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EVEN THE WOMEN, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE JUST AS BRAVE IN THEIR BRAVERY, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THEIR BRAVERY. THE PHYSICAL ABILITY AND STAMINA -- I AM...
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Scully, Steven - Host
END COMBAT EXCLUSION, SEEING THAT IT WILL LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD IN CAREERS. BRIAN ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE FROM WISCONSIN. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. CALLER:...
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| 00:03:46 |
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OF YOU. FIRST TIME ON THE PROGRAM. I AM 71 YEARS OLD. I BELIEVE THAT WOMEN ARE CAPABLE OF GOING INTO THE MILITARY AND SERVING IN COMBAT. ALSO, I THINK...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THANK YOU. FROM INSIDE THE WASHINGTON TIMES -- RICHARD IS JOINING US FROM INVERNESS, FLORIDA, ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I AM AGAINST THIS WOMEN IN COMBAT -- TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE WOMAN IN THE NAVY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WOMEN ARE DISCHARGED EARLY BECAUSE THEY...
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AN EXPERIMENT. ONCE THEY COME BACK IN BODY BAGS OR MAIMED, I BELIEVE THIS EXPERIMENT WILL BE OVER. THIS IS WHAT IT IS. HOST: THANK YOU FOR THE
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| 00:07:11 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CALL. SECRETARY PANETTA SAID HIS THINKING HAS DEVOLVED AS HE TRAVELED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, TRAVELLING TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. HE WAS A FORMER...
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| 00:07:36 |
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TO LIFT THE BAN ON WOMEN IN COMBAT. WE KEEP GOING TO WAR, AND WE KEEP SPENDING MONEY ON WARS. AS LONG PEOPLE FOOLISH NOT TO GO TO WAR AND KILL OTHER...
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| 00:07:53 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FROM STAFF SARGEANT STACY SPEARSALL -- NEXT IS NICK JOINING US FROM PEORIA, ILLINOIS. ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER:
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| 00:08:13 |
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I HAVE TWO SONS IN THE MILITARY. NEITHER OF THEM ARE IN MILITARY OR -- INFANTRY OUR COMBAT UNITS. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS, WOMEN DO NOT HAVE THE PHYSICAL...
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| 00:08:49 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CULPRIT JOINING THE DEFENSE SECRETARY -- FOR THE CALL. TO AND IN THE DEFENSE SECRETARY WAS MARTIN DEMPSEY, THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. >> AS WE
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| 00:09:06 |
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LOOK AT REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECTRUM OF CONFLICTS, NOT JUST COUNTERINSURGENCY, WE REALLY IN -- WE REALLY NEED STANDARDS THAT APPLY ACROSS ALL OF THOSE....
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| 00:09:40 |
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WOMEN SERVE IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS, LIKE NAVY SEALS? >> I WILL GO BACK TO WHAT
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| 00:09:46 |
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I HAVE SAID SINCE I BEEN THE CHIEF OF STAFF, WHAT GENERAL ORDIN -- ODIERNO SAID, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE WOMEN WHO CAN MEET THE STANDARDS. HOST:
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| 00:09:58 |
Scully, Steven - Host
GENERAL DEMPSEY YESTERDAY AT THE PENTAGON. THIS HEADLINE -- THERE IS THIS FROM JUST RAMIREZ ON OUR TWITTER PAGE -- BACK TO YOUR CALLS. PENTAGON LIFTING...
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| 00:10:28 |
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WATCHING THE NEWS YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A LADY WHO JOINED THE MARINES IN 1970, AND SHE MADE IT THROUGH THE BASICS AND HER HUSBAND DID NOT. SHE WAITED THREE...
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| 00:11:10 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. ANOTHER PART OF THIS DEBATE -- SEXUAL HARASSMENT. ACCORDING TO DOD, THERE WERE JUST OVER 3100 REPORTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN...
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| 00:11:37 |
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DECORATED VETERAN FROM VIETNAM. WHEN I TELL MY STORY OF MY EXPERIENCES IN COMBAT, THE WOMEN PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS PRACTICALLY FALL TO THEIR...
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| 00:12:29 |
Scully, Steven - Host
INTO TOO SPECIFIC OF DETAIL, WHAT ARE THEY REACTING TO? WHAT EXPERIENCES DID GO THROUGH IN THE 1970'S OR 1960'S THE -- IN VIETNAM? CALLER: I WAS
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| 00:12:44 |
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A SNIPER IN VIETNAM. I CANNOT REMEMBER MOST OF THE COMBAT EXPERIENCES BECAUSE I GOT ADDICTED TO EIGHT OR NINE DRUGS. NOW THAT MEMORIES ARE COMING BACK,...
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| 00:13:24 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: YOUR FINAL THOUGHT? CALLER: I HOPE PEOPLE UP THERE
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A WAY UP AND UNDERSTAND -- WAKE UP AND UNDERSTAND, IT IS NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR DAUGHTERS, WIVES, THE MILLS. -- FEMALES. HOST:
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| 00:13:46 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE QUESTION WE ARE ASKING, IN CASE YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN, THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, LIFTING THE BAN ON WOMEN IN COMBAT OPERATIONS. ANOTHER HEADLINE...
