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Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity. David Frum

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When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold. David Gergen

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But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that we have to get significant deficit reduction. David Plouffe

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My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America is, leaders in both parties, the president, believe that we have to have significant deficit reduction. So the intent is there. And I think what America is going to demand is that our leaders come together. David Plouffe

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Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share. David Plouffe

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It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right. David Plouffe

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Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war. David Plouffe

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So we still need a permanent fix. The president would sign the Dream Act tomorrow, the next day, the day after that. That's ultimately the only way to fix this, is for congressional action. David Plouffe

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The American people want to have trust in their leaders. David Plouffe

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You ask people, 'should we go back to square one?' People don't want to do that. David Plouffe

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Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote. David Plouffe

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We're facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy. David Plouffe

Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak. David Satcher

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Seventy-five percent of women who smoke would like to quit, and yet only two to three percent quit every year... It's significant because we can help women quit smoking. David Satcher

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We have about 360,000 employees in the VA health care system. It's the largest health care system in the country. And the negative attention that's been put on VA has hurt the morale of our workforce. And so what we're trying to do is to get people to understand that we're doing great work every day. David Shulkin

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A veteran deserves the very best health care anywhere. That means sometimes, they should go out into the private sector if something's being done better than the VA. David Shulkin

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If there is evidence that an employee has broken the law, caused harm to veterans, or have violated the public trust, they should be terminated immediately. Instead, due to overly cumbersome and lengthy arbitrations as well as extensive bureaucratic red tape, VA has not been able to remove employees as quickly as we would have liked. David Shulkin

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VA is a unique national resource that is worth saving, and I am committed to doing just that. David Shulkin

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My career goal is to work as a liaison between organized medicine, government, and third-party payers. David Shulkin

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When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world. Dee Dee Myers

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And Clinton was like that - he saw the whole playing field. He didn't just see the event that he was at or the circumstances of that week or that month. He saw the whole playing field all the time. Dee Dee Myers

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