1. Previously on The West Wing:
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course of MS.
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3. I'm sorry, sir?
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4. I have multiple sclerosis, Toby.
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5. The Vice President's authority
was murky at best!
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6. Are you pissed
'cause I didn't
say anything
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7. or are you pissed
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8. 'cause there were 15 people
who knew before you did?
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9. It's seven-and-a-half months
till the Iowa caucus
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10. and no one's been told
the President might
not be the nominee.
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11. He's going to run.
He may not have
that option, Leo.
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12. You think he's going
to need to resign?
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13. There's going to be
hearing upon hearing.
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14. He hasn't broken a law.
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15. Mr. President, at some
point in the near future
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16. we're going to have to speak
to some lawyers.
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17. Go home.
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18. No.
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19. You were up
all night.
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20. Do you know why?
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21. Oliver...
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22. Because my staff's work
on the analysis of HR 437
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implications and instead...
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24. Yes.
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25. became fascinated with
the Third, Seventh and Eleventh.
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26. Please.
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27. Like you've got to
be a prime number
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the U.S. Supreme Court.
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29. You can really go home
and get a few hours sleep
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30. before you go
to the airport.
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31. That's why I was
up all night.
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32. Where am I going?
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on vacation.
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You'll have a...
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37. It's a forced vacation.
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38. In Borneo.
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39. It's an international
law summit
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my support for—
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in my notes someplace?
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on Sovereign Immunity...
It's there.
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It's there.
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your big hammer?
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47. You know what? Don't make fun
of the big hammer.
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48. The big hammer happens
to be a gavel
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49. given to my father's father
by Justice Louis Brandeis.
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50. I need a Dictaphone.
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51. You've got one
on your desk.
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52. It doesn't work.
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Doesn't work.
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It's stuck on record.
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55. It won't stop recording things,
so it's just what you want
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56. lying around the White House
Counsel's Office
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57. because there's never been
a problem with that before.
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58. Okay, you know what else?
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59. You're going to go
home and sleep until
your plane leaves.
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60. I'm fine sleeping
until well after that
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61. but somebody call me
when my car's on the way.
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62. Excuse me,
Mr. Babish.
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63. I'm going home.
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64. That was
Mr. McGarry's office.
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with the President.
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66. You should fix your tie.
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67. Yeah.
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68. I couldn't disagree
more, Cal.
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public school districts
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neither the value
of the schools
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of their property
is going to go up.
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and it has to be stopped.
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something about it.
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Anything else?
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78. Thank you.
Thank you.
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79. Mr. President.
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circle, Leo.
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82. It never stops.
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83. Sir...
It just goes round
and round...
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84. Look...
and round and round.
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86. Now?
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88. We really need
to see him now?
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89. What better time?
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90. Well... later.
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91. Let's go.
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92. Five White House Counsels
in two-and-a-half years.
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93. Cochran, Gates, Solomon,
Tribbey.
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94. Why can't I keep a head lawyer
around here?
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95. 'Cause they all
show up thinking
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96. they're going to be a
counselor to the President
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97. and you never
let them in.
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98. I don't like new people.
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isn't a new person.
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each other.
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together.
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103. He was Midwest Finance
Chairman on the campaign.
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though, have we?
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See?
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107. Oh, like you're not.
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108. No...
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men of Chicago.
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from Chicago
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to have been born there?
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who can't wait to tell
me they're from Chicago
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they're living anywhere
but Chicago.
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understand.
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115. He looks down his nose at me
'cause I'm not a lawyer.
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116. Yes.
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to law school.
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in economics instead.
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119. Your parents
were very proud.
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120. Yeah, and all that
happened was
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got elected President
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122. so I guess that decision
didn't really pay off.
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123. Yeah.
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and get my Nobel Prize?
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125. I think he knows
you've got one.
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three months
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than I do.
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128. He's got a nicer
office than I do.
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129. That matters less to me.
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130. Good morning,
Mr. President.
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131. Hey, Oliver.
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132. Come on in.
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133. What are the bags for?
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134. I was just heading out
on vacation.
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136. Oliver, this...
Sir...
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137. this can keep.
Mr. President...
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138. The man's bags are packed.
Where are you going?
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139. Sarawak.
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140. Asia's best kept secret.
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141. Sir, is there something
you'd like to, uh...?
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143. I don't want you to worry
that much about it.
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144. Sir...
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Okay.
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146. Well, Oliver, it really
boils down to this:
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and then I need you to tell me
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I've engaged 16 people
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criminal conspiracy
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150. to defraud the public in order
to win a presidential election.
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151. Okay.
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152. I'm on my way to the meeting
right now.
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153. Finance, Foreign Relations,
Senate Banking, I guess.
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155. Someone's going to call you
every half-hour. Yeah.
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over the weekend.
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just this morning.
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collapse on a
Monday morning?
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161. By not slowly devaluing the peso
the way I told them to.
