Debate|NN Transcript|NNP October|NNP 11|CD ,|, 2000|CD The|DT Second|NNP Gore-|NNP Bush|NNP Presidential|NNP Debate|NN Let|VB 's|PRP welcome|VB the|DT candidates|NNS ,|, Governor|NNP Bush|NNP and|CC Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP .|. 
Good|JJ evening|NN ,|, from|IN Wake|NNP Chapel|NNP at|IN Wake|NNP Forest|NNP University|NNP at|IN Winston-|NNP Salem|NNP ,|, North|NNP Carolina|NNP .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP Jim|NNP Lehrer|NNP of|IN the|DT News|NNP Hour|NNP on|IN PBS|NNP .|. 
Welcome|VB to|TO this|DT second|JJ election|NN 2000|CD debate|NN between|IN the|DT Republican|JJ candidate|NN for|IN president|NN ,|, George|NNP W.|NN Bush|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP ,|, and|CC the|DT Democratic|JJ candidate|NN ,|, Vice|NNP President|NNP Al|NNP Gore|NNP .|. 
These|DT debates|NNS are|VBP sponsored|VBN by|IN the|DT Commission|NNP on|IN Presidential|NNP Debates|NNS .|. 
The|DT format|NN and|CC the|DT rules|NNS are|VBP those|DT negotiated|VBN by|IN representatives|NNS of|IN the|DT two|CD campaigns|NNS .|. 
Only|RB the|DT subjects|NNS tonight|NN and|CC the|DT questions|NNS are|VBP mine|NN .|. 
The|DT format|NN tonight|NN is|VBZ that|IN of|IN a|DT conversation|NN .|. 
The|DT only|RB prevailing|VBG rule|NN is|VBZ that|IN no|DT single|JJ response|NN can|MD ever|RB ,|, ever|RB exceed|VB two|CD minutes|NNS .|. 
The|DT prevailing|VBG rule|NN for|IN the|DT audience|NN here|RB in|IN the|DT hall|NN is|VBZ as|IN always|RB ,|, absolute|JJ quiet|NN ,|, please|VB .|. 
Good|JJ evening|NN ,|, Governor|NNP Bush|NNP ,|, Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP .|. 
The|DT end|NN of|IN our|PRP$ 90|CD minutes|NNS last|JJ week|NN in|IN Boston|NNP ,|, the|DT total|JJ time|NN each|DT of|IN you|PRP took|VBD was|VBD virtually|RB the|DT same|JJ .|. 
Let|VB 's|PRP see|VB if|IN we|PRP can|MD do|VB the|DT same|JJ tonight|NN ,|, or|CC come|VB close|VB .|. 
Governor|NNP Bush|NNP ,|, the|DT first|JJ question|NN goes|VBZ to|TO you|PRP .|. 
One|CD of|IN you|PRP is|VBZ about|IN to|TO be|VB elected|VBN the|DT leader|NN of|IN the|DT single-most|JJ powerful|JJ nation|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, economically|RB ,|, financially|RB ,|, militarily|RB ,|, diplomatically|RB ,|, you|PRP name|VBP it|PRP .|. 
Have|VBP you|PRP formed|VBD any|DT guiding|VBG principles|NNS for|IN exercising|VBG this|DT enormous|JJ power|NN ?|. 

I|PRP have|VBP ,|, I|PRP have|VBP .|. 
First|LS question|NN is|VBZ what|WP 's|VBZ in|IN the|DT best|JJS interests|NNS of|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS ?|. 
What|WP 's|VBZ in|IN the|DT best|JJS interests|NNS of|IN our|PRP$ people|NNS ?|. 
When|WRB it|PRP comes|VBZ to|TO foreign|JJ policy|NN that|WDT will|MD be|VB my|PRP$ guiding|VBG question|NN .|. 
Is|VBZ it|PRP in|IN our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS interests|NNS ?|. 
Peace|NN in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP is|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS interests|NNS .|. 
Having|VBG a|DT hemisphere|NN that|WDT is|VBZ free|JJ for|IN trade|NN and|CC peaceful|JJ is|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS interests|NNS .|. 
Strong|JJ relations|NNS in|IN Europe|NNP is|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS interest|NN .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP thought|VBN a|DT lot|NN about|IN what|WP it|PRP means|VBZ to|TO be|VB the|DT president|NN .|. 
I|PRP also|RB understand|VBP that|IN an|DT administration|NN is|VBZ not|RB one|CD person|NN ,|, but|CC an|DT administration|NN is|VBZ dedicated|VBN citizens|NNS who|WP are|VBP called|VBN by|IN the|DT president|NN to|TO serve|VB the|DT country|NN ,|, to|TO serve|VB a|DT cause|NN greater|JJR than|IN self|NN ,|, and|CC so|IN I|PRP 've|VBP thought|VBN about|IN an|DT administration|NN of|IN people|NNS who|WP represent|VBP all|DT America|NNP ,|, but|CC people|NNS who|WP understand|VBP my|PRP$ compassionate|NN and|CC conservative|JJ philosophy|NN .|. 
I|PRP have|VBP n't|RB started|VBN naming|VBG names|NNS except|IN for|IN one|CD person|NN ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ Mr.|NN Richard|NNP Cheney|NNP who|WP I|PRP thought|VBD did|VBD a|DT great|JJ job|NN the|DT other|JJ night|NN .|. 
He|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT vice|NN presidential|JJ nominee|NN who|WP represents|VBZ --|: I|PRP think|VBP people|NNS got|VBN to|TO see|VB why|WRB I|PRP picked|VBD him|PRP .|. 
He|PRP 's|VBZ man|NN of|IN solid|JJ judgment|NN and|CC he|PRP 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB a|DT person|NN to|TO stand|VB by|IN my|PRP$ side|NN .|. 
One|CD of|IN the|DT things|NNS I|PRP 've|VBP done|VBN in|IN Texas|NNP is|VBZ I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN able|JJ to|TO put|VB together|RB a|DT good|JJ team|NN of|IN people|NNS .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN able|JJ to|TO set|VB clear|JJ goals|NNS .|. 
The|DT goals|NNS ought|MD to|TO be|VB an|DT education|NN system|NN that|WDT leaves|VBZ no|DT child|NN behind|IN ,|, Medicare|NNP for|IN our|PRP$ seniors|NNS ,|, a|DT Social|NNP Security|NNP system|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ safe|JJ and|CC secure|VB ,|, foreign|JJ policy|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS interest|NN ,|, and|CC a|DT strong|JJ military|NN ,|, and|CC then|RB bring|VB people|NNS together|RB to|TO achieve|VB those|DT goals|NNS .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP a|DT Chief|NNP Executive|NNP Officer|NNP does|VBZ .|. 
So|IN I|PRP 've|VBP thought|VBN long|JJ and|CC hard|RB about|IN the|DT honor|NN of|IN being|VBG the|DT President|NNP of|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS .|. 

Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ?|. 

Yes|UH ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP thought|VBN a|DT lot|NN about|IN that|DT particular|JJ question|NN ,|, and|CC I|PRP see|VBP our|PRP$ greatest|JJS national|JJ strength|NN coming|VBG from|IN what|WP we|PRP stand|VBP for|IN in|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
I|PRP see|VBP it|PRP as|IN a|DT question|NN of|IN values|NNS .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ a|DT great|JJ tribute|NN to|TO our|PRP$ founders|NNS that|IN 224|CD years|NNS later|RB this|DT nation|NN is|VBZ now|RB looked|VBN to|TO by|IN the|DT peoples|NNS on|IN every|DT other|JJ continent|NN and|CC the|DT peoples|NNS from|IN every|DT part|NN of|IN this|DT earth|NN as|IN a|DT kind|NN of|IN model|NN for|IN what|WP their|PRP$ future|JJ could|MD be|VB .|. 
And|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB that|DT 's|VBZ just|RB the|DT kind|NN of|IN exaggeration|NN that|IN we|PRP take|VBP pride|NN in|IN as|IN Americans|NNPS .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ really|RB true|JJ ,|, even|RB the|DT ones|NNS that|WDT sometimes|RB shake|VB their|PRP$ fists|NNS at|IN us|PRP .|. 
As|RB soon|RB as|IN they|PRP have|VBP a|DT change|NN that|WDT allows|VBZ the|DT people|NNS to|TO speak|VB freely|RB ,|, they|PRP 're|VBP wanting|VBG to|TO develop|VB some|DT kind|NN of|IN blueprint|NN that|WDT will|MD help|VB them|PRP be|VB like|IN us|PRP more|JJR ,|, freedom|NN ,|, free|JJ markets|NNS ,|, political|JJ freedom|NN .|. 
So|IN I|PRP think|VBP first|JJ and|CC foremost|RB our|PRP$ power|NN ought|MD to|TO be|VB wielded|VBN to|TO in|IN ways|NNS that|WDT form|NN a|DT more|RBR perfect|JJ union|NN .|. 
The|DT power|NN of|IN example|NN is|VBZ America|NNP 's|POS greatest|JJS power|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
And|CC that|DT means|VBZ ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, standing|NN up|RP for|IN human|JJ rights|NNS .|. 
It|PRP means|VBZ addressing|VBG the|DT problems|NNS of|IN injustice|NN and|CC inequity|NN ,|, along|IN the|DT lines|NNS of|IN race|NN and|CC ethnicity|NN here|RB at|IN home|NN ,|, because|IN in|IN all|PDT these|DT other|JJ places|NNS around|IN the|DT world|NN where|WRB they|PRP 're|VBP having|VBG these|DT terrible|JJ problems|NNS ,|, when|WRB they|PRP feel|VBP hope|VBP ,|, it|PRP is|VBZ often|RB because|IN they|PRP see|VBP in|IN us|PRP a|DT reflection|NN of|IN their|PRP$ potential|JJ .|. 
So|IN we|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN to|TO enforce|VB our|PRP$ civil|JJ rights|NNS laws|NNS .|. 
We|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN to|TO deal|VB with|IN things|NNS like|IN racial|JJ profiling|VBG .|. 
And|CC we|PRP have|VBP to|TO keep|VB our|PRP$ military|JJ strong|JJ .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP the|DT strongest|JJS military|JJ ,|, and|CC I|PRP 'll|MD do|VB whatever|WDT is|VBZ necessary|JJ ,|, if|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP president|NN ,|, to|TO make|VB sure|JJ that|IN it|PRP stays|VBZ that|DT way|NN .|. 
But|CC our|PRP$ real|JJ power|NN comes|VBZ ,|, I|PRP think|VBP ,|, from|IN our|PRP$ values|NNS .|. 

