1. Previously on The West Wing:
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2. So what's your problem?
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3. He did everything right.
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4. He did everything you do
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5. if your intent
is to perpetrate a fraud.
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6. We want to see some polling.
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7. Why?
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8. We need to know what to do next.
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9. What kind of questions
could they ask that won't
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10. trip an alarm?
Josh trusts Joey Lucas.
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11. We need you
to put a poll
in the field
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12. without asking the questions
we can't ask.
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13. I was almost sure I saw you
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14. give the President
an injection of something.
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15. It was Betaseron.
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16. It reduces the frequency
of the attacks.
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17. Tobacco has spent $380 million
to the government's 36...
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18. "They perpetrated a fraud
against the public."
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19. They want to get these people.
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20. We're not big tobacco.
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21. Eagle's moving.
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22. He talked to her on the phone?
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23. He talked to her
at the airport.
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24. But he called her
on the phone?
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25. To get her to
the airport.
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26. Yeah, but I'm saying,
did she hang up the phone
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27. turn to her
friends and say
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28. "You're never going
to believe why I'm
getting on a plane"?
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29. He told her she
was coming out
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30. to do some polling on
subsurface agriculture.
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31. What the hell is that?
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32. It's vegetables
that grow underground.
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33. He told her she
was coming out here
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34. to find out if Americans
are eating more beets.
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35. Is this a joke?
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36. It was Josh,
Mr. President.
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37. It was a job
done well.
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38. You want to start
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39. not trusting Josh?
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40. Let's go.
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41. Where are we going?
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42. The basement.
Why?
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43. 'Cause I don't like
the way it looks
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44. the seven of us meeting
in the middle of the night.
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45. You like the way
it looks if we're
meeting in the basement?
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46. Let's go.
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47. These numbers
are going to be meaningless.
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48. Yeah.
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49. A Governor
from an industrial state...
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50. It's posed
as a hypothetical
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51. before people have
any education on...
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52. Yeah.
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53. Plus, there's no way
to factor existing
approval numbers
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54. particularly when it comes
to matters of trust.
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55. Sagittarius.
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56. Are they on their way?
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57. Yeah.
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58. They're on
their way?
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59. Yeah.
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60. Joey, your flight
was all right?
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61. Your flight, uh
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62. was all okay?
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63. These numbers
aren't going
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64. to mean anything, right?
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65. With the hypothetical
and lack of context?
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66. Plus the preexisting
level of trust...
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67. Yeah.
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68. I'm saying he's got
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69. numbers like Walter Cronkite.
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70. Yeah.
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71. Is there anything in there
that we're going to like?
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72. We are, in fact,
eating more beets.
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73. Okay.
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74. Good evening.
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75. Mr. President,
you remember Joey Lucas?
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76. Yeah.
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77. And her interpreter,
Kenny.
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78. Joey, did you make
photocopies of that?
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79. No, sir.
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80. Good. Let's get started.
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81. Mr. President
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82. I polled 1,170
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83. registered voters
in Michigan
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84. giving their Governor
a hypothetical concealed...
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85. Excuse me.
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86. How many people in this room
know Kenny's last name?
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87. It's fine.
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88. I believe this operation
is no longer covert.
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89. Mr. President, Kenny's been
with me for 11 years.
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90. To trust me is to trust him.
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91. Josh?
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92. Yeah.
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93. Go ahead.
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94. 1,170 registered voters
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95. in Michigan
were polled
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96. giving their
Governor
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97. a hypothetical,
concealed
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98. degenerative
illness.
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99. These are
the results.
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100. "Do you agree
that it's okay
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101. for the Governor to lie
about his health?"
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102. 17% agree, 83% disagree.
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103. "Would you be as likely
or less likely
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104. "to vote for
the Governor
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105. now that you know he has
a degenerative illness?"
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106. 71% say less likely.
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107. The largest bloc
of likely voters
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108. are women over 55.
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109. 78% of those women say
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110. they wouldn't vote
for a candidate with MS.
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111. We just lost Florida.
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112. This may be the worst stat, sir.
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113. 74% believe MS to be fatal.
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114. They may be right.
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115. 62% of Democrats aren't
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116. going to vote for you.
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117. 65% of those
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118. describing themselves as liberal
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119. aren't going to vote for you
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120. because you lied.
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121. Joey, is there any good news
in there at all?
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122. No, sir.
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123. The UN
Observer Group.
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124. Which consists of...?
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125. 400 technical advisors
and observers
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126. and 65 unarmed
security specialists.
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127. And the OAS?
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128. They've got about
200 observers.
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129. What happened last night?
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130. Citing improper permits
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131. Colonel Bazan's soldiers
surrounded Carrefour Liberte...
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132. Liberty Square.
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133. Yeah.
to prevent
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134. a victory rally
by supporters of Dessaline.
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135. Some of the crowd refused to
disperse and shots were fired.
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136. Anybody killed?
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137. Two people.
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138. Additionally, Rene Ducasse
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139. the newly designated Minister
of Justice, was arrested
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140. and soldiers have surrounded
the house of the Chief Justice.
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141. They're saying to protect him
from death threats.
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142. Our intelligence says
he's under house arrest.
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143. Most troubling are personnel
carriers with Haitian troops
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144. parked in front of virtually
every police station
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145. in Port-au-Prince.