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the peso?
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but I was in the room.
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they're in big trouble.
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to 20 cents against the dollar.
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the Bolsa Index
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in history, and this morning
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20% off the Friday close.
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point drop in the Dow.
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problem...
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Where you been?
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on vouchers.
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but I want to know who...
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this quote.
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181. Yeah. I can't worry
about it right now.
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immediate problem?
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of foreign loans due this week
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$30 billion.
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señores y señoras.
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187. Let's find
some money.
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to the President about it.
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of sense of what may have
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on school vouchers?
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hasn't turned around.
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to follow up.
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White House official says
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willing to compromise,
agreeing to a...
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the senior White House official
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199. but I haven't spoken
to the President yet
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200. this morning.
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the quote for a moment.
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202. This is from
the Coast Guard Marine Safety
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Division.
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a single-hull VLCC
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of crude oil
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three miles south
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Delaware.
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I don't have much.
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everything I've got.
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is leaking oil.
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do you think...?
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command center with EPA workers
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emergency response team.
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to Kensington Oil.
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Yeah, it's the Indio.
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underway...
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The Coast Guard has deployed
containment booms
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and they're siphoning...
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about the oil tanker?
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The Federal on-scene
Coordinator's scheduled
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for 2:00 this afternoon
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Incident Command Post.
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information by then.
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paper this morning?
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White House official"?
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you can't control...
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a phone and call anyone?
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Why?
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live in Tripoli.
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already think—
Shallick, Ann Stark—
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they can get the votes
on a compromise measure.
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of was a veto.
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to build it now.
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day long, are going
to be ringing
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Seth Gillette's going to...
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something— this time
he's going to be right!
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to Leo and Josh.
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the President.
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clarification.
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you want me to do?
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who the senior White
House official was
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by the end of the day!
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anyone within the
sound of Toby's voice
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for a trapdoor right now.
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you can tell me
about the tanker?
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the notes from the Coast Guard.
Do you know
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to do with the navigation
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but I'm assuming
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shore, it has something to do
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or the steering.
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about this disease
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already know?
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as a doctor.
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to a doctor.
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to quite a few of them
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relapsing/remitting MS
to experience an attack
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temporary loss of
proper brain function
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physical symptoms?
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another way:
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that you could be
sitting in this room
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and I don't know it?
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sitting in the Situation Room
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and nobody knows it.
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you wouldn't know that—
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295. Okay, sir, uh... before
we go any further
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I want to make sure
is absolutely clear.
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attorney/client privilege.
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doesn't exist.
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302. So you want to be
very careful
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this room right now,
Mr. President
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to give a deposition
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lie under oath.
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about what I say in this room.
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307. Well, then we should
end this meeting
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private counsel.
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to be careful.
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some questions now.
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and with no preparation
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particular order.
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party to a lawsuit?
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to a lawsuit?
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of New Hampshire.
Anybody who...
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you gave a deposition.
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on a patch of black ice
in my driveway
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some pain-in-the-ass thing
over my great-aunt's will.
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in both those cases?
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in those depositions
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about your health?
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about my great-aunt's will
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329. Because if you were asked
about your health
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that's the ball game.
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the President say that.
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testify under oath
about your health?
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any interrogatories
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about your health?
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that's four
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and radiologists, that's ten
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Vice President
and Leo, that's 14...
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at GW.
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I'm sorry?
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Who's the last one?
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You told him.
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I have some more questions.
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crashed
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about 120 miles from here
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are living in poverty
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I can hang out with you
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Secretary for
Legislative Affairs...
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Yes. Says she'll
have it for us
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to review it.
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the President's
going to call you
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to fast-track it.
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to take it
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mark-up and vote.
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371. Josh, my members
are going to need
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the thing.
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but we don't have a day.
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story in the news cycle
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is guaranteeing the loans.
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The Treasury Secretary's
got to make that announcement
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tomorrow morning.
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U.S. is guaranteeing the loans.
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just said that.
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you understand
we may not have
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2:00, 3:00 in the morning.
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mind staying up late
to sign his name.
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said yes yet.
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we use the room to talk?
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for a living.
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if you need coffee.
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in there?
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whose permission I need
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the hell I want...
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you something—
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to be said for fascism.
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mention that.
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to find the leak.
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Was it you?
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now I'm stumped.
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I do what I do.
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usually impossible under
benign circumstances
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around the halls
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gone so far underground
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our search in Beijing.
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asking Cashin?
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to roll over on a source.
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to get a swinging
light bulb in there
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who had four kinds
of aneurysms
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to interrogate the
staff on drug use.
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lot different.
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an investigation
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a policy initiative.
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it's not bad
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not going to find him.
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not going to find him.
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the day doing it anyway.
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Because Toby's pissed.
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if you accept that
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for doing something
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435. You bet.
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436. Josh?
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437. You just lurk there
in the shadows, like...
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438. Whatever.
