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THANK YOU, WELL DONE. >> I HAVE
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A COUPLE OF COUNTRYMEN HERE. I MEAN CONNECTICUT, OF COURSE. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL THANK YOU MORE FORMALLY IN A FEW MINUTES. THIS IS REALLY...
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PROGRESS. I WAS ABOUT TO QUOTE LENIN, SOMETIMES IT IS TO STEP FOOT FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK. IT STRIKES ME THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS ENORMOUS PROGRESS WHEN...
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SENATOR KYL, IF YOU WOULD ALSO COMPARING CONTRAST THE COLD WAR TO THE CURRENT CONFLICT ANY WAY YOU WANT TO. AMONG OURSELVES, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE AUTISM...
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| 00:07:06 |
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EXACTLY SO. LET ME COMPLIMENT SENATOR LIEBERMAN. AS USUAL, EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS WISE AND ON. . YOUR LAST COMMENT RUNS ME THAT SEVERAL OF US JOINED TOGETHER...
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| 00:11:20 |
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ONE MORE BROAD QUESTION. THIS CONFERENCE IS ENTITLED DICTATORS AND DISSIDENTS AND ASK THE QUESTION, SHOULD WE BE CHOOSING BETWEEN DICTATORS AND DISSIDENTS?...
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| 00:12:50 |
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ME AND SEE THAT WE ARE GUESTS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACYIES, IT IS ONE I FEEL DEEPLY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE CHOICE BETWEEN -- WE ALWAYS...
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| 00:15:52 |
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TELLING OUR AMBASSADOR IN CAIRO WHAT TO BE TELLING MORSI, WHAT WOULD YOU BE TELLING HIM? >> I WOULD SAY THERE IS
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| 00:16:02 |
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ALREADY A LOT OF SKEPTICISM ABOUT YOU IN AMERICA. WE HAVE READ THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DOCUMENTS HISTORICALLY, AND THEY ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR VALUES....
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THE RIGHT TRACK? CAN WE INFLUENCE THE SITUATION STILL? >> HERE IS WHERE I AM
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| 00:19:39 |
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GOING TO PUNT JUST A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T KNOW NEARLY ENOUGH ABOUT EVERYTHING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION REALLY INTELLIGENTLY. ONE OF MY APPROACHES...
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| 00:21:09 |
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CLASSIC CASE OF A DICTATOR AND VERSUS DISSIDENTS. I HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED, DISAPPOINTED, ANGRY THAT THE U.S. HAS NOT BEEN MUCH MORE PROACTIVE...
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| 00:24:40 |
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A MOMENT AGO THAT IRAN IS OUR MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY. IF SO, HOW FAR SHOULD WE BE WILLING TO GO TO PREVENT IRAN FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS? >> I DID...
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| 00:24:53 |
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EVERYONE HAS SAID, RIGHT UP TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR US TO ALLOW IRAN TO BECOME A NUCLEAR STATE. CONTAINMENT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE...
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| 00:26:11 |
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JUST ONE COMMENT DIRECTLY PERTAINING TO THE OVERALL THEME HERE. IT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO, YEARS AGO. I THINK OUR SANCTIONS REGIME SHOULD NOT ONLY HAVE...
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| 00:28:07 |
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THAT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. ANY PEOPLE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT ISLAMIC RULE IS LIKE. SENATOR LIEBERMAN SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT OUR MILITARY...
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| 00:28:36 |
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TO GET INTO SOME DEFINITIONS. YOU HAVE THE UNITED STATES ATTACK, AN ISRAELI ATTACK, A COMBINATION ATTACK, AN ISRAELI ATTACK BACKED BY SOME ELEMENTS OF...
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| 00:29:16 |
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HAMAS, WHICH HAS USED THE TERRITORIES SINCE 2005 AS A BASE FOR TERRORISM AND MISSILE LAUNCHES. THE WEST BANK IS MORE OR LESS RULED BY THE PLO, WHICH AFTER...
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| 00:30:10 |
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POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO IMAGINE AT THIS POINT. IT WOULD NOT COME EASILY, FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT YOUR QUESTIONS EMBODY. IN THE FIRST PLACE,...
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| 00:32:35 |
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THINK THE BOSS IS PREPARED TO NEGOTIATE, BUT LET'S SUPPOSE ON FRIDAY THAT HE AND NETANYAHU SHAKE HANDS AND COME TO DEAL ON FRIDAY CENTER. WILL HE SURVIVE...
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| 00:33:34 |
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EXPRESS SOME REALISM ABOUT WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF U.S. TROOPS. WE'LL BE BACK ESSENTIALLY...
