1. Was it all just a dream?
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3. Did the last four years not really happen?
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He's often in my dreams.
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He was there too!
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He seemed so happy, like a miracle
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the winner in Delaware.
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I'm so sorry to interrupt you.
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if it weren't big!
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Florida in the Al Gore column.
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called The Fox News Channel
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in favor of the other guy.
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Fox News now projects
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of the Presidency of the United States.
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the other network said:
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made a mistake
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in the Al Gore column.
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of the decision desk at Fox that night,
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was none other
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John Ellis.
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get away with something like this?
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36. Well, first, it helps
if your brother is the governor
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We are gonna win Florida.
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the chairman of your campaign is also
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and that her state
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45. who aren't likely to vote for you.
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by the color of their skin.
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47. Then make sure your side fights
like it's life or death.
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about legitimacy is way overblown.
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and wait for the phone to ring.
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independent investigations prove
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under every scenario,
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on the Supreme Court
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with the Court's decision, I accept it.
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none of this was a dream.
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of both the House of Representatives
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to certify the election results,
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as outgoing Vice President
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an objection, the rules insisted
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support of just one Senator.
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in calling you that,
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of the overwhelming evidence
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in the joint session.
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to answer your question,
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of the House of Representatives,
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it is in writing and signed
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on behalf, and myself,
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in this last election.
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by a member of the Senate?
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89. Not signed by a member of the Senate,
the Senate is missing.
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90. Mr. President, it is in writing
and signed by myself,
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constituents in our country,
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in the Ninth Congressional district,
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who recognize that the Supreme Court,
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decided this election.
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it is not signed by one single Senator.
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over the United States Senate,
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99. Mr. President,
it is in writing and signed by myself
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constituents from Florida.
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102. Is the objection in writing
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of the House and a Senator?
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104. The objection is in writing,
and I don't care
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by a member of the Senate.
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that the rules do care, and...
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came to the aid of the African Americans
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they were told to sit down
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Mr. President, when we can't find
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- The gentleman!
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115. Won't sign objections,
Mr. President, I object!
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116. The gentleman will suspend.
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a worse kind of day in Washington.
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- Justice!
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- Now!
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that George W. Bush was inaugurated,
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poured into the streets of D.C.
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what had been taken from them.
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the inauguration parade to a halt.
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to prevent an even larger riot.
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130. No president had ever witnessed
such a thing on his Inauguration Day.
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for George W. Bush.
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his legislation passed,
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of the Senate.
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in the polls began to sink.
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to look like a lame duck president.
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according to the Washington Post,
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people would say I wasn't working.
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that Mr. Bush needed some time off.
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the definition of work, then.
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with telephones and faxes.
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the rest of the day?
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we're working on some things,
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on a few things, a few matters.
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some decisions that I will have made
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announcing them as time goes on.
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- Behave yourself, will you?
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something he knew a lot about!
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on a ranch in Texas.
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in the pickup truck with my dogs.
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the rest of August at the ranch,
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the soil looking for bugs.
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and there was Barney!
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chasing an armadillo.
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he left Texas
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he joined his brother in Florida,
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and met important Floridians.
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made with fine French linens.
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on Iraqi security forces?
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I don't want to blow my head off.
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if they want to hear.
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This is the Oval Office.
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nearly 3,000 people,
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attack ever on American soil.
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of the United States.
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seen him or knows where he is,
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to an elementary school in Florida.
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hitting the World Trade Center,
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just eight years prior,
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with his photo opportunity.
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the fast way. Get ready!
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Yes, mat! Get ready!
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to read the words on this page
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hit the tower, his chief of staff
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and told Mr.
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and no secret service
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and continued to read My Pet Goat
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with nobody doing anything.
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have shown up to work more often?
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one meeting since taking office
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with his head of counter-terrorism?
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why he had cut terrorism funding
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to him on August sixth 2001,
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about the terrorist threat
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but as in days past,
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continued to sit in the classroom.
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out with the wrong crowd?
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delivered a lot of weapons to?
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of religious fundamentalists
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when I was governor?
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the president's father,
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on a flight, forced to land in Milwaukee.
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were stranded, among them,
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at tonight's Latin Grammy awards.
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Ricky Martin could fly, but really,
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at the highest levels of our government
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Osama Bin Laden's family members
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and transport them out of this country.
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approved planes
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and numerous other Saudis.
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and nearly two dozen commercial planes
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out of the U.S.
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of the Bin Laden family,
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portrayed as a bad apple,
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and that they cut off
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around 1994.
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complicated than that.
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contact with other family members?
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the summer of 2001, just before 9/11,
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got married in Afghanistan,
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- That's right!
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good to see him again,
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of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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of Bin Laden's family, and—
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- In America!
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people to be subjected to any harm.
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we understood the high emotions,
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we got them all out.
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FBI agent Jack Cloonan.
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these people to have left.
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of the Bin Laden family,
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hand the subpoenas out,
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You know, get on the record.
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- Yeah!
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who were what?
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or they fit a very general picture.
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- We held hundreds, and I—
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where they think he might be?
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where your husband might be?
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give us a statement?
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- You got the time.
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- I asked you a question!
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and cops and firemen that ran
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never asked a question, and they're dead.
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they'll never have peace.
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- No, it's right.
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- No one would question.
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Counsellor, fine!
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for the McVeigh family?
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to Clinton if that had been revealed?
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- They're really lovely human beings.
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but I met him only once.
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to help us against the atheists,
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in the Texas Air National Guard.
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in the hopes of disproving the charge.
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and the public to see Bath's name
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410. on his military records?
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411. Perhaps he was worried
that the American people would find out
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412. that at one time James R. Bath
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413. was the Texas money manager
for the Bin Ladens.
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414. Bush and Bath had become good friends
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415. when they both served
in the Texas Air National Guard.
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416. After they were discharged,
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was head of the CIA,
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419. after selling a plane
to a man by the name
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420. of Salem Bin Laden,
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421. heir to the second largest fortune
in Saudi Arabia,
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422. the Saudi Binladin Group.
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423. W., at that time,
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424. was just starting off
in the world as a businessman.
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425. Because he's a guy who's always
tried to emulate his father,
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into the oil business.
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427. He founded an oil company,
a drilling company,
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428. out in west Texas called Arbusto,
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429. which was very, very good at drilling
dry holes that nothing came out of.
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430. But the question has always been,
where did this money come from?
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431. Now, his dad,
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432. his dad was rich.
His dad could have done this for him.
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433. But his dad didn't do this for him.
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434. There's no indication that Daddy
wrote a check
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435. to start him off in this company.
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436. So where did
George W. Bush get his money?
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437. I'm George Bush!
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438. One person who did
invest in him was James R. Bath.
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439. Bush's good friend, James Bath,
was hired by the Bin Laden family
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440. to manage their money
in Texas and invest in businesses.
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441. And James Bath himself, in turn,
invested in George W. Bush.
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442. Bush ran Arbusto into the ground,
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443. as he did every other company
he was involved in.
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444. Until, finally, one of his companies
was bought by Harken Energy.
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445. And they gave him
a seat on their board.
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446. A lot of us had suspected
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447. through the years,
that there has been Saudi oil money
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448. involved in all of these companies.
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449. Harken, Spectrum Seven,
Arbusto Drilling,
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450. all of the Bush companies.
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451. Whenever they got into trouble,
there were these angel investors
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452. who flowed money into the companies.
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453. So, the question is, why Saudis,
who had all the oil in the world,
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to invest in this lousy oil company?
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455. And the thing is it had one big asset,
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456. Harken had one thing going for it,
which is that George W. Bush
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458. at a time when his father was
President of the United States.
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459. When you're the president's son,
and you've got unlimited access,
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460. combined with some credentials
from a prior campaign,
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461. in Washington D.C.,
people tend to respect that.
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462. And, access is power.
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463. And, uh, I can find my dad
and talk to him any time of the day.
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464. Yes, it helps to be the president's son,
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465. especially when you're being investigated
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466. by the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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467. In 1990, when Mr. Bush
was a Director of Harken Energy,
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468. he received this memo
from company lawyers
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469. warning directors not to sell stock
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470. if they had unfavorable information
about the company.
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471. One week later, he sold
$848,000 worth of Harken stock.
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472. Two months later, Harken announced losses
of more than $23,000,000.
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473. The James Baker law partner
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474. who helped Bush beat
the rap from the SCC
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475. was a man by the name
of Robert Jordan, who,
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476. when George W. Became president,
was appointed ambassador
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478. After the Harken debacle,
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479. the friends of Bush's dad
got him a seat on another board
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480. of a company owned
by the Carlyle group.
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481. We wanted to look at which companies
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482. actually gained from September 11th.
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483. Turned up this company,
Carlyle Group.
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484. The Carlyle Group is
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485. a multinational conglomerate that invests
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486. in heavily government-regulated
industries like telecommunications,
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487. healthcare,
and particularly, defense.
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488. Both George W. Bush
and George H. W. Bush
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489. worked for the Carlyle Group,
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490. the same company that counted
the Bin Laden family among its investors.
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491. Carlyle Group was holding
its annual investor conference
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492. on the morning of September 11th
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493. in the Ritz Carlton Hotel
in Washington D.C. At that meeting,
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494. were all of the Carlyle regulars,
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495. James Baker, likely John Major,
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496. definitely George H. W. Bush,
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497. though he left the morning
of September 11th,
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498. Shafiq Bin Laden,
who is Osama Bin Laden's half-brother
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499. and was in town to look after
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500. his family's investments
in the Carlyle Group,
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501. um, all of them together
in one room watching
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502. as the planes hit the towers.
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503. And then in fact,
the Bin Laden family was invested
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which ironically meant
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505. that, um,
as the United States started
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506. increasing its defense spending,
the Bin Laden family stood to gain
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507. from those investments
through the Carlyle Group.
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508. Our Commander-in-chief,
our president, George W. Bush!
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509. With all
the weapons companies it owned,
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511. the eleventh largest defense
contractor in the United States.
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512. Thanks a lot!
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513. It owned United Defense,
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514. makers of the Bradley armored
fighting vehicle.
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515. September 11th guaranteed
that United Defense
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516. was going to have a very good year.
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517. Just six weeks after 9/11,
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518. Carlyle filed to take
United Defense public,
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519. and in December, made a one day profit
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520. of 237 million dollars, but sadly,
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521. with so much attention
focused on the Bin Laden family
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522. being important Carlyle investors,
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had to withdraw,
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524. Bush's dad, though,
stayed on as Senior Advisor
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525. to Carlyle's Asia Board
for another two years.
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526. As unseemly as it seems,
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527. uh, to...
know that George H. W. Bush
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528. was meeting with the Bin Laden family
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529. while Osama was a wanted terrorist,
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530. way before September 11th.
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531. It's very discomforting
for Americans to know that.
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532. George H. W. Bush is a man who has,
obviously, incredible reach
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533. into the White House.
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534. He receives daily CIA briefings,
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535. which is the right of any ex-president,
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536. but very few ex-presidents actually
exercise that right, he does.
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537. And I think in a very real way,
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538. they are benefiting
from the confusion that arises
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539. when George H. W. Bush visits
Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Carlyle,
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540. and meets with the royal family
and meets with the Bin Laden family.