Should|MD the|DT people|NNS of|IN the|DT world|NN look|NN at|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, and|CC say|VB ,|, should|MD they|PRP fear|VBP us|PRP ,|, should|MD they|PRP welcome|VBP our|PRP$ involvement|NN ,|, should|MD they|PRP see|VB us|PRP as|IN a|DT friend|NN ,|, everybody|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN ?|. 
How|WRB would|MD you|PRP project|VBP us|PRP around|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, as|IN president|NN ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP think|VBP they|PRP ought|MD to|TO look|VB at|IN us|PRP as|IN a|DT country|NN that|WDT understands|VBZ freedom|NN where|WRB it|PRP does|VBZ n't|RB matter|VB who|WP you|PRP are|VBP or|CC how|WRB you|PRP 're|VBP raised|VBN or|CC where|WRB you|PRP 're|VBP from|IN ,|, that|IN you|PRP can|MD succeed|VB .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB they|PRP 'll|MD look|VB at|IN us|PRP with|IN envy|NN .|. 
It|PRP really|RB depends|VBZ upon|IN how|WRB our|PRP$ nation|NN conducts|VBZ itself|PRP in|IN foreign|JJ policy|NN .|. 
If|IN we|PRP 're|VBP an|DT arrogant|JJ nation|NN ,|, they|PRP 'll|MD resent|VB us|PRP .|. 
If|IN we|PRP 're|VBP a|DT humble|JJ nation|NN ,|, but|CC strong|JJ ,|, they|PRP 'll|MD welcome|VBP us|PRP .|. 
And|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ --|: our|PRP$ nation|NN stands|VBZ alone|RB right|RB now|RB in|IN the|DT world|NN in|IN terms|NNS of|IN power|NN ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ why|WRB we|PRP have|VBP to|TO be|VB humble|JJ .|. 
And|CC yet|RB project|VB strength|NN in|IN a|DT way|NN that|WDT promotes|VBZ freedom|NN .|. 
So|IN I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB they|PRP ought|MD to|TO look|VB at|IN us|PRP in|IN any|DT way|NN other|JJ than|IN what|WP we|PRP are|VBP .|. 
We|PRP 're|VBP a|DT freedom-loving|JJ nation|NN and|CC if|IN we|PRP 're|VBP an|DT arrogant|JJ nation|NN they|PRP 'll|MD view|VB us|PRP that|DT way|NN ,|, but|CC if|IN we|PRP 're|VBP a|DT humble|JJ nation|NN they|PRP 'll|MD respect|VB us|PRP .|. 

A|DT humble|JJ nation|NN .|. 

I|PRP agree|VBP with|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP agree|VBP with|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN one|CD of|IN the|DT problems|NNS that|IN we|PRP have|VBP faced|VBN in|IN the|DT world|NN is|VBZ that|IN we|PRP are|VBP so|RB much|RB more|RBR powerful|JJ than|IN any|DT single|JJ nation|NN has|VBZ been|VBN in|IN relationship|NN to|TO the|DT rest|NN of|IN the|DT world|NN than|IN at|IN any|DT time|NN in|IN history|NN ,|, that|IN I|PRP know|VBP about|RB ,|, anyway|RB .|. 
That|DT there|EX is|VBZ some|DT resentment|NN of|IN U.S.|NNP power|NN .|. 
So|IN I|PRP think|VBP that|IN the|DT idea|NN of|IN humility|NN is|VBZ an|DT important|JJ one|CD .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP also|RB have|VBP to|TO have|VB a|DT sense|NN of|IN mission|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP to|TO protect|VB our|PRP$ capacity|NN to|TO push|VB forward|RB what|WP America|NNP 's|VBZ all|DT about|IN .|. 
That|DT means|VBZ not|RB only|RB military|JJ strength|NN and|CC our|PRP$ values|NNS ,|, it|PRP also|RB means|VBZ keeping|VBG our|PRP$ economy|NN strong|JJ .|. 
You|PRP know|VBP ,|, in|IN the|DT last|NN ,|, or|CC two|CD decades|NNS ago|RB it|PRP was|VBD routine|JJ for|IN leaders|NNS of|IN foreign|JJ countries|NNS to|TO come|VB over|IN here|RB and|CC say|VB you|PRP guys|NNS have|VBP got|VBN to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN these|DT horrendous|JJ deficits|NNS because|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ causing|VBG tremendous|JJ problems|NNS for|IN the|DT rest|NN of|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, and|CC we|PRP were|VBD lectured|VBD to|TO all|DT the|DT time|NN .|. 
The|DT fact|NN that|IN we|PRP have|VBP the|DT strongest|JJS economy|NN in|IN history|NN today|NN is|VBZ not|RB good|JJ enough|RB .|. 
We|PRP need|VBP to|TO do|VB more|JJR .|. 
But|CC the|DT fact|NN that|IN it|PRP is|VBZ so|RB strong|JJ enables|VBZ us|PRP to|TO project|VB the|DT power|NN for|IN good|JJ that|IN America|NNP can|MD represent|VB .|. 

Does|VBZ that|WDT give|VBP us|PRP --|: does|VBZ our|PRP$ wealth|NN ,|, our|PRP$ good|JJ economy|NN ,|, our|PRP$ power|NN ,|, bring|VB with|IN it|PRP special|JJ obligations|NNS to|TO the|DT rest|NN of|IN the|DT world|NN ?|. 

Yes|UH ,|, it|PRP does|VBZ .|. 
Take|VB ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, Third|NNP World|NNP debt|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB forgiving|VBG Third|NNP World|NNP debt|NN under|IN certain|JJ conditions|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, if|IN we|PRP 're|VBP convinced|VBN that|IN a|DT Third|NNP World|NNP country|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ got|VBD a|DT lot|NN of|IN debt|NN would|MD reform|VB itself|PRP ,|, that|IN the|DT money|NN would|MD n't|RB go|VB into|IN the|DT hands|NNS of|IN a|DT few|JJ but|CC would|MD go|VB to|TO help|VB people|NNS ,|, I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP makes|VBZ sense|NN for|IN us|PRP to|TO use|VB our|PRP$ wealth|NN in|IN that|DT way|NN ,|, or|CC to|TO trade|VB debt|NN for|IN valuable|JJ rain|NN forest|NN lands|NNS ,|, makes|VBZ that|IN much|JJ sense|NN ,|, yes|UH .|. 
We|PRP do|VBP have|VBP an|DT obligation|NN ,|, but|CC we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB be|VB all|DT things|NNS to|TO all|DT people|NNS .|. 
We|PRP can|MD help|VB build|VB coalitions|NNS but|CC we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB put|VB our|PRP$ troops|NNS all|DT around|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
We|PRP can|MD lend|VB money|NN but|CC we|PRP have|VBP to|TO do|VB it|PRP wisely|RB .|. 
We|PRP should|MD n't|RB be|VB lending|NN money|NN to|TO corrupt|JJ officials|NNS .|. 
So|IN we|PRP have|VBP to|TO be|VB guarded|VBN in|IN our|PRP$ generosity|NN .|. 
Let|VB 's|PRP go|VB through|IN some|DT of|IN the|DT specifics|NNS now|RB .|. 
New|JJ question|NN .|. 
Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, the|DT governor|NN mentioned|VBD the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP .|. 
Here|RB we|PRP 're|VBP talking|VBG at|IN this|DT stage|NN in|IN the|DT game|NN about|IN diplomatic|JJ power|NN that|IN we|PRP have|VBP .|. 
What|WP do|VBP you|PRP think|VBP the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS should|MD do|VB right|RB now|RB to|TO resolve|VB that|DT conflict|NN over|IN there|RB ?|. 

