ARE REPRESENTING AMERICA. THEY ARE REPRESENTING OUR LIFESTYLE,...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
IN THE DOMESTIC POLICY DIVISION AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. I THINK DOMESTIC ISSUES, WHETHER IT BE GUNS OR ABORTION OR GAY RIGHTS, -- IT IS NOT JUST THAT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
FIGURING WHERE YOU WANT TO MOVE YOUR POLITICAL CAPITAL? DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL SIDE SIMULTANEOUSLY? GUEST: I THINK IT
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
WOULD BE TO FIGHTS. I HELPED POST ONE OF THE MEETINGS. I THINK HAD BEEN SIMULTANEOUSLY BEEN GOING ON, SUSAN RICE WOULD HAVE DEFLECTED A LOT OF ATTENTION...
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Scully, Steven - Host
A SHELL ON OUR TWITTER PAGE. -- FROM MICHELLE ON OUR TWITTER PAGE. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? GUEST: I AM NOT OPPOSED TO
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
GAYS IN THE MILITARY. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS. I THINK THE MILITARY ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD. IT BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION OF AN INTELLIGENCE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OF THE HOUR. WE ARE LOOKING UP WORDS AND STATEMENTS OF CHUCK HAGEL, A FORMER SENATOR FROM NEBRASKA. JOINING US HERE IS GARY SCHMITT AND STEVE CLEMONS...
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CALLER, -
TO FOLLOW PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POLICIES, NOT CHUCK HAGEL'S POLICIES. THIS IS NOT CHUCK HAGEL'S WAR. JOHN MCCAIN CLEARLY IS COMING FROM A DIFFERENT TIME....
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Scully, Steven - Host
CAN I TAKE A STEP BACK AND ASK YOU ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP AND HOW IT HAS A VAULT BETWEEN JOHN MCCAIN AND CHUCK HAGEL? THE BULLS CAME IN VETERANS OF ...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
IT HAS EVOLVED. KNOWING SENATOR MCCAIN THE WAY I DO, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY TO REACHES OUT TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FOLKS. HE HAS FRIENDS OF THE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THE CHAIR OF THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL. HE SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ON IRAN AND U.S. INTERVENTION IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. [VIDEO CLIP] >> WE DO HAVE
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SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE THAT SANCTIONS ARE WORKING. THEY ARE WORKING BECAUSE OUR POLICIES IS IMPERFECT, FLAWED, EVERY POLICY HAS THOSE. THAT HAS BROUGHT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
AGO, FORMER SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL COMMENTED. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HE SAID ABOUT IRAN. HE SAYS -- YOUR REACTION TO WHAT SENATOR HAGGLE SAID AND...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP. A LOT AND THE SENATOR AGAINST SANCTIONS WHEN SANCTIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN -- SANCTIONS NEEDED TO BE THERE. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THEM....
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
PEREZ'S ARTICULATION ABOUT A LAST RESORT -- I DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM. BUT IN THE CASE, I HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO HOW CENTER HAGEL HAS TRAINED A...
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| 00:48:42 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WHAT "THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAID. HE WROTE -- GUEST: I THINK HE HAS
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD. THIS IS NOT A PRESIDENT THAT WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED AS BEING IN A PIECER -- AS BEING AN...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PAGE, "OBAMA KNOWS THAT ONE OF HIS NOMINEES WILL HAVE TO GO DOWN. IS HAGEL THE DESIGNATED SCAPEGOAT?"
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
GUEST: I DISAGREE. HAVING LOST SUSAN RICE. HOST: GARY
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Scully, Steven - Host
SCHMITT AND STEVE CLEMONS. GOOD MORNING, DEMOCRATS LINE. CALLER: I AM
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CALLER, -
A TEXT THAT RYAN AND I SUPPORT CHUCK HAGEL 100%. I DO NOT KNOW WHY OUR LEADERS HAVE TO VETTED BY ISRAEL. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RATIONAL AT ALL. ANY TIME...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THE HEARING THAT TOOK PLACE BACK IN 1998. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. IT IS A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE EFFORT...
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BACK FROM A LOT OF THE GULF STATES. I CAME BACK WITH THE FOLLOWING SET OF IMPRESSIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON...