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439. What are you doing?
Copy !req
440. I'm doing things,
things with paper.
Copy !req
441. Can you do them later?
Copy !req
442. Why?
Copy !req
443. So you're not
doing them now?
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444. I had a couple questions,
if you don't mind.
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445. About what?
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446. The Mexico bailout.
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447. Can you ask them later?
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448. Later it might be a done deal,
and before you send
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449. $30 billion of
my money to Mexico
Copy !req
450. I'd like to ask
a few questions.
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451. Okay, it's going to be
one of these now, right?
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452. Yeah.
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453. You object to the bailout?
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454. I do.
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455. Because in the world
of Donnatella Moss
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456. we should love one another
just as long as it doesn't
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457. cost you anything.
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458. Well, yes, I suppose
that's one small-minded
way of putting it.
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459. Close the door.
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460. Donna?
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461. With me on the other side?
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462. Thank you.
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463. Hey.
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464. How are you doing?
Copy !req
465. Is he back yet?
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466. No.
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467. Hey, you decided yet?
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468. Theology 201: Intro
to Biblical Literature.
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469. Why?
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470. So the President
will stop bugging me.
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471. And English 201:
Texts and Contexts.
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472. What happened to
molecular biology?
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473. It's closed out
for the summer session.
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474. How many AP credits
do you have from
high school?
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475. I have six in English
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476. six in math and calculus
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477. three in European history
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478. and three in French.
Copy !req
479. You're telling me you've
never been to college
Copy !req
480. and after taking
two classes this summer
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481. you're going to be,
like, a junior?
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482. With a pretty decent GPA.
Copy !req
483. Charlie, just
how smart are you?
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484. I've got some game.
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485. Sam?
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486. She's here?
Yeah.
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487. Thanks.
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488. Excuse me.
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489. Lieutenant?
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490. Mr. Seaborn?
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491. Sam.
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492. Emily.
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493. You look exactly the way
you sound on the phone.
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494. You look exactly the way
you look on the news.
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495. Thanks for coming by.
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496. It's no problem.
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497. I'm surprised to see you
in a dress uniform
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498. on a day like you
must be having today.
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499. We're required to wear the
Class-As for any business
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500. on the Hill or
in the White House.
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501. I never knew that.
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502. You never noticed
that every soldier
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503. sailor and Marine who's
walked in here has been
in a dress uniform?
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504. I'm less visually
observant than others
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505. but I make up for it.
How?
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506. With cunning and guile.
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507. Okay.
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508. What happened to the ship?
Copy !req
509. It suffered some
kind of malfunction
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510. causing a steering loss
about ten miles offshore.
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511. The captain dropped anchor
to avoid a run-in
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512. with other marine
traffic.
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513. If he dropped anchor ten miles
out, what's he doing here?
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514. The anchor broke.
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515. The anchor broke? Anchors break?
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516. Yeah. I want you to try
and guess something.
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517. A ship of a size
and gross tonnage of the Indio
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518. steaming at 18 knots
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519. how long do you think it takes
to come to a complete stop
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520. from the moment
the bridge cuts the engines
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521. and throws the props
into reverse?
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522. I don't know.
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523. A couple football fields,
probably.
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524. Six miles.
Copy !req
525. Six miles?
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526. There's no anchor that stops
that boat at 18 knots.
Copy !req
527. Okay, so the thing's
drifting out there...
Which is when we got
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528. a "dead in the water"
mayday and we sent out the
Tallahassee to tow it in.
Copy !req
529. What happened
to the Tallahassee?
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530. 25-foot seas
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531. wind out of the
north-northeast at 40.
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532. So it made for port.
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533. With every intention
of going back out there.
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534. But the wind
from the northeast...
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535. Yeah, and the
tidal pull...
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536. pushed the Indio into shore.
Copy !req
537. How bad is this
going to end up being?
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538. Bad.
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539. Everyone's in it—
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540. Coast Guard, EPA,
NTSB, state, local—
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541. but there are only
so many pairs of hands
Copy !req
542. and, you know, getting
oil out of water.
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543. You try it sometime.
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544. Yeah. Listen, thanks again
for coming by.
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545. You want me to keep you
posted during the day?
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546. I'd appreciate it.
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547. Good luck.
Copy !req
548. Thanks.
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549. Mr. President, do you
have life insurance?
Copy !req
550. No.
Copy !req
551. You have a wife and three kids
and no life insurance?
Copy !req
552. I have accidental
death insurance
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553. as well as
considerable
personal worth.
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554. Were I to die, my family would
not miss my government salary.
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555. What about
health insurance?
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556. I don't have
any anymore.
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557. Why not?
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558. I'm the husband
of a doctor
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559. and as a Governor
and President
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560. the various governments
I've led generously...
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561. Yeah, let me cut to the end
of the page, sir.