The|DT first|JJ priority|NN has|VBZ to|TO be|VB on|IN ending|VBG the|DT violence|NN ,|, dampening|VBG down|RP the|DT tensions|NNS that|WDT have|VBP arisen|VBN there|RB .|. 
We|PRP need|VBP to|TO call|VB upon|IN Syria|NNP to|TO release|VB the|DT three|CD Israeli|JJ soldiers|NNS who|WP have|VBP been|VBN captured|VBN .|. 
We|PRP need|VBP to|TO insist|VB that|IN Arafat|NNP send|VB out|RP instructions|NNS to|TO halt|VB some|DT of|IN the|DT provocative|JJ acts|NNS of|IN violence|NN that|WDT have|VBP been|VBN going|VBG on|IN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP also|RB have|VBP to|TO keep|VB a|DT weather|NN eye|NN toward|IN Saddam|NNP Hussein|NNP because|IN he|PRP is|VBZ taking|VBG advantage|NN of|IN this|DT situation|NN to|TO once|RB again|RB make|VB threats|NNS ,|, and|CC he|PRP needs|VBZ to|TO understand|VB that|IN he|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB only|RB dealing|VBG with|IN Israel|NNP ,|, he|PRP is|VBZ dealing|VBG --|: he|PRP 's|VBZ dealing|VBG with|IN us|PRP if|IN he|PRP is|VBZ making|VBG the|DT kind|NN of|IN threats|NNS that|IN he|PRP 's|VBZ talking|VBG about|IN there|RB .|. 
The|DT use|NN of|IN diplomacy|NN in|IN this|DT situation|NN has|VBZ already|RB ,|, well|RB ,|, it|PRP goes|VBZ hour-by-hour|JJ and|CC day-by-day|JJ now|RB .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT very|RB tense|JJ situation|NN there|RB .|. 
But|CC in|IN the|DT last|JJ 24|CD hours|NNS there|RB has|VBZ been|VBN some|DT subsiding|VBG of|IN the|DT violence|NN there|RB .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ too|RB much|JJ to|TO hope|VB that|IN this|DT is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO continue|VB ,|, but|CC I|PRP do|VBP hope|VBP that|IN it|PRP will|MD continue|VB .|. 
Our|PRP$ country|NN has|VBZ been|VBN very|RB active|JJ with|IN regular|JJ conversations|NNS with|IN the|DT leaders|NNS there|RB .|. 
And|CC we|PRP just|RB have|VBP to|TO take|VB it|PRP day-to-day|JJ right|RB now|RB .|. 
But|CC one|CD thing|NN I|PRP would|MD say|VB where|WRB diplomacy|NN is|VBZ concerned|VBN ,|, Israel|NNP should|MD feel|VB absolutely|RB secure|VB about|IN one|CD thing|NN .|. 
Our|PRP$ bonds|NNS with|IN Israel|NNP are|VBP larger|JJR than|IN agreements|NNS or|CC disagreements|NNS on|IN some|DT details|NNS of|IN diplomatic|JJ initiatives|NNS .|. 
They|PRP are|VBP historic|JJ ,|, they|PRP are|VBP strong|JJ ,|, and|CC they|PRP are|VBP enduring|VBG .|. 
And|CC our|PRP$ ability|NN to|TO serve|VB as|IN an|DT honest|JJ broker|NN is|VBZ something|NN that|IN we|PRP need|VBP to|TO shepherd|NN .|. 

Governor|NNP ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP think|VBP during|IN the|DT campaign|NN ,|, particularly|RB now|RB during|IN this|DT difficult|JJ period|NN ,|, we|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB speaking|VBG with|IN one|CD voice|NN ,|, and|CC I|PRP appreciate|VBP the|DT way|NN the|DT administration|NN has|VBZ worked|VBN hard|JJ to|TO calm|VB the|DT tensions|NNS .|. 
Like|IN the|DT vice|NN president|NN ,|, I|PRP call|VBP on|IN Chairman|NNP Arafat|NNP to|TO have|VB his|PRP$ people|NNS pull|VBP back|RB to|TO make|VB the|DT peace|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP credibility|NN is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB very|RB important|JJ in|IN the|DT future|NN in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP everybody|NN to|TO know|VB should|MD I|PRP be|VB the|DT president|NN Israel|NNP 's|POS going|NN to|TO be|VB our|PRP$ friend|NN .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP going|VBG to|TO stand|VB by|IN Israel|NNP .|. 
Secondly|RB ,|, that|IN I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ to|TO reach|VB out|IN to|TO moderate|VB Arab|JJ nations|NNS ,|, like|IN Jordan|NNP and|CC Egypt|NNP ,|, Saudi|NNP Arabia|NNP and|CC Kuwait|NNP .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ to|TO be|VB friends|NNS with|IN people|NNS when|WRB you|PRP do|VBP n't|RB need|VB each|DT other|JJ so|IN that|IN when|WRB you|PRP do|VBP there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT strong|JJ bond|NN of|IN friendship|NN .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB particularly|RB important|JJ in|IN dealing|VBG not|RB only|RB with|IN situations|NNS such|JJ as|IN now|RB occurring|VBG in|IN Israel|NNP ,|, but|CC with|IN Saddam|NNP Hussein|NNP .|. 
The|DT coalition|NN against|IN Saddam|NNP has|VBZ fallen|VBN apart|RB or|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ unraveling|NN ,|, let|VB 's|POS put|VB it|PRP that|DT way|NN .|. 
The|DT sanctions|NNS are|VBP being|VBG violated|VBN .|. 
We|PRP do|VBP n't|RB know|VB whether|IN he|PRP 's|VBZ developing|VBG weapons|NNS of|IN mass|NN destruction|NN .|. 
He|PRP better|RBR not|RB be|VB or|CC there|EX 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB a|DT consequence|NN should|MD I|PRP be|VB the|DT president|NN .|. 
But|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ to|TO have|VB credibility|NN and|CC credibility|NN is|VBZ formed|VBN by|IN being|VBG strong|JJ with|IN your|PRP$ friends|NNS and|CC resoluting|VBG your|PRP$ determination|NN .|. 
One|CD of|IN the|DT reasons|NNS why|WRB I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ for|IN this|DT nation|NN to|TO develop|VB an|DT anti-ballistic|JJ missile|NN system|NN that|IN we|PRP can|MD share|VB with|IN our|PRP$ allies|NNS in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP if|IN need|VBP be|VB to|TO keep|VB the|DT peace|NN is|VBZ to|TO be|VB able|JJ to|TO say|VB to|TO the|DT Saddam|NNP Husseins|NNP of|IN the|DT world|NN or|CC the|DT Iranians|NNPS ,|, do|VBP n't|RB dare|VB threaten|VB our|PRP$ friends|NNS .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ also|RB important|JJ to|TO keep|VB strong|JJ ties|NNS in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP ,|, credible|JJ ties|NNS ,|, because|IN of|IN the|DT energy|NN crisis|NN we|PRP 're|VBP now|RB in|IN .|. 
After|IN all|DT ,|, a|DT lot|NN of|IN the|DT energy|NN is|VBZ produced|VBN from|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP ,|, and|CC so|IN I|PRP appreciate|VBP what|WP the|DT administration|NN is|VBZ doing|VBG .|. 
I|PRP hope|VBP to|TO get|VB a|DT sense|NN of|IN should|MD I|PRP be|VB fortunate|JJ to|TO be|VB the|DT president|NN how|WRB my|PRP$ administration|NN will|MD react|VB to|TO the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP .|. 

So|IN you|PRP do|VBP n't|RB believe|VB ,|, Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, that|IN we|PRP should|MD take|VB sides|NNS and|CC resolve|VB this|DT right|RB now|RB ?|. 
A|DT lot|NN of|IN people|NNS pushing|VBG hey|UH ,|, the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS should|MD declare|VB itself|PRP and|CC not|RB be|VB so|RB neutral|JJ in|IN this|DT particular|JJ situation|NN .|. 

Well|RB ,|, we|PRP stand|VBP with|IN Israel|NNP ,|, but|CC we|PRP have|VBP maintained|VBN the|DT ability|NN to|TO serve|VB as|IN an|DT honest|JJ broker|NN .|. 
And|CC one|CD of|IN the|DT reasons|VBZ that|DT 's|VBZ important|JJ is|VBZ that|IN Israel|NNP can|MD not|RB have|VB direct|JJ dialogue|NN with|IN some|DT of|IN the|DT people|NNS on|IN the|DT other|JJ side|NN of|IN conflicts|NNS ,|, especially|RB during|IN times|NNS of|IN tension|NN ,|, unless|IN that|DT dialogue|NN comes|VBZ through|IN us|PRP .|. 
And|CC if|IN we|PRP throw|VBP away|RB that|DT ability|NN to|TO serve|VB as|IN an|DT honest|JJ broker|NN ,|, then|RB we|PRP have|VBP thrown|VBN --|: we|PRP will|MD have|VB thrown|VBN away|RB a|DT strategic|JJ asset|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ important|JJ not|RB only|RB to|TO us|PRP but|CC also|RB to|TO Israel|NNP .|. 