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| 00:15:29 |
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WOMEN SUING THE PENTAGON OVER THE LACK OF BEING ABLE TO GET INTO COMBAT. THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMBAT -- THEY ARE USING THAT TO BE PROMOTED. THE GOOD OLD...
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| 00:16:04 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE CALL. DATE ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE, FROM NEW JERSEY. CALLER: ONE THING
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| 00:16:11 |
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I WANTED TO POINT OUT. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER SAID HE WAS A SNIPER IN VIETNAM. HE BRINGS UP SOME COGENT POINTS. I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE A...
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| 00:16:50 |
Scully, Steven - Host
REFERRING TO TAMMY DUCKWORTH, FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. CALLER: SHE BROUGHT UP
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A GOOD POINT. HER POINT WAS, THERE WAS GOING TO BE ATTRITION OF WOMEN THAT WERE GOING TO START AND WORK THEIR WAY UP INTO INFANTRY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS...
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| 00:19:42 |
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BEEN IN COMBAT FOR DECADES. I AM NOT SEEING THAT WOMEN DO NOT HAVE A ROLE IN COMBAT. WE DO NOT FIGHT A CONVENTIONAL ENEMY. THERE IS NOT A FRONT LINE...
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| 00:19:59 |
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IS THE PROBLEM WITH WOMEN IN THE INFANTRY? IF OHLMAN CAN GET THROUGH TRAINING, WHY CAN SHE NOT SERVE ALONGSIDE FELLOW INFANTRYMAN? >> IT IS AN ISSUE PURSES'
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| 00:20:13 |
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COST AND BENEFIT. THE COST WILL OUTWEIGH THE BENEFIT. IT WILL NOT HELP THE INDIVIDUAL OR THE INSTITUTION. WE ARE A WAR FOOTING INSTITUTION. COMBAT...
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| 00:20:27 |
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YOU WROTE RECENTLY. IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. IT WAS CALLED "GET OVER IT, WE ARE NOT ALL CREATED EQUAL." I KNOW THAT YOU CREATED THE IT -- THE IMAGE OF...
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| 00:21:01 |
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A TIME FIVE YEARS AGO, WHERE I JOINED THE MARINE CORPS, AND I THOUGHT, HECK, I AM STRONG, A CONCERN IN THE INFANTRY. THIS LAST DEPLOYMENT HIT HOME FOR...
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| 00:21:40 |
Scully, Steven - Host
COURTESY OF CNN. THIS HEADLINE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES -- LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW WOMEN TO SERVE IN THE FRONT LINES. AUSTRALIA, CANADA,...
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| 00:24:01 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE CALL. ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE -- FROM OUR TWITTER PAGE, THERE IS THIS -- ONE MORE CALL ON THIS TOPIC, AND THEN WE WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE SENATE...
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| 00:24:35 |
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I AM A WOMAN ON YOUR EXPRESSING MY VIEWS. WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE IN INFANTRY. ABSOLUTELY NOT. HOST:
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Scully, Steven - Host
WHY? CALLER: WE
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ARE NOT BUILT FOR THAT. MEN AND WOMEN ACTION NOT BE IN CLOSE CONTACT LIKE THAT. IT WILL NOT WORK. IT SIMPLY WILL NOT WORK. IT IS IN OUR NATURE. MANPOWER...
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| 00:25:21 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE PENTAGON OF LIFTING THE BAN ON WOMEN TO SERVE ON THE FRONT LINES. THE HEADLINE FROM "THE HUFFINGTON POST" -- RYAN GRIMM JOINS US. YOU WRITE THAT THE...
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AGREED TO IS SOMETHING, A SERIES OF STEPS THAT WILL QUICKEN THE PACE OF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE. THERE HAS BEEN A BATTLE RAGING FOR THE LAST COUPLE...
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| 00:27:36 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOU ANOTHER HEADLINE FROM "THE HILL" -- CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT POINT?
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| 00:28:00 |
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CALLER: THE PROGRESS OF SENATORS LED BY JEFF MERKLEY AND BACKED BY A HUGE COLLECTION OF PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND LABOR UNIONS WANTED TO CHANGE WHAT THEY...
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| 00:29:32 |
Scully, Steven - Host
OTHER HEADLINE FROM A "ROLL CALL," WITH WHAT SENATE LEADERS MIGHT BE DEALING WITH, SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO MITCH MCCONNELL, WHERE DOES THIS PUT...
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IT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HIM COMPROMISING WITH DEMOCRATS. TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE STRONG ELEMENTS OF THE TEA PARTY IN KENTUCKY THAT THINK THERE SHOULD...
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| 00:30:58 |
Scully, Steven - Host
GRIM, EXPLAINING SOME OF THE CHANGES TO THE FILIBUSTER RULE. HE IS THE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE -- FOR "THE HUFFINGTON POST." BACK TO YOUR CALLS...
