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room was available
in this building
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without complaint.
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about my level of interest
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of local gomers that you see?
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with a reporter dating
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on the way back?
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Energy Secretary
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in the middle of the night
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me on Air Force One
on the way back.
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of my life
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since taking this job.
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Before we get on the plane,
let me give you
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to the passenger manifest.
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Assistant Energy Secretary
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as well as Mr. Latham
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the White House Military Office
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as we have apparently taken—
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to calling it.
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Director Sam Seaborn
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going on the trip.
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I'm going on the trip.
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goes off the record
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why you're going on the trip?
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get away with it.
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tomorrow.
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on the midnight ride
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Wheels-up is 9:05.
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52. Mr. President?
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with Bruno and Hess.
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with Bruno and Hess.
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"Michigan sucks"?
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"Michigan sucks."
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standing pretty
close to the engines
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61. so it may
have sounded
like I said
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to get the ass-kicking
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Yeah.
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in the Gulf.
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67. Yeah...
It's Cypress-
flagged, but...
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coming out of Qais.
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they got oil?
Yeah.
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board them?
Yeah.
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I should know?
No, sir.
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73. Have a good flight,
Mr. President.
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Mr. President.
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77. Very well,
sir, thank you.
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to make the trip.
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Mr. President.
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80. Yes! I remember now.
You made one of your
funny, funny jokes.
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like this.
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92. Did he look tired?
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he'd canceled the event.
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and think out loud.
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with, uh, Matt Skinner.
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in the bill doesn't prohibit...
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a Federal definition.
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sticking around tonight?
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make a decision from the plane.
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the phone.
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electricity back on?
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117. It's time to go.
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118. Not for me. Matt Skinner's
coming down from the Hill.
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120. Two minutes ago.
Did you have plans?
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Look at me.
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during the day today.
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126. Pity the girl who tries to get
something past you, Josh.
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127. Did you steal that dress?
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128. I bought this dress.
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129. But you're returning it
tomorrow.
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130. Yes, I am.
That's stealing.
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It's "stealing."
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I'm being thrifty.
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Look...
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we're having dinner
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we are having dessert.
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You can do all those things
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the dancing and the dessert
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with dinner
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you better do it during dinner.
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at a party.
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about these things.
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about these things.
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taste in men
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to be coupled up
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drown out
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or self-worth that you may have.
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from now on.
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with Skinner.
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Good evening, ladies
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22,000 feet
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altitude of 38,000 feet.
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Pittsburgh and Cleveland
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of the University of Notre Dame
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Sam.
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to the pool yet.
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Mr. Seaborn
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you'd like for dinner?
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in the conference room.
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Jack Daniels and ice.
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Nothing for me.
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to work for a little bit.
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in about three hours.
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distributed.
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distributed.
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it back.
C.J...
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polishing it.
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than polishing it, C.J.
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get it back.
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there's a new
draft, and...
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the old draft back.
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They might.
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and it's got
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my fingerprints
all over it.
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it back. Come on.
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what you'd like for dinner?
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what you'd like for dinner?
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as a rendezvous point
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the Nicosia.
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carrying petroleum
products out of Iraq
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U.N. sanctions.
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we test a sample
of the oil
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point of origin
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market, the oil
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exceed the fine?
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exceeds the fine.
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sanctions, have sanctions.
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genuine disincentive.
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a chocolate chip muffin
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and a bag of ice, please?
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have Fresca.
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She's having dinner.
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no future with.
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some coffee or something?
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going to be rushed.
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talking about this
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right now.
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up tomorrow.
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doesn't prohibit
same-sex marriage.
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for the purposes of
Federal programs...
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will define marriage
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a man and a woman.
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while doing nothing
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on a state level.
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to prohibit it?
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said about homosexuals.
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by one of the guys
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who's sitting
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of the tanker refused
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destroyer USS Monterey.
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the deck with freight.
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the deck with?
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warning shots.
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Kalashnikovs.
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carrier group.
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going to have
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fire warning shots over the bow.
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this ends good.