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THE PROBLEM IS -- >> I DID NOT THINK
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THAT? >> YOU
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DO NOT? >> NO I
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THINK THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. VERY DIFFICULT ONES. BUT MY OWN SENSE IS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BOTH OF THEM. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR NATIONAL...
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THE TRULY BELIEVE THEY ARE LINKED? YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY LINKAGE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING -- >> I PREFER...
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MAKE LINKAGE. HOST: FROM THE
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Scully, Steven - Host
SENATE COMMITTEE BACK IN 1998. BASED ON THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING, THE SENATOR SAYING HE CANNOT SUPPORTCHUCK HAGEL IN PART BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT...
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| 00:53:42 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
THINK WHAT YOU SAW IN SENATOR HAGEL'S DISCUSSION WITH SENATOR ALBRIGHT, HE CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE CHOICES BETWEEN ONE ALLY AND ANOTHER ALLY. I SUPPORT...
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE CLIP THAT YOU RAN IT BACK TO A THEME THAT IS QUITE PROBLEMATIC IN HAGEL'S CAREER -- MAKING IS REALLY- PALESTINIAN...
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Scully, Steven - Host
SAID THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE ROCKIES. HE WENT ON TO SAY THIS -- "WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING THE SWART DISHONESTLY -- THIS WAR DISHONESTLY. CONGRESS...
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| 00:57:27 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK WHAT SENATOR HAGGLE WAS LOOKING AT -- TRANSPLANT YOURSELF BACK THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A SENSE THE BEEN HERE FROM...
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
I THINK HIS CRITICISMS WERE QUITE FAIR AT THE TIME. IN FACT, MANY OF US MADE THEM. THE ANSWER IS NOT ONE -- "LET US GET OUT AND CUT DEFENSE." THE BUSH...
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Scully, Steven - Host
TWITTER -- LET US GO TO CARL JOINING US FROM PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN LINE WITH GARY SCHMITT AND STEVE CLEMONS. GO AHEAD. CALLERARE YOU WITH US? WE WILL...
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CALLER, -
IS JEROME. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. MY COMMENT IS, I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE OPPOSING SENATOR HAGEL ARE DOING SO BECAUSE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: WE TOUCH ON THAT EARLY IN GUEST:. I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE. I DO NOT THINK IT PROHIBITS YEAR. -- IT PROHIBITS YOU. THE IDEA THAT IT TRANSLATES...
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| 01:01:56 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CALLING A BARACK THE SINGLE BIGGEST BLUNDER IN U.S. HISTORY. -- A VIEWER CALLING IRAQ THE SINGLE BIGGEST BLUNDER IN U.S. HISTORY. GUEST:
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SENT TO FEW TROOPS AND, DID NOT REACT SUFFICIENTLY TO THE INSURGENCY THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. FRANKLY THE CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN...
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| 01:03:28 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WITH YOU THIS HEADLINE. IT IS "WE ARE MOVING FROM A TEAM OF REBELS TO A BAND OF BROTHERS." GUEST: THE STATE OF
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
THE UNION ADDRESS IS GOING TO BE ON THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. WE HAVE LOTS OF WEIGHT TO FURTHER REINFORCE THIS METAPHOR. -- TWEET LOTS OF WAYS...
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| 01:06:38 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CONNECTICUT, INDEPENDENT LINE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING
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CALLER, -
MY CALL. CHUCK HAGEL IS A HARD ONE TO PIN DOWN. I AGREE WITH THE SURGE. HE WAS AGAINST THE SURGE. SECRETARY GATES, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, THEY ARE ALL...
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| 01:07:36 |
Scully, Steven - Host
MANY ALLIES DOES CHUCK HAGEL HAVE IN THE SENATE? GUEST: WHEN I WORKED IN
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Schmitt, Gary J. - Director
THE SENATE THERE WAS OFTEN AN OCCASION WHERE YOU SEE SENATORS WALK-IN, SAW THE OTHER SENATORS, WALKED UP TO THEM WHETHER THEY ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
SENATE PERSON? GUEST: HE
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
GREW INTO ONE. IT WAS ABEFORE HE HAD HERE. HAGEL'S PERSONAL TIES ARE LIMITED. IN TERMS OF REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, I THINK IT IS NONEXISTENT. WE WILL SEE...