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562. Have you ever signed
any document
Copy !req
563. for health insurance
or life insurance
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564. or any document
which falls under
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565. the pains and penalty
of perjury
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566. in which you are asked
about your health
Copy !req
567. and did not disclose
you have MS?
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568. No.
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569. Yeah.
Copy !req
570. You should probably
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571. make the call.
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572. Yeah.
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573. Excuse me.
Copy !req
574. What do you think?
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575. I am nowhere close
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576. to being able to answer
that question.
Copy !req
577. C.J., you wanted to
see Jamie Hotchkiss?
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578. No, but yes.
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579. Jamie?
Copy !req
580. Hey, Jamie, how are you doing?
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581. I'm a little pissed about
the quote this morning.
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582. I know how you feel.
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583. My team's been working
on this for nine months.
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584. You can't get leverage
with a rubber crowbar.
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585. They are going to jump on this.
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586. Yes, and I-I'd like
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587. to ask you some questions.
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588. Sure.
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589. There was a meeting
about vouchers
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590. in the Roosevelt Room
last Thursday.
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591. Were you part of it?
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592. I've been in
on all those meetings
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593. from the beginning.
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594. Right, and have you talked
to Terry Cashin
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595. of the Baltimore Sun
in the last four days?
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596. What?
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597. I was wondering,
if in the last four days...
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598. You're asking me
if I'm the leak?
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599. I was going to be
a little more circumspect.
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600. I can tell.
Jamie...
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601. I've been working on
this for nine months.
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602. And frankly— and I don't
say this to you enough—
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603. doing a very good job.
Copy !req
604. Thank you.
Copy !req
605. Do you happen to know
Copy !req
606. who the leak is?
Copy !req
607. Listen up: I'm not the leak.
Copy !req
608. I don't know who the leak is.
Copy !req
609. If I did, I wouldn't tell you.
Copy !req
610. Any other questions?
Copy !req
611. No, no.
We wrapped that up tight.
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612. Thank you.
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613. Carol?
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614. Yeah?
Copy !req
615. How many more of these
do I have?
Copy !req
616. 1,138.
Copy !req
617. Okay, after five of them,
I'm just going to confess.
Copy !req
618. Ready for the next one?
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619. Sure.
Copy !req
620. They're not done meeting yet?
Copy !req
621. In the Roosevelt Room?
Copy !req
622. Yeah.
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623. No.
Okay.
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624. You got
a phone message.
Copy !req
625. From who?
Copy !req
626. Frank Kelly.
Copy !req
627. Who's he?
Copy !req
628. He's a textiles worker
in South Carolina
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629. making $12.17 an hour
with no health insurance.
Copy !req
630. His two kids go
to public school.
Copy !req
631. The school's fine,
but they've had to cut
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632. art and music
for budget reasons
Copy !req
633. and Frank's ten-year-old is
just nuts about the trumpet
Copy !req
634. so the mom does
telemarketing at night
Copy !req
635. after the kids
have gone to bed
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636. to pay for lessons
and rent an instrument.
Copy !req
637. Not that art and music
are important
Copy !req
638. or that any of us had any fun
Copy !req
639. or met friends doing it.
Copy !req
640. Frank obeys the law
and pays his bills.
Copy !req
641. He also pays his taxes
Copy !req
642. and he called to thank you
Copy !req
643. for sending his
money to Mexico.
Copy !req
644. Does he want me to call back?
Copy !req
645. Josh...
Copy !req
646. No, why don't you
call him back.
Copy !req
647. Why don't you call him
back and remind him
Copy !req
648. that the Mexican consumers
who buy his textiles
Copy !req
649. can't afford to
buy them anymore.
Copy !req
650. Frank will be laid off,
which isn't a problem.
Copy !req
651. There are plenty
of jobs out there
Copy !req
652. for a 48-year-old
textiles worker
Copy !req
653. just as long as he's trained
in high-tech computers
Copy !req
654. and/or medical research.
Copy !req
655. Oh, like the $30 billion
is going to make it
Copy !req
656. into the pocket of
Mexican consumers.
Copy !req
657. Eventually it does
Copy !req
658. and we're not giving them
the money.
Copy !req
659. We're giving them our
credit card and paying the bill.
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660. It's a loan.
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661. We did the same thing
six years ago.
Copy !req
662. The loan was paid back
ahead of schedule.
Copy !req
663. And we did the
same thing four years
before that, too, right?
Copy !req
664. Yes.
And five years
before that?
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665. Yes.
AA's definition
Copy !req
666. of insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again
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667. expecting a different result.
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668. I'm not cheap,
nor am I xenophobic.
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669. I just think it's time
for some tough love.
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670. Well, not right here
in front of everybody, Donna
Copy !req
671. but if you want to run home
and get your equipment...
Copy !req
672. Go away from me.
Copy !req
673. The telemarketing was
a nice detail
Copy !req
674. but you should've said,
"scrubbed floors."
Copy !req
675. I thought it'd
be too much.
