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What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.
H. R. McMaster
Government
You
Own
Security
Security Forces
Embrace
Cases
Almost
Between
Principal
Forces
Were
Iraqis
Role
Many
Found
Although combat operations unseated the Taliban and the Saddam Hussein regime, a poor understanding of the recent histories of the Afghan and Iraqi peoples undermined efforts to consolidate early battlefield gains into lasting security.
H. R. McMaster
People
Understanding
Lasting
Battlefield
Consolidate
Security
Hussein
Combat
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Taliban
Undermined
Although
Operations
Iraqi
Histories
Efforts
Afghan
Regime
Gains
Poor
Early
Recent
You will not be able to meet the Millennium Development goals in health without e-health, in education without e-education, and government services will not be able to be provided without e-government services.
Hamadoun Toure
Education
Government
Health
You
Goals
Will
Meet
Able
Development
Without
Provided
Millennium
Services
Broadband gives small businesses the opportunity to broaden their customer base and reduce their overheads through e-commerce platforms.
Hamadoun Toure
Opportunity
Broadband
Broaden
Small
Gives
Small Businesses
Through
Reduce
Customer
Businesses
Base
Platforms
You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet.
Hamilton Jordan
You
Internet
Last-Minute
Ran
Deficit
Out
Minute
Mentioned
Had
He
Budget
Budget Deficit
Votes
Couple
Got
Still
Issue
Perot
Times
Race
Ross Perot
Million
Last
And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.
Hamilton Jordan
You
Vote
Remember
Not Talking
About
Percent
Winning
Like
Practicality
Talking
Got
Race
Start
And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.
Hamilton Jordan
People
Few
Increasingly
States
Attractive
Make
Left
Options
American
Tiny
Decisions
American People
Number
If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.
Hamilton Jordan
You
Man
Woman
Election
Year
September
Given
Could
Had
Put
Access
Ballot
Won
Candidate
Them
Found
Right
If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
Hamilton Jordan
You
Political
Will
Country
Think
Our
System
Attractive
Well
Doing
Political System
Current
Interest
Then
Working
Your
Viewers
Serving
I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.
Hamilton Jordan
Broken
People
Political
Country
Think
System
Allow
Most
Around
Political System
Going
Turned
I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.
Hamilton Jordan
Dessert
Like
Ice
Ice Cream
Cream
I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a political adviser, a short-order cook, to work on topical matters.
Hamilton Jordan
Work
Political
Matters
Cocktail
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Topical
Those
Carter
Parties
Adviser
Go
Years
Cook
I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it.
Hamilton Jordan
Me
School
Thought
Worry
Would
About
Because
Always
Years
Five
Going
Anymore
Happen
Decided
Against
Interested
Used
Now
Medical
Medical School
My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?'
Hamilton Jordan
Me
People
Decision
White
White House
Hell
President
Say
Press
System
Critical
Weapons
Exaggerated
Economic
Had
He
House
Make
Hamilton
Role
American
Did
Turn
American People
Fortunately
To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.
Hamilton Jordan
Politics
Best
Good
Seen
Politician
White
White House
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Say
Carter
He
House
Without
Understand
Does
Got
Denies
Question
Anybody
Which
Working
Ever
Phenomenon
Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.
Hamilton Jordan
Work
Beautiful
Day
Ride
Sometimes
Job
Sense
White
White House
President
Jimmy
Hey
Out
Some
Day-Out
Lights
House
Leave
Front
Where
Now
Night
The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
Hamilton Jordan
Politics
Battle
People
Building
About
Wings
Both
Both Parties
Support
Parties
Left
American
Intensity
Forgotten
Middle
Far
American Politics
Far Right
Used
Now
Right
Here
The SS, as such, behaved no more criminally than any other social groups would behave when taking part in political events.
Hans Frank
Events
Political
Other
Would
More
Part
Taking
Than
Behave
Behaved
Any
Social
Groups
Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration.
Hans Frank
Police
Matter
Nothing
Administration
Entirely
Had
Concentration
Were
Camps
First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
Hans Frank
Justice
First
State
Dissolved
States
Minister
Various
Became
Without
Were
After
Reich
Portfolio
I dealt with legal questions in the interest of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP and its members during the difficult years of struggle for the victory of the Movement.
Hans Frank
Struggle
Legal
Victory
Difficult
Members
Adolf
Dealt
Years
Questions
Movement
Interest
In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.
Hans Frank
Man
People
Victory
Country
National
Own
Everything
Sphere
Possibly
About
Adolf
My Own
Could
His
Greatness
Expected
Did
Movement
Order
Fanaticism
Who
Filled
Socialist
Believes
Bring
It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.
Hans Frank
Legal
Background
Fading
Idea
Academy
Also
Advisory
German
Replace
Gradually
Committees
Which
Should
Reich
Reichstag
My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort.
Hans Frank
War
Justice
Aim
Our
Safeguard
Without
Doing
Effort
War Effort
Harm
My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
Hans Frank
Justice
First
Judiciary
Endeavor
System
Independent
German
Core
Save
One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.
Henry Paulson
Enjoy
One Of The Things
Most
Fishing
Things
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