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541. Um...
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542. Is he representing
the United States of America
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543. or is he representing
an investment firm
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544. in the United States of America
or is he representing both?
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545. This company is about money, it's not
about conspiracies to run the world
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546. or you know engineer political
maneuvering, things like that.
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547. It's about making money,
and it's about making a lot of money,
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548. and they've done very well.
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549. If I can get you
on the record on this question.
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550. In the White House view,
there is no ethical conflict
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551. in former President Bush
and former Secretary of State,
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552. Jim Baker, using their contacts
with world leaders to represent
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553. one of the most well-known military
arms dealers, the Carlyle Group?
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554. The president has full faith
that his family
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555. will conform with all proper
ethics laws, all ethics laws,
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556. and will act properly in their conduct.
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557. OK,
so let's say one group of people,
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558. like the American people,
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559. pay you $400,000 a year to be
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560. President of the United States.
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561. But then another group of people
invest in you,
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562. your friends
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563. and their related businesses
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564. 1.4 billion dollars
over a number of years,
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565. who are you gonna like?
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566. Who's your daddy?
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567. Over here, sir!
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568. Because that's how much
the Saudi Royals and their associates
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569. have given the Bush family.
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570. - Their friends...
- How are you, Sir?
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571. and their related businesses
in the past three decades.
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572. We've had
a very nice reunion with friends.
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573. Is it rude
to suggest that when the Bush family
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574. wakes up in the morning,
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575. they might be thinking
about what's best for the Saudis
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576. instead of what's best for you or me?
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577. 'Cause 1.4 billion just doesn't buy
a lot of flights out of the country,
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578. it buys a lot of love.
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579. Sooner or later,
this special relationship with a regime
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580. that Amnesty International condemns
as a widespread human rights violator
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581. would come back to haunt the Bushes.
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582. Now, after 9/11,
it was an embarrassment,
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583. and they preferred that no one
asked any questions.
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584. The investigation should have begun
on September 12th, um...
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585. There's no reason
why it shouldn't have.
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586. 3,000 people were dead, it was a murder,
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587. and it should have gotten
started immediately.
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588. First, Bush tried to stop Congress
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589. from setting up
its own 9/11 investigation.
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590. It's important for us to, uh...
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591. not reveal how we collect information!
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592. That's what the enemy wants.
And we're fighting an enemy.
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593. When he couldn't stop Congress,
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594. he then tried to stop an independent
9/11 commission from being formed.
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595. The president's position
was a break from history.
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596. Independent investigations were
launched within days of Pearl Harbor
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597. and President Kennedy's assassination.
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598. But when Congress
did complete its own investigation,
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599. the Bush White House censored
28 pages of the report.
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600. The president is
being pressed by all sides
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601. to declassify the report.
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602. U.S. officials tell NBC News
most of the secret source
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603. involve Saudi Arabia.
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604. We have given
extraordinary cooperation
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605. with chairmen Keane and Hamilton.
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606. We haven't gotten
the materials we needed,
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607. and we certainly haven't
gotten them in a timely fashion.
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608. The deadlines we set have passed.
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609. Will you testify
before the commission?
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610. This commission?
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611. You know, I don't, testify.
I mean, I'd be glad to visit with them.
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612. What it will do is,
the hole that's in my heart,
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613. and has been in my heart
since September 11th,
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614. I lost my husband of fifteen years.
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615. I am now by myself. Um...
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616. I need to know what happened to him.
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617. I know what I got back,
from the... the autopsy.
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618. Uh...
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619. That man was my life,
and I have no plan.
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620. I took a... I was taking a class,
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621. and they asked me what was I going
to do in the next five years.
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622. And if I'm not doing something with this,
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623. I don't know what reason
I have to live.
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624. So, it's very important.
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625. Very important.
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626. OK? Thank you.
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627. Ignored by the Bush administration,
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628. more than 500 relatives
of 9/11 victims
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629. filed suit
against Saudi royals and others.
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630. For lawyers,
the Saudi Defense Minister
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631. hired to fight the 9/11 families,
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632. the law firm of Bush family confident,
James A. Baker.
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633. So, right here in the center
of three important American landmarks,
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634. the Watergate hotel and office building,
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635. the Kennedy center over there,
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636. and the embassy of Saudi Arabia.
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637. Yeah!
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638. How much money do the Saudis
have invested in America, roughly?
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639. I've heard figures
as high as 860 billion dollars.
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640. 860 billion?
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641. Billion!
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642. - That's a lot of money!
- A lot!
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643. And, uh...
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644. what, what percentage of our economy
does that represent?
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645. It seems like a lot.
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646. Well, in terms
of in investments on Wall Street,
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647. American equities, it's roughly
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648. six or seven percent of America.
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649. They own a fairly
good slice of America.
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650. And most of that money goes
into the great blue chip companies.
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651. Citigroup, Citibank is
the largest stockholder is a Saudi.
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652. AOL Time Warner
has big Saudi investors.
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653. So, I read
the Saudis have a trillion dollars
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654. in our banks, of their money.
What would happen if like, one day,
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655. they just pulled
that trillion dollars out?
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656. A trillion dollars?
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657. That would be
an enormous blow to the economy.
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658. Right, right.
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659. Mr. Moore,
can I speak to you for a moment?
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660. Yeah, sure!
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661. - How are you?
- Good, how are you doing?
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662. Steve Kimball, Secret Service.
How are you, Sir?
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663. We're just ascertaining
information regarding...
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664. - Oh, OK.
- Are you doing a documentary
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665. regarding the Saudi Arabia embassy,
the chancellery?
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666. No, I am doing a documentary.
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667. - Right.
- Part of it is about Saudi Arabia.
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668. Even though we were
nowhere near the White House,
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669. for some reason,
the Secret Service had shown up
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670. to ask us what we were doing
standing across the street
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671. from the Saudi embassy.
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672. We're not here to cause
any trouble or anything,
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673. uh, you know. Is that...
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674. No, that's fine.
We just wanted to make sure,
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675. just wanted to get some information
as far as what was actually going on.
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676. Yeah.
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677. I didn't realize the Secret Service
guards foreign embassies.
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678. Not usually. No, sir.
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679. No, no. Do they give you any trouble,
the Saudis?
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680. Uh, no comment on that, sir.
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681. Oh, OK, I'll take that as a yes.
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682. Alright, good.
Thank you very much.
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683. It turns out that Saudi Prince Bandar
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684. is perhaps the best protected
ambassador in the U.S.
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685. The U.S. State Department provides him
with a six-man security detail.
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686. Considering how he and his family
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687. and the Saudi elite
own seven percent of America,
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688. it's probably not a bad idea.
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689. Prince Bandar
was so close to the Bushes,
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690. they considered him
a member of the family
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691. and they even had
a nickname for him, Bandar Bush.
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692. Two nights after September 11th,
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693. George Bush invited Bandar Bush
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694. over to the White House
for a private dinner and a talk.
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695. Even though Bin Laden was a Saudi,
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696. and Saudi money had funded Al-Qaeda,
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697. and 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis.
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698. Here was the Saudi ambassador
casually dining
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699. with the president on September 13th.
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700. What were they talking about?
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701. Were they commiserating?
Or comparing notes?
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702. Why would Bandar's government
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703. block American investigators
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704. from talking to the relatives
of the 15 hijackers?
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705. Why would Saudi Arabia become reluctant
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706. to freeze the hijacker's assets?
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707. The two of them walked out
on the Truman Balcony
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708. so that Bandar could smoke
a cigar and have a drink.
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709. In the distance, across the Potomac,
was the Pentagon, partially in ruins.
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710. I wonder if Mr. Bush told
Prince Bandar not to worry,
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711. because he already
had a plan in motion.
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712. You come in September 12th
ready to plot what response
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713. we take to Al-Qaeda.
Let me talk to the...
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714. about the response that you got
from top administration officials.
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715. On that day,
what did the president say to you?
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716. The president, in a very intimidating way,
left us, me and my staff,
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717. with the clear indication
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718. that he wanted us to come back
with the word that there was an Iraqi hand
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719. behind 9/11, because they had been
planning to do something
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720. about Iraq from before the time
they came into office.
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721. Did he ask about any other
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722. - nations other than Iraq?
- No. No, no.
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723. No, not at all, it was
"Iraq, Saddam, find out, get back to me!"
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724. And were his questions more
about Iraq than about Al-Qaeda?
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725. Absolutely. Absolutely!
He didn't ask me about Al-Qaeda.
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726. The reaction you got from
the Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
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727. and from his assistant Paul Wolfowitz?
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728. Well, Donald Rumsfeld said
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729. when we talked about bombing the Al-Qaeda
infrastructure in Afghanistan,
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730. he said there were no good targets
in Afghanistan.
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731. "Let's bomb Iraq!"
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732. And we said:
"But Iraq had nothing to do with this."
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733. And that didn't seem
to make much difference.
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734. And the reason they had to do
Afghanistan first
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735. was it was obvious
that Al-Qaeda had attacked us
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736. and it was obvious
that Al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan.
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737. The American people
wouldn't have stood by
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738. if we had done
nothing on Afghanistan.
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739. The United States
began bombing Afghanistan
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740. just four weeks after 9/11,
Mr. Bush said he was doing so
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741. because the Taliban government
of Afghanistan
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742. had been harboring Bin Laden.
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743. I will smoke them out of their holes.
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744. We'll smoke them out!
Smoke him out!
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745. Smoke him out of his cave!
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746. Let's rush him and smoke him out!
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747. For all this tough talk,
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748. Bush really didn't do much.
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749. But, what they did was slow and small.
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750. They put only 11,000 troops
into Afghanistan.
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751. There are more police here in Manhattan,
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752. more police here in Manhattan
than there are U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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753. Basically the president botched
the response to 9/11,
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754. he should have gone after Bin Laden,
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755. the U.S. Special Forces
didn't get into the area
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756. where Bin Laden was for two months!
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757. Two months?
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758. A mass murderer
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759. who attacked the Unites States
was given a two months head start?
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760. Who in their right mind
would do this?
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761. Anybody say nice shot?
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762. Nice shot! Hell of a shot.
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763. Or was the war in Afghanistan
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764. really about something else?
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765. Perhaps the answer
was in Houston, Texas.
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766. In 1997, while George W. Bush
was governor of Texas,
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767. a delegation of Taliban leaders
from Afghanistan
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768. flew to Houston to meet
with Unocal executives
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769. to discuss the building
of a pipeline through Afghanistan,
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770. bringing natural gas from the Caspian Sea.
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771. And who got a Caspian Sea
drilling contract
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772. the same day Unocal signed
the pipeline deal?
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773. A company headed by a man
named Dick Cheney,
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774. Halliburton.
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775. From the point of view
of the U.S. government,
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776. this was kind of a magic pipeline,
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777. um, because it could serve
so many purposes.
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778. And who else stood
to benefit from the pipeline?
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779. Bush's number one
campaign contributor, Kenneth Lay,
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780. and the good people of Enron.
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781. Only the British press covered this trip.
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782. Then in 2001, just five and a half
months before 9/11,
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a special Taliban envoy
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784. to tour the United States to help improve
the image of the Taliban government.