You|PRP agree|VBP with|IN that|DT ,|, Governor|NNP ?|. 

I|PRP do|VBP .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP think|VBP this|DT ,|, though|RB .|. 
When|WRB it|PRP comes|VBZ to|TO timetables|NNS it|PRP ca|MD n't|RB be|VB the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS timetable|NN as|IN to|TO how|WRB discussions|NNS take|VBP place|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ got|VBD to|TO be|VB a|DT timetable|NN that|IN all|DT parties|NNS can|MD agree|VB to|TO ,|, like|IN the|DT Palestinians|NNPS and|CC Israelis|NNPS .|. 
Secondly|RB ,|, any|DT lasting|JJ peace|NN is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO have|VB to|TO be|VB a|DT peace|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ good|JJ for|IN both|DT sides|NNS .|. 
And|CC therefore|RB ,|, the|DT term|NN honest|JJ broker|NN makes|VBZ sense|NN .|. 
This|DT current|JJ administration|NN 's|POS worked|VBD hard|JJ to|TO keep|VB the|DT parties|NNS at|IN the|DT table|NN .|. 
I|PRP will|MD try|VB to|TO do|VB the|DT same|JJ thing|NN .|. 
But|CC it|PRP wo|MD n't|RB be|VB on|IN my|PRP$ timetable|NN ,|, it|PRP will|MD be|VB on|IN the|DT timetable|NN that|IN people|NNS are|VBP comfortable|JJ with|IN in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP .|. 

People|NNS watching|VBG here|RB tonight|NN are|VBP very|RB interested|JJ in|IN Middle|NNP East|NNP policy|NN ,|, and|CC they|PRP are|VBP so|RB interested|JJ they|PRP want|VBP to|TO base|VB their|PRP$ vote|NN on|IN differences|NNS between|IN the|DT two|CD of|IN you|PRP as|IN president|NN how|WRB you|PRP would|MD handle|VB Middle|NNP East|NNP policy|NN .|. 
Is|VBZ there|EX any|DT difference|NN ?|. 

I|PRP have|VBP n't|RB heard|VBN a|DT big|JJ difference|NN in|IN the|DT last|JJ few|JJ exchanges|NNS .|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ hard|JJ to|TO tell|VB .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, I|PRP would|MD hope|VB to|TO be|VB able|JJ to|TO convince|VB people|NNS I|PRP could|MD handle|VB the|DT Iraqi|JJ situation|NN better|RBR .|. 

Saddam|NNP Hussein|NNP ,|, you|PRP mean|VBP ,|, get|VB him|PRP out|IN of|IN there|RB ?|. 

I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO ,|, of|IN course|NN ,|, and|CC I|PRP presume|NN this|DT administration|NN would|MD as|RB well|RB .|. 
We|PRP do|VBP n't|RB know|VB --|: there|EX are|VBP no|DT inspectors|NNS now|RB in|IN Iraq|NNP ,|, the|DT coalition|NN that|WDT was|VBD in|IN place|NN is|VBZ n't|RB as|RB strong|JJ as|IN it|PRP used|VBD to|TO be|VB .|. 
He|PRP is|VBZ a|DT danger|NN .|. 
We|PRP do|VBP n't|RB want|VB him|PRP fishing|NN in|IN troubled|VBN waters|NNS in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP .|. 
And|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB hard|JJ ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB important|JJ to|TO rebuild|VB that|DT coalition|NN to|TO keep|VB the|DT pressure|NN on|IN him|PRP .|. 

You|PRP feel|VBP that|WDT is|VBZ a|DT failure|NN of|IN the|DT Clinton|NNP administration|NN ?|. 

I|PRP do|VBP .|. 

Well|RB ,|, when|WRB I|PRP got|VBD to|TO be|VB a|DT part|NN of|IN the|DT current|JJ administration|NN ,|, it|PRP was|VBD right|NN after|IN --|: I|PRP was|VBD one|CD of|IN the|DT few|JJ members|NNS of|IN my|PRP$ political|JJ party|NN to|TO support|VB former|JJ President|NNP Bush|NNP in|IN the|DT Persian|NNP Gulf|NNP War|NNP resolution|NN ,|, and|CC at|IN the|DT end|NN of|IN that|DT war|NN ,|, for|IN whatever|WDT reason|VBP ,|, it|PRP was|VBD not|RB finished|VBN in|IN a|DT way|NN that|WDT removed|VBD Saddam|NNP Hussein|NNP from|IN power|NN .|. 
I|PRP know|VBP there|EX are|VBP all|DT kinds|NNS of|IN circumstances|NNS and|CC explanations|NNS .|. 
But|CC the|DT fact|NN is|VBZ that|IN that|DT 's|VBZ the|DT situation|NN that|WDT was|VBD left|VBN when|WRB I|PRP got|VBD there|RB .|. 
And|CC we|PRP have|VBP maintained|VBN the|DT sanctions|NNS .|. 
Now|RB I|PRP want|VBP to|TO go|VB further|RB .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO give|VB robust|JJ support|NN to|TO the|DT groups|NNS that|WDT are|VBP trying|VBG to|TO overthrow|VB Saddam|NNP Hussein|NNP ,|, and|CC I|PRP know|VBP there|EX are|VBP allegations|NNS that|IN they|PRP 're|VBP too|RB weak|JJ to|TO do|VB it|PRP ,|, but|CC that|DT 's|VBZ what|WP they|PRP said|VBD about|IN the|DT forces|NNS that|WDT were|VBD opposing|VBG Milosevic|NNP in|IN Serbia|NNP ,|, and|CC you|PRP know|VBP ,|, the|DT policy|NN of|IN enforcing|VBG sanctions|NNS against|IN Serbia|NNP has|VBZ just|RB resulted|VBN in|IN a|DT spectacular|JJ victory|NN for|IN democracy|NN just|RB in|IN the|DT past|JJ week|NN ,|, and|CC it|PRP seems|VBZ to|TO me|PRP that|IN having|VBG taken|VBN so|RB long|JJ to|TO see|VB the|DT sanctions|NNS work|VBP there|RB ,|, building|NN upon|IN the|DT policy|NN of|IN containment|NN that|WDT was|VBD successful|JJ over|IN a|DT much|JJ longer|JJR period|NN of|IN time|NN against|IN the|DT former|JJ Soviet|NNP Union|NNP in|IN the|DT communist|NN block|NN ,|, seems|VBZ a|DT little|RB early|JJ to|TO declare|VB that|IN we|PRP should|MD give|VB up|RB on|IN the|DT sanctions|NNS .|. 
I|PRP know|VBP the|DT governor|NN 's|POS not|RB necessarily|RB saying|VBG that|IN but|CC ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, all|DT of|IN these|DT flights|NNS that|WDT have|VBP come|VBN in|RB ,|, all|DT of|IN them|PRP have|VBP been|VBN in|IN accordance|NN with|IN the|DT sanctions|NNS regime|NN ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP told|VBN ,|, except|IN for|IN three|CD where|WRB they|PRP notified|VBD ,|, and|CC they|PRP 're|VBP trying|VBG to|TO break|VB out|IN of|IN the|DT box|NN ,|, there|EX 's|VBZ no|DT question|NN about|IN it|PRP .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB they|PRP should|MD be|VB allowed|VBN to|TO .|. 

Did|VBD he|PRP state|VBP your|PRP$ position|NN correctly|RB ,|, you|PRP 're|VBP not|RB calling|VBG for|IN eliminating|VBG the|DT sanctions|NNS ,|, are|VBP you|PRP ?|. 

No|DT ,|, of|IN course|NN not|RB ,|, absolutely|RB not|RB ,|, I|PRP want|VBP them|PRP to|TO be|VB tougher|JJR .|. 

Let|VB 's|PRP go|VB on|IN to|TO Milosevic|NNP and|CC Yugoslavia|NNP ,|, and|CC it|PRP falls|VBZ under|IN the|DT area|NN of|IN our|PRP$ military|JJ power|NN .|. 
Governor|NNP ,|, new|JJ question|NN .|. 
Should|MD the|DT fall|NN of|IN Milosevic|NNP be|VB seen|VBN as|IN a|DT triumph|NN for|IN U.S.|NNP military|JJ intervention|NN ?|. 