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it's already over.
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that all I meant before
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and my divorce
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I would want to be...
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Who's on the phone?
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and escort it to Bahrain.
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maybe take out the propeller.
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it's a tanker full of crude oil.
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and hit something else...
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of tomorrow morning's...?
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Democrat, Republican
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education a national priority."
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and has no place.
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not a national priority before?
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All we need
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your heart rate.
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blow the doors off the place.
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with past solutions.
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about a permanent revolution.
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Mao Tse-tung?
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from quoting Communists.
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You think a Communist
never wrote an elegant phrase?
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everybody to be Communists?
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we need a radical approach...
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shouted down in every meeting.
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to education
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come up with an idea
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before landing in Portland
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paint a picture
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of great oratory.
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an idea that can be implemented?
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get the blood flowing.
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to get the blood flowing.
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wearing that dress
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tacks, you know that?
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With who?
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what you get there?
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that you work for me
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flash-seared escolar
with foie gras butter
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juniper berry gravlax
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of shaved fennel.
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'87 Petrus with that.
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and a bowl of soup.
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She mentioned that
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that maybe...
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if the sun is going to rise.
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It passed the Senate...
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are the same as yours—
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465. 60% of Americans oppose
legally sanctioned gay marriage.
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want the bill.
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468. The President needs
to sign the bill.
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469. Public opinion
can be wrong, Matt.
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marriage and school integration.
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471. You want me to reach back
into the nostalgia file?
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different.
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has a responsibility
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of minorities
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the minority's values
on the majority.
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isn't a minority value
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482. Uh, I'm back.
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Hey, Donna.
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485. Uh, it was good.
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486. Josh, I'll be around.
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487. Thanks.
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Recognition Act does
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that a radical social agenda
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upon an entire country
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banning same-sex marriage.
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protecting themselves
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without a Federal shield.
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I like
you guys
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the size of government—
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so it can fit in our bedrooms.
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to call the President?
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499. I got time.
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500. Hmm.
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501. Let's have another beer.
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502. How's everybody doing?
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503. C.J., why'd the flight
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meeting earlier.
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expecting it to run
long. I'll find out.
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you to give me back
the draft copies
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education speech.
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replace them.
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Toby and Sam
are doing
some work.
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polishing
the language.
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or a new program
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a policy shift.
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new program.
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in the speech.
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Excuse me.
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your press packets.
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hand them forward.
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to tell you
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approaching South Bend
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to hear the song
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and steady tempo.
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539. Colonel Chase.
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we didn't hit anything.
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541. No. F-18s fired over the bow
and the tanker stopped.
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543. Yeah, but the crew threw the log
and the registry overboard.
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this is going to end?
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best-case scenario?
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have to brief
Fitzwallace now.
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551. Yeah.
Margaret!
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Hutchinson and Berryhill?
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553. Yeah.
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554. And I need Air Force One the
next free minute he's got, okay?
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555. Yeah.
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556. That's usually
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557. pretty hard
to get through Congress.
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558. Why?
Subway money.
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559. It's a northeastern thing?
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560. Once you get south
of DC or west of Chicago
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562. and the ones they've got,
nobody's using.
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563. What about Miami
and San Francisco?
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564. ( knocking )
Come in.
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565. L.A., Miami, San Francisco,
maybe someday
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using them now.
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567. So pavement's going
to win this battle.
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570. Thanks, Steve.
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Mr. President.
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573. Thank you, Mike.
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575. Thank you.
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former President of Panama...
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577. You know where he went
to school? Notre Dame.
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578. Yes, sir. Also Joe Garagiola.
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579. Was that a crack?
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580. No, sir. I understand you'd like
to hear the song now?
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581. Yeah, but we got
to do it later.
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just opened
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583. and I'm going
to gauge the impact
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584. of Pacific Rim
banking reforms—
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585. a subject economics scholars
could take years on.
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Mr. President
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late departure tonight.
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590. The late scheduled
departure.
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late flights?
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repeating...
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late flights are good?
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to be earthbound
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with practicality.