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785. You have imprisoned the women.
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786. It's a horror, let me tell you.
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787. And I'm really sorry to your husband.
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788. He must have
a very difficult time with you.
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789. Here is the Taliban official visiting
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790. our State Department
to meet with U.S. officials.
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791. Why on Earth would
the Bush administration
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792. allow a Taliban leader
to visit the United States,
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793. knowing that the Taliban
were harboring the man
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796. Well, I guess 9/11 put a stop to that.
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797. When the invasion
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799. Hamid Karzai.
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800. Who was Hamid Karzai?
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801. He was a former advisor to Unocal.
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802. Bush also appointed
as our envoy to Afghanistan
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806. where this is leading.
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807. Faster than you can say
"Black Gold, Texas Tea",
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808. Afghanistan signed an agreement
with their neighboring countries
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809. to build a pipeline
through Afghanistan
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810. carrying natural gas
from the Caspian Sea.
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812. Ah, they mostly got away.
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813. As did Osama Bin Laden
and most of Al-Qaeda.
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815. and, he's just... He's a person
who's now been marginalized.
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that much time on him,
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818. to even be honest with you.
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819. "Didn't spend that much time on him?"
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820. What kind of president was he?
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821. I'm a war president.
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822. I make decisions here
in the Oval Office, uh,
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823. in foreign policy matters,
with war on my mind.
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824. With the war in Afghanistan over
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825. and Bin Laden, forgotten,
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826. the "war president" had a new target...
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827. the American people.
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828. We've got an unusual terror warning
from the Feds to tell you about.
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829. Fox News has obtained an FBI bulletin
that warns terrorists could use pen guns,
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830. just like in James Bond,
filled with poison, as weapons.
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831. Good evening everyone,
America is on high alert tonight,
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832. just four days before Christmas.
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833. A possible terror threat...
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834. As bad as, or worse than 9/11.
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835. But where? How?
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836. There's nothing specific to report.
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837. Be on the lookout
for model airplanes
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838. packed with explosives.
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839. And the FBI is warning ferries
may be considered particularly at risk
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840. for hijacking.
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841. Could these cattle
be a target for terrorists?
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842. - Fear works!
- Fear does work, yes!
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843. You can make people do
anything if they're afraid.
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844. And how do you make them afraid?
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845. Well, you make them afraid
by creating an aura of endless threat.
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846. They played us like an organ.
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847. They raised the...
They lit the orange, and then up to red,
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848. and they dropped it back to orange.
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849. I mean, they gave these mixed messages,
which were crazy making.
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850. The world has changed
after September 11th.
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851. It's changed
because we're no longer safe.
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852. Fly and enjoy
America's great destination spots.
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853. We've entered
what may very well prove to be
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854. the most dangerous
security environment the world's known.
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855. Take your families and enjoy life!
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856. Terrorists are doing everything they can
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857. to gain even deadlier means
of striking us.
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858. Get down to Disney World in Florida.
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859. It's like training a dog.
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860. You tell him "Sit down" and you tell him
to roll over at the same time,
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861. dog doesn't know what to do.
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862. Well, the American people
were being treated like that.
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863. It was really very, very skillfully
and ugly what they did.
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864. We must stop the terror!
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865. I call upon all nations
to do everything they can
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866. to stop these terrorists killers.
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867. Thank you.
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868. Now watch this drive.
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869. Alright, hit another one!
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870. They will continue, in my view, as long as
this administration is in charge,
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871. of every once in a while
stimulating everybody to be afraid.
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872. Just in case you forgot.
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873. It's not going to go down
to green or blue.
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874. It's never gonna get there.
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875. There clearly is no way
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876. that anyone
can live constantly on edge like that.
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877. The harsh reality facing
American families today
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878. is that they're not as safe
as they used to be.
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879. Drug dealers and users
looking for their next fix.
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880. Gangs who roam the streets
in search of their next victim,
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881. and the growing threat of terrorists
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882. means the need
for protection is ever greater.
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883. And now, that protection is here.
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884. Zytech Engineering, LLC has developed
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885. and tested a safe room
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886. finally affordable
to the average American citizen.
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887. The kind of protection
formerly obtainable
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888. only by the wealthy or powerful.
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889. Heck, you can be sitting in here
drinking your finest Bordeaux
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890. and enjoying life while
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891. chaos is erupting outside.
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892. Every family in America
should prepare itself
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893. for a terrorist attack.
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894. Now to escaping from a skyscraper,
John Rivers
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895. is the CEO
of the Executive Chute Corporation.
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896. - Good morning to you, John.
- Good morning, Matt.
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897. Tell me about the product
you're bringing to the market.
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898. It's an emergency escape chute.
It's an option of last resort.
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899. How high do you have
to be in the building
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900. for that chute
to actually take effect?
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901. You only have to be
on the tenth floor or above
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902. - They can put this on themselves?
- Right.
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903. They can put this on themselves
in as easy as about thirty seconds.
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904. It's really easy to put on.
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905. You...
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906. - Sorry.
- It's okay.
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907. Really easy to put on, but...
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908. When you first get the chute,
you're gonna want to put it on
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909. and try it on a few times yourself.
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910. Jamie's having a little
trouble putting that thing on,
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911. I mean, is this something that,
that you honestly think
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912. in a moment of panic,
that someone can operate properly?
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913. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it is, it's...
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914. Jamie's probably never put this thing
on before in her life, so...
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915. It's okay, don't worry about it.
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916. It's something that when you get it,
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917. you're gonna want
to put it on several times.
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918. Well, despite the raising
of the terror alert level,
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919. residents here in Saginaw are continuing
with their Christmas errands.
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920. Frances Stroik and her family do some
last minute holiday shopping
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921. knowing that Al-Qaeda
is planning to attack America.
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922. She says being in Saginaw
doesn't make her feel any safer
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923. than if she was in New York City.
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924. Midland is close-by.
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925. And I said:
"Detroit's not far, that far away",
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926. I said: "there could be something",
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927. and Flint could also be some,
be concerns for people around here.
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928. Well you, you never know
where they're gonna hit.
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929. One potential target
specifically mentioned by the terrorists
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930. has security officials baffled.
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931. It's tiny Tappahannock, Virginia,
population 2,016.
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932. Such an attack
could generate widespread fear.
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933. That even here,
in rural small town America,
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934. no one is entirely safe.
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935. Oh, on the six o'clock news,
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936. there was something about
a terrorist alert in Tappahannock.
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937. What did the FBI tell you?
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938. Well, they contacted me by phone.
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939. Uh, basically to let me know
about this word Tappahannock,
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940. and that's how it started.
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941. In their so-called chatter
that they pick up,
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942. they weren't sure, "Tappahannock",
there's a "Rappahannock County".
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943. This is the "Rappahannock River".
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944. There is a Rappahannock,
a place called Rappahannock,
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945. and they got it mixed up.
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946. This is Tappahannock,
not Rappahannock.
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947. Is there any terrorist target
around here?
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948. Not that we can really think of.
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949. It can happen anywhere.
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950. - We have a Walmart here.
- We have a big spaghetti supper here.
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951. Walmart, probably!
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952. Do you feel suspicious of outsiders?
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953. Oh, everybody does it.
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954. It's just something that happens.
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955. When I look at certain people,
I wonder: "Oh, my goodness!
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956. Do you think
they could be a terrorist?"
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957. - You never know what's gonna happen.
- It's right, you never know!
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958. It could happen right now.
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959. Never trust nobody you don't know!
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960. And even if you do know them,
you really can't trust them then.
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961. From Tappahannock
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962. to Rappahannock,
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963. to every town and village in America,
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964. the people were afraid.
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965. And they turned to their leader
to protect them,
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966. but protect them from what?
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967. Meet John Ashcroft, in 2000,
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968. he was running for re-election
as Senator from Missouri
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969. against the man who died
the month before the election.
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970. The voters preferred the dead guy.
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971. So, George W. Bush made him
his Attorney General.
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972. He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles,
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973. 'cause when you can't beat a dead guy,
you need all the help you can get.
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974. During the summer before 9/11,
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975. Ashcroft told acting FBI director,
Thomas Pickard,
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976. that he didn't want to hear anything
more about terrorist threats.
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977. Mr. Watson had come to you
and said that the CIA was very concerned
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978. that there would be an attack.
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979. You said that you told
the Attorney General
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980. this fact repeatedly in these meetings.
Is that correct?
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981. I told him
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982. at least on two occasions.
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983. And you told the staff,
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984. according to this statement,
that Mr. Ashcroft told you
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985. that he did not want to hear
about this anymore.
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986. Is that correct?
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987. That is correct.
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988. His own FBI knew that summer
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989. that there were
Al-Qaeda members in the U.S.,
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990. and that Bin Laden was sending
his agents to flight schools
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991. around the country.
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992. But Ashcroft's Justice Department
turned a blind eye and a deaf ear.
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993. But after 9/11,
John Ashcroft had some brilliant ideas
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994. for how to protect America.
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995. The U.S.A.
Act adopted by Congress
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996. and signed by Bush
six weeks after the attacks
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997. changed the way
the government does business.
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998. The U.S.A. PATRIOT Act
allows for searches of medical
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999. and financial records,
computer and telephone conversations,
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1000. and even for the books
you take out of the library.
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1001. But most of the people we spoke to
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1002. say they're willing to give up
some liberties to fight terrorism.
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1003. Maybe that's a good thing.
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1004. It's definitely sad,
but it has to be done.
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1005. Yes, something needed to be done.
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1006. These are the good people
who make up Peace Fresno.
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1007. A community group in Fresno, California.
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1008. Unlike the rest of us,
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1009. they've received an early lesson
in what the PATRIOT Act is all about.
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1010. Each week they meet
to discuss matters of peace!
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1011. They sit around, they share stories.
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1012. They eat cookies.
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1013. Some have more than one.
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1014. This is Aaron Stokes,
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1015. a member of Peace Fresno.
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1016. The other members liked him.
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1017. He had come
to the meetings, he went with us,
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1018. we'd go out on Friday nights
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1019. and stand
on a very busy corner in Fresno,
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1020. and he had gone with us,
he had handed out flyers,
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1021. he went with us in June
to a W.T.O. protest.
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1022. Then one day,
Aaron didn't show up to the meeting.
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1023. My friend Dan and I were reading
the Sunday newspaper,
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1024. and when I picked up the paper,
in the local section,
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1025. Aaron's picture caught my eye.
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1026. The article said that a Sheriff's
deputy had been killed
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1027. and I saw it had a name
that wasn't the right name.
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1028. It said that he was a member
of the sheriff's anti-terrorism Unit.
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1029. That's right!
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1030. The photo of the man in the newspaper
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1031. was not the Aaron Stokes
they had come to know.
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1032. He was actually Deputy Aaron Kilner
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1033. and he had infiltrated their group.
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1034. Sheriff Pierce
made it very clear that yes, in fact,
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1035. Aaron Kilner was assigned
to infiltrate Peace Fresno,
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1036. that he was able
to infiltrate organizations
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1037. that are open to the public.
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1038. You could understand why the police
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1039. needed to spy on a group
like Peace Fresno.
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1040. Just look at them!
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1041. A gathering of terrorists,
if I ever saw one!
