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CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION. BUT I ASSUME THAT THESE SEATS WILL BE FILLED IN IN THE COURSE OF -- OF OUR PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY. MY NAME IS RICHARD...
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| 00:00:30 |
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ZERO COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION HELD ITS FIRST MEETING HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY. GLOBAL ZERO IS AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT FOCUSED ON NUCLEAR...
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| 00:15:35 |
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PICTURE OF WHAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE. I THINK IT IS REALISTIC,
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| 00:15:39 |
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PRAGMATIC, AND AS YOU SAID,
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| 00:15:43 |
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VERY, VERY NEEDED FOR MAN KIND. BUT WITHOUT PRACTICAL STEPS IT WILL TAKE LONGER THAN 20 YEARS AND WE ARE BEGINNING THOSE PRACTICAL STEPS. OF COURSE,...
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| 00:17:36 |
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AUDIO/VISUAL PRESENTATION TO MAKE FOR YOU. SO TO DO THAT, IT WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I WOULD LOOK TO CALL ON GALIC
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| 00:17:49 |
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GUNN OF THE GLOBAL ZERO ORGANIZATION. >> HI, EVERYONE. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME OR COMMISSIONERS' TEAM TODAY. AS WE HEARD THERE IS...
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| 00:18:14 |
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ONLY SUSTAINABLE ANSWER FOR THE GROWING THREAT OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION BUT ALSO A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIZENS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE BEING, FEELING...
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| 00:21:51 |
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OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AND I WILL TRY TO BE A TRAFFIC COP HERE. I WILL TRY TO STEER THE QUESTIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON ON OUR COMMISSION FOR...
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| 00:22:29 |
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THE OPPONENT OF GLOBAL ZERO WHICH WOULD SAY YOU CAN DESTROY ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUT NOT THE
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| 00:22:36 |
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KNOWLEDGE HOW TO REBUILD THEM? >> WELL, I THINK MY -- YOU KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES WHERE THERE ARE --
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| 00:22:45 |
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THERE IS NOL J TONOL -- KNOWLEDGE TO DO THINGS WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN A STRONG POSITION AND CREATED VERIFIABLE ARMS REGIMES COVERING...
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| 00:23:00 |
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WEAPONS, SO, THERE ARE -- I THINK IT'S, YOU WILL NEVER RID THE WORLD OF THE KNOWLEDGE. BUT WITH A SYSTEM OF -- OF ADEQUATE VERIFICATION OF AN INSPECTION...
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| 00:24:25 |
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A PARALLEL, COMPLEMENTARY AND SUPPORTIVE PROCESS TO BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND NONVIOLENT TRANSFORMATION AND WHAT'S KNOWN AS SECOND ORDER CHANGE, SO THIS...
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| 00:24:41 |
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THE IMAGERY AND THAT
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| 00:24:43 |
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YOU ARE DOING BUT YOU KNOW PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE A QUESTION WHAT ABOUT THE ENEMIES? AND THEIR BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF CONFLICT ANALYSIS...
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| 00:25:49 |
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OF THE GLOBAL ZERO ENTERPRISE. HE MADE THE VERY INTERESTING
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| 00:25:51 |
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POINT THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T
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| 00:25:52 |
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A CASE IN THE -- IN THE HISTORY SINCE, SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE MID 1940s WHERE -- WHERE PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY TAKEN BY SURPRISE...
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| 00:27:49 |
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MORE, WHICH PART IS REALISTIC. AND WHICH PART IS PRACTICAL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I'M GOING TO IN A MOMENT TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YUKIO SOTO FROM...
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| 00:28:16 |
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CHART YOU SEE ONE INTERESTING REALITY IS -- IS PEOPLE MAY NOT BE FOCUSED OR BE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF IT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL...
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| 00:31:12 |
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IS ENCOURAGING ME. WE HAVE FIRST FOCUSED ON RUSSIA, UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, AND DOING IT, GRADUALLY ENGAGE OTHER NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNTRIES. BECAUSE...