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question.
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has thought about yet.
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want to use
the phrase
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607. Yes.
Mr. President...
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608. Mao took a lot of long
plane flights, Toby.
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610. Is there anything more
romantic than that?
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612. No, we left at 9:05
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613. because they thought
my budget meeting might run over
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614. but wouldn't it have been great
if that was the reason?
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615. Yes.
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616. You don't like
"permanent revolution"?
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but I think if we call
for a permanent revolution
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going to expect one.
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621. We're flying, Toby.
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622. Live a little. Yeah.
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623. Mr. McGarry.
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624. Oh, Leo...
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627. Is that C.J.?
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628. It's Donna Moss.
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629. Hi.
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630. What happened?
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the heat down.
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632. Did you try?
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633. No, I just looked
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and got discouraged.
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635. Really?
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636. Of course I tried.
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637. Ah.
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638. I could grow papayas in here.
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639. It's a nice office.
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640. It's the steam pipe
distribution venue.
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641. It's got character.
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642. I think I'm
losing weight.
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643. You want to come work upstairs
in the bullpen?
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644. I need to concentrate.
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645. Nobody's here.
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646. No, I'm fine, thank you.
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648. I just came down to say hi.
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649. And I'd talk, but I just...
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650. I need to get this done.
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651. I'll leave you alone.
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652. Thanks.
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654. I'm making notes for Josh.
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655. Ah.
Yeah.
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656. Interesting.
Yeah.
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657. The Constitutional
questions involved.
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658. Yeah.
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659. Full Faith and Credit.
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660. Right.
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661. Do you and I look alike?
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662. I'm sorry?
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663. Do we look alike?
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664. No.
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665. That's what I thought.
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666. I didn't think we looked alike.
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667. Yeah.
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668. Have you ever thought
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669. about dyeing your hair red?
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670. You should.
No. Why?
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671. It'd look good.
We don't look alike.
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672. No, and I tell people that.
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673. I'm going to go work upstairs.
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674. I'll see you tomorrow.
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675. I think
because of the alabaster skin
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676. and the farm
girl looks that...
You're wiggin' out.
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677. Yes.
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678. You sure you don't want
to work upstairs?
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679. No, it may be hot down here,
but at least it's quiet.
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680. Okay.
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681. Boy, I could
use a Fresca.
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683. the Bible to me?
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684. I didn't.
Really?
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685. My point, which was
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687. is that the founders
based the country
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688. on a Judeo-Christian morality...
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689. and that the
biblical concept
Mattof marriage
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from the law
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made it very clear
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Judeo-Christian morality
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of the law. Matt!
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695. What?
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696. What?
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697. Nothing.
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698. You understand that gay partners
will be permanently ineligible
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699. for survivor benefits,
Medicare, Medicaid...
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700. Which the government can't
afford to pay out anyway.
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701. So we caught a break there.
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704. Yeah?
Carol.
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the old drafts back?
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708. Yeah.
Good.
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710. Excuse me?
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711. Danny wanted
to keep his.
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712. Excuse me.
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714. How you doing?
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716. C.J., there's no reason why
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717. I should give that draft back
and you know it.
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718. You can't even believe
you're asking me for it
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719. so unless you're here
to give me a hot towel...
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720. Everybody else gave it back.
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721. Then everybody
else can buy my
paper tomorrow.
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723. no substantive changes,
no new policy initiatives.
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724. You don't have
to guarantee me.
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copy right here.
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727. we don't accidentally send
your luggage to Belgium
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729. Yeah, I wouldn't
want to find out
what it's like
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730. to be inconvenienced
by the White House.
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by the way.
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733. The reason we took off late.
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734. It was the budget meeting
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to be said...
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to be said
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737. for what?
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738. Nothing.
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740. "to appreciate the value
of teachers and teaching.
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her teaching career
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742. in a one room schoolhouse..."
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743. Actually, it was two rooms.
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744. Okay.
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745. Italian stonecutters
were paying her
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746. to teach their kids English
in the basement of the rectory.