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| 01:09:13 |
Scully, Steven - Host
LISTEN TO ALL OF THE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON C- SPAN. WE'RE TALKING WITH STEVE CLEMONS WITH "THE ATLANTA." AND GARY SCHMITT OF THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE...
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CALLER, -
MATTER WHO PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATES. THE REPUBLICANS WILL GET EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY HE PUTS UP THERE. THEY DO NOT KNOW -- WHAT ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THANKS FOR CALLING. GARY SCHMITT?
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
GUEST: THERE ARE SENATORS WHO HAVE WALKED IN THOSE SHOES. SENATOR MCCAIN HAS LOCKED IN THOSE SHOES AND SACRIFICED A GREAT DEAL -- HAS WALKED IN THOSE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS ON THE BBC CHANNEL ON SUNDAYS. BRAD JOINS US FROM LONDON. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR
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CALLER, -
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. I AM NOT AMERICAN. YOU CAN PROBABLY GET THAT FROM THE ACCIDENT. I AM AND IRANIANS. -- YOU CAN PROBABLY GET THAT FROM THE ACCIDENT....
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Scully, Steven - Host
OUR GUESTS A CHANCE TO RESPOND. WE WILL BEGIN WITH STEVE CLEMONS. GUEST: IRAN IS A
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
COMPLICATED NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS A LONG HISTORY. I HAVE KNOWN MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS COMPLICATED FOR A...
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Scully, Steven - Host
ON IRAQ WILL GIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION DURING THE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HE SAID IN 2007 AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING IN WHICH...
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WITH THAT ESCALATION. WHEN YOU SAY AS YOU HAVE THIS MORNING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND HELPED THE IRAQIS AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACT IRAQIS ARE BEING...
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| 01:17:16 |
Scully, Steven - Host
A COMMENT FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS. "CONDI LOOKS LIKE SHE COULD KILL WITH THOSE EYES." THAT BECAME A DEFINING MOMENT IN CHUCK HAGEL'S CAREER.
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| 01:17:39 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
GUEST: SENATOR HAGEL TURNED OUT TO BE COMPLETELY WRONG. THE STAIR FROM HER, I DO THINK SHE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM. HOST:
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| 01:17:54 |
Scully, Steven - Host
SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS HE COULD SECURE THEIR VOTE ON THE STRENGTH OF THOSE REMARKS ALONE.
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| 01:18:02 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
GUEST: I THINK HE WAS RIGHT. THOSE WERE DEFINING MOMENT. IT WAS A LIGHTNING STRIKE AND HOW THEY VIEW THE SITUATION. GARY AND SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES SEE...
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| 01:19:49 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID AND FRAME IT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. AFGHANISTAN WAS A WAR OF NECESSITY AND IRAQ WAS A WAR OF CHOICE....
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| 01:20:07 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
GUEST: WE HAVE NOT ACCOMPLISHED MUCH. IT DEPENDS ON A LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE OUT OF MY CONTROL. WE SHOULD NOT FORGET WE DID GET RID OF SADDAM HUSSEIN,...
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| 01:21:15 |
Scully, Steven - Host
EVERYTHING CHUCK HAGEL SAID WAS RIGHT. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE HE WAS WRONG? GUEST: HE WAS WRONG
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| 01:21:21 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
ON THE FUNDAMENTALS. THE SURGE DID WORK. IT WAS NOT A HUGE MISTAKE. THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR SENATOR HAGEL TO TALK ABOUT VIETNAM EXPERIENCES AND USE THE...
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| 01:22:11 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CALLER JOINS US FROM NEW YORK. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I
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CALLER, -
WAS LOOKING AT THE MILITARY SERVICE OF MR. HAGEL. [NO AUDIO] [INDISCERNIBLE] HOST:
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Scully, Steven - Host
YOU ARE BREAKING UP. WE MISSED THE FIRST PART.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: THE CREDENTIALS TECHNICAL HAVE ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE. I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT IS REACHING ACROSS PARTY LINES WITH THE APPOINTMENT. I THINK HE...