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1042. This is Barry Reingold, a retired
phone worker from Oakland, California.
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1043. Barry likes to work out in the gym.
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1044. Somewhere between his cardio
and his strength training,
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1045. Barry got political.
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1046. We were up in the gym
and it was after we were working out
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1047. and a number of us were talking
about 9/11 and Afghanistan and Bin Laden,
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1048. and someone said:
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1049. "Bin Laden's a real asshole
for murdering those people."
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1050. and I said: "Yeah that's true!
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1051. But he will never be
as big an asshole as Bush,
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1052. who bombs all over
the world for oil profits."
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1053. Barry didn't have
to worry about the police spying on him.
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1054. His fellow weight lifters were
more than willing to turn him in.
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1055. I was taking a nap,
and I guess it was 1:30 p.m.,
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1056. two o'clock in the afternoon,
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1057. and they came to my place and I said:
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1058. "Well, who's there?"
and they said: "The FBI."
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1059. I said: "The FBI?"
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1060. I mean, why are they here?
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1061. Yes, the FBI had come to see Barry,
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1062. and they weren't
there to Jazzercize.
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1063. The FBI said:
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1064. "Have you been talking
to people about 9/11
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1065. and about Bin Laden
and oil profits and Afghanistan?"
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1066. I said: "A lot of people
are talking about these things."
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1067. And I feel my rights have been,
you know, trampled on.
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1068. I mean, if you have something
to say to me in the gym, well, then, fine!
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1069. Don't tell the FBI and they come
to my apartment while I'm taking a nap.
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1070. There's nothing to be ashamed of here.
There is full transparency.
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1071. There is nothing about the PATRIOT Act
that I am ashamed of
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1072. in any way, shape or form.
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1073. I have a 1-800 number, call me!
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1074. I'm the guy you call,
if there's a violation or abuse.
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1075. If you've got a poster child on this,
I wanna see it, that's what I do.
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1076. I'm hired by the people
of the United States to provide oversight,
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1077. I provide oversight.
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1078. Trent Lott said
the day the bill was introduced:
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1079. "Maybe now we can do things we've wanted
to do for the last ten years."
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1080. You know, a dictatorship
would be a heck of a lot easier,
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1081. it's no question about it.
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1082. I mean, they had all this
on the shelf somewhere,
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1083. ideas of things they would like to do.
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1084. And they got 9/11 and they said:
"It's our chance! Go for it!"
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1085. There was an immediate assumption
on the part of the Administration
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1086. that there had to be a surrender
of certain of our rights.
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1087. There's several definitions
in the Bill that are quite troubling.
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1088. First of all,
the definition of "terrorist"!
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1089. It's so expansive
that it could include people—
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1090. No one read it, that's the whole point!
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1091. They wait till the middle of the night,
they drop it in the middle of the night,
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1092. it's printed in the middle of the night,
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1093. and the next morning
when we come in, it passes.
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1094. Erm, how could Congress
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1095. pass this PATRIOT Act
without even reading it?
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1096. Sit down, my son!
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1097. Uh, we don't read most of the bills.
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1098. Do you really know what that would entail
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1099. if we were to read every bill
that we pass?
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1100. Uh...
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1101. Well the good thing, it would slow down
the legislative process.
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1102. I couldn't believe that
virtually no member of Congress had read
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1103. the PATRIOT Act before voting on it.
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1104. So I decided the only
patriotic thing to do was for me
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1105. to read it to them.
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1106. Members of Congress,
this is Michael Moore!
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1107. I would like to read you
the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act!
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1108. Section one, section 210
of this code reads as follows!
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1109. Section 2703 C.
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1110. My job is to secure the homeland
and that's exactly what we're going to do.
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1111. But I'm here to take somebody's order.
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1112. That would be you, Stretch,
what would you like?
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1113. - Right behind you!
- I'm gonna order some ribs!
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1114. We all know you can't
secure the homeland on an empty stomach.
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1115. And in order to remain secure,
everyone needs to sacrifice.
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1116. Especially little Patrick Hamilton.
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1117. I'm sure each of us has our own personal
airport security horror story.
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1118. But here's my favorite:
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1119. the terrorist threat that was posed
by his mommy's breast milk.
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1120. I thought if I just put a little bit
on my lips, then that would be sufficient
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1121. because obviously I'm tasting it.
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1122. And she looked at me
and I felt like she was telling me:
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1123. "You need to chug that."
She goes: "No, you need to drink more."
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1124. And of a four ounce bottle, I wound up
drinking two more ounces of breast milk
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1125. that, then, because it's touched my lips,
has to be tossed.
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1126. While Homeland Security
was making sure breast milk
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1127. was kept off our planes,
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1128. they were also doing everything possible
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1129. to ensure no one
could light a fire bomb on board.
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1130. I can bring that on the plane?
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1131. Actually, you can, yes, you're fine.
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1132. Oops! One too many books of matches.
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1133. You can have four books of matches
and two lighters.
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1134. When we already have the experience
of Richard Reid, the shoe bomber,
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1135. who would have
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1136. blown up an airplane with his shoe bomb,
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1137. had he had a butane lighter,
according to the FBI,
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1138. why would the Transportation
Security Agency say it's okay
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1139. to take four books of matches
and two lighters in your pockets
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1140. as you board an airplane?
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1141. I'm guessing that somebody
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1142. put pressure on them to say, you know:
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1143. "When an airplane lands,
people want to light up pretty quickly,
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1144. so don't take their lighters away."
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1145. OK, let me see if I got this straight!
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1146. Old guys in the gym? Bad.
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1147. Peace groups in Fresno? Bad.
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1148. Breast milk? Really bad.
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1149. But matches and lighters on a plane?
Oh, hey, no problem!
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1150. Was this really about our safety?
Or was something else going on?
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1151. This is where the Pacific Ocean
meets the shores of Oregon,
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1152. over 100 miles of beautiful
open coastline on our border.
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1153. And, thanks to the budget cutbacks,
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1154. the total number of State police
protecting it...
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1155. One!
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1156. Part-time.
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1157. Meet trooper Brooks.
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1158. I maybe get a chance
to hit this stretch of highway
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1159. once, maybe twice
a week during my shifts.
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1160. Um, you know,
it's just to even drive up here and look.
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1161. You know, I mean, as far as I know,
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1162. somebody could...
There's lot of things they could do.
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1163. I don't even want to suspect,
because it just makes me ill inside.
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1164. Back at the State trooper patrol office,
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1165. thanks to the budget cuts, trooper Kenyon
had to come in on his day off to catch up
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1166. on some paperwork.
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1167. For the most part, especially during
the summertime, when people show up,
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1168. this is exactly what they get,
they close the door,
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1169. they can read the sign
about the office closure,
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1170. and, it just basically explains that,
you know, due to our cutbacks,
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1171. that our office is not open
for administrative business.
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1172. There's a little sign down at the bottom
that explains when the office is closed.
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1173. And that they can use the phone booth
to get in touch with our dispatch.
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1174. Ironically enough, that phone is a piece
of junk, it doesn't work very well,
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1175. so, half the time,
when they pick up the phone
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1176. and dispatch gets a bunch of static
and they don't hear anything.
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1177. For Tuesday,
there'll be no troop on patrol.
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1178. Wednesday,
there'll be no troop on patrol.
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1179. Thursday,
there'll be no troop on patrol
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1180. You get calls all the time,
people will call in a suspicious vehicle,
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1181. or somebody looking suspicious,
you know...
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1182. And I don't hardly ever respond
to that anymore.
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1183. I just don't have the time to do it.
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1184. One night I asked: "How many people
do we have in this state of Oregon
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1185. on duty tonight?"
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1186. And we had eight troopers on
for the entire state of Oregon working.
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1187. I think, you know,
Oregon is a prime example
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1188. that homeland security
is not as secure as what,
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1189. I think, people would like to believe.
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1190. Nobody's sent me any manual that says
here's how you catch a terrorist,
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1191. you know,
and if I had that manual, I'd read it.
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1192. But I don't, so...
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1193. Yeah...
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1194. Of course, the Bush
administration didn't hand out a manual
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1195. on how to deal with the terrorist threat,
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1196. because the terrorist threat wasn't
what this was all about.
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1197. They just wanted us to be fearful enough
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1198. so that we'd get behind
what their real plan was.
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1199. Four minutes!
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1200. Start from the top!
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1201. Okay. Alright?
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1202. How much time?
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1203. Three minutes!
Stand by!
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1204. 30 seconds!
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1205. Fifteen seconds!
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1206. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
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1207. four, three, two, one.
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1208. My fellow citizens!
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1209. At this hour,
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1210. American and coalition forces are
in the early stages of military operations
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1211. to disarm Iraq, to free its people,
and to defend the world from grave danger.
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1212. On my orders, coalition forces have begun
striking selected targets
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1213. of military importance
to undermine Saddam Hussein's
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1214. ability to wage a war.
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1215. On March 19th, 2003,
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1216. George W. Bush
and the United States military
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1217. invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq.
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1218. A nation that had never attacked
the United States.
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1219. A nation that had never threatened
to attack the Unites States.
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1220. A nation that had never murdered
a single American citizen.
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1221. What's this baby's crime?
Was he going to fight the soldiers?
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1222. Cowards! I went out with a bat
and asked the soldier to hit me.
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1223. I swear on the Quran.
Those who don't fear death don't die.
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1224. Now, we're going to find this,
I think, piece of my neighbor, young girl.
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1225. Age twenty, Sham's.
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1226. I think is other part of her body.
That's all.
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1227. There is a lot of innocent civilians
that were killed
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1228. and I think
that's because the U.S. Army,
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1229. you know, we came in,
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1230. and we knew it wasn't gonna be easy,
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1231. and they pretty much at first,
shot anything that moved.
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1232. When war happens and the fighting starts,
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1233. you know, it's kinda like we're pumped up
and motivated and ready to go.
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1234. It's the ultimate rush.
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1235. 'cause you know you're going
into the fight to begin with,
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1236. and then you got a good song playing
in the background,
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1237. and that's... That gets you
real fired up, ready to do the job.
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1238. You can hook your CD player to the tank's
internal communications system.
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1239. To the Charlie box.
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1240. So that way, when you put your helmet on,
you can hear it through it.
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1241. This is the one we listen to the most,
this is the one we travel
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1242. when we kill the enemy,
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1243. Drowning Pool's
"Let the Bodies Hit the Floor"
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1244. is just fitting for the job we were doing.
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1245. "The Roof is on Fire",
because basically it symbolized
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1246. Baghdad being on fire
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1247. and at the time we wanted it to burn
to get Saddam and his regime out.
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1248. This is a whole totally
different picture here, being pushed into
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1249. the city, urban warfare in a tank,
you know!
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1250. Civilians!
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1251. Yeah, the civilians, it gets...
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1252. You don't know who's friendly,
who's enemy.
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1253. This was a lot more real
and true than just a video game.
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1254. A lot of people thought it was gonna be:
"Yeah, look through the sight and shoot!"
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1255. No, a lot of this is face to face,
and especially riding by
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1256. after the bombs that went off
and seeing all the people
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1257. on the side of the road bloated up,
and just...
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1258. all the smells around you, I mean,
from the people lying dead and rotted.