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747. They put up a wall
and made it two rooms
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749. We'll change it
to two rooms.
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750. I haven't heard the big idea.
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751. Sir, the speech
is in pretty
good shape now.
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752. Yeah.
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I began my campaign..."
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754. What happened
to 100,000 new teachers?
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No money?
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756. No teachers.
Toby!
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100,000 new teachers.
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be teachers.
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there are tax incentives...
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the trick.
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but for right now...
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765. What does that mean?
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766. I was just scribbling.
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"Send them to college."
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768. I was just
scribbling.
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769. What did you mean,
"Send them to college"?
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770. No, 'cause it's like
circling horses in the paper
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771. but not making the bet.
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772. Tuition incentives.
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773. Mr. President.
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if this was an idea
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776. somebody would've
had it already.
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777. I find fault
with that formula.
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778. Well...
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779. What?
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to college or law school
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781. or medical school
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in the armed forces
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784. College tuition
to anyone
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785. who wants to
go to college
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786. in exchange for
they teach in a
public school
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787. we send them to
for three years.
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788. Why can't that
idea be floated?
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789. Anybody know how we pay for it?
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why don't we...?
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795. I'll be in my study.
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797. Ladies and gentlemen
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from the flight deck.
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799. We've been told
there's some choppy wind ahead
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to climb to 42,000 feet.
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is that gay spouses
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health benefits
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806. and 54% say
social security benefits
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haven't talked about
the 14th Amendment.
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Amendment...
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of the Equal Protection clause
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810. would dictate that homophobia
can't be made into a law.
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court to decide
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they'll uphold it.
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with you.
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doesn't sit on the
U.S. Supreme Court.
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or not.
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in the Senate to override...
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not in session.
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824. The President can
stick this in his pants
pocket and it's vetoed.
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through this twice
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827. and you will lose both times.
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830. to kleptomania
and sex addiction, Matt.
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831. Yes.
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the leader of your own party.
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833. He was wrong and I told him so.
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835. How can you be a member
Ask mof this party? Josh.
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836. You've been holding that in
for way too long, man.
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837. This party that says who you are
is against the law.
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never understood
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839. why you gun control people don't
all join the NRA.
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840. They've got two million members.
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to the next meeting
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of tossing guns... bam! Move on.
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of a strategy, Matt.
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at a meeting.
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Republican platform.
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local government.
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848. I'm in favor of individual
rights rather than group rights.
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country needs
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national defense.
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about being a homosexual.
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entirely about that.
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Congressman.
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The speech is fine.
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simplistic...
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the press off we may float
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initiative.
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them a heads up.
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873. Excuse me. I need to
go look like an idiot.
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874. We're not floating a
policy initiative, Sam.
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875. I don't care if it's a trip
to the moon on gossamer wings.
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876. Look...
It's pie-in-the-sky
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patronizing to have
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878. privileged Ivy Leaguers
play teacher
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most vulnerable children.
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taking advantage of this
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881. aren't going
to be overprivileged.
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882. How do you suppose the Teacher"
Union'll feel about it?
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100,000 new members.
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884. All of whom will leave
after three years.
Most of whom.
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abandoned as well.
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886. They won't
be abandoned.
Their teachers will leave.
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what do you care
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teacher's doing?
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to be role models to kids
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college graduates
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893. many of whom have grown up in
neighborhoods just like theirs.
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Toby, we could...
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getting the money?
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I froze up on that speech.
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a few days ago.
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the best in my row
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flute professionally
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interesting men?
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instrument to learn
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the Full Faith
and Credit clause.
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full faith and credit
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916. shall be given by each State
to the public Acts, Records
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of every other state.
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in Maryland
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recognized by Nebraska.
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921. ( phone ringing )
not unconstitutional?
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922. 'Cause it also says
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the manner in which
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what being married means
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928. Yeah?
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929. Toby.
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930. Yeah.
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931. What's going on?
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932. I'm going to tell him
to sign the damn thing.
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933. Okay.
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934. How's his mood?
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935. He's frustrated, he's feeling...