Copy !req
676. Yeah, probably.
Copy !req
677. Come in.
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678. Hey.
Copy !req
679. Hello, Sam.
Copy !req
680. You did some decorating.
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681. Yeah.
Copy !req
682. A woman's touch.
Copy !req
683. It was a guy named Kirk.
Copy !req
684. Hang on. I know this
piece of music. I love it.
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685. Isn't it great?
Copy !req
686. No, but there's a
reason I like it.
Copy !req
687. Well, it's beautiful.
Copy !req
688. But there's another
reason. Hang on.
Copy !req
689. It's called "Air on a G String."
Copy !req
690. Could that be...?
Copy !req
691. Yes.
Copy !req
692. Thank you.
Copy !req
693. What do you need?
Copy !req
694. A lawyer.
Copy !req
695. Well, you came
to the wrong place.
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696. Seriously.
Copy !req
697. Are you in trouble?
Copy !req
698. No, I'm not.
Copy !req
699. I just want to ask
you some questions.
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700. You've been covering
Copy !req
701. the Attorneys General
Copy !req
702. for Maryland and Delaware
this morning, right?
Copy !req
703. On the oil spill?
Yeah.
Copy !req
704. They'll hold
a joint press conference
Copy !req
705. this afternoon to announce
that they're seeking damages.
Copy !req
706. How much?
Copy !req
707. Who can say at this point,
but if I had to guess
Copy !req
708. I'd say in the area
of $100 million
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709. for cleanup costs
Copy !req
710. probably another
$300 or $400 million punitive.
Copy !req
711. I know how you feel
about these things, trust me.
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712. Kensington's going to pay it
through the nose.
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713. No, they're not.
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714. I think you're wrong.
Copy !req
715. Somebody's going to pay.
It's not going to be them.
Copy !req
716. You think their liability shield
is that strong?
Copy !req
717. I do.
How do you know?
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718. 'Cause I'm the one
who bought them the boat.
Copy !req
719. I bought the Indio for them
Copy !req
720. when I was at Gage Whitney.
Copy !req
721. Wow.
Copy !req
722. Talk about your chickens
coming home to roost.
Copy !req
723. Yeah, but what I was thinking
was this.
Copy !req
724. I know this is going
to sound crazy
Copy !req
725. but I was thinking,
if I could be deposed
Copy !req
726. for the plaintiffs...
Copy !req
727. Why?
Copy !req
728. Because.
Copy !req
729. Look, I was very proud of myself
for making such a great deal
Copy !req
730. and it really sealed it for me
with the partners
Copy !req
731. and they were
about to make me one
Copy !req
732. and it really didn't bother me
that the boat was cheap
Copy !req
733. for a reason,
but then
Copy !req
734. at the 11th hour, I
had a change of heart.
Copy !req
735. For whatever reason,
I had a change of heart
Copy !req
736. and I told them the boat
wasn't good enough
Copy !req
737. particularly with regards
Copy !req
738. to the steering
and navigation systems
Copy !req
739. which, of course,
they already knew
Copy !req
740. and I suggested they
spend more money,
and they said...
Copy !req
741. Stop talking right now.
Copy !req
742. $11 million
extra dollars.
Sam...
Copy !req
743. They laughed me
out of the room.
Copy !req
744. Stop talking,
or I'm walking out.
Copy !req
745. You know better.
Copy !req
746. Neither you nor your clients
Copy !req
747. abdicated attorney/client
privilege when you left Gage.
Copy !req
748. If you gave that deposition,
you'd be disbarred
Copy !req
749. and even if you were
willing to be disbarred,
there's no judge
Copy !req
750. in the country who'd allow
privileged testimony.
Copy !req
751. Ainsley,
unless a company like this
Copy !req
752. is forced to fork over
so much money
Copy !req
753. they don't want to go on living,
unless they're compelled to pay
Copy !req
754. $500 million,
there's no incentive
Copy !req
755. for them to pay
the extra $11 million
Copy !req
756. to make the boat safer.
Copy !req
757. Yes.
Copy !req
758. All right.
Copy !req
759. It was just an idea.
Copy !req
760. Hey, you never know.
Copy !req
761. With the liability shield?
Copy !req
762. Maybe you're not as good
as you think.
Copy !req
763. Yeah, I am.
Copy !req
764. You still filling out forms,
Charlie?
Copy !req
765. Well, I'm going to
be filling out forms
Copy !req
766. for quite some time.
Copy !req
767. It's basically going
to be my major.
Copy !req
768. What is going to be
your major?
Copy !req
769. I really
don't know.
Copy !req
770. You going to join
the glee club?
Copy !req
771. I don't think so,
Mrs. Landingham.
Copy !req
772. Oh, glee club's
important.
Copy !req
773. I'm only going
to have time
Copy !req
774. for a couple of
classes at night.
Copy !req
775. I'm not going to be able
to be that gleeful.