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146. This is a sign
that the army
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147. plans to take power
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148. from the Gendarme
Nationale.
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149. Where's the President-elect?
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150. Sir, we can't
find him.
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151. I'm sorry?
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152. At this moment
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153. we can't find Dessaline.
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154. And that's not
the most troubling...?
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155. Jake, what the hell
do you mean you can't...?
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156. He never showed up
for a 4:00 p.m.
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157. courtesy conference
with Gilbert Tass
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158. and calls made
to the party headquarters
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159. and both of his houses
went unanswered.
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160. Armed forces radio says
he's fled the country
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161. but the Dominicans say no.
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162. What about intelligence?
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163. It's not like we
can just call around.
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164. It's chaos down there.
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165. Nobody knows anything.
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166. Leo?
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167. Let's evacuate
the nonessential personnel
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168. from the embassy.
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169. Mr. President
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170. any move
to evacuate the embassy
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171. even the nonessentials,
will be a highly visible signal
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172. that the U.S. has no confidence
in the Dessaline government.
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173. At the moment, there is
no Dessaline government.
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174. There is no Dessaline.
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175. And I just got done
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176. pulling nine dead bodies
out of Colombia.
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177. Evacuate the
nonessentials
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178. get some Marines
at the embassy
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179. and somebody brief Fitzwallace.
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180. Yes, sir.
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181. Thank you,
Mr. President.
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182. Sagittarius.
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183. Why not a
presidential address?
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184. Ten, 15 minutes.
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185. "I have this illness
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186. "I concealed it,
I apologize.
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187. "Let me tell you about it.
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188. Let me reduce your fears."
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189. It's too cold.
It's not
too cold.
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190. He needs to be
with the First Lady.
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191. In some decorative room? Sitting
with his wife weakens him.
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192. Let's put him
behind the
Kennedy desk
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193. let's put him in the East Room
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194. let's put him in
the briefing room...
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195. Sam, he's going
to go on TV and
say he lied.
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196. I don't want him doing
it behind the Seal
of the President.
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197. You think without the Seal,
people are going to forget
that he's the President?
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198. We'll do a 30-minute
live special for one
of the news magazines.
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199. Live, live-to-tape or tape?
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200. Live. I don't want a producer
editing what he says.
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201. What if we want to edit
what he says?
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202. That's our tough luck.
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203. When?
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204. How about Thursday night?
Wednesday night.
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205. Why?
'Cause Thursday night
is where they pay their bills
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206. and it's going to be tough
enough getting 30 minutes
and not telling them why
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207. without cutting into their bread
and butter during May sweeps.
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208. Oh, who gives a damn
about May sweeps?
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209. They do, Sam.
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210. All right. 30 minutes,
Dateline special
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211. Wednesday night,
night after tomorrow
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212. President and First Lady
in the Mural Room.
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213. And we follow that
with a press conference.
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214. Why?
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215. To control the story
as long as possible.
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216. Once he gets done
with Russert or Diane
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217. or Stone Phillips
or whoever the hell does this
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218. I'm going to need every reporter
in the western hemisphere
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219. in a room where
I can see them.
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220. And we put a team
of medical experts up there.
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221. And we have 48 hours
to find them.
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222. Hang on. If we take him
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223. from the Mural Room
to a press conference
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224. isn't a smart reporter
going to ask
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225. "Mr. President, are you planning
on seeking reelection?"
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226. "A smart repor..."
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227. Sam, Ted Baxter is going to ask
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228. "Mr. President, are you planning
on seeking reelection?"
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229. So we're going to need an answer
to that, too.
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230. You're getting
an eight-speaker stereo?
No.
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231. Six speakers?
No.
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232. How many speakers?
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233. I have two ears. How
many speakers do I need?
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234. At least six
and a sub-woofer.
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235. I'm not getting a sub-woofer.
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236. How about the tow package?
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237. The tow package?
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238. To tow your boat.
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239. I don't have a boat.
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240. What about a camper?
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241. No.
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242. What do you tow?
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243. Groceries.
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244. You could probably
put those in the trunk.
Yeah.
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245. Tinted windows?
Hey.
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246. Hello, Josh.
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247. Mrs. Landingham's picking up
a new car today.
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248. Really?
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249. Yes, and I wish
I hadn't told anyone.
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250. Why do men think a woman
can't buy a car without a man?
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251. It's an old stereotype, Mrs. I.
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252. Did you get
the extended service warranty?
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253. No.
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254. Women.
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255. What do you want?
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256. I got a message
Leo wanted to see me.
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257. He's in his office.
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258. Did you get the tow package?
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259. See?
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260. He's in his office.
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261. Margaret!
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262. Where's Josh?
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263. He's on his way.
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264. He remembers
where my office
is, right?
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265. Leo, calm down.
I'm right here.
He's right here.
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266. Get out.
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267. This report is staggering.
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268. I know.
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269. Justice has
31 lawyers and staff.
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270. Tobacco has 1,893 lawyers
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271. and 2,783 paralegals.
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272. This isn't a typo, right?
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273. No.
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274. We've spent $8.7 million
on outside counsel.
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275. They've spent 192.
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276. The $61.3 million
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277. they've spent on travel expenses
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278. is twice as much as we've spent
on our entire case.
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279. Yes.