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| 01:23:28 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CONDUCTED BACK IN 2005, CHUCK HAGEL TALKED ABOUT HIS MILITARY EXPERIENCE. THIS IS FROM THE C-SPAN VIDEO LIBRARY. [VIDEO CLIP] >> WE ARE ALL PRODUCTS
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OF OUR EXPERIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT. I HAVE BEEN TEMPERED BY THE EXPERIENCE ABOUT WAR. WHAT WAR MEANS, THE CONSEQUENCES, WHO HAS TO FIGHT IT. ALL OF THAT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
INTERVIEW BACK IN 2005. YOU MIGHT TAKE AWAY FROM THAT THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE AFTEREFFECTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR 40 YEARS LATER. GUEST: I
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| 01:26:03 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
THINK THAT IS RIGHT. SECRETARY GATES SAID ANYONE WHO WOULD COMMIT TO THE LARGE-SCALE GROUND TROOPS INVASION SHOULD HAVE THEIR HEAD EXAMINED. I THINK...
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| 01:27:31 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
OF POINTS. DON RUMSFELD WAS STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO CHANGE THE PENTAGON. THE WAY HE WANTED TO CHANGE IT LEFT US A LESS REPRESSIVE -- LESS PREPARED FOR...
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| 01:28:57 |
Scully, Steven - Host
TO THE FRONT PAGE STORY OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES." REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING HIM AND APPEASE -- AN APPEASER. HE GOES ON TO SAY THE CAMPAIGN IS IN SOME WAYS...
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| 01:29:41 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
GUEST: IT IS NOT. "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS COME OUT AGAINST THE NOMINATION. GUEST: IT HAS
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Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
BEEN ON BOTH SIDES. GUEST: IT
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| 01:29:59 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
IS HARDLY IN THE POCKET OF GUYS LIKE ME. SENATOR CORN AND IS OPPOSED -- SENATOR CORNYN IS OPPOSED. THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SENATOR HAGEL'S RECORD...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THAT THE TAX ON SENATOR HAGEL ARE REALLY A TAX ON PRESIDENT OBAMA. JOHN IS JOINING US ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE FROM PENNSYLVANIA. ARE YOU WITH US? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I CERTAINLY AM. MY TOWN IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA. [INDISCERNIBLE] IT IS CLOSE TO PHILADELPHIA. THANK YOU FOR PERMITTING ME TO SPEAK. THANKS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
FROM THE REPUBLICAN LINE. THIS IS SLOWLY AND. GO AHEAD. CALLER: THANK
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YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL PROGRAM. I HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF HOW THE CHOICES WILL RESPOND TO A BASIC POLICY IDEA BY MR. OBAMA OF WITHDRAWING FROM THE...
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| 01:33:58 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WE WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REFERENCE BOTH OF THOSE POINTS. GUEST:
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| 01:34:03 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
THE ADMINISTRATION CAME OUT WITH NEW GUIDANCE LAST YEAR THAT THIS ENGAGES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH A REBALANCE TOWARD ASIA. THE PROBLEM SENATOR HAGEL...
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| 01:35:15 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WILL GIVE YOU THE FINAL WORD. GUEST: THERE ARE
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| 01:35:18 |
Clemons, Steven C. - Editor-at-Large
A LOT OF THREATS OUT THERE. THEY ARE NOT JUST MISSILES AND BOMBS. THERE ARE CYBER THREATS. THAT IS SOMETHING THE DEFENSE SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT WILL...
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| 01:36:22 |
Scully, Steven - Host
GARY SCHMITT, LOOKING AT THE LIFE AND CAREER OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL, THE PRESIDENT'S CHOICE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE ARE...
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CEREMONY. >> (music) HOST: THE
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| 01:37:20 |
Scully, Steven - Host
REHEARSAL IS ALONG PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. IT IS SHUT DOWN TODAY TO PREPARE. WE HOPE WE WILL HAVE MILD WEATHER NEXT WEEK FOR THE VISITORS COMING FOR THE...
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TOPICS INCLUDE GUN VIOLENCE, THE ECONOMY, AND THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. ALL FIVE PROGRAMS REAIR ON C- SPAN REAPPEARED TODAY'S GUESTS INCLUDE FORMER SECRETARY...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.