I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT triumph|NN .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD the|DT president|NN made|VBD the|DT right|JJ decision|NN in|IN joining|VBG NATO|NNP and|CC bombing|NN Serbia|NNP .|. 
I|PRP supported|VBD them|PRP when|WRB they|PRP did|VBD so|RB .|. 
I|PRP called|VBD upon|IN the|DT Congress|NNP not|RB to|TO hamstring|VB the|DT administration|NN ,|, and|CC in|IN terms|NNS of|IN forcing|VBG troop|NN withdrawals|NNS on|IN a|DT timetable|NN that|WDT was|VBD n't|RB necessarily|RB in|IN our|PRP$ best|JJS interest|NN or|CC fit|VB our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS strategy|NN ,|, and|CC so|IN I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ good|JJ public|JJ policy|NN ,|, I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP worked|VBD ,|, and|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP pleased|JJ I|PRP took|VBD --|: made|VBD the|DT decision|NN I|PRP made|VBD .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP pleased|VBD the|DT president|NN made|VBD the|DT decision|NN he|PRP made|VBD .|. 
Because|IN freedom|NN to|TO go|VB in|IN that|DT part|NN of|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, and|CC where|WRB there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT lot|NN of|IN work|NN left|VBD to|TO be|VB done|VBN ,|, however|RB .|. 

But|CC you|PRP think|VBP it|PRP would|MD not|RB have|VB happened|VBN --|: do|VBP you|PRP think|VBP that|IN Milosevic|NNP would|MD not|RB have|VB fallen|VBN if|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS and|CC NATO|NNP had|VBD not|RB intervened|VBN militarily|RB ?|. 
Is|VBZ this|DT a|DT legitimate|JJ use|NN of|IN our|PRP$ military|JJ power|NN ?|. 

Yes|UH ,|, I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP is|VBZ .|. 
Absolutely|RB .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB he|PRP would|MD have|VB fallen|VBN had|VBN we|PRP not|RB used|VBD the|DT force|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP know|VBP there|EX are|VBP some|DT in|IN our|PRP$ party|NN that|WDT disagree|VBP with|IN that|DT sentiment|NN .|. 
I|PRP supported|VBD the|DT president|NN .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD he|PRP made|VBD the|DT right|JJ decision|NN to|TO do|VB so|RB .|. 
I|PRP did|VBD n't|RB think|VB he|PRP necessarily|RB made|VBD the|DT right|JJ decision|NN to|TO take|VB land|NN troops|NNS off|IN the|DT table|NN right|NN before|IN we|PRP committed|VBD ourselves|PRP offensively|RB ,|, but|CC nevertheless|RB ,|, it|PRP worked|VBD .|. 
The|DT administration|NN deserves|VBZ credit|NN for|IN having|VBG made|VBN it|PRP work|VBP .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ important|JJ for|IN NATO|NNP to|TO have|VB it|PRP work|VBP .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ for|IN NATO|NNP to|TO be|VB strong|JJ and|CC confident|JJ and|CC to|TO help|VB keep|VB the|DT peace|NN in|IN Europe|NNP .|. 
And|CC one|CD of|IN the|DT reasons|NNS I|PRP felt|VBD so|RB strongly|RB that|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS needed|VBD to|TO participate|VB was|VBD because|IN of|IN our|PRP$ relations|NNS with|IN NATO|NNP ,|, and|CC NATO|NNP is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB an|DT important|JJ part|NN of|IN keeping|VBG the|DT peace|NN in|IN the|DT future|NN .|. 
Now|RB ,|, there|EX 's|VBZ more|JJR work|NN to|TO do|VB .|. 
Remains|NNS to|TO be|VB seen|VBN ,|, however|RB ,|, whether|IN or|CC not|RB there|EX 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB a|DT political|JJ settlement|NN in|IN Kosovo|NNP ,|, and|CC I|PRP certainly|RB hope|VBP there|EX is|VBZ one|CD .|. 
Also|RB on|IN record|NN as|IN saying|VBG at|IN some|DT point|NN in|IN time|NN I|PRP hope|VBP our|PRP$ European|JJ friends|NNS become|VBP the|DT peacekeepers|NNS in|IN Bosnia|NNP and|CC in|IN the|DT Balkans|NNP .|. 
I|PRP hope|VBP that|IN they|PRP put|VBP the|DT troops|NNS on|IN the|DT ground|NN so|IN that|IN we|PRP can|MD withdraw|VB our|PRP$ troops|NNS and|CC focus|VB our|PRP$ military|JJ on|IN fighting|VBG and|CC winning|VBG war|NN .|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN kind|NN of|IN a|DT hard-liner|NN on|IN this|DT issue|NN for|IN more|JJR than|IN eight|CD years|NNS .|. 
When|WRB I|PRP was|VBD in|IN the|DT senate|NN before|IN I|PRP became|VBD vice|NN president|NN I|PRP was|VBD pushing|VBG for|IN stronger|JJR action|NN against|IN Milosevic|NNP .|. 
He|PRP caused|VBD the|DT death|NN of|IN so|RB many|JJ people|NNS .|. 
He|PRP was|VBD the|DT last|JJ communist|NN party|NN boss|NN there|EX and|CC then|RB he|PRP became|VBD a|DT dictator|NN that|IN by|IN some|DT other|JJ label|NN he|PRP was|VBD still|RB essentially|RB a|DT communist|NN dictator|NN .|. 
And|CC unfortunately|RB now|RB he|PRP is|VBZ trying|VBG to|TO reassert|VB himself|PRP in|IN Serbian|NNP politics|NNS .|. 
Already|RB just|RB today|NN the|DT members|NNS of|IN his|PRP$ political|JJ party|NN said|VBD that|IN they|PRP were|VBD going|VBG to|TO ignore|VB the|DT orders|NNS of|IN the|DT new|JJ president|NN of|IN Serbia|NNP ,|, and|CC that|IN they|PRP question|VBP his|PRP$ legitimacy|NN ,|, and|CC he|PRP 's|VBZ still|RB going|VBG to|TO try|VB to|TO be|VB actively|RB involved|VBN .|. 
He|PRP is|VBZ an|DT indicted|JJ war|NN criminal|JJ .|. 
He|PRP should|MD be|VB held|VBN accountable|JJ .|. 
Now|RB ,|, I|PRP did|VBD want|VB to|TO pick|VB up|RP on|IN one|CD of|IN the|DT statements|NNS earlier|RBR ,|, and|CC maybe|RB I|PRP have|VBP heard|VBN ,|, maybe|RB I|PRP have|VBP heard|VBN the|DT previous|JJ statements|NNS wrong|JJ ,|, Governor|NNP .|. 
In|IN some|DT of|IN the|DT discussions|NNS we|PRP 've|VBP had|VBN about|IN when|WRB it|PRP 's|VBZ appropriate|JJ for|IN the|DT U.S.|NNP to|TO use|VB force|NN around|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, at|IN times|NNS the|DT standards|NNS that|IN you|PRP 've|VBP laid|VBN down|RB have|VBP given|VBN me|PRP the|DT impression|NN that|IN if|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ something|NN like|IN a|DT genocide|NN taking|VBG place|NN or|CC what|WP they|PRP called|VBD ethnic|JJ cleansing|NN in|IN Bosnia|NNP ,|, that|IN that|DT alone|RB would|MD not|RB be|VB ,|, that|IN that|DT would|MD n't|RB be|VB the|DT kind|NN of|IN situation|NN that|WDT would|MD cause|VB you|PRP to|TO think|VB that|IN the|DT U.S.|NNP ought|MD to|TO get|VB involved|VBN with|IN troops|NNS .|. 
Now|RB ,|, have|VBP to|TO be|VB other|JJ factors|NNS involved|VBN for|IN me|PRP to|TO want|VB to|TO be|VB involved|VBN .|. 
But|CC by|IN itself|PRP ,|, that|IN to|TO me|PRP can|MD bring|VB into|IN play|VB a|DT fundamental|JJ American|JJ strategic|JJ interest|NN because|IN I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ based|VBN on|IN our|PRP$ values|NNS .|. 
Now|RB ,|, have|VBP I|PRP got|VBD that|DT wrong|NN ?|. 

Trying|VBG to|TO figure|VB out|IN who|WP the|DT questioner|NN was|VBD .|. 

If|IN I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ nation|NN 's|POS strategic|JJ interest|NN I|PRP 'll|MD commit|VB troops|NNS .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD it|PRP was|VBD in|IN our|PRP$ strategic|JJ interests|NNS to|TO keep|VB Milosevic|NNP in|IN check|NN because|IN of|IN our|PRP$ relations|NNS in|IN NATO|NNP ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ why|WRB I|PRP took|VBD the|DT position|NN I|PRP took|VBD .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ for|IN NATO|NNP to|TO be|VB strong|JJ and|CC confident|JJ .|. 
I|PRP felt|VBD like|IN unchecked|JJ Milosevic|NNP would|MD harm|VB NATO|NNP ,|, and|CC so|IN it|PRP depends|VBZ on|IN the|DT situation|NN ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP .|. 