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| 00:32:56 |
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WILL PURSUE THIS PATH, OF COURSE, BASED ON THE IDEALISM AND THE SELF-INTEREST OF THEIR PEOPLES. BUT IN THE END, THEY WILL MAKE THEIR DECISIONS ON THESE,...
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| 00:33:07 |
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BASED ON ANALYSES OF THEIR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS AND OF THEIR DOMESTIC POLITICS. AND OUR DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST DAY AND A HALF HAVE BEEN ...
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| 00:34:19 |
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HAS NORMALLY
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| 00:34:20 |
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TAKEN TO NEGOTIATE. SIGNIFICANT STRATEGIC DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS AN AVERAGE OF FOUR YEARS. THE PLAN PROJECTS 14 YEARS TO REACH A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS....
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| 00:35:30 |
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WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROCESS CANNOT BE DIVORCED FROM REGIONAL SECURITY REALITIES. AND WE HAVE THOSE REALITIES IN NORTHEAST ASIA WITH THE ACTIONS OF...
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| 00:37:37 |
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HOW THE ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS THE GLOBAL ZERO RECOMMENDATIONS? >> DO YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT LAST QUESTION FIRST? >> I CAN TELL YOU -- I CAN TELL YOU...
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| 00:38:05 |
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COUNTRIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN PAKISTAN'S NEIGHBORHOOD, FEEL THAT THEY NEED, AND I CAN
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| 00:38:11 |
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MENTION IRAN, THE NEED TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPON WHICH THEY DON'T ADMIT TO RIGHT NOW. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT GIVEN THE SITUATION IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD...
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| 00:39:57 |
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SAY FIRST THAT NORTH KOREA AS WE ALL KNOW IS A SPECIAL, DIFFICULT, AND VERY IMPORTANT CASE FOR ALL OF US. ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IN THE PAST...
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| 00:40:17 |
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THAT CAN STILL BE ACHIEVED WITH A NEGOTIATING PROCESS WITH THE UNITY IN THE SIX-PARTY TALKS THAT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN THE PAST AND THAT NORTH...
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| 00:42:26 |
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THANKS. >> WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE
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| 00:42:29 |
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NOT SPECIFICALLY EXAMINED WHAT YOU CALLED "CONVENTIONAL MILITARY GUARANTEES." BUT WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WILL ADDRESS -- ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE...
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| 00:42:49 |
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IN THE HAND OUT -- THAT WE, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF REGIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS. AND THERE ARE IN SOME CASES -- ONE EXAMPLE BEING JAPAN....
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| 00:45:26 |
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BEEN CREATED BY HUMAN BEING. ONE DAY HUMAN BEING KNOW HOW TO DESTROY NUCLEAR ARSENALS. THIS IS OUR GOAL. YOU KNOW, SINCE 1964, CHINA WAS PROPOSED,...
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| 00:47:27 |
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ONE MORE QUESTION TO MR. TONY LAKE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT THE --
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| 00:47:32 |
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THE DISCUSSION DISCUSSION IS GOING ON IN THE PENTAGON. WHAT KIND OF OUTCOME DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE MEETING? PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV....
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| 00:48:14 |
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WITH NEGOTIATIONS. AND THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS QUITE POSITIVE. AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE MAKING THE...
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| 00:48:27 |
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SIDE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT DEALING WITH YOUR FIRST, I WOULD LOCK TO SAY THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT IS A NICE ROUND NUMBER....
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| 00:51:10 |
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2018, YOU COME TO 1,000 ON BOTH SIDES. >> YES. >> I'M WITH CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION. FIRST I HAVE -- I WANT TO CONFIRM SOME NUMBERS. THE FIRST IS THE...
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| 00:51:47 |
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WEAPONS,
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| 00:51:48 |
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HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE NOW POSED BY THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA? AND ALSO, ACCORDING TO A PREVIOUS DOCUMENT OF THE GLOBAL ZERO ACTION PLAN,...
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| 00:52:38 |
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TERMS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS HOW MANY COUNTRIES, IS IT SEVEN OR EIGHT? I'M GETTING -- NINE. SO IN TERMS OF OUR TOTAL COMMISSION,...