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280. Who oversees
the Justice Department budget?
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281. The Subcommittee on Commerce
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282. Justice, State
and the Judiciary.
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283. Who's the ranking
minority member?
Ritter.
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284. Talk to him and find out
what the problem is.
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285. Yeah.
Josh?
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286. How's it going downstairs?
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287. They'll have an
answer on it by
the end of the day.
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288. It's looking like
30 minutes on Dateline
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289. and a press conference
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290. but Leo, it's also looking
like any scenario
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291. is going to require
a firm position
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292. from the President
on reelection.
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293. Well, we'll have that answer
by the end of the day, too.
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294. Will we?
Yes.
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295. Leo...
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296. He just got Joey's numbers
in the middle of the night.
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297. Give me the day.
Don't you think
it would help him
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298. if he had a
discussion among...
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299. a discussion among
the rest of us?
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300. Excuse me.
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301. What?
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302. Two of Dessaline's
bodyguards were shot.
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303. We think he's headed
to our embassy.
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304. How do we know?
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305. Peter Bratt got
a message through.
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306. What is Peter Bratt
doing down here?
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307. He went down for
the inauguration
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308. and he may well
have Dessaline
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309. in the trunk of his car.
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310. The trunk of his car?
Yes, sir.
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311. Did we evacuate
the nonessentials?
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312. They're on their way.
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313. A C-9's waiting for
them on the runway.
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314. Mr. President, if we
don't take Dessaline
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315. he'll be convicted
in a 20-minute trial,
imprisoned for life
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316. or probably executed
by the junta.
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317. I'm sorry, sir, but this is
an internal affair in Haiti
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318. and the U.S. has no
place choosing sides.
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319. Of course we're choosing sides—
there was a free election.
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320. We saw to it there was
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321. a free election,
and Dessaline won.
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322. If we grant asylum
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323. we'll officially be in
a standoff with Bazan.
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324. And the best way for Bazan
to elevate his stature in Haiti
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325. is stage a standoff
with the U.S.
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326. Plus, Bazan can
surround the embassy
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327. saying he's searching
for a wanted criminal
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328. and obviously, he can
take everyone in the
embassy hostage.
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329. Mr. President,
there will never
be real elections
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330. in Haiti if the military thinks
it can simply kill the winner.
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331. Also, I'd like
to point out, sir,
that we encouraged
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332. Dessaline to run— in fact,
we strongly encouraged it—
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333. and now he's in the trunk
of a car.
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334. The car's at the gate.
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335. I got the gate right here.
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336. Let him in.
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337. Sir...
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338. Let him in!
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339. Tell them to let him in.
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340. He's in.
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341. Do we put Hoynes
up there?
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342. At the press conference?
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343. Do we put Hoynes
up there?
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344. There's never been
a more important time
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345. to emphasize
the vice presidency.
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346. The Vice President's presence
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347. underlines the health risk
to the President.
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348. And it's good to underscore
that the President anticipated
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349. this problem with his selection
of the Vice President.
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350. But it will also serve to
underscore that he anticipated
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351. the problem and didn't tell
anybody about it.
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352. Hoynes was one
of the first people to know.
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353. If he's there, it's a breathing
demonstration that he signed off
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354. on the President's health
and joined the ticket.
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355. And he'll get bombarded
with questions
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356. about what he did
or didn't know
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357. and the press corps will impanel
themselves as a grand jury.
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358. Then let them, C.J.!
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359. We did something wrong
or we didn't.
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360. Well, fantastic, Sam.
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361. I didn't realize
it was that simple.
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362. There's a situation developing
in Port-au-Prince.
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363. I have to get ready to brief.
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364. Sam...
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365. can Josiah Bartlet function
as President?
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366. I'm not a medical expert.
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367. Right.
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368. Toby, there is
responsibility
and the future
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369. and an obligation
to the party
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370. and if he is not going to run
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371. then he's got to point
to Hoynes
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372. and say this is our guy.
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373. Well, what if
they ask Hoynes
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374. "In the meantime,
can Bartlet function
as President?"
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375. He'll say yes.
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376. What if he says,
"I'm not a medical expert"?
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377. The President of Haiti was taken
to the embassy
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379. Yes.
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380. I've lived too long.
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381. Well, don't go anywhere,
'cause I need you.
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382. I mean it, Lyman,
this is going to get worse
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to get better.
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384. You may be right,
but Haiti's
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385. actually not what
I wanted to talk
to you about.
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386. Tobacco?
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387. Yeah. Andy, the President
wants to get behind
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388. a $30 million
appropriations bill
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389. that the Justice
Department's had
in your committee
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390. for a few months now.
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391. They need the money
to continue the case.
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392. I know.
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393. Has the Chairman
scheduled a vote?
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394. He's not going to.
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395. He's not going
to schedule a vote?
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396. Kalmbach's going to dance
with the girl that brung him.
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397. How much tobacco
money has he taken?
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399. Yeah.
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400. $460,000 in PACs.
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401. Is there a nose count?
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402. Yeah, it's 8-7 against.
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403. Along party lines?
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404. No, believe it or not.
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405. We've got two Republicans;
they've got two Democrats.
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406. They've got
two Democrats?
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407. Warren and Rossitter.
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408. Warren and Rossitter
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409. aren't even
from the South.