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TO THE CONUNDRUM OF THE ENTIRE AREA AND HOW WE DEAL WITH IT. I GO BACK TO WHERE I STARTED. IF YOU HAVE SOME FIRST PRINCIPLES THAT YOU TRY TO APPLY IN...
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| 00:38:13 |
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ASK ABOUT PAKISTAN, WHICH STRIKES ME AS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT BUT LEAST RELIABLE ALLIES. WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC OVER...
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| 00:38:49 |
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JON STATED IT VERY ELOQUENTLY. THIS IS THE WHOLE QUESTION OF RELATIVISM. THE RELUCTANCE OF SOME PEOPLE TO JUDGE. THERE ARE RIGHTS AND WRONGS AND BETTER...
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| 00:39:32 |
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WITH MUSHARRAF AND HE PLEADED WITH US TO RESTORE IT MILITARY CONTACTS. HE SAID THAT MIGHT BE GENERALS ARE VERY LOYAL TO ME. THEY WERE ALL EDUCATED AT...
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| 00:40:43 |
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PAKISTAN ARE THE MOST COMPLICATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL. IT IS HARD TO THINK OF ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT IS BOTH A COMPLICATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL. THEY ARE IN...
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| 00:43:16 |
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THAT HAVE TO BUY THE INSURANCE POLICY FROM US, NOT THE OTHER GUYS. >>
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| 00:43:22 |
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BEYOND AFGHANISTAN, THIS WHOLE AREA -- JUST LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH GROWING ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, NOT JUST FOR AFGHANISTAN BUT FOR OURSELVES,...
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| 00:43:55 |
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A QUESTION, SIGNAL ME AND I WILL TRY TO COME TO YOU. WE HAVE RESET OUR RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. I AM NOT SURE RUSSIA HAS RESET ITS RELATIONS WITH US. IS...
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| 00:44:13 |
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THE ELECTION, MY FRIEND. [LAUGHTER] PASS THAT ON TO VLADIMIR. >> THE THING ABOUT JON
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| 00:44:26 |
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KYL AND ME IS THAT AFTER THE DIRECTION, ONE -- AFTER THE ELECTION, WHEN WE ARE OUT OF OFFICE, WE WILL BE MORE INFLEXIBLE. >> THIS IS A
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| 00:44:44 |
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GREAT FRUSTRATION, OBVIOUSLY. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEW PRESIDENT OBAMA, WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW THAN MANY OF US, HOPING THAT THROUGH THE DINT...
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| 00:46:03 |
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DEFENSE IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE IT SHOULD BE TO PROTECT THE HOMELAND. >> NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION
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| 00:46:13 |
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MAY BE GOING BACKWARD, WHICH IS NOT GOOD. IN TERMS OF THE HOMELAND, THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS TO MISSILE DEFENSE. IT PROTECT THE HOMELAND, WHICH PEOPLE...
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| 00:48:17 |
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A COUPLE OF LESSONS HAVE BEEN LARGER OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND MAY BE THE LAST FIVE YEARS. NOT LEAST OF WHICH IS ELECTIONS DO NOT MEAN DEMOCRACY. I...
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| 00:48:49 |
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FROM WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED, I WOULD SAY PEOPLE DO WANT DEMOCRACY. THEY MAY SETTLE IN WITH DICTATORSHIP FOR A WHILE, BUT ULTIMATELY, THERE IS A NATURAL...
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| 00:50:40 |
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LONG TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME. I WANT TO PRESENT AN AWARD. SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND SENATOR KYL, I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR HONORING...
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| 00:55:12 |
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THANKS VERY MUCH. WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, CLIFF'S MOVEMENT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES TO FDD IS ALIKE MY MOVEMENT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO BEING INDEPENDENT....
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| 00:56:51 |
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WILL JUST SAY THAT I AM TRIPOLI HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD FROM THE FDD WITH JON KYL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> IT IS A
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| 00:57:09 |
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TRIPLE HONOR TO BE HONORED BY FDD CO. [APPLAUSE] IT DOES NOT GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. I AM DEEPLY HONORED. AS JOE SAID, WE BOTH VIEWED THIS AS THE END...
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| 00:57:45 |
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I LIKE THAT OLGA METAPHOR. -- THAT BALLGAME METAPHOR. >>
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THINK YOU. >>
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| 00:58:00 |
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I THINK YOU, GUYS. -- THANK YOU, GUYS. >> AND
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| 00:58:07 |
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TO NOT GO ANYWHERE, FOLKS. WE HAVE REMARKS BY SECRETARY COHEN, A BRIEF AWARDS CEREMONY. IT IS BEEN A LONG DAY. I
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