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1259. It's... It's a lot
more gruesome than you think.
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1260. We called in with some
artillery and napalm and things like that.
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1261. Some innocent women and children got hit.
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1262. We met them on the road and they had...
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1263. I mean, little girls with noses blown off
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1264. and husbands carrying
their dead wives and things like that.
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1265. That was extremely difficult
to deal with 'cause you're like:
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1266. "Shoot, what the hell do we do now?"
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1267. The targeting capabilities
and the care that goes into targeting...
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1268. ... is as impressive...
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1269. as anything, anyone could see.
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1270. Ah, erm... I get one! The other one!
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1271. The care that goes into it,
the humanity that goes into it!
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1272. They have no conscience!
They know nothing!
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1273. They slaughtered us!
They destroyed our houses!
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1274. God will destroy their houses!
God is great!
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1275. God will destroy their houses!
God is great!
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1276. God is great!
Victory to Iraq!
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1277. Victory to Iraq!
Victory to Iraq!
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1278. You mean they killed civilians?
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1279. Yes, civilians! It's our uncle's house!
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1280. We're all civilians.
There is no militia here.
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1281. I pray to God to avenge us!
I can only count on you, God!
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1282. I can only count on you, God!
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1283. We've had five funerals
because of the bombings.
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1284. Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God!
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1285. Oh, God!
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1286. God save us from them!
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1287. God, where are you?
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1288. Where are you?
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1289. Honestly, I think we should just trust our
President in every decision that he makes
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1290. and we should just support that, you know,
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1291. and, um, be faithful in what happens.
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1292. - Do you trust this president?
- Yes, I do.
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1293. Britney Spears was not alone.
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1294. The majority of American people trusted
the president, and why shouldn't they?
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1295. He had spent the better part of last year
giving them every reason why
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1296. we should invade Iraq.
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1297. Saddam Hussein has gone
to elaborate lengths, spent enormous sums,
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1298. taken great risks to build
and keep weapons of mass destruction.
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1299. Saddam Hussein is determined
to get his hands on a nuclear bomb
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1300. "Nucular" weapon.
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1301. Active chemical munitions bunkers,
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1302. mobile production facilities.
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1303. We know he's got chemical weapons.
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1304. He's got them!
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1305. Huh, that's weird,
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1306. because that's not what Bush's people
said when he first took office.
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1307. He has not developed
any significant capability
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1308. with respect to weapons of mass
destruction.
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1309. He is unable to project
conventional power against his neighbors.
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1310. We are able to keep arms from him.
His military forces have not been rebuilt.
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1311. Saddam Hussein aids
and protects terrorists
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1312. including members of Al-Qaeda.
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1313. There was a relationship
between Iraq and Al-Qaeda.
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1314. Saddam! Al-Qaeda!
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1315. Saddam! Al-Qaeda!
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1316. Saddam! Saddam! Al-Qaeda!
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1317. It is only a matter of time
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1318. before terrorist states armed
with weapons of mass destruction
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1319. develop the capability to deliver
those weapons to U.S. cities.
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1320. What we are giving you are facts and
conclusions based on solid intelligence.
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1321. The man who hates America.
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1322. This is a man who cannot stand
what we stand for.
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1323. His willingness to terrorize himself!
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1324. He hates the fact, like Al-Qaeda does,
that we love freedom.
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1325. After all, this is the guy that tried
to kill my dad at one time.
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1326. They simply got people to believe
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1327. that there was a real threat out there,
when in fact, there wasn't one.
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1328. You get told things every day
that don't happen,
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1329. it doesn't seem to bother people.
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1330. Of course, the Democrats were there
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1331. to put a stop to all these falsehoods.
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1332. I will vote to give the president
the authority he needs.
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1333. The United States is prepared to lead
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1334. a coalition of the willing
that will do it.
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1335. When I say we will lead
a coalition of the willing
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1336. to disarm him if he chooses
not to disarm, I mean it.
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1337. Who is in that Coalition
of the Willing now, are...
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1338. You will find out who's in it.
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1339. The Coalition of the Willing!
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1340. Roll call!
The Republic of Palau.
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1341. The Republic of Costa Rica!
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1342. The Republic of Iceland!
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1343. Of course,
none of these countries has an army,
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1344. or for that matter, weapons,
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1345. so it looked like we'd be doing
most of the invading stuff ourselves.
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1346. Then, there was also...
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1347. Romania!
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1348. The Kingdom of Morocco!
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1349. Morocco wasn't officially
a member of the coalition,
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1350. but according to one report,
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1351. they did offer
to send 2,000 monkeys
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1352. to help detonate landmines.
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1353. These are men of vision!
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1354. The Netherlands!
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1355. And I'm proud,
I'm proud to call them allies.
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1356. Afghanistan!
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1357. Afghanistan?
Oh, yeah, they had an army.
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1358. Our army!
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1359. I guess that's one way
to build a coalition.
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1360. Just keep invading countries.
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1361. Yes, with our mighty coalition intact,
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1362. we were ready!
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1363. One could almost say
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1364. it's the mother of all coalitions.
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1365. Fortunately, we have an independent media
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1366. in this country
who would tell us the truth.
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1367. The rallying around the president,
around the flag and around the troops
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1368. clearly has begun.
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1369. And we're gonna win!
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1370. You have to be with the troops
to understand the adrenaline they get.
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1371. I just want you to know,
I think Navy SEALS rock!
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1372. The pictures you're seeing
are absolutely phenomenal.
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1373. When my country's at war,
I want my country to win.
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1374. Iraqi opposition has faded
in the face of American power.
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1375. What you're watching
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1376. is truly historic television
and journalism.
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1377. It was absolutely electrifying,
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1378. they actually had to strap me in
with my camera at the back of the plane.
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1379. An awesome synchronized killing machine.
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1380. There is an inherent bias in the coverage
of the American press in general.
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1381. Am I slanted and biased?
You damn well bet I am!
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1382. Yeah!
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1383. But one story the media
wasn't covering was the personal story
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1384. of each and every soldier
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1385. who was killed in the war,
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1386. the government
would not allow any cameras
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1387. to show the coffins coming home.
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1388. That kind of story is a downer.
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1389. Especially when you're getting ready
for a party on a boat.
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1390. My fellow Americans,
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1391. major combat operations
in Iraq have ended.
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1392. In the battle of Iraq, the United States
and our allies have prevailed.
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1393. Get out of the way!
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1394. Move it! Move it!
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1395. Move it! Move it! Move it!
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1396. One hundred sixty-two,
the number of troops killed by bombing.
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1397. Two hundred and forty-four U.S. troops.
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1398. Three hundred eighty-four U.S. troops
have lost their lives.
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1399. - Total killed, 484.
- Died on the line of duty, 500.
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1400. Six hundred
and thirty-one American troops.
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1401. More than 825 troops
have been killed in Iraq.
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1402. Largest number
of American military deaths since Vietnam.
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1403. There are some who feel like,
that, uh, if they...
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1404. attack us, that we may decide
to leave prematurely.
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1405. They don't understand what they're talking
about, if that's the case. Let me finish.
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1406. Um, there are some who,
uh, feel like that, you know,
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1407. the conditions are such
that they can attack us there.
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1408. My answer is: "Bring 'em on!"
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1409. The United States were just planning on,
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1410. just walking through here
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1411. like it was going to be easy and all,
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1412. it's not that easy
to conquer a country, is it? Huh!
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1413. The renewed battle for control of Iraq
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1414. raged for a fourth day today,
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1415. with street clashes
in nearly every corner of the country,
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1416. Iraq could become,
quote, "Another Vietnam".
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1417. Officials say they see evidence
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1418. that Sunni and Shia extremists
might be joining forces.
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1419. They're not happy they're occupied.
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1420. But I wouldn't be happy
if I were occupied either.
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1421. Two Japanese aid workers
and a journalist kidnapped by men
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1422. calling themselves
the Mujahedeen Squadrons.
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1423. They've threatened to burn
their hostages alive
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1424. if Japan does not withdraw its troops
from Iraq within three days.
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1425. What's happened?
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1426. - Uh, oh!
- They attacked our convoy.
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1427. - Wanna give us your name?
- Hamilton.
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1428. Thomas!
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1429. The Pentagon
might keep up to 24,000 troops
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1430. in combat beyond their tour.
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1431. I know our numbers
in the military have gone down.
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1432. They talk about retention.
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1433. Yeah, I never expected
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1434. to be deployed this long,
I don't think anybody did.
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1435. I don't have any clue
as to why we're still in Iraq.
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1436. If Donald Rumsfeld was here,
I'd ask him for his resignation.
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1437. With the war not going as planned
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1438. and the military in need
of many more troops...
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1439. where would they find the new recruits?
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1440. Military experts say three times
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1441. the 120,000 U.S. troops now deployed
would be needed
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1442. to pacify and rebuild the country.
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1443. They would find them all across America
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1444. in the places that had been
destroyed by the economy.
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1445. Places where one of the only jobs
available was to join the army.
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1446. Places like my hometown of Flint,
Michigan.
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1447. I was watching TV one day,
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1448. and they showed some of the buildings
and areas that had been hit by bombs
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1449. and things like that,
and while watching, I got to thinking,
Copy !req
1450. parts of Flint look like that
and we ain't been in a war.
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1451. Look at the neighborhood I live in!
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1452. Most of them are abandoned.
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1453. I mean, you know, that's not right,
you want to talk about terrorism?
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1454. Come right here, president Bush,
right here! Come right here!
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1455. He knows about this corner, I emailed him.
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1456. At the end of January of '04,
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1457. the unemployment rate in Flint
was actually 17%,
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1458. but you have
to take into consideration as well
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1459. that when your unemployment runs out,
you're no longer counted.
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1460. I would say that we're probably close
to at least 50%, not working
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1461. or under-employed.
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1462. Because being under-employed
is just as dangerous.
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1463. So my family has gone through
the welfare system,
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1464. when it was Jobs Central, in the mid-80s,
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1465. I came through the job training
partnership program,
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1466. here at Jobs Central,
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1467. and I went to a secretary school.
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1468. Years later, I'm the executive assistant
to the president of the agency.
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1469. Interesting!
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1470. My mother used to tell me
all the time that:
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1471. "Why do you always go for the underdog?"
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1472. It was because the underdog is
who needed me.
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1473. People that don't have anything,
that's who I have to fight for.
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1474. And that's who I have fought for
my entire life.
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1475. I started taking my children,
and telling my children:
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1476. "The military is a good option,
I can't afford to have you go to college,
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1477. I cannot pay your way.
Financial aid will not help you."
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1478. So, I, as a mother,
started teaching my children
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1479. about the options
that the military could do.
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1480. That would take them around the world,
they would see all the things that I,
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1481. as a mother, could not let them see,
it would pay for their education
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1482. that I, as their mother,
and their father, could not pay for.
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1483. The military's
a good option for kids in Flint?
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1484. Military's an excellent option
for the people in the city of Flint.
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1485. How many have a friend
or a family member in the service?
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1486. Anybody currently serving overseas?
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1487. - Brother of mine.
- My cousin.
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1488. Yeah, a cousin.
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1489. - Where is your brother?
- Iraq.