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410. They have ideological
problems with the case.
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411. This is a phenomenally
important case;
it's historic.
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412. It has to be won,
and we're fighting it
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413. with paper clips
and a slingshot.
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414. We were wondering when
you guys were going to notice.
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415. Hi.
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416. Hi.
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417. Have a seat.
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418. I was told you wanted to see me.
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419. Yeah, Donna.
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420. Uh... I'm going to tell you
something shocking
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421. except we don't have time
to be shocked.
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422. So I need you to just hear it
and go back to work.
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423. Yeah.
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424. Eight years ago, the President
was diagnosed with MS.
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425. He concealed it
during the election
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426. but we're going public
Wednesday night
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interview
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428. and a press conference.
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429. This is what Josh is going
to be working on 24 hours
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430. and he's going to need your help
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431. and he's going to
need you to know
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432. and so I'm telling you.
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433. Yeah.
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434. You're the first person
on the assistant level
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436. Margaret doesn't know
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437. Bonnie and Ginger
don't know, Donna...
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438. Mrs. Landingham doesn't know.
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439. Is the President
in a lot of pain
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440. or discomfort right now?
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441. No, he's in remission.
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443. Is there anything else?
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444. I want to impress upon
you how important it is
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445. that this not be
discussed beyond...
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446. Yeah.
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447. You want to know
where you made your mistake?
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448. I didn't make a mistake.
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449. You probably did,
and here's where
you went wrong.
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450. Where?
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451. You went to the
dealership alone.
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452. Yes.
That was a mistake.
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453. Because the dealer
would load me up
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454. with a lot of extras
I don't need?
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455. That's right.
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456. Like, uh, a tow package?
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457. How are you going
to tow your camper
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been camping.
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460. Neither have I,
and I was hoping
you'd take me.
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461. I'd be sitting
there fishing
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462. listening to the Orioles
on a transistor radio.
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463. What would I be doing?
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464. Warding off bears,
that kind of thing.
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465. How much did
you pay?
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466. We don't talk
about money, dear.
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467. Can you tell me
how much you paid
below sticker?
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468. I didn't pay anything
below sticker.
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469. What do you mean?
In my own defense
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470. I didn't pay anything
above sticker, either.
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471. Mrs. Landingham,
seriously.
Charlie...
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472. No seriously,
you paid sticker price?
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473. Yes.
Why?
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474. That was the price.
Mrs. Landingham...
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475. Says so right
on the sticker.
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476. Who pays
sticker price?
I do.
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477. You got to let me go
back there with you.
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478. I wasn't duped,
Charlie.
You paid sticker price.
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479. I'm a government employee.
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480. That doesn't necessarily
mean you're a fool.
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481. No, but it means
I'm not allowed
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482. to accept gifts
of a certain value.
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483. It's not a gift.
Of course it is.
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484. The price tag says
one thing
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485. and the dealer is
giving it to me
for something less.
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486. That's what happens
when you buy a car.
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487. Not me.
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488. I was looking for Leo.
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489. He's in the
Situation Room.
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490. That's usually a good sign.
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491. How many are they saying?
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492. They can't say.
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493. Well, how many are
they estimating?
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494. It changes
every minute.
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495. How many this minute?
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496. Nancy. The cavalry.
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497. You guys need
some adult supervision?
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498. No, we need the cavalry.
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499. Nah. Jeff, what's
the latest estimate?
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500. It's about
500 soldiers
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501. maybe 300 of them
with AR-15s.
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502. We sold those
to them, right?
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503. Well, until a few hours ago,
they were on our side.
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504. Still...
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505. Yeah. The AR-15s aren't
the only thing they've got.
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506. They've got two Bradleys
with 120-millimeter cannons
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507. and a couple
of artillery tubes.
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508. What do we have?
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509. 37 Marines with M-14s
and Beretta side arms.
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510. What happens when the
first shot is fired?
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511. Sally, get me hooked up
to operations.
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512. Yes, ma'am.
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513. Embassy Marines
aren't lawn jockeys.
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514. They're not decorative.
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515. They're trained in restraint
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516. and they're trained well.
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517. Operations, ma'am.
Thank you.
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518. Nancy, if they take the embassy,
how are we going to know?
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519. Are they going
to send some
kind of note?
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520. Sidney, I need com-con status.
This is a few minutes old.
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521. Yes, ma'am.
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522. There's no note, Leo.
They're taking the embassy.
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523. Fitz, this is Nancy.
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524. I think we should mobilize
the 8-80th Hostage Task Force
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525. out of Parris Island.
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526. as well as amphibious carriers
out of Mayport, Florida
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527. are being dispatched
to the region
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528. and are expected to be there
in 36 hours
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529. and aircraft will be
in a combat radius
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530. of 300 to 400 miles
within 12 hours
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531. and you'll get more details
on that
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532. when the Pentagon briefs
at 3:00.
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533. C.J...
Katie?
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534. Should we be reading
anything into the fact
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535. that the Pentagon's
briefing and not State?
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536. State'll brief later in the day.
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537. Is one option recognizing
the Bazan government?
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538. There is no Bazan government.
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539. Yeah, but is one
option being...?
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540. You're not taking me there,
Mark.
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541. C.J., is the U.S. prepared
to invade Haiti?