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| 00:31:56 |
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AT THE LABOR MARKET, ALLOWING MEN AND WOMEN TO SERVE TOGETHER, IT WILL HAVE HUGE BENEFITS FOR THEM. THAT IS WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT. HOST: FROM "THE
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| 00:32:11 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WASHINGTON POST, THIS EDITORIAL -- HERE IS MORE FROM DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA YESTERDAY MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OFFICIAL AT THE PENTAGON. >> IN...
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A SERIES OF MODIFICATIONS TO THAT RULE. IT OPENED UP MORE THAN 14,000 NEW POSITIONS TO WOMEN. THAT INCLUDED POSITIONS THAT ARE CO-LOCATED WITH GROUND...
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| 00:33:57 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FROM YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE PENTAGON, AND THIS FROM OUR TWITTER FEED -- LET'S SHARE WITH YOU THE LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW WOMEN IN CLOSE...
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| 00:34:20 |
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IN VIETNAM IN 1967. I WAS 20 YEARS OLD. I CAME BACK, AND I ONLY WEIGHED 140 POUNDS. I DID 23 YEARS. WHEN I WAS 50, I COULD DO IT 70 PUSHUPS. WHEN I WAS...
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| 00:34:44 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. THIS IS INSIDE THE WASHINGTON POST -- NEXT IS A CALLER FROM JAMAICA, NEW YORK. LUCILLE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE
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| 00:35:04 |
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TO SAY THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY SAID THAT WOMEN CANNOT BE DOCTORS, THEY CANNOT DO THIS, OR THAT. THE RUSSIANS USED WOMEN TO FIGHT DURING WORLD WAR...
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| 00:35:55 |
Scully, Steven - Host
CALL. LET ME SHARE WITH YOU TO GO OTHER HEADLINES -- THIS IS FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" -- THE WASHINGTON POST POINTS OUT -- THAT IS FROM THE FRONT PAGE....
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| 00:37:00 |
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FINE FOR WOMEN TO BE IN COMBAT. I DID TWO TOURS IN IRAQ. THE WOMEN WERE RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE MEN. BEFORE THEY MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THAT, THEY SHOULD...
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| 00:37:34 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FOR THE CALL. INSIDE ""USA TODAY",", MARKING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY -- INSIDE "USA TODAY," -- THE MARCH FOR LIFE WILL TAKE PLACE. THIS IS TENS OF THOUSANDS...
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MORNING. ONE MORNING, THE FIRST SERGEANT ANNOUNCED THERE WERE ELIMINATIONS FROM THE PT TEST. WOMEN COULD NOT DO IT. IF YOU CANNOT PASS YOUR PT TEST,...
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| 00:39:48 |
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IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SEPARATE CLASSES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL, AT SOME LEVEL. IT IS FAR MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. WHEN YOU HAD ONE PART OF THE POPULATION...
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| 00:40:20 |
Scully, Steven - Host
NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE PENTAGON, AND OUR ENTIRE PROGRAMMING IS ON C- SPAN.ORG -- WE WELCOME OUR RADIO LISTENERS AS WELL. THERE WAS THIS FROM ROBERT --...
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OF KOREA AND VIETNAM. I WILL CUT IT SHORT. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ALL VOLUNTEER ARMY. THERE WERE TRYING TO GET WOMEN INTO THE RANKS. MY SISTER --...
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| 00:41:55 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. THE STORY INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES -- THERE ARE SIMILAR STORIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. -- A COUPLE OF POINTS -- BACK TO YOUR CALLS....
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MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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| 00:43:01 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: YES. CALLER: I HAVE
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A DAUGHTER IN THE MILITARY, AND HER EXPERIENCE WAS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] A LOT OF WOMEN TO GO INTO THE MILITARY AND HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE, WITH SEXUAL HARRASSMENT....
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| 00:43:51 |
Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: SURE. CALLER: I THINK
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| 00:44:01 |
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SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PHONIES. WE HAVE GUNS THAT KILL MORE PEOPLE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] YOU NEVER SEEN THINGS LIKE THAT. HOST: THANK
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| 00:44:21 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOU FOR THE CALL. JACK HAS THIS ON OUR TWITTER PAGE -- A COUPLE OF OTHER HEADLINES. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING FROM THE STATE DINING ROOM IN THE WHITE...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE NO OBJECTION WITH WOMEN GOING INTO THE MILITARY OR ANY FIELD THAT IS MILITARY-BASE. -- MILITARY-BASED. IF OHLMAN WANTS TO...
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| 00:46:40 |
Scully, Steven - Host
VOTE AT ALL? CALLER: NO, IT SHOULD BE
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THE PEOPLE'S VOTE. HOST: THANK YOU
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| 00:46:48 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FOR THE CALL. REPUBLICANS LOOKING FOR A CHANGE IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL ASK BILL KRISTOL IN A MOMENT. ONE LAST WEEK --...
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