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1490. Germany!
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1491. My cousin got shipped off to Iraq,
like, three days ago.
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1492. Alright!
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1493. There's, like, an army
or Navy recruiter or Marines recruiter
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1494. up there almost every week.
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1495. He's in the lunch room
recruiting students from the lunch room!
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1496. There are people with a calling.
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1497. Most serve one weekend a month
Copy !req
1498. and two weeks a year.
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1499. Earning money for college.
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1500. Protecting their community.
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1501. In the Army National Guard, you can!
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1502. I'm going into the Air Force myself.
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1503. I'm going to take a year off,
probably after high school,
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1504. and then make a career, I want to be
an aircraft maintenance technician.
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1505. I ran into a recruiter and, uh,
there was something I noticed about it,
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1506. and this is kinda on another...
I noticed it was odd.
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1507. It was more like he was hiring me
for a job than recruiting me for the Army.
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1508. It was the way he approached me,
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1509. he approached a friend of mine.
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1510. I was in Borders Books and Music,
he just came up,
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1511. he handed us a business card.
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1512. They have business cards
made for the Army.
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1513. Meet Marine Staff Sergeant Dale Kortman
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1514. and Sergeant Raymond Plouhar.
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1515. They are two of the many recruiters
assigned to Flint, Michigan.
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1516. They're very busy these days.
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1517. Look it, he's running away already.
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1518. He's seen us coming.
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1519. Yeah!
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1520. What we got here?
It's like a little gangster!
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1521. Yeah!
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1522. We're heading over
to the Courtland mall right now.
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1523. They decided not to go
to the wealthier Genesee Valley mall
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1524. in the suburbs, they have a hard time
recruiting young people there.
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1525. Instead, they went to the other mall.
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1526. Let's go in through Mervyns.
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1527. - In through Mervyns?
- And then, we'll walk—
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1528. - Straight down.
- Straight back and to the lunch room or—
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1529. Gents,
you know we're looking at you, right?
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1530. You guys ever think about joining up?
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1531. I thought about going to college
and playing basketball.
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1532. Okay, you any good?
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1533. - Yeah.
- Alright!
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1534. - Especially basketball.
- Good! You can play ball
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1535. for the Marine corps,
you know, travel around the world,
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1536. get on the Marine Corps basketball team.
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1537. David Robinson was
in the military as well.
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1538. - Oh, was he?
- So, yeah, you can definitely hook it up.
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1539. Right now there is somebody
out there who wants to be a Marine,
Copy !req
1540. but has no idea how to do it.
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1541. - Where you work at?
- I work at KFC.
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1542. - Sweet!
- On Dort and Lapeer.
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1543. - You can hook us up with some deals!
- Yes!
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1544. They wait to get recruited.
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1545. I don't know, I was probably gonna start
to get a little career in music.
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1546. Career in music?
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1547. Maybe we can get you a career in music,
you know, let the Marines go for it.
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1548. I'm sure you know who Shaggy is, right?
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1549. - Yeah!
- You know anything about him?
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1550. - Yeah, he Jamaican or something.
- Yeah!
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1551. How about a former Marine?
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1552. - Huh!
- Did you know it?
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1553. You need to know discipline
if you're gonna get into music.
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1554. - Yeah, I—
- Especially discipline with the money.
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1555. - Right.
- When you make a million, you need
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1556. to manage that money,
so come in the office,
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1557. we can sit down and talk,
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1558. show you everything we know
about the Marines. Sound like a plan?
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1559. What do you got going on this afternoon?
How about tomorrow?
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1560. We say around ten o'clock Monday morning?
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1561. - Yeah, that sounds pretty good.
- OK.
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1562. You want me to come pick you up?
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1563. Better to get them
when they're ones and twos.
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1564. - Hey, pal!
- And work on them that way.
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1565. Ladies, you're ready to join up?
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1566. Green hat behind us.
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1567. - Looks young. He's young.
- Yeah!
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1568. - Yeah.
- We got two over here.
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1569. - Yeah.
- Right over by the red van.
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1570. You go that way,
I go this way, we corner him.
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1571. - You're in the ninth grade?
- Yes, sir!
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1572. Man, you look older than ninth grade!
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1573. - Yes, sir!
- Alright, here's my card!
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1574. You ever thought about being a Marine,
man?
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1575. I thought about it,
I got a wife and kid now, so...
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1576. Even more reason to join now.
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1577. - What I want to do, man, real quick, is...
- Yes, sir!
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1578. Just get some information from you,
so I can scratch you off my list
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1579. saying I've talked to you,
and you know, you're not interested.
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1580. - Is that cool?
- Yeah!
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1581. Alright. What's your name?
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1582. Your phone number?
Your address, Mario?
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1583. Add another one to the list.
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1584. However, one would love to have
that chance to experience college life
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1585. you know, stuff young people can do
without having the risk
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1586. of dying in the process,
I guess I can say candidly.
Copy !req
1587. The holidays do add a little bit more...
Copy !req
1588. friction as opposed to just another night.
Copy !req
1589. We want to give our guys
Copy !req
1590. a little bit of time off,
a little bit of time to relax,
Copy !req
1591. however, we are in a combat zone,
my soldiers do recognize that fact.
Copy !req
1592. Everybody's a little bit
nervous about it, I guess, but...
Copy !req
1593. We're professionals,
we're going to take care of you.
Copy !req
1594. I promise!
Copy !req
1595. Every house here
has the right to have weapons.
Copy !req
1596. Maximum one AK47.
We always expect the targets to be armed.
Copy !req
1597. Rock 'n' roll!
Copy !req
1598. They're fucking bolt cutters.
He's got everything to crack doors open.
Copy !req
1599. Pops this in there.
Copy !req
1600. Hey, just hold up!
Copy !req
1601. No, no, no, no, where is she going?
Copy !req
1602. - I'll go with her.
- Where is she going?
Copy !req
1603. She goes to call him.
Copy !req
1604. She's gonna call him? No, no!
Just where, where is he at right now?
Copy !req
1605. Not on the phone. Not on the phone.
Copy !req
1606. Is he in the house? Is he in the house?
Copy !req
1607. Man, Passerelli!
Copy !req
1608. - Is he in the house?
- Passerelli!
Copy !req
1609. He is! He is in the house. Where?
Copy !req
1610. - This is it?
- Get on the second floor!
Copy !req
1611. - Watch out, watch out!
- Go, go, go!
Copy !req
1612. Watch out, Adele, watch out!
Copy !req
1613. One coming up!
Copy !req
1614. That's Suheib Al Douri. Suheib Al Douri?
Copy !req
1615. - What's your name?
- Suheib, Suheib.
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1616. - This is Suheib?
- Yeah!
Copy !req
1617. What has he done? He's just a student!
Copy !req
1618. Tell them to calm down!
Tell them to calm down.
Copy !req
1619. Alright, going to the roof!
Copy !req
1620. You will not be harmed!
Copy !req
1621. We appreciate your conversation.
This is the target!
Copy !req
1622. So he's about to bring him out!
Copy !req
1623. Alright, move, go!
Copy !req
1624. As you go back to the old saying:
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1625. "Win the hearts and minds of the people."
Copy !req
1626. That's our job.
We have to bring the...
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1627. the ideal of democracy
and freedom to the country
Copy !req
1628. and show them that the American people
are not here to rule Iraq.
Copy !req
1629. Don't be afraid.
He's not going to hit you.
Copy !req
1630. What did he do?
Copy !req
1631. Why don't you tell us?
God keep you, what did he do?
Copy !req
1632. Hey! Tell them to be quiet.
Copy !req
1633. I start doing evidence turn in,
that process takes about three hours, so,
Copy !req
1634. that's going to be it for the night
and that concludes Christmas Eve.
Copy !req
1635. Merry Christmas, PRT, Merry Christmas!
Santa came to Iraq just for you guys.
Copy !req
1636. Trying to keep
the skies clear for you, Santa.
Copy !req
1637. You consider yourself a proud American?
Copy !req
1638. Absolutely.
I'm an extremely proud American.
Copy !req
1639. I think I'm probably more proud
than the average Joe.
Copy !req
1640. When I put my flag out,
I can't allow it to touch the ground
Copy !req
1641. because I know the lives that were lost
and the blood that was shed,
Copy !req
1642. so that I could be here and have a flag.
Copy !req
1643. How often do you put it out?
Every single day.
Copy !req
1644. Every single day! I started
when my daughter was in Desert Storm.
Copy !req
1645. I had the same flag flying on my front
porch and the same yellow ribbons,
Copy !req
1646. praying and hoping every single day
that my child would come home safe,
Copy !req
1647. and that everybody's child
would come home safe.
Copy !req
1648. - And she did?
- And she did!
Copy !req
1649. Do you have other family members
that have been in the military?
Copy !req
1650. Absolutely.
Uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers, father.
Copy !req
1651. - Very strong military family.
- Very strong!
Copy !req
1652. My family was...
Copy !req
1653. My family is what I consider
part of the backbone of America.
Copy !req
1654. It's families like mine,
and it's not just my family,
Copy !req
1655. there's hundreds of families,
millions of families out here,
Copy !req
1656. that this country
was founded on their backs.
Copy !req
1657. I have been known to be
a conservative Democrat.
Copy !req
1658. - Yeah, yeah.
- That's what you consider yourself, yeah?
Copy !req
1659. - Yeah, it's a great country.
- It's a great country!
Copy !req
1660. The cross that I choose to wear,
if you notice, it's a multicultural,
Copy !req
1661. a multicolored cross,
Copy !req
1662. that's because I believe that all
God's people come in many colors.
Copy !req
1663. And my family itself is multicultural.
Copy !req
1664. You have a daughter
who went into the military.
Copy !req
1665. And your first born son,
uh, in the military!
Copy !req
1666. That's, uh, you know,
that's quite a gift to the country.
Copy !req
1667. - Exactly.
- From your family!
Copy !req
1668. So, having a son in the Army,
pretty proud thing.
Copy !req
1669. Oh, you know what? He made it!
Copy !req
1670. What was your reaction to protestors
Copy !req
1671. during, say, the Gulf War or Vietnam?
Copy !req
1672. I always hated the protestors.
I always hated the protestors.
Copy !req
1673. It was just a slap in my face.
Copy !req
1674. It was just like...
Copy !req
1675. They were dishonoring my son.
Copy !req
1676. And I burned in my soul
Copy !req
1677. to tell them: "You don't understand.
Copy !req
1678. They're not there
because they wanna be there."
Copy !req
1679. But then I came to understand
Copy !req
1680. that they weren't protesting the men
and the women that were there,
Copy !req
1681. they were protesting
the concept of the war.
Copy !req
1682. I know I'm a soldier
and I'm here to do a job and,
Copy !req
1683. I've been a soldier for a while.
Copy !req
1684. Once you have to go and do your job
and you see the things that you see...
Copy !req
1685. I was saying that
there's some disillusionment in that.
Copy !req
1686. Battalion commander fully expects us
Copy !req
1687. to be attacked in some type of way
before we get there.
Copy !req
1688. I know that so far it's been pretty calm,
Copy !req
1689. not much has happened,
Copy !req
1690. but, be aware that it can
and it probably will.