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542. It should be clear
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543. that we're talking
about two separate issues:
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544. One is a democratically-elected
President
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545. whose people are being denied
their leader by an armed militia
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546. the other is the lives
of the Americans in the embassy
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547. and the American Marines
who are guarding them.
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548. You didn't answer my question.
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549. How about that.
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550. I'll be back in a few hours.
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551. C.J., C.J., C.J...
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552. Is he here?
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553. He's in the Mural Room.
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554. I look all right?
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555. You look pretty tired.
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556. That's what you're saying to me?
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557. You're sure there's
nothing I can get
for you, Mr. Hacket?
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558. No, Bonnie, thanks.
I'm fine.
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559. Paul.
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560. Good afternoon, Claudia.
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561. Bonnie, thank you.
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562. Would you stand
outside the door, please
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563. and knock if anybody
wants to come in?
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564. Sure.
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565. She took me in
through the basement.
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566. Yeah.
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567. I've been in this building
200 or 300 times.
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568. Never came in
through the basement.
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569. What do you got in front?
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570. The White House Press Corps.
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571. Yeah?
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572. I need 30 minutes,
night after tomorrow.
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573. C.J., what
the hell
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574. are you guys planning for Haiti?
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575. It's not Haiti.
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576. What is it?
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577. I'm not going to tell you.
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578. What am I supposed to tell
my news director?
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579. Tell him it's your network.
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580. It's not my network.
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581. It belongs to a company
that belongs to stockholders.
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582. So what am I supposed to tell
my news director?
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583. That we need 30 minutes
Wednesday night.
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584. On Wednesday morning,
I'll tell you why.
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585. You pick the interviewer.
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586. They'll have ten hours
to prepare.
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587. Just the President?
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588. The President
and First Lady.
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589. On our set?
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590. In this room.
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591. So, we just get the interviewer
and the network logo?
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592. No network logo.
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593. C.J...
Paul, I've got to get
two other networks and CNN
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594. to pick this up live.
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595. Bad enough it's going to be
your guy and not theirs
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596. but they'll run an old
Petticoat Junction
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597. before they put
your network brand on their air.
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598. C.J...
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599. Yeah?
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600. Between friends...
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601. Yeah?
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602. Is the water over your head?
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603. No. The water's
exactly at my head.
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604. I'll talk to Jeremy.
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605. Paul, we'll start to leak
Wednesday morning
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606. to soften up the ground
a little
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607. but anything leaks before then
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608. and I'll take my business
across the street.
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609. Yeah.
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610. Well, I was surprised when
Andy gave me the nose count
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611. because I wasn't
aware of any ties
to tobacco you have.
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612. We don't.
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613. Yeah.
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614. I don't. Do you?
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615. No. No, we grow
no tobacco in my state
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616. and I'd have to check
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617. but I don't think
I've taken contributions.
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618. However, we are both
former U.S. Attorneys
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619. and it's the suit itself
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620. we find troubling.
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621. The suit?
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622. The suit alleges that
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623. the tobacco companies
have been engaged
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624. in a broad conspiracy of lies
since the 1950s.
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625. Yes.
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626. How exactly are the Justice
Department litigators
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627. going to demonstrate that?
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628. Well, I-I'm not a litigator
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629. and I don't work
at the Justice Department
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630. and there's a reason
why both those things are true
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631. but I wouldn't think
it'd be that hard to prove
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632. that the tobacco companies
have lied
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633. since we already know they did.
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634. Every Surgeon
General since 1964
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635. has warned the public
about smoking
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636. and since 1966
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637. through
Congressional mandate
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638. a pack of cigarettes
has had to carry
a warning label.
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639. Turning around now
and saying we've been had
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640. is frankly ridiculous.
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641. Are you saying that the people
who start smoking
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642. and get addicted to nicotine
are too stupid to live?
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643. No. I'm saying
they're too stupid
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644. to be protected
by the courts.
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645. Too stupid to be...?
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646. Every day the Justice Department
uncovers evidence
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647. that cigarette companies knew
far better than the rest of us
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648. that smoking causes
death and disease
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649. to say nothing
of the CEOs
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650. being the last seven people
on earth
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651. to discover that nicotine
was addictive.
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652. Josh, your administration
wants to prosecute a suit
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653. they know is hopeless
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654. so they can score points
at the expense of an industry
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655. that funds your opponents.
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656. It's politically correct
extortion
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657. and that's why it's unlikely
the appropriations bill
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658. will make it
out of the subcommittee.
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659. It's almost 3:00.
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660. By 7:00, 3,000 new people
will have taken up smoking.
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661. 2,800 of them will be under 18.
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662. Thanks.
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663. Good afternoon, ma'am.
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664. Sagittarius.
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665. Good afternoon,
Mrs. Bartlet.
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666. What do we use this place for
when we're not...
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667. using it for this?
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668. I think... I know
we used it to plan
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669. some of the millennium things.
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670. It didn't used to be
the photo office?
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671. I don't know, ma'am.
I could check it out.
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672. Would you like to sit down?
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673. Yeah.
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674. What we're talking about
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675. is 30 minutes
with an interviewer.
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676. The questions will be entirely
about the medical history.
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677. There'll be no questions
about the law.
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678. C.J. got them
to agree to that?
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679. She will Wednesday morning
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680. when she tells them
what it's about.
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681. Why will they agree?