Well|RB ,|, let|VB 's|POS stay|VB on|IN the|DT subject|NN for|IN a|DT moment|NN .|. 
New|JJ question|NN related|VBN to|TO this|DT .|. 
I|PRP figured|VBD this|DT out|IN ;|: in|IN the|DT last|JJ 20|CD years|NNS there|RB have|VBP been|VBN eight|CD major|JJ actions|NNS that|WDT involved|VBD the|DT introduction|NN of|IN U.S.|NNP ground|NN ,|, air|NN or|CC naval|JJ forces|NNS .|. 
Let|VB me|PRP name|VBP them|PRP .|. 
Lebanon|NNP ,|, Grenada|NNP ,|, Panama|NNP ,|, the|DT Persian|NNP Gulf|NNP ,|, Somalia|NNP ,|, Bosnia|NNP ,|, Haiti|NNP ,|, Kosovo|NNP .|. 
If|IN you|PRP had|VBD been|VBN president|NN for|IN any|DT of|IN those|DT interventions|NNS ,|, would|MD any|DT of|IN those|DT interventions|NNS not|RB have|VB happened|VBN ?|. 

Can|MD you|PRP run|VB through|IN the|DT list|NN again|RB ?|. 

Sure|RB .|. 
Lebanon|NNP .|. 

I|PRP thought|VBD that|WDT was|VBD a|DT mistake|NN .|. 

Grenada|NNP .|. 

I|PRP supported|VBD that|DT .|. 

Panama|NNP .|. 

I|PRP supported|VBD that|DT .|. 

Persian|NNP Gulf|NNP .|. 

Yes|UH ,|, I|PRP voted|VBD for|IN it|PRP ,|, supported|VBN it|PRP .|. 

Somalia|NNP .|. 

Of|IN course|NN ,|, and|CC that|IN again|RB --|: no|DT ,|, I|PRP think|VBP that|IN that|DT was|VBD ill-considered|JJ .|. 
I|PRP did|VBD support|NN it|PRP at|IN the|DT time|NN .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD in|IN the|DT previous|JJ administration|NN ,|, in|IN the|DT Bush-|NNP Quayle|NNP administration|NN ,|, and|CC I|PRP think|VBP in|IN retrospect|NN the|DT lessons|NNS there|RB are|VBP ones|NNS that|IN we|PRP should|MD take|VB very|RB ,|, very|RB seriously|RB .|. 

Bosnia|NNP .|. 

Oh|UH ,|, yes|UH .|. 

Haiti|NNP .|. 

Yes|UH .|. 

And|CC then|RB Kosovo|NNP .|. 

Yes|UH .|. 

We|PRP talked|VBD about|IN that|DT .|. 
Want|NNP me|PRP to|TO do|VB it|PRP with|IN you|PRP ?|. 
Lebanon|NNP .|. 

Make|VB a|DT couple|NN comments|NNS .|. 

Sure|RB ,|, absolutely|RB ,|, sure|JJ .|. 
Somalia|NNP .|. 

Started|VBN off|RP as|IN a|DT humanitarian|JJ mission|NN and|CC it|PRP changed|VBD into|IN a|DT nation-building|JJ mission|NN ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ where|WRB the|DT mission|NN went|VBD wrong|JJ .|. 
The|DT mission|NN was|VBD changed|VBN .|. 
And|CC as|IN a|DT result|NN ,|, our|PRP$ nation|NN paid|VBD a|DT price|NN .|. 
And|CC so|IN I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB our|PRP$ troops|NNS ought|MD to|TO be|VB used|VBN for|IN what|WP 's|VBZ called|VBN nation-building|JJ .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP our|PRP$ troops|NNS ought|MD to|TO be|VB used|VBN to|TO fight|VB and|CC win|VB war|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP our|PRP$ troops|NNS ought|MD to|TO be|VB used|VBN to|TO help|VB overthrow|VB the|DT dictator|NN when|WRB it|PRP 's|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ best|JJS interests|NNS .|. 
But|CC in|IN this|DT case|NN it|PRP was|VBD a|DT nation-building|JJ exercise|NN ,|, and|CC same|JJ with|IN Haiti|NNP .|. 
I|PRP would|MD n't|RB have|VB supported|VBN either|RB .|. 

What|WP about|IN Lebanon|NNP ?|. 

Yes|UH .|. 

Grenada|NNP .|. 

Yes|UH .|. 

Panama|NNP ?|. 

Yes|UH .|. 
Some|DT of|IN them|PRP I|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN a|DT conflict|NN of|IN interest|NN on|IN ,|, if|IN you|PRP know|VBP what|WP I|PRP mean|VBP .|. 

I|PRP do|VBP ,|, I|PRP do|VBP .|. 
The|DT Persian|NNP Gulf|NNP ,|, obviously|RB .|. 
And|CC Bosnia|NNP .|. 
And|CC you|PRP have|VBP already|RB talked|VBN about|IN Kosovo|NNP .|. 
But|CC the|DT reverse|JJ side|NN of|IN the|DT question|NN ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, that|IN Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP mentioned|VBD ,|, 600,000|CD people|NNS died|VBD in|IN Rwanda|NNP in|IN 1994|CD .|. 
There|EX was|VBD no|DT U.S.|NNP intervention|NN ,|, no|DT intervention|NN from|IN the|DT outside|JJ world|NN .|. 
Was|VBD that|IN a|DT mistake|NN not|RB to|TO intervene|VB ?|. 

I|PRP think|VBP the|DT administration|NN did|VBD the|DT right|JJ thing|NN in|IN that|DT case|NN .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD a|DT horrible|JJ situation|NN ,|, no|DT one|CD liked|VBD to|TO see|VB it|PRP on|IN our|PRP$ TV|NN screens|NNS ,|, but|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT case|NN where|WRB we|PRP need|VBP to|TO make|VB sure|JJ we|PRP have|VBP an|DT early|JJ warning|NN system|NN in|IN place|NN in|IN places|NNS where|WRB there|EX could|MD be|VB ethnic|JJ cleansing|NN and|CC genocide|NN the|DT way|NN we|PRP saw|VBD it|PRP there|RB in|IN Rwanda|NNP .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ a|DT case|NN where|WRB we|PRP need|VBP to|TO use|VB our|PRP$ influence|NN to|TO have|VB countries|NNS in|IN Africa|NNP come|VBD together|RB and|CC help|VB deal|VB with|IN the|DT situation|NN .|. 
The|DT administration|NN ,|, seem|VBP like|IN we|PRP 're|VBP having|VBG a|DT great|JJ love|NN for|IN us|PRP tonight|NN ,|, but|CC the|DT administration|NN made|VBD the|DT right|JJ decision|NN on|IN training|NN Nigerian|NNP troops|NNS for|IN situations|NNS just|RB such|JJ as|IN this|DT in|IN Rwanda|NNP ,|, and|CC so|IN I|PRP thought|VBD they|PRP made|VBD the|DT right|JJ decision|NN not|RB to|TO send|VB U.S.|NNP troops|NNS into|IN Rwanda|NNP .|. 

Do|VBP you|PRP have|VB any|DT second|JJ thoughts|NNS on|IN that|DT ,|, based|VBN on|IN what|WP you|PRP said|VBD a|DT moment|NN ago|RB about|IN genocide|NN ?|. 