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936. Yeah. You know, when he goes off
on a thing, Toby
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937. he expects you to bring him in.
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938. He wants you to do it
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939. so he doesn't have
to do it himself.
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940. Josh, off the top of your head
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941. what do you think
about tuition incentives...?
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942. Pilot( over intercom ):
Ladies and gentlemen
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943. from the flight deck.
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944. We're 82 miles south
of the runway
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945. and beginning
our initial descent.
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946. If I could ask you all
to find seats. Thank you.
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947. What was that?
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948. We're landing.
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949. No, I mean, what were you...?
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950. Nothing.
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951. All right,
I'll talk to you later.
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952. I'm going to talk to Leo.
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953. I'll see
you guys Monday.
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954. Good night.
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955. Take it easy.
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956. Did you know she
played the trombone?
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957. I didn't.
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958. Tonight stunk, Josh.
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959. I'm sorry about that.
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960. I didn't mean
having to work
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961. although that
was a treat.
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962. I meant the guy.
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963. Who was he?
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964. A lobbyist
with Travis-West.
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965. He was pretty full of himself
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966. and without a lot
of cause to be.
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967. An obnoxious insurance
lobbyist...
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968. What were the odds?
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969. It isn't funny, Josh.
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970. I got to go see Leo.
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971. I'll call you in the morning.
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972. You looked really great
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973. in that dress
tonight, Donna.
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974. You should buy it for yourself.
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975. President ( over phone):
Yeah.
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976. Yeah.
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977. We hold the ship in Bahrain.
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978. It doesn't do anything
to hold the ship in Bahrain.
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979. Sir, we hold the ship in Bahrain
and send a sample of the oil
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980. to the U.S. Customs lab
in San Francisco.
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981. If the point of origin
violates sanctions...
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982. Yeah, you know
what's going to happen?
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983. They'll sell off the cargo
in a friendly port—
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984. 780,000 metric tons of gas oil
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985. against a $2 million fine
for the oil company.
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986. Mr. President...
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987. Which their profits from
the sale will more than cover.
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988. We're not providing
much of a disincentive
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989. to evade U.N. sanctions.
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990. What else is there to do?
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991. If we're going
to have sanctions at all
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992. I think that
we should make them stick.
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993. I think that we should
confiscate the cargo
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994. seize the ship, sell the oil
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995. and use the money to beef up
anti-smuggling operations.
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996. You don't mean tonight.
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997. You mean in the future.
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998. We're landing, Mr. President.
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999. Yeah, in the future.
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1000. Okay.
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1001. Josh wants to
talk about the...
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1002. Hang on.
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1003. You need me?
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1004. I can wait.
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1005. Yeah?
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1006. The Marriage Recognition Act.
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1007. Yeah.
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1008. Folks, we'll be landing
in just a few minutes.
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1009. Follow the blue
signs to your bus.
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1010. Oh, one thing
before we land.
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1011. When I said before
that there'd be
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1012. absolutely no policy shifts
or new initiatives
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1013. in the education speech tomorrow
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1014. that was correct,
except it's possible
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1015. there might be a policy shift
or a new initiative
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1016. in the education
speech tomorrow.
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1017. C.J.!
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1018. There isn't going
to be a change.
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1019. There isn't going to be
a change. Danny?
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1020. He's not going
to give it back.
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1021. Danny, Sam choked hard
on the last draft
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1022. and wants to burn it.
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1023. No problem.
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1024. No problem?
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1025. Tell him to relax.
He'll get his swing back.
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1026. Yeah.
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1027. Tell him I didn't read it.
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1028. Thanks.
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1029. You were just having
a little go at me,
weren't you?
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1030. Yeah, it's a long flight.
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1031. So you decided
to kill time by...
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1032. Yeah. You know why?
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1033. Tell me you went to Notre Dame.
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1034. Maybe next time you won't
be so quick to mock
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1035. on the eve
of a Michigan game.
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1036. There must be an escape hatch
here of some kind.
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1037. The Constitutional argument...