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682. 'Cause if they don't,
they lose the story.
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683. It's all right with me.
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684. So, I'd like to go
through the story
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685. get a sense
of what you're going to say
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686. run it by Oliver Babish,
and spend
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687. the next couple of days
going over it with you.
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688. That sounds fine,
Sam, but you know
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689. I'm kind of seeing
someone right now.
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690. Yeah.
It's not serious,
but it could be.
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691. You know what
I'm saying?
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692. Ma'am...
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693. Ten years ago, he began
experiencing fatigue
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694. and signs of paraparesis of
the anterior femoral muscles.
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695. In laymen's terms?
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696. He had a tingling
pain in his thigh.
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697. And those symptoms subsided.
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698. Yes.
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699. And two years later?
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700. My husband experienced
neuropathy
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701. and presented symptoms
of optic neuritis
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702. with partial
unilateral
nerve paresis.
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703. Mrs. Bartlet...
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704. Dr. Bartlet.
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705. Yes, ma'am.
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706. The language
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707. you use...
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708. Why aren't the President
and I doing this together?
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709. I'm sorry?
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710. Somebody's doing this
with the President
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711. and I was asking why
we're not doing it
at the same time.
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712. Is it so you can
compare our stories?
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713. Yes.
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714. The language you use...
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715. Two years later, he felt
numbing and dizziness.
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716. Look...
Section 2635
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717. of the guidelines laid out
in Ethical Conduct
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718. for Employees
of the Executive Branch
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719. Final Regulations,
Issued by the U.S. Office
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720. of Government
Ethics...
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721. Mrs. Landingham...
Section 2635
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722. wherein White House employees
are specifically enjoined
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723. from receiving or soliciting
gifts over $20 in value.
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724. They want to give me
a $19 discount on my car
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725. I'll take it.
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726. He's waiting for you.
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727. Thank you.
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728. What happened?
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729. We shot three Haitian soldiers
on the runway.
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730. They boarded the plane?
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731. Ground traffic control
stopped the plane.
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732. When the soldiers
boarded it
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733. they were told
they'd illegally boarded
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734. a U.S. Air Force C-9.
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735. They were told
to drop their weapons.
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736. They were told again.
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737. Two staff sergeants
in the bulkhead
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738. had a clear shot and took them.
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739. They dumped the bodies
on the tarmac
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740. and made an emergency takeoff.
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741. Leo...
Sir...
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742. That wasn't supposed
to happen.
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743. Look, if...
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744. I evacuated the nonessentials
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745. specifically
so that wouldn't happen.
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746. And we came
two minutes...
I gave the order six hours ago.
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747. They had to...
Six hours ago
I gave the order!
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748. What the hell were they
still doing on a runway?
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749. They had to be
collected, sir.
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750. They weren't
all in one place.
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751. We shot three men...
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752. That's what you do.
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753. We what?
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754. A foreign hostile
puts his foot
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755. on an American
military plane
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756. that's an attack,
and rules of engagement
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757. give us every
right to repel.
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758. And I'm sure these guys
had their handbooks with them!
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759. These guys were there
to keep the plane on the ground.
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760. The plane is up in the air?
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761. Yes, sir.
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762. What's happening on the ground?
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763. We're communicating through
diplomatic back channels.
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764. Who are we using?
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765. The Canadian Ambassador
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766. Dominican intelligence.
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767. And what does Bazan want?
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768. Dessaline.
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769. On what charge?
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770. That as Treasury Minister
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771. he embezzled $18 million
earmarked for humanitarian aid.
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772. I'm sold.
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773. Margaret, get me
the Secretary of State.
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774. You're right, you know.
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775. I should be
bringing them in
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776. on reelection.
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777. I should be talking to them.
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778. Yeah.
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779. I don't want to make
the same mistakes over again.
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780. Yeah, not when there are so many
new mistakes we can make.
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781. Yeah.
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782. Let's start tonight.
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783. Around 9:00,
we'll meet in the residence.
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784. Scott
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785. I'm with the President.
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786. We're going to need
to invoke 1070 at OAS.
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787. Good evening,
Mr. President.
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788. Bob Cratchit.
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789. Oh, sir, surely you have better
things to do than annoy me.
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790. Never. You bought
a new car?
Yes, sir.
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791. And you paid sticker price?
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792. Section 2635...
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793. You need to look
at the next page—
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794. Subsection "B," Paragraph 4,
Mammy Yokum.
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795. You know, I could
beat you up
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796. anytime I want, sir.
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797. Secret Service
would have you down
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798. like a calf
at a rodeo.
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799. "The definition of 'gift'
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800. "excludes opportunities
and benefits
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801. "including favorable rates
and commercial discounts
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public at large."
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803. I did look at the next page.
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804. And?
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805. I work next door
to the Oval Office, sir.
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806. Caesar's wife
must be above reproach.
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807. Is the reason you didn't tell me
you were getting a new car...?
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808. Did you think I was going to
think it was an extravagance?
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809. You don't think I think
you should have a new car?
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810. Delores, have you ever had
a new car?
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811. No.
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812. No, Henry would go to
Calvin Hilly in Concord
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813. and Calvin would give him
a good deal
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814. on something reliable.
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815. How about you let me find out
what you were supposed to pay
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816. and write you a check
for the difference?