I|PRP 'd|MD like|VB to|TO come|VB back|RB to|TO the|DT question|NN of|IN nation|NN building|NN ,|, but|CC let|VB me|PRP address|VB the|DT question|NN directly|RB ,|, first|JJ .|. 
Fine|NNP .|. 
We|PRP did|VBD ,|, actually|RB ,|, send|VB troops|NNS into|IN Rwanda|NNP to|TO help|VB with|IN the|DT humanitarian|JJ relief|NN measures|NNS .|. 
My|PRP$ wife|NN Tipper|NNP ,|, who|WP is|VBZ here|RB ,|, actually|RB went|VBD on|IN a|DT military|JJ plane|NN with|IN General|NNP Sholicatchvieli|NNP on|IN one|CD of|IN those|DT flights|NNS .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP in|IN retrospect|NN we|PRP were|VBD too|RB late|JJ getting|VBG in|IN there|RB .|. 
We|PRP could|MD have|VB saved|VBN more|JJR lives|NNS if|IN we|PRP had|VBD acted|VBN earlier|RBR .|. 
But|CC I|PRP do|VBP not|RB think|VB that|IN it|PRP was|VBD an|DT example|NN of|IN a|DT conflict|NN where|WRB we|PRP should|MD have|VB put|VBN our|PRP$ troops|NNS in|IN to|TO try|VB to|TO separate|VB the|DT parties|NNS for|IN this|DT reason|NN ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
One|CD of|IN the|DT criteria|NNS that|IN I|PRP think|VBP is|VBZ important|JJ in|IN deciding|VBG when|WRB and|CC if|IN we|PRP should|MD ever|RB get|VB involved|VBN around|IN the|DT world|NN is|VBZ whether|IN or|CC not|RB our|PRP$ national|JJ security|NN interest|NN is|VBZ involved|VBN ,|, if|IN we|PRP can|MD really|RB make|VB the|DT difference|NN with|IN military|JJ forces|NNS .|. 
We|PRP tried|VBD everything|NN else|RB .|. 
If|IN we|PRP have|VBP allies|NNS in|IN the|DT Balkans|NNP we|PRP have|VBP allies|NNS ,|, NATO|NNP ,|, ready|JJ ,|, willing|JJ and|CC able|JJ to|TO go|VB and|CC carry|VB a|DT big|JJ part|NN of|IN the|DT burden|NN .|. 
In|IN Africa|NNP we|PRP did|VBD not|RB .|. 
Now|RB ,|, we|PRP have|VBP tried|VBN --|: our|PRP$ countries|NNS tried|VBD to|TO create|VB an|DT Africa|NNP crisis|NN response|NN team|NN there|RB ,|, and|CC we|PRP 've|VBP met|VBN some|DT resistance|NN .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP had|VBN some|DT luck|NN with|IN Nigeria|NNP ,|, but|CC in|IN Sierra|NNP Leon|NNP ,|, and|CC now|RB that|IN Nigeria|NNP has|VBZ become|VBN a|DT democracy|NN ,|, and|CC we|PRP hope|VBP it|PRP stays|VBZ that|DT way|NN ,|, then|RB maybe|RB we|PRP can|MD build|VB on|IN that|DT .|. 
But|CC because|IN we|PRP had|VBD no|DT allies|NNS and|CC because|IN it|PRP was|VBD very|RB unclear|JJ that|IN we|PRP could|MD actually|RB accomplish|VB what|WP we|PRP would|MD want|VB to|TO accomplish|VB about|IN putting|VBG military|JJ forces|NNS there|RB ,|, I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP was|VBD the|DT right|JJ thing|NN not|RB to|TO jump|VB in|IN ,|, as|RB heartbreaking|VBG as|IN it|PRP was|VBD ,|, but|CC I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP should|MD have|VB come|VBN in|IN much|RB quicker|JJR with|IN the|DT humanitarian|JJ mission|NN .|. 

So|RB what|WP would|MD you|PRP say|VB ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, that|DT somebody|NN would|MD say|VB hey|UH wait|VB a|DT minute|NN ,|, why|WRB not|RB Africa|NNP ,|, I|PRP mean|VBP why|WRB the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP ,|, why|WRB the|DT Balkans|NNP ,|, but|CC not|RB Africa|NNP ,|, when|WRB 600,000|CD people|NNS 's|POS lives|NNS are|VBP at|IN risk|NN ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP understand|VBP ,|, and|CC Africa|NNP is|VBZ important|JJ .|. 
And|CC we|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN to|TO do|VB a|DT lot|NN of|IN work|NN in|IN Africa|NNP to|TO promote|VB democracy|NN and|CC trade|NN ,|, and|CC there|EX are|VBP some|DT --|: Vice|NNP President|NNP mentioned|VBD Nigeria|NNP is|VBZ a|DT fledgling|NN democracy|NN .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP to|TO work|VB with|IN Nigeria|NNP .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ an|DT important|JJ continent|NN .|. 
But|CC there|EX 's|VBZ got|VBD to|TO be|VB priorities|NNS ,|, and|CC Middle|NNP East|NNP is|VBZ a|DT priority|NN for|IN a|DT lot|NN of|IN reasons|NNS ,|, as|IN is|VBZ Europe|NNP and|CC the|DT Far|NNP East|NNP ,|, our|PRP$ own|JJ hemisphere|NN .|. 
And|CC those|DT are|VBP my|PRP$ four|CD top|JJ priorities|NNS should|MD I|PRP be|VB the|DT president|NN ,|, not|RB to|TO say|VB we|PRP wo|MD n't|RB be|VB engaged|VBN nor|CC work|VB hard|JJ to|TO get|VB other|JJ nations|NNS to|TO come|VB together|RB to|TO prevent|VB atrocity|NN .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD the|DT best|JJS example|NN of|IN a|DT way|NN to|TO handle|VB the|DT situation|NN was|VBD East|NNP Timor|NNP when|WRB we|PRP provided|VBD logistical|JJ support|NN to|TO the|DT Australians|NNPS ,|, support|NN that|IN only|RB we|PRP can|MD provide|VB .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD that|WDT was|VBD a|DT good|JJ model|NN .|. 
But|CC we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB be|VB all|DT things|NNS to|TO all|DT people|NNS in|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|DT 's|VBZ where|WRB maybe|RB the|DT vice|NN president|NN and|CC I|PRP begin|VBP to|TO have|VB some|DT differences|NNS .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP worried|VBN about|IN overcommitting|VBG our|PRP$ military|JJ around|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO be|VB judicious|JJ in|IN its|PRP$ use|NN .|. 
You|PRP mentioned|VBD Haiti|NNP .|. 
I|PRP would|MD n't|RB have|VB sent|VBN troops|NNS to|TO Haiti|NNP .|. 
I|PRP did|VBD n't|RB think|VB it|PRP was|VBD a|DT mission|NN worthwhile|JJ .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD a|DT nation|NN building|NN mission|NN ,|, and|CC it|PRP was|VBD not|RB very|RB successful|JJ .|. 
It|PRP cost|VBD us|PRP billions|NNS ,|, a|DT couple|NN billions|NNS of|IN dollars|NNS ,|, and|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB so|RB sure|JJ democracy|NN is|VBZ any|DT better|JJR off|RP in|IN Haiti|NNP than|IN it|PRP was|VBD before|RB .|. 

Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, do|VBP you|PRP agree|VBP with|IN the|DT governor|NN 's|POS views|NNS on|IN nation|NN building|NN ,|, the|DT use|NN of|IN military|JJ ,|, our|PRP$ military|JJ ,|, for|IN nation|NN building|NN as|IN he|PRP described|VBD and|CC defined|VBD it|PRP ?|. 

I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB we|PRP agree|VBP on|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP would|MD certainly|RB also|RB be|VB judicious|JJ in|IN evaluating|VBG any|DT potential|JJ use|NN of|IN American|JJ troops|NNS overseas|RB .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP have|VBP to|TO be|VB very|RB reticent|JJ about|IN that|DT .|. 
But|CC look|VB ,|, Jim|NNP ,|, the|DT world|NN is|VBZ changing|VBG so|RB rapidly|RB .|. 
The|DT way|NN I|PRP see|VBP it|PRP ,|, the|DT world|NN is|VBZ getting|VBG much|RB closer|RBR together|RB .|. 
Like|IN it|PRP or|CC not|RB ,|, we|PRP are|VBP now|RB --|: the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS is|VBZ now|RB the|DT natural|JJ leader|NN of|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
All|DT these|DT other|JJ countries|NNS are|VBP looking|VBG to|TO us|PRP .|. 
Now|RB ,|, just|RB because|IN we|PRP can|MD not|RB be|VB involved|VBN everywhere|RB ,|, and|CC should|MD n't|RB be|VB ,|, does|VBZ n't|RB mean|VB that|IN we|PRP should|MD shy|VB away|RB from|IN going|VBG in|IN anywhere|RB .|. 
Now|RB ,|, both|DT of|IN us|PRP are|VBP kind|RB of|IN ,|, I|PRP guess|VBP ,|, stating|VBG the|DT other|JJ 's|POS position|NN in|IN a|DT maximalist|NN extreme|JJ way|NN ,|, but|CC I|PRP think|VBP there|EX is|VBZ a|DT difference|NN here|RB .|. 
This|DT idea|NN of|IN nation|NN building|NN is|VBZ kind|NN of|IN a|DT pejorative|JJ phrase|NN ,|, but|CC think|VBP about|IN the|DT great|JJ conflict|NN of|IN the|DT past|JJ century|NN ,|, World|NNP War|NNP II|NNP .|. 
During|IN the|DT years|NNS between|IN World|NNP War|NNP I|PRP and|CC World|NNP War|NNP II|NNP ,|, a|DT great|JJ lesson|NN was|VBD learned|VBN by|IN our|PRP$ military|JJ leaders|NNS and|CC the|DT people|NNS of|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS .|. 
The|DT lesson|NN was|VBD that|IN in|IN the|DT aftermath|NN of|IN World|NNP War|NNP I|PRP ,|, we|PRP kind|NN of|IN turned|VBD our|PRP$ backs|NNS and|CC left|VBN them|PRP to|TO their|PRP$ own|JJ devices|NNS and|CC they|PRP brewed|VBN up|RP a|DT lot|NN of|IN trouble|NN that|IN quickly|RB became|VBD World|NNP War|NNP II|NNP .|. 
And|CC acting|VBG upon|IN that|DT lesson|NN in|IN the|DT aftermath|NN of|IN our|PRP$ great|JJ victory|NN in|IN World|NNP War|NNP II|NNP ,|, we|PRP laid|VBD down|RP the|DT Marshall|NNP Plan|NNP ,|, President|NNP Truman|NNP did|VBD .|. 
We|PRP got|VBD intimately|RB involved|VBN in|IN building|NN NATO|NNP and|CC other|JJ structures|NNS there|RB .|. 
We|PRP still|RB have|VBP lots|NNS of|IN troops|NNS in|IN Europe|NNP .|. 
And|CC what|WP did|VBD we|PRP do|VB in|IN the|DT late|JJ '|POS 40|CD 's|POS and|CC '|POS 50|CD 's|POS and|CC '|POS 60|CD 's|POS ?|. 
We|PRP were|VBD nation|NN building|NN .|. 
And|CC it|PRP was|VBD economic|JJ .|. 
But|CC it|PRP was|VBD also|RB military|JJ .|. 
And|CC the|DT confidence|NN that|IN those|DT countries|NNS recovering|VBG from|IN the|DT wounds|NNS of|IN war|NN had|VBN by|IN having|VBG troops|NNS there|RB .|. 
We|PRP had|VBD civil|JJ administrators|NNS come|VBP in|IN to|TO set|VB up|RP their|PRP$ ways|NNS of|IN building|VBG their|PRP$ towns|NNS back|RB .|. 

