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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
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The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.
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On almost every issue involving postwar Iraq, Bush's assumptions and policies have been wrong. This strange combination of arrogance and incompetence has not only destroyed the hopes for a new Iraq. It has had the much broader effect of turning the United States into an international outlaw.
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The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.
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Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
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It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
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America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels.
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It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.
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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.