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817. Oh, no.
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818. Thank you, but I'm
buying this car myself.
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819. This car is going
to feel good.
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820. Is it a nice one?
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821. It's a beauty.
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822. It's blue
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823. it has air conditioning—
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824. I told them I could just
roll down the windows
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825. but it comes with it anyway—
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826. Consumer Reports
rates it very high
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827. it's very safe
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828. and when you get inside,
there's this...
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829. Smell?
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830. How did you know?
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831. It's the smell of freedom...
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832. and the chemicals
they treat the dashboard with.
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833. When are you picking it up?
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834. Right now.
Do me a favor,
would you?
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835. Come back here
after you pick it up.
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836. I'd like to talk to you
about something.
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837. Yes, sir.
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838. And put the car in the driveway.
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839. I'd like to kick the tires.
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840. Why?
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841. It's an expression, Fannie Mae.
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842. Go get your car.
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843. What happens is basically that
small stones in the inner ear
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844. which respond to gravity
become dislodged
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845. and that'll cause
benign positional vertigo.
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846. You all right?
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847. Yes, ma'am.
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848. Sure you don't want
some acetylsalicylic acid?
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849. Aspirin, my brother.
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850. What a dumb major you had.
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851. Good evening.
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852. Oh, Oliver.
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853. Do you know
what peripheral
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854. neuropathy indicates?
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855. No, but I don't really care
that much.
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856. Sam, would you mind
for a minute?
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857. No.
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858. B-12 deficiency.
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859. Thank you.
Sure.
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860. Mrs. Bartlet,
I want to talk to you about...
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861. Dr. Bartlet.
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862. When did I stop
being Dr. Bartlet?
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863. When in the campaign
did I decide
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864. that women were going
to like me more
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865. if I called myself "Missus"?
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866. When did I decide
that women were that stupid?
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867. Ma'am, I want you
to get your own lawyer.
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868. I have my own lawyer.
Pat's a family lawyer.
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869. I want you to get someone for
this. I'll give you eight names.
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870. You, Pat and the President
whittle it down to three.
I'll pick the one.
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871. Can we do this after
the broadcast Wednesday night?
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872. No, I want you to do it right
away because I don't think
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873. you should do the broadcast
Wednesday night.
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874. Sam said they're not going
to get into issues of legality.
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875. I don't know how
they're going to avoid it.
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876. Oliver...
Herman Vikram was
the original specialist, right?
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877. Yeah.
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878. It was Vikram who put
him on prednisone.
Yeah.
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879. Then almost four years ago
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880. you put him
on Interferon Beta 1-b.
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881. Yeah.
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882. Betaseron.
Yeah.
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883. You did it, not Vikram.
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884. It was in consultation
with Vikram.
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885. But Vikram didn't write
the prescription.
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886. I thought
under the circumstances
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887. it would be wrong to involve
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888. another doctor.
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889. So you wrote these prescriptions
to yourself
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890. and then had them filled where?
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891. At the Dunwich
Women's Health Clinic.
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892. And then had them shipped
to various locations?
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893. It was the campaign.
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894. One location was
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895. Phoenix?
Probably.
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896. Another was St. Louis.
Yeah.
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897. You violated
the medical ethics rules
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898. of three State Boards—
New Hampshire
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899. Arizona,
and Missouri.
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900. "The Board may take
disciplinary action
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901. "against any person
who is engaged
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902. in dishonest
or unprofessional conduct."
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903. They were extraordinary
circumstances, Oliver.
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904. I gave my husband
excellent medical care
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905. and I'll line up
tenured professors
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906. who will say so.
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907. Did you keep
medical records?
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908. No.
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909. "... or any person
who has failed to maintain
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910. "adequate medical records
or documentation
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911. on diagnostic
and therapeutic treatment."
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912. The AMA's code of ethics
pretty well spells out
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913. the egregiousness of treating
your own family members.
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914. We do it anyway.
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915. We write prescriptions
for migraines, antibiotics...
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916. Can I ask you,
as the President's physician
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917. have you ever asked him
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918. if he's ever had
any extramarital affairs?
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919. No.
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920. Isn't that
a crucial question
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921. in the diagnosing
of autoimmune diseases?
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922. I'd like to be next to my
husband when he does this.
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923. I'd like you
to get your own lawyer.
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924. Is there anything else?
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925. No.
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926. Thank you, Dr. Bartlet.
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927. You need this?
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928. I didn't even see you there.
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929. I haven't seen
you all day.
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930. I've been with...
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931. you know, tobacco.
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932. You need this?
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933. Yeah.
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934. Josh, the President wants you
at a meeting tonight
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935. in the residence around 9:00.
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936. I'll tell you what that is.
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937. That's the Blue Ribbon
Commission on Reform.
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938. Let me tell you, I'm going
to be collecting benefits
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939. or, you know, not
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940. by the time we get
this Blue Ribbon thing up.
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941. Josh.
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942. Yeah?
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943. Um...
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944. I'm trying to...
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945. See, this is why
I'll never have a career as a...
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946. Donna, what?
Sagittarius.
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947. Are you all right?
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948. Yeah.
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949. There's an empty office
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950. next to the conference room
downstairs.
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951. I moved two couches in
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952. and there's some
pillows and blankets.
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953. C.J. putting the lid on?