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| 00:53:19 |
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COUNTRIES THAT ARE
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| 00:53:20 |
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NONNUCLEAR, BUT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE, NAMELY JAPAN AND GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. AND THE -- AGAIN, WHEN -- WHEN...
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| 00:55:16 |
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FIRST WARHEAD BE REDUCED? AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS REGARDING THIS UPCOMING TRIP, THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO MAKE TO RUSSIA. WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS...
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| 00:55:54 |
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE START TREATY IN 1991. AND THEY HAVE BOTH -- BOTH SIDES HAVE CARRIED OUT A REDUCTION SINCE THAT PERIOD. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING...
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| 00:57:23 |
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GOOD PROGRESS WILL BE REFLECTED IN STATEMENTS MADE BY BOTH -- BOTH PRESIDENTS IN MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. >> YOU
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| 00:57:33 |
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MAKE IT SOUND SMALL -- >> PROFESSOR -- >> I USED TO SAY, IN A PREVIOUS TIME, THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA AND SOVIET UNION DESTROYED 40,000 WARHEADS....
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| 00:57:55 |
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TO SEE
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| 00:57:56 |
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ZERO. >> GOOD
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| 00:57:59 |
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POINT. YES. >> TWO-THIRDS. >> I'M WITH NHK. HOW DO YOU ADDRESS JAPANESE TELEVISION, AND I WONDER HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THE NUCLEAR WEAPON ISSUE? I KNOW...
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| 00:58:19 |
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NOT CLEAR, BUT DO PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL HAS SOME
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| 00:58:24 |
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WEAPONS? AND THAT EFFECTS INTENTION BY SOME ISLAMIC COUNTRIES THAT ARE
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| 00:58:30 |
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GOING TO HAVE MORE WEAPONS IN THE FUTURE. AND I WONDER, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT SEVEN COUNTRIES ARE MEMBERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION, AND ISRAEL IS NOT...
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| 00:59:04 |
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CAN AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN A PROCESS OF UNDERTAKING REDUCTIONS AND ELIMINATION. NOW, I SAY THAT IN FULL KNOWLEDGE -- JUST TO REPEAT. WE ARE REALISTS...
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| 01:00:38 |
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BY BOB GRAHAM
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| 01:00:40 |
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AND JIM CALLENT, ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE PROLIFERATION IN TERRORISM INFLUENCED YOUR ADMINISTRATION AT ALL? >> I THINK THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES....
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| 01:00:54 |
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AND ENTERPRISES AND STUDIES AND GROUPS. SOME U.S., SOME NON-U.S., SOME MULTILATERAL, SOME NATIONAL LIKE OURS. I WOULD MENTION
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| 01:01:08 |
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THE EFFORTS OF THE FORMER AUSTRALIAN AND FORMER JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS TO LOOK AT NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL WITH A FOCUS ON ASIA IS A VERY WORTHWHILE...
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| 01:03:09 |
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TO THIS PROCESS. YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU. TEMPORARILY FOR "SLATE" FOR THE DAY. BEYOND THE IRAN AND NORTH KOREA QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES...
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| 01:03:39 |
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POLITICAL OBSTACLES? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE POTENTIALLY A LOT OF OBSTACLES. BUT I THINK WHAT IS ENCOURAGING TO ME, IF I CAN TURN YOUR QUESTION AROUND,...
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| 01:04:02 |
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THAT GLOBAL ZERO WAS A REALISTIC SOLUTION, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF OBSTACLES. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, PROBABLY, IS BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA. WE HAVE NATIONAL...
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| 01:06:51 |
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BROUGHT OUT JUST NOW. IT IS NOT OUR HOPE OF OR BELIEF THAT BY ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS WE CAN ELIMINATE CLASHES OF NATIONAL INTEREST. THERE WAS CLASHES...
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| 01:08:15 |
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FOUR
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| 01:08:17 |
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SECTIONS. >> HOW IS C-SPAN FUNDED? >> PUBLICLY FUNDED. >> DONATIONS, MAYBE? I HAVE NO IDEA. >> GOVERNMENT? >> C-SPAN GETS ITS FUNDING THROUGH THE TAXES....
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