Copy !req
776. How about fencing?
Copy !req
777. Fencing?
You're taking fencing?
Copy !req
778. I'm not taking fencing.
Copy !req
779. He's not taking glee club,
either.
Copy !req
780. Fencing's good
Copy !req
781. 'cause you learn
the philosophy of self-defense.
Copy !req
782. Well, I usually don't get
a lot of people
Copy !req
783. pulling an epee on me
in my neighborhood
Copy !req
784. and my philosophy
of self-defense
Copy !req
785. has a lot to do with running
as fast as I possibly can.
Copy !req
786. These forms are really
out of control,
you know that?
Copy !req
787. Look at this:
six forms for financial aid
Copy !req
788. three forms for housing,
and I'm not using their housing
Copy !req
789. a form for
roommate preference
Copy !req
790. and I'm not using
their housing
Copy !req
791. emergency contacts
Copy !req
792. general activity
information
Copy !req
793. transfer of credits
Copy !req
794. and a 14-page form...
Copy !req
795. What?
Copy !req
796. MRS.
Charlie, what?
Copy !req
797. Hang on, please.
Copy !req
798. Margaret,
I need to speak to Leo.
Copy !req
799. He's in a meeting
with Oliver Babish.
Copy !req
800. Yeah.
Copy !req
801. I'm sorry, I need to speak
to him right now, please.
Copy !req
802. Tell him
it's an old friend from home.
Copy !req
803. You sure?
Copy !req
804. Yeah.
Copy !req
805. He's acting a little pissy,
wouldn't you say?
Copy !req
806. You're a little pissy
too, there, my friend.
Copy !req
807. Yeah, well, I'm pissed.
Copy !req
808. No kidding.
Copy !req
809. You weren't
when you found out?
Copy !req
810. I was
Copy !req
811. but then I remembered.
Copy !req
812. What?
Copy !req
813. That I'm a drunk, and
he didn't give a damn.
Copy !req
814. You guys going to go public?
Copy !req
815. I don't know.
Copy !req
816. What do you think?
Copy !req
817. Not up to me.
Copy !req
818. Up to the policy advisors.
Copy !req
819. Well, I think you're
about to be one of them.
Copy !req
820. I don't know
if I'm staying yet.
Copy !req
821. You're staying.
Copy !req
822. Why?
Copy !req
823. 'Cause I'm running this
show, and I picked you.
Copy !req
824. I didn't bring you here
Copy !req
825. for amicus briefs.
Copy !req
826. Leo...
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827. I mean, in the two
and a half hours
Copy !req
828. we've been sitting here
Copy !req
829. have you
discovered one thing
Copy !req
830. that he's
done wrong?
No.
Copy !req
831. So, what's your problem?
Copy !req
832. That's my problem, Leo.
Copy !req
833. Are you out of your mind?
Copy !req
834. He did everything right.
Copy !req
835. He did everything you do
if your intent
Copy !req
836. is to perpetrate
a fraud.
Copy !req
837. Come in.
Copy !req
838. Excuse me.
Copy !req
839. Mr. McGarry,
Margaret just called
Copy !req
840. to say that Charlie Young
needs to speak with you.
Copy !req
841. I can't right now.
It'll have to wait.
Copy !req
842. She said to
mention something
Copy !req
843. about an old
friend from home.
Copy !req
844. I'll be right back.
Copy !req
845. What is it?
Copy !req
846. Charlie, you can talk to me.
Copy !req
847. What is it?
Copy !req
848. Charlie...
Copy !req
849. When Zoey and Ellie
Copy !req
850. went to college...
Copy !req
851. when they went to college
Copy !req
852. they would've had to fill out
a health form.
Copy !req
853. What are you...?
Copy !req
854. On the form, they ask
for a number of things...
Copy !req
855. including a complete
family medical history.
Copy !req
856. God...
Copy !req
857. Charlie...
Copy !req
858. How did you know he was sick?
Copy !req
859. How did you know that
the President was sick?
Copy !req
860. Charlie...
Copy !req
861. Leo...
Copy !req
862. If you're under 18
when you start as a freshman...
Copy !req
863. if you're under 18,
you need a parent's signature.
Copy !req
864. Okay.
Copy !req
865. Okay.
Copy !req
866. I'm sorry, I know...
No, it's okay.
Copy !req
867. I just thought it was...
Copy !req
868. You did... you absolutely did
the right thing.
Copy !req
869. Okay.
Copy !req
870. Okay.
Copy !req
871. Go back to work.
Copy !req
872. Margaret?
Copy !req
873. I need to see
Copy !req
874. all of Zoey Bartlet's admissions
paperwork for Georgetown.
Copy !req
875. I don't think
they'll release that to me.
Copy !req
876. No, you call Pat Carr,
the family lawyer
Copy !req
877. and you tell him
I want it.
Copy !req
878. Can I tell him why?
Copy !req
879. Margaret, just get it right now,
would you?