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1038. I don't care about
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1039. the Constitutional
argument, Josh
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1040. it's gay bashing.
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1041. Yes, sir, but...
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1042. It's legislative gay bashing.
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1043. How do I put my name on it?
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1044. I wouldn't, sir.
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1045. I'd put it away.
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1046. A pocket veto's
a politician's way out.
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1047. They'll send the bill again
when they're in session.
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1048. Meanwhile we focus on
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1049. the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act.
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1050. If I'm going to sign it
in January
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1051. why am I vetoing it now?
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1052. A symbolic gesture
to the gay community.
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1053. I'm sure the gay community
can't wait to thank me.
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1054. Mr. President?
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1055. This is just wrong.
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1056. Yeah.
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1057. You can look
at the polling numbers
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1058. and Article IV
and Social Security benefits.
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1059. It doesn't matter.
It's just wrong.
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1060. We shouldn't be defining love
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1061. and we certainly
shouldn't be ill-defining it.
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1062. It's wrong.
This is the job for...
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1063. It's the job of somebody else.
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1064. Well, right now, it's ours.
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1065. It's wrong.
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1066. Sir.
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1067. I should get out
a rubber stamp that says
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1068. "Josiah Bartlet votes no."
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1069. It's exactly what
the conservatives
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1070. are hoping you'll do.
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1071. I should get out a rubber stamp.
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1072. Sir?
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1073. Put it in a drawer.
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1074. Yes, sir.
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1075. Thank you, Mr. President.
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1076. We'll talk at the hotel.
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1077. Okay.
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1078. All right.
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1079. Have a good night.
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1080. You, too.
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1081. Hey, Leo, Margaret mentioned...
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1082. Oh, come on, Josh.
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1083. No, she just said...
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1084. My divorce papers
came today.
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1085. She thinks I'm
going to drink.
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1086. Sounds like a
pretty good reason to.
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1087. I'm an alcoholic.
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1088. I don't need a good reason to.
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1089. You want to have
coffee someplace?
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1090. I want to go home.
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1091. Okay.
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1092. I'll see you on Monday.
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1093. Margaret, I'm going.
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1094. Okay.
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1095. You're a good girl.
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1096. Okay.
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1097. C.J.:
Sir?
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1098. Yeah.
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1099. You're off
the phone?
Yeah.
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1100. There was a question?
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1101. For a sidebar on
the game tomorrow.
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1102. Why did you go
to Notre Dame?
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1103. Why not?
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1104. Bearing in mind
that I'm just
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1105. repeating someone
else's question
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1106. you were accepted
at Harvard, Yale
and Williams.
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1107. Why did you go
to Notre Dame?
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1108. 'Cause I was thinking
about becoming a priest.
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1109. Really?
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1110. Yeah.
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1111. What happened?
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1112. I met Abbey.
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1113. Why can't you ever give me
answers like that
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1114. when we're running
for something?
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1115. 'Cause I like to bother you.
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1116. Well, I shall
not be defeated.
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1117. Sit down.
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1118. Okay.
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1119. Mr. President.
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1120. Toby.
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1121. Here's a final draft.
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1122. Toby, you should sit down.
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1123. We're landing in a minute
and ten seconds.
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1124. How do you know that?
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1125. I set my watch to
the cockpit computer.
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1126. You should sit down.
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1127. Thank you.
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1128. You know why
the Assistant Energy Secretary
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1129. is on the plane?
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1130. You have a meeting with him
on the way back.
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1131. That's right.
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1132. I think Charlie's idea
was a good one.
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1133. I think you should ask Leo
to put together a team
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1134. to study the feasibility
of appropriations
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1135. for a pilot program
with a hundred teachers.
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1136. They're taking
the tanker to Bahrain
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1137. and the company's going
to make a profit.
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1138. Yes, sir.
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1139. The Marriage Recognition Act
is going to be law.
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1140. Yes, sir.
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1141. A hundred new teachers?
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1142. Yeah.
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1143. Instead of 100,000.
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1144. Yeah.
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1145. Well, it's a start, I guess.
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