Copy !req
1691. They're beginning to organize themselves,
just in neighborhoods.
Copy !req
1692. The kids get together a lot,
well, can't say "kids", but, uh...
Copy !req
1693. guys about 17, 18, starting to come
together and they hate us.
Copy !req
1694. Just why? I'm not really sure.
Copy !req
1695. Immoral behavior breeds immoral behavior.
Copy !req
1696. When a president commits the immoral act
Copy !req
1697. of sending otherwise good kids to war,
based on a lie,
Copy !req
1698. this is what you get.
Copy !req
1699. Hey, are you ticklish?
Copy !req
1700. Ali Baba still has a hard-on!
Copy !req
1701. Don't tell me!
Why are you touching someone else's?
Copy !req
1702. He touched his dick!
Copy !req
1703. To have these people shoot at us,
kill us, blow us up,
Copy !req
1704. whatever means they can,
and I don't understand it,
Copy !req
1705. we're trying to help these people
and it seems they don't want our help.
Copy !req
1706. "Get out of here", but the minute
something goes wrong with them,
Copy !req
1707. "Oh, why weren't you here?
Why didn't you do this?"
Copy !req
1708. You know, it's...
I hate this country.
Copy !req
1709. You know, you, you...
Copy !req
1710. I feel that a part of your soul...
is destroyed in taking another life.
Copy !req
1711. And, yes, that statement is very true,
you...
Copy !req
1712. cannot kill someone
without killing a part of yourself.
Copy !req
1713. If you get called up,
would you go back to Iraq?
Copy !req
1714. No.
Copy !req
1715. - You're not?
- No!
Copy !req
1716. What repercussions
do you face, if you don't?
Copy !req
1717. It's possible jail time,
that's one possibility.
Copy !req
1718. Are you willing to risk that?
Copy !req
1719. Yes. Yes, I...
Copy !req
1720. I will not let my person...
Copy !req
1721. I will not let anyone
Copy !req
1722. send me back over there
to kill other poor people.
Copy !req
1723. especially when they pose no threat
to me and my country.
Copy !req
1724. I won't do it.
Copy !req
1725. This is an impressive crowd:
the haves, and the have-mores.
Copy !req
1726. Some people call you the elite.
Copy !req
1727. I call you my base.
Copy !req
1728. While Bush
was busy taking care of his base
Copy !req
1729. and professing his love for our troops,
Copy !req
1730. he proposed cutting
combat soldiers' pay by 33%.
Copy !req
1731. And assistance to their families by 60%.
Copy !req
1732. He opposed giving veterans
a billion dollars more
Copy !req
1733. in healthcare benefits.
Copy !req
1734. And he supported
closing veteran hospitals.
Copy !req
1735. He tried to double
the prescription drug costs for veterans
Copy !req
1736. and opposed full benefits
for part-time reservists.
Copy !req
1737. And when staff Sergeant Brett Petriken
from Flint was killed in Iraq on May 26,
Copy !req
1738. the Army sent
his last paycheck to his family,
Copy !req
1739. but they docked him for the last five days
of the month that he didn't work
Copy !req
1740. because he was dead.
Copy !req
1741. They say they're not going to leave
any veteran behind, but they're leaving
Copy !req
1742. all kinds of veterans behind.
Copy !req
1743. To say that we're forgotten, no,
I know we're not forgotten, but missed?
Copy !req
1744. Yes. Yes. You know, there are
a lot of soldiers that have been missed,
Copy !req
1745. that have been skipped over,
Copy !req
1746. that didn't get the proper coverage
that they deserved.
Copy !req
1747. They have a death toll, but they're not
showing the amount of people
Copy !req
1748. that have been injured or are amputated
because of their injuries, you know.
Copy !req
1749. - Like, I still feel like I have hands.
- Yeah!
Copy !req
1750. And the pain is like,
my hands are being crushed in a vice.
Copy !req
1751. But they do a lot to help it,
and they take a lot of the edge off it,
Copy !req
1752. and it makes it
a lot more tolerable and...
Copy !req
1753. I was injured in late April,
on patrol in Baghdad.
Copy !req
1754. Um...
a couple of guys came out.
Copy !req
1755. Ambushed us.
Copy !req
1756. I've got nerve damage and stuff like that,
and I've got a lot of pain,
Copy !req
1757. I'm constantly in pain.
Copy !req
1758. Um, I take a lot of morphine
to help with that stuff.
Copy !req
1759. I'm doing... you know, just readjusting,
Copy !req
1760. getting life back on track.
Copy !req
1761. You know what I'm saying?
Copy !req
1762. Yes. I'm not gonna do
what it is that I did before.
Copy !req
1763. Um, I... I was a Republican
for quite a few years.
Copy !req
1764. And, um...
Copy !req
1765. For some reason, they...
Copy !req
1766. They conduct business
in a very dishonest way.
Copy !req
1767. I'm gonna be incredibly active
Copy !req
1768. in the Democratic party
down where I live once I get out.
Copy !req
1769. So, I'm gonna definitely do my best
to ensure that the Democrats win control.
Copy !req
1770. Iraq, Baghdad, I didn't know
anything of those things.
Copy !req
1771. And we were in the hallway
in the upstairs of our house,
Copy !req
1772. and he was crying,
Copy !req
1773. he said that he was really scared
and he didn't want to have to go to Iraq.
Copy !req
1774. We were able to have a whole conversation
about sometimes some fear is healthy,
Copy !req
1775. because it keeps our senses about us.
Copy !req
1776. And that's when he told me that
he had not told anybody else but he knew
Copy !req
1777. he was going to Baghdad.
Copy !req
1778. As everybody,
we were glued to the TV.
Copy !req
1779. Just glued, completely glued
to the television,
Copy !req
1780. in hopes of seeing a glimpse of him.
Copy !req
1781. "Can't you please go
to where the helicopters are,
Copy !req
1782. can't you please let us see him?"
Copy !req
1783. Then, that night,
it was about ten something,
Copy !req
1784. I went upstairs to the bedroom,
Copy !req
1785. I was lying in bed and I was flipping
the channels, all I heard was:
Copy !req
1786. "Black Hawk down, South Central Iraq."
Copy !req
1787. All I can tell you at this hour is that
last night the Army did indeed lose
Copy !req
1788. a Black Hawk helicopter.
Copy !req
1789. We are being told
by officers on the ground
Copy !req
1790. that there were six occupants
inside the Black Hawk.
Copy !req
1791. The next morning,
I got up and I said:
Copy !req
1792. "You push those thoughts
out of your mind!
Copy !req
1793. OK Jesus, I need you to come in,
Copy !req
1794. I need you Jesus,
you gotta help me through this!"
Copy !req
1795. The army called me,
Copy !req
1796. I remember getting on the phone
and him asking me if I was Lila Lipscomb.
Copy !req
1797. I said yes and he said:
"Mother of Sergeant Michael Pedersen?"
Copy !req
1798. And I remember dropping the telephone.
Copy !req
1799. And all I can honestly say
that I remember is:
Copy !req
1800. "Ma'am!
Copy !req
1801. The United States Army, the Secretary
of Defense regretfully informs you..."
Copy !req
1802. That's all I know.
Copy !req
1803. The grief grabbed me so hard
Copy !req
1804. that I literally fell on the floor.
Copy !req
1805. And I was alone,
I didn't have anybody to pick me up.
Copy !req
1806. So I literally crawled over to my desk,
Copy !req
1807. and was hanging on,
and I remember screaming:
Copy !req
1808. "Why does it have to be Michael?
Why did you have to take my son?
Copy !req
1809. Why is it my son that you had to take?
He didn't do anything!
Copy !req
1810. He wasn't a bad guy, he was a good guy,
why did you have to take my son?"
Copy !req
1811. Uh, I, erm...
Copy !req
1812. I can't imagine what it must be like
to lose a son or a daughter,
Copy !req
1813. or a husband or a wife,
and I... it pains me.
Copy !req
1814. You have his last letter?
Copy !req
1815. And it was mailed March 16th
Copy !req
1816. but I didn't get it until
about a week before he was killed.
Copy !req
1817. "Hello. Hey mama, well,
sorry I haven't been able to call,
Copy !req
1818. they took the phones seven days ago,
I got the letter and box,
Copy !req
1819. that is so cool,
your first grandson came...
Copy !req
1820. the same day your oldest son did.
Copy !req
1821. How is everyone? I'm doing fine.
Copy !req
1822. We are just out here in the sand
and windstorms, waiting.
Copy !req
1823. What in the world is wrong with George
'trying to be like his dad' Bush?
Copy !req
1824. He got us out here for nothing whatsoever.
Copy !req
1825. I am so furious right now, Mama.
Copy !req
1826. I really hope they do not
re-elect that fool, honestly.
Copy !req
1827. I am in good spirits and I am doing OK.
Copy !req
1828. I really miss you guys.
Copy !req
1829. Thanks for the Bible...
Copy !req
1830. and books, and candy.
Copy !req
1831. I really look forward
to letters from you guys.
Copy !req
1832. Well, tell all the family hello
Copy !req
1833. and that I am doing fine.
Copy !req
1834. We don't expect
anything to happen any time soon.
Copy !req
1835. I cannot wait to get home
and get back to my life.
Copy !req
1836. Tell Sputnik congrats.
Copy !req
1837. And I'll see my first nephew soon,
Copy !req
1838. as soon as I get back to the States.
Copy !req
1839. Hope you guys are doing OK
Copy !req
1840. and keep sending the mail.
Copy !req
1841. It makes getting through the days easier.
Copy !req
1842. Well, I am on my way to bed,
so I will write you guys soon.
Copy !req
1843. I love and miss all of you guys."
Copy !req
1844. "Love, Michael."
Copy !req
1845. I want him to be alive,
Copy !req
1846. and I can't make him alive.
Copy !req
1847. But your flesh just aches.
Copy !req
1848. You want your child, it's out of sync.
Copy !req
1849. A parent is not supposed
to bury their child.
Copy !req
1850. I feel, I... I... I feel sad for my family
Copy !req
1851. because we lost our son.
Copy !req
1852. But...
Copy !req
1853. I really feel sorry
for the other families
Copy !req
1854. that is losing their kids as we speak.
Copy !req
1855. And for what?
Copy !req
1856. I don't...
Copy !req
1857. That's the, I guess, sickening part.
For what?
Copy !req
1858. You've heard a lot
about Halliburton lately.
Copy !req
1859. Criticism is okay. We can take it.
Criticism is not failure.
Copy !req
1860. Our employees are doing a great job.
Copy !req
1861. We're feeding the soldiers,
we're rebuilding Iraq.
Copy !req
1862. Will things go wrong?
Sure they will, it's a war zone.
Copy !req
1863. We're serving the troops
because of what we know,
Copy !req
1864. not who we know.
Copy !req
1865. Well, let me tell you about Halliburton,
the company I ran.
Copy !req
1866. I'm very proud of what I did
at Halliburton,
Copy !req
1867. the people of Halliburton are very proud
of what they've accomplished
Copy !req
1868. and I frankly
Copy !req
1869. don't feel any need to apologize
for the way I've spent my time
Copy !req
1870. over the last five years
as the C.E.O. and Chairman
Copy !req
1871. of a major American corporation,
a good one.