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954. Right now
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955. and Leo's ready for you now.
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956. The OAS has
agreed to meet
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957. in an emergency session
tomorrow morning
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958. but we're still waiting
for confirmation.
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959. Can you tell us exactly what
you're going to say to them?
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960. Yes, but first we're going
to say it to them.
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961. C.J., one more question
on the Haitian casualties.
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962. Sorry, Mark, we're out of time,
but we'll pick it up
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963. with our lightning round
tomorrow.
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964. I'm calling
a full lid.
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965. Any developments
throughout the night
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966. and you'll be paged.
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967. Thanks for your patience,
everybody.
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968. Thank you, C.J.
Thank you, C.J.
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969. Leo's ready for you.
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970. Thanks.
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971. Leo.
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972. This is insane,
plain and simple.
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973. What's insane?
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974. Oh, never mind.
What isn't?
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975. You don't think
it's crazy?
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976. I don't even know
what we're talking about.
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977. We're firming
up strategy
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978. on what will define the
future of this presidency
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979. and we don't know
if this President
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980. is interested
in the future.
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981. We have to have
a discussion
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982. and we have to
have it tonight.
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983. We're having a discussion.
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984. When?
Tonight.
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985. Okay, then.
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986. Good evening.
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987. Good evening, Josh.
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988. Leo, would you
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989. excuse us for
a second?
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990. Toby, can I talk
to you outside?
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991. You told Donna.
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992. Yeah.
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993. Why didn't you let me?
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994. You hadn't yet.
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995. How'd she take it?
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996. If everybody out there
takes it the way she did
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997. we may be okay.
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998. If a few more people in here
took it the way she did
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999. that'd be all right, too.
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1000. Was that for me?
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1001. That was for me.
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1002. Tobacco.
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1003. Kalmbach's not
going to let it
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1004. come to a vote in
the subcommittee
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1005. which for the
moment is fine
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1006. 'cause if he did,
it'd be 8-7 against.
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1007. Party lines?
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1008. No.
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1009. We have Stacy and Miner
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1010. but Warren and
Rossitter are
voting against.
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1011. They have
ideological
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1012. problems
with the case.
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1013. What do you want
to do now?
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1014. Stick some dynamite
up Warren and Rossitter's ass.
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1015. Yeah, the problem is, Rossitter
sits on the Judiciary Committee
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1016. and I don't know
how many enemies on Judiciary
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1017. we want to
make right now.
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1018. Both of you listen.
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1019. We're not going to stop
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1020. soften, detour, postpone,
circumvent, obfuscate or trade
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1021. a single one of our goals
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1022. to allow for whatever
extracurricular nonsense
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1023. is coming our way in the next
few days, weeks and months.
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1024. When did we decide this?
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1025. Just now.
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1026. Light 'em up.
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1027. You got a recommendation for me?
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1028. 30 minutes Wednesday night.
Live.
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1029. Live to tape?
Live.
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1030. In the Mural Room?
Yeah. They pick
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1031. the interviewer, it's carried
on all the networks and CNN.
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1032. I give it to them
ten hours before.
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1033. And that's followed by
a press conference.
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1034. There isn't another step
we can take
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1035. until we know what the
President's intentions are.
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1036. We need a discussion,
and I hate to sound shrill
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1037. but it can't wait another night.
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1038. We're having a discussion.
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1039. When?
Tonight.
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1040. Really?
Yeah.
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1041. C.J.:
That's great.
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1042. Good evening.
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1043. Sam, what do you know?
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1044. I know that fluid accumulating
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1045. in the semicircular canals
of the vestibulo-cochlear nerve
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1046. is usually
what'll account for dizziness.
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1047. Leo, I want to state
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1048. right here, right now,
in terms so plain and clear
as to command their assent...
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1049. We're having a meeting tonight.
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1050. The whole country is going
to assume he's not running
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1051. when he announces
the thing.
We're having a meeting.
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1052. The press is
going to assume...
We're having a meeting!
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1053. Really?
Yeah.
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1054. That's great.
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1055. Yeah.
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1056. Why doesn't everybody
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1057. grab something to eat
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1058. be back at 9:00,
and you'll get called
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1059. to come over to the residence.
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1060. Josh, walk out
with me.
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1061. I mean it— set one off
under these guys.
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1062. How about
I have C.J.
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1063. make a statement
at her briefing?
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1064. A strong statement.
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1065. "The President
calls on Congress
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1066. "to fund the Justice
Department's tobacco lawsuit
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1067. at the levels necessary
to continue this litigation."
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1068. "The American people
deserve their day in court."
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1069. "And this Administration
won't sit on the bench
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1070. "while well-fed members
of the Appropriations Committee
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1071. "choke off funding
for a lawsuit
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1072. "aimed at the perpetrators
of hundreds of thousands
of negligent homicides
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1073. while filling
their campaign war chests."
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1074. Light 'em up.
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1075. Charlie?
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1076. Leo, there was
an accident at
18th and Potomac.
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1077. Mrs. Landingham was
driving her car back here.
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1078. What happened?
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1079. There was a drunk driver
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1080. and they ran the light
at 18th and Potomac.
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1081. They ran it at a high speed.
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1082. Charlie, is she
all right?
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1083. No.
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1084. She's dead.
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1085. Is he alone?
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1086. Yeah.
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