Copy !req
880. the Roosevelt Room meeting
last Thursday, right?
Copy !req
881. Yes.
And do you recall him
Copy !req
882. talking to you about
what went on?
Copy !req
883. I don't know.
He might have.
I don't know.
Copy !req
884. It's important.
I'll try
and remember.
Copy !req
885. 'Cause somebody might've
overheard you talking to him.
Copy !req
886. Yeah, there's so
much to remember.
Copy !req
887. Are you okay?
Copy !req
888. I'm just... I'll be fine.
Copy !req
889. And...
Copy !req
890. and you yourself didn't talk
to anybody, did you?
Copy !req
891. Donna?
Copy !req
892. C.J., I can't...
Copy !req
893. What?
Copy !req
894. I can't lie like this anymore.
Copy !req
895. Are you saying it was you?
Copy !req
896. I feel horrible. I should've
said something before
Copy !req
897. but I was afraid
of what you'd...
Copy !req
898. No, it's okay.
Copy !req
899. No, Let me get this
off my chest.
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900. It was me.
I called Terry Cashin.
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901. Why?
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902. I don't know.
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903. Why does anybody
do anything?
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904. What are you talking about?
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905. I'm a madwoman, C.J.
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906. and it doesn't stop
with the leak.
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907. What do you mean?
Call the
authorities.
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908. Send them to my parent"
house in Madison.
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909. Why?
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910. They'll find the Lindbergh baby
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911. in the basement.
Okay...
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912. Also some post-its reminding me
where I put Jimmy Hoffa.
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913. Get out!
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914. I framed Roger Rabbit.
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915. Get out.
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916. I'm going to the place.
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917. You want a salad?
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918. Thanks.
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919. Carol?
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920. Did you confess?
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921. She didn't let me get
to Whittaker Chambers
and the secret pumpkin.
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922. You got a phone call
while you were in there.
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923. From who?
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924. Europe in 1939.
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925. Yeah?
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926. Yeah, I jotted it down.
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927. Apparently
they're at war
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928. but we've taken a
firm stand as an
isolationist nation
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929. and refuse to get involved.
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930. Our resources are our own
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931. and their problems are on
the other side of the world.
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932. Though they do have problems.
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933. It sounds to me
from what they said on the phone
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934. that France, Austria and England
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935. are getting absolutely
pounded by the Germans
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936. and with no end in sight.
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937. They say that by 1941
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938. they're going
to desperately need our help
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939. if they have
any chance of survival
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940. but I think
they're just being hysterical.
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941. This son of a customs agent
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942. with the Charlie Chaplin
mustache ain't going anywhere
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943. but there's no
telling that to
Franklin Roosevelt
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944. who's trying to
convince his country
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945. they need to
get involved.
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946. That's why he
came with this.
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947. An 8th grade social studies
textbook?
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948. Turn to the page
I flagged.
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949. The Lend-Lease Act.
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950. Yeah. Simply put, a loan of
arms to Russia and Britain
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951. with the understanding
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952. that they'd pay us back
when the war was over
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953. and he said this.
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954. He said if your neighbor's
house is on fire
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955. you don't haggle
over the price of
your garden hose.
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956. Frank Kelly
in South Carolina wouldn't.
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957. There are too many things
in the world we can't do.
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958. Mexico's on fire.
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959. Why help them?
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960. Because we can.
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961. Did they agree to the money?
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962. Yeah.
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963. Okay.
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964. You shouldn't feel bad
about this.
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965. Everyone hates me.
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966. Nah, they'll get over it.
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967. You think?
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968. Sure. You're just doing
your job.
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969. That's exactly right.
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970. And this is really important.
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971. You're the first one
who's understood that.
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972. You mind if I give you
a suggestion
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973. that may make this go faster?
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974. Sure.
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975. If you dunk
the suspect
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976. in a deep well of water
and they drown
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977. it means they're not a witch.
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978. All right. That's it.
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979. I saw Lizzie Proctor
speaking with the devil!
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980. Shut up.
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981. 720,000 gallons covering close
to 100 square miles.
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982. 10,000 blue and horseshoe crabs
are dead
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983. so that's a $25 million industry
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984. that can start looking for jobs
at the local Dairy Queen.
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985. 12,500 starfish,
flounder and bass.
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986. $342 million estimated loss
to the tourism economy
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987. based on beach communities.
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988. You ever wonder
why you never
hear anything
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989. about a boatload
of Honda Civics
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990. spilling into the ocean?
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991. What?
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992. Were you listening?
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993. Yeah.
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994. No. I'm sorry, no.
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995. Excuse me.
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996. Sam, would you mind?
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997. No.
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998. It's me, okay?
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999. I am Spartacus.
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1000. Look...
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1001. It was a leak.
Leaks happen.
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1002. They've happened since
the beginning of time—
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1003. in this White House,
in every White House.