Copy !req
1872. This is also an attempt
to divert attention away from the fact
Copy !req
1873. they have no energy policy.
Copy !req
1874. And as the Secretary of Energy said,
we were caught unawares!
Copy !req
1875. In the middle of the war, Microsoft,
Copy !req
1876. DHL and other corporations
invited Halliburton
Copy !req
1877. to a conference
Copy !req
1878. to figure out how much money
could be made in Iraq.
Copy !req
1879. Having worked
Copy !req
1880. this, uh... effort
even since before the invasion,
Copy !req
1881. the, uh, liberation of Iraq started.
Copy !req
1882. You, industry, are definitely
a vital part of that effort.
Copy !req
1883. We appreciate your interest in this.
We need you.
Copy !req
1884. Now, lots of you are
small businesses and you are struggling.
Copy !req
1885. How do we get a piece of this big action?
Copy !req
1886. All of you, the big guys,
are going to get it and the rest of us
Copy !req
1887. that have subcontracting capability,
or no, none at all.
Copy !req
1888. U.S.T.V.A. is for you.
Copy !req
1889. Once that oil start flowing
and money coming,
Copy !req
1890. it's going to be lots of money,
Copy !req
1891. it's the second largest oil reserve
in the world.
Copy !req
1892. There's no question
about how much money is there.
Copy !req
1893. I've been getting complaints
from Iraqi firms and from American firms,
Copy !req
1894. that the lack of transparency,
the corruption...
Copy !req
1895. I think the profits
that American companies are making,
Copy !req
1896. the majors, the main companies,
Copy !req
1897. are so overwhelming,
Copy !req
1898. I mean, like when you have a line item
for a million dollars
Copy !req
1899. and you subcontract it out
for 50 or 60 or 70 thousand dollars,
Copy !req
1900. that's a huge profit,
Copy !req
1901. and it's the American taxpayer
that's going to pay for that.
Copy !req
1902. And it's going to get better!
Copy !req
1903. Start building relationships
because it's going to get much better
Copy !req
1904. as the oil flows
and their budget increase.
Copy !req
1905. The good news is, whatever it costs,
the government will pay you.
Copy !req
1906. War is always good for certain companies
Copy !req
1907. that are in the war,
the business of war.
Copy !req
1908. We're very proud of the work we're doing
in supporting the U.S. government
Copy !req
1909. and the U.S. military,
Copy !req
1910. and the real heroes of the campaign,
the real heroes of the reconstruction,
Copy !req
1911. are the men and women
of the U.S. Armed Forces,
Copy !req
1912. and we're proud of being any part of that
that we can in supporting them.
Copy !req
1913. Halliburton delivers hot meals, supplies,
Copy !req
1914. clean clothing
and communications to our soldiers.
Copy !req
1915. So they can be a little closer to home.
Copy !req
1916. It's a girl? It's a girl!
Copy !req
1917. Proud to serve our troops.
Copy !req
1918. I just read in the paper
how Halliburton got another contract.
Copy !req
1919. - Halliburton got another contract!
- That's right!
Copy !req
1920. Which is not being...
Copy !req
1921. contested at all!
Copy !req
1922. Because nobody knows!
Copy !req
1923. Well, it's in the papers,
so somebody knows!
Copy !req
1924. But that's after it happens,
it's after the fact, it's too late.
Copy !req
1925. The United States is now
a major player in the Iraqi oil business.
Copy !req
1926. American troops guard the oil fields
Copy !req
1927. as Texas oil workers
assess their potential.
Copy !req
1928. It's a safe environment to work in.
Copy !req
1929. We don't feel any risk,
we feel we're being well protected here,
Copy !req
1930. or we wouldn't be here.
Copy !req
1931. It's no secret, I mean, I make,
between 2,000 and 3,000 a month.
Copy !req
1932. A Halliburton employee
out here driving a bus
Copy !req
1933. can make all between
8,000 and 10,000 a month,
Copy !req
1934. explain that one to me,
for 40 hours a week,
Copy !req
1935. driving the same
two and a half mile route.
Copy !req
1936. Go figure! Where do you...
Where's the justification in that?
Copy !req
1937. There's no other single area
of the world today
Copy !req
1938. with the opportunity for business,
new business,
Copy !req
1939. similar to the opportunity
that's available today in Iraq.
Copy !req
1940. The president went in and did what he did
Copy !req
1941. and we're all supporting him
and our troops
Copy !req
1942. and we wanna make sure
that the efforts and the lost lives and...
Copy !req
1943. It wasn't for no reason.
Copy !req
1944. If it wasn't for the oil,
no one would be there.
Copy !req
1945. Nobody would worry about it.
Copy !req
1946. Unfortunately,
at least for the near term,
Copy !req
1947. we think it's going to be a good situation
and a dangerous situation.
Copy !req
1948. Good for business, bad for the people.
Copy !req
1949. Today, on the news,
Rumsfeld was saying...
Copy !req
1950. And Wolf? Wolfowitz!
Copy !req
1951. They were saying: "Oh, the Iraqi people
are much, much better off.
Copy !req
1952. Isn't it better
that we got rid of Saddam
Copy !req
1953. and now the Iraqi people can do
what they want to do
Copy !req
1954. and really be free?"
Copy !req
1955. Will they ever be free?
No, they'll not be free.
Copy !req
1956. And where are the weapons
of mass destruction?
Copy !req
1957. It was a... We were duped.
We were really duped.
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1958. And these poor people, the young men
and women who are being killed there,
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1959. it's unnecessary.
I... That's it!
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1960. - No more.
- That's a disgrace.
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1961. They died in a just cause
for defending freedom
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1962. and they will not have died in vain.
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1963. Lila had called to tell me
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1964. that she was coming down
from Flint to Washington, D.C.
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1965. to attend a job's conference.
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1966. On her break, she said
she was going to go and pay a visit
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1967. to the White House.
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1968. Killed! Bush killed children!
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1969. - Iraqi children!
- My son killed.
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1970. He killed my people
in the Spain yesterday.
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1971. - Yes!
- He lies, kill people, your children too.
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1972. - Yes, my son.
- Business to do Iraq now.
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1973. And they killing
all these young Americans.
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1974. - Yes.
- For what? For oil.
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1975. Bush is a terrorist!
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1976. No, he isn't, this is all staged!
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1977. - Yes, he's the butcher of Iraq.
- This is staged.
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1978. My son!
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1979. Where was he killed?
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1980. You tell me my son
is not a stage?
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1981. - Where was he killed?
- He was killed in Karbala.
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1982. April second, it's not a stage,
my son is dead.
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1983. Well, a lot of other people too.
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1984. Blame Al-Qaeda!
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1985. What did that woman yell at you?
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1986. That I'm supposed to blame the Al-Qaeda.
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1987. The Al-Qaeda didn't make a decision
to send my son to Iraq.
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1988. Ignorance that we deal with
with everyday people!
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1989. 'Cause they don't know.
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1990. People think they know,
but you don't know,
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1991. I thought I knew, but I didn't know.
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1992. I need my son!
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1993. God, it's tougher than I thought
it was gonna be to be here.
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1994. But it's freeing also,
because I finally have a place to...
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1995. to put all my pain, all my anger!
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1996. And to release it!
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1997. I guess I was tired of
seeing people like Lila Lipscomb suffer.
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1998. Especially when,
out of the 535 members of Congress,
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1999. only one had an enlisted son in Iraq.
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2000. I asked Corporal Henderson
of the United States Marine Corps
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2001. to join me on Capitol Hill
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2002. to see how many members of Congress
we could convince
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2003. to enlist their children to go to Iraq.
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2004. Congressman, I'm Michael Moore.
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2005. Hey Michael, how are you doing?
I'm good, John Tanner.
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2006. Yeah, nice to meet you,
very nice to meet you.
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2007. - What are you doing?
- Well, I'm here with Cpl. Henderson.
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2008. - U.S. Marine Corps.
- Corporal, I was in the Navy years ago.
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2009. - Okay, Sir!
- 1968 to 72.
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2010. We had Marines guarding the base.
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2011. You have kids?
Yeah.
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2012. Is here anyway we can get them to enlist
and go over and help out with the effort?
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2013. I have all the brochures.
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2014. One of them got two children.
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2015. Oh, oh, well!
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2016. See, there's not that many Congressmen
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2017. And in fact, only one.
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2018. So we just thought maybe you guys
should send your kids there first.
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2019. What do you think about that idea?
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2020. - I don't disagree with you.
- Oh, you don't?
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2021. Oh good, well, here,
take some brochures then, here.
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2022. At least take a Marine brochure,
and pass it around.
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2023. Yeah!
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2024. Encourage fellow members,
if they're for the war, to get behind it,
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2025. and send their own!
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2026. - Thank you, Mike.
- Thank you, Sir, thank you very much.
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2027. Congressman! Michael Moore.
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2028. - How are you doing?
- Good, good!
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2029. I'm trying to get members of Congress
to get their kids to enlist in the Army
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2030. and go over to Iraq.
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2031. Congressman! Congressman!
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2032. Congressman Castle!
Congressman Castle!
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2033. Congressman! Congressman!
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2034. - Congressman Doolittle, Michael Moore!
- Ah, no, no, no!
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2036. Is there any way that...
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2037. Uh!
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2038. Of course, not a single member of Congress
wanted to sacrifice their child
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2039. for the war in Iraq.
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2040. And who could blame them?
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2041. Who would want to give up their child.
Would you?
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2042. Would he?
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2044. forced to live in the worst parts of town,
go to the worst schools
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2045. and who have it the hardest,
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2046. are always the first to step up
to defend that very system.
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2047. They serve so that we don't have to.
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2048. They offer to give up their lives
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2049. so that we can be free.
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2050. It is remarkable, their gift to us.
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2051. And all they ask for in return,
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2052. is that we never send them
into harm's way.
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2053. Unless it's absolutely necessary.
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2054. Will they ever trust us again?
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2055. He had used weapons.
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2056. We know where they are,
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2057. they're in the area
around Tikrit and Baghdad,
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2058. and East, West, South, and North.
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2059. There is a tie between Iraq
and what happened on 9/11.
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2060. The struggle can only end with
their complete and permanent destruction.
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2061. We waged a war
to save a civilization itself.
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2062. We did not seek it,
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2063. but we will fight it, and we will prevail.
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2064. George Orwell once wrote
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2065. that it's not a matter of whether the war
is not real or if it is.
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2066. Victory is not possible.
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2067. The war is not meant to be won.
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2068. It is meant to be continuous.
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2069. A hierarchical society is only possible
on the basis of poverty and ignorance.
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2070. This new version is the past
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2071. and no different past
can ever have existed.
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2072. In principle, the war effort
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2073. is always planned to keep society
on the brink of starvation.
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2074. The war is waged by the ruling group
against its own subjects,
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2075. and its object is not the victory
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2076. over either Eurasia
or East Asia,
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2077. but to keep
the very structure of society intact.
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2078. There's an old saying in Tennessee,
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2079. I know it's in Texas,
probably in Tennessee,
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2080. that says: "Fool me once...
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2081. shame on...
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2082. shame on you!
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2083. Fool me, you can't get fooled again."
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