You|PRP said|VBD in|IN the|DT Boston|NNP debate|NN ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, on|IN this|DT issue|NN of|IN nation|NN building|NN ,|, that|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS military|NN is|VBZ overextended|JJ now|RB .|. 
Where|WRB is|VBZ it|PRP overextended|JJ ?|. 
Where|WRB are|VBP there|RB U.S.|NNP military|JJ that|IN you|PRP would|MD bring|VB home|NN if|IN you|PRP become|VBP president|NN ?|. 
First|LS let|VB me|PRP just|RB say|VBP one|CD comment|VB about|IN what|WP the|DT vice|NN president|NN said|VBD .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP one|CD of|IN the|DT lessons|NNS in|IN between|IN World|NNP War|NNP I|PRP and|CC World|NNP War|NNP II|NNP is|VBZ we|PRP let|VBP our|PRP$ military|JJ atrophy|NN .|. 
And|CC we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB do|VB that|DT .|. 
We|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN to|TO rebuild|VB our|PRP$ military|JJ .|. 
But|CC one|CD of|IN the|DT problems|NNS we|PRP have|VBP in|IN the|DT military|NN is|VBZ we|PRP 're|VBP in|IN a|DT lot|NN of|IN places|NNS around|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP mentioned|VBD one|CD ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ the|DT Balkans|NNP .|. 
I|PRP would|MD very|RB much|RB like|IN to|TO get|VB our|PRP$ troops|NNS out|IN of|IN there|RB .|. 
I|PRP recognize|VBP we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB do|VB it|PRP now|RB ,|, nor|CC do|VBP I|PRP advocate|VBP an|DT immediate|JJ withdrawal|NN .|. 
That|DT would|MD be|VB an|DT abrogation|NN of|IN our|PRP$ agreement|NN with|IN NATO|NNP .|. 
No|DT one|NN is|VBZ suggesting|VBG that|DT .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB one|CD of|IN our|PRP$ priorities|NNS to|TO work|VB with|IN our|PRP$ European|JJ friends|NNS to|TO convince|VB them|PRP to|TO put|VB troops|NNS on|IN the|DT ground|NN .|. 
And|CC there|EX is|VBZ an|DT example|NN .|. 
Haiti|NNP is|VBZ another|DT example|NN .|. 
Now|RB there|EX are|VBP some|DT places|NNS where|WRB I|PRP think|VBP --|: you|PRP know|VBP ,|, I|PRP 've|VBP supported|VBN the|DT administration|NN in|IN Columbia|NNP .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ for|IN us|PRP to|TO be|VB training|NN Columbians|NNP in|IN that|DT part|NN of|IN the|DT world|NN .|. 
The|DT hemisphere|NN is|VBZ in|IN our|PRP$ interest|NN to|TO have|VB a|DT peaceful|JJ Columbia|NNP .|. 
But|CC --|: 

The|DT use|NN of|IN the|DT military|NN ,|, there|EX --|: some|DT people|NNS are|VBP now|RB suggesting|VBG that|IN if|IN you|PRP do|VBP n't|RB want|VB to|TO use|VB the|DT military|NN to|TO maintain|VB the|DT peace|NN ,|, to|TO do|VB the|DT civil|JJ thing|NN ,|, is|VBZ it|PRP time|NN to|TO consider|VB a|DT civil|JJ force|NN of|IN some|DT kind|NN that|WDT comes|VBZ in|IN after|IN the|DT military|NN that|WDT builds|VBZ nations|NNS or|CC all|DT of|IN that|DT ?|. 
Is|VBZ that|IN on|IN your|PRP$ radar|NN screen|NN ?|. 

I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB so|RB .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP what|WP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO do|VB is|VBZ convince|VB people|NNS who|WP live|VBP in|IN the|DT lands|NNS they|PRP live|VBP in|IN to|TO build|VB the|DT nations|NNS .|. 
Maybe|RB I|PRP 'm|VBP missing|VBG something|NN here|RB .|. 
I|PRP mean|VBP ,|, we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO have|VB kind|NN of|IN a|DT nation|NN building|NN core|NN from|IN America|NNP ?|. 
Absolutely|RB not|RB .|. 
Our|PRP$ military|JJ is|VBZ meant|VBN to|TO fight|VB and|CC win|VB war|NN .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP it|PRP 's|VBZ meant|VBN to|TO do|VB .|. 
And|CC when|WRB it|PRP gets|VBZ overextended|JJ ,|, morale|NN drops|NNS .|. 
I|PRP strongly|RB believe|VBP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO have|VB a|DT military|JJ presence|NN in|IN the|DT peninsula|NN ,|, not|RB only|RB to|TO keep|VB the|DT peace|NN in|IN the|DT peninsula|NN ,|, but|CC to|TO keep|VB regional|JJ stability|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP strongly|RB believe|VBP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO keep|VB a|DT presence|NN in|IN NATO|NNP ,|, but|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP going|VBG to|TO be|VB judicious|JJ as|IN to|TO how|WRB to|TO use|VB the|DT military|NN .|. 
It|PRP needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB in|IN our|PRP$ vital|JJ interest|NN ,|, the|DT mission|NN needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB clear|JJ ,|, and|CC the|DT extra|JJ strategy|NN obvious|JJ .|. 

I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB disagree|VB with|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP certainly|RB do|VBP n't|RB disagree|VB that|IN we|PRP ought|MD to|TO get|VB our|PRP$ troops|NNS home|NN from|IN places|NNS like|IN the|DT Balkans|NNP as|RB soon|RB as|IN we|PRP can|MD ,|, as|RB soon|RB as|IN the|DT mission|NN is|VBZ complete|JJ .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP we|PRP did|VBD in|IN Haiti|NNP .|. 
There|EX are|VBP no|RB more|JJR than|IN a|DT handful|NN of|IN American|JJ military|JJ personnel|NNS in|IN Haiti|NNP now|RB .|. 
And|CC Haitians|NNP have|VBP their|PRP$ problems|NNS ,|, but|CC we|PRP gave|VBD them|PRP a|DT chance|NN to|TO restore|VB democracy|NN .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ really|RB about|IN all|DT we|PRP can|MD do|VB .|. 
But|CC if|IN you|PRP have|VBP a|DT situation|NN like|IN that|DT right|NN in|IN our|PRP$ backyard|NN with|IN chaos|NN about|IN to|TO break|VB out|IN and|CC flotillas|NNS forming|VBG to|TO come|VB across|IN the|DT water|NN ,|, and|CC all|DT kinds|NNS of|IN violence|NN there|RB ,|, right|NN in|IN one|CD of|IN our|PRP$ neighboring|VBG countries|NNS there|RB ,|, then|RB I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP did|VBD the|DT right|JJ thing|NN there|RB .|. 
And|CC as|IN for|IN this|DT idea|NN of|IN nation|NN building|NN ,|, the|DT phrase|NN sounds|VBZ grandiose|JJ .|. 
And|CC ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB be|VB --|: we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB allow|VB ourselves|PRP to|TO get|VB overextended|JJ .|. 
I|PRP certainly|RB agree|VBP with|IN that|DT .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ why|WRB I|PRP 've|VBP supported|VBN building|NN up|RP our|PRP$ capacity|NN .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP devoted|VBN in|IN the|DT budget|NN I|PRP 've|VBP proposed|VBN ,|, as|IN I|PRP said|VBD last|JJ week|NN ,|, more|RBR than|IN twice|RB as|RB much|JJ as|IN the|DT governor|NN has|VBZ proposed|VBN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ in|IN better|JJR shape|NN now|RB than|IN he|PRP generally|RB does|VBZ .|. 
We|PRP 've|VBP had|VBN some|DT disagreements|NNS about|IN