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1004. There's no
malicious intent.
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1005. Things get out.
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1006. It's a company town.
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1007. Everybody talks to everybody
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1008. and junior staffers try
to impress reporters
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1009. by showing they're
in the know.
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1010. There is no group of people
this large in the world
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1011. that can keep a secret.
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1012. I find it
comforting.
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1013. It's how I
know for sure
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1014. the government isn't covering up
aliens in New Mexico.
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1015. Toby, I've issued
a blanket e-mail
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1016. to 1,100 staffers
about the incident.
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1017. I've asked the President
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1018. to let me make a clarification
for tomorrow morning.
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1019. I've seen to it
it'll be on page one.
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1020. We're not
going to lose
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1021. an inch of ground
in the negotiation.
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1022. No, we're not.
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1023. No, we're not
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1024. and you knew that
since this morning.
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1025. Yes, I did.
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1026. Yeah. So what's this about?
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1027. This is small potatoes.
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1028. I want to know
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1029. when the big potatoes come,
are we up for it?
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1030. Big potatoes?
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1031. Toby, we ran for election.
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1032. We lived through Leo and booze,
Sam and prostitutes
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1033. India and Pakistan
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1034. Colombia and a failed
rescue mission.
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1035. Are there bigger potatoes
someplace?
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1036. No.
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1037. Toby...
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1038. Yeah?
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1039. Why are you lying to me?
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1040. I'm not.
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1041. Thanks for doing
that stuff today.
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1042. It was...
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1043. Thanks.
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1044. Sit down. Don't be scared.
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1045. My youngest daughter's
got a big mouth.
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1046. No, she doesn't, sir.
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1047. She wanted me
to be on the lookout
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1048. for certain physical signs
so I could tell the First Lady.
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1049. We won't discuss
this anymore for
the time being.
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1050. It'll be public
soon enough
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1051. and the more
conversations
you have with me
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1052. the more lawyers
you're going to
have to talk to
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1053. and they bill in
an hour what you
take home in a week
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1054. so we won't discuss it
except to say this—
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1055. you're going to
be subpoenaed.
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1056. I'm confident in
your loyalty to me.
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1057. I'm confident in
your love for me.
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1058. If you lie to protect me
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1059. if you lie just once
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1060. if you lie
just a little
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1061. if you lie 'cause you can't
stand what's happening to me
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1062. and the people making it happen
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1063. if you ever
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1064. ever lie...
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1065. you're finished with me,
you understand?
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1066. Yes, sir.
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1067. Say you understand.
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1068. I understand, sir.
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1069. Go back to work.
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1070. Yes, sir.
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1071. Is there anything
you need?
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1072. I need you to go to law school
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1073. and graduate
as soon as humanly possible.
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1074. Yes, sir.
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1075. Good evening,
Mr. President.
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1076. Well, I've got good
news for you, Oliver.
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1077. Turns out I didn't
do everything
right after all.
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1078. Zoey had to fill out
a family history form
for Georgetown
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1079. and because she was 17,
a parent had to sign it.
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1080. And she left off the MS?
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1081. Yeah.
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1082. And you signed it?
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1083. I'd give anything if I had.
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1084. It was Lady Macbeth.
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1085. There's a bad moon
rising, Oliver.
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1086. We both know it.
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1087. They're going to take
me out for a walk.
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1088. This isn't what
you signed up for.
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1089. Leo begged you
to take this job.
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1090. This isn't
what you signed up for.
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1091. If you leave, I'd appreciate it
if you did it now
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1092. so it doesn't look
like my lawyer bailed on me
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1093. when the rain starts.
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1094. No one's going to hold it
against you.
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1095. Well, I appreciate that,
Mr. President.
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1096. If I stay, will you do
exactly what I tell you to do?
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1097. I guess it depends.
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1098. No, I'm afraid
it can't depend, sir.
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1099. What would my
first step be?
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1100. First tell
your staff.
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1101. Yeah.
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1102. Then, decide how to make
a public announcement.
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1103. Yeah.
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1104. Then order
the Attorney General
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1105. to appoint a special prosecutor.
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1106. Not just
any special prosecutor—
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1107. the most blood-spitting
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1108. Bartlet-hating
Republican in the bar.
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1109. He's going to have
an unlimited budget
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1110. and a staff like an army.
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1111. The new slogan around here
is going to be "Bring it on."
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1112. He's going
to have access
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1113. to every piece of paper
you ever touched.
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1114. If you invoke executive
privilege one time, I'm gone.
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1115. An assistant DA
in Ducksworth
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1116. wants to take
your deposition
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1117. you're on
the next plane.
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1118. A freshman Congressman
wants your testimony
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1119. you'll sit in his kitchen.
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1120. They want to drag you
to the Hague
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1121. and charge you with war crimes,
what do we say?
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1122. Bring it on.
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1123. I'll be in my office for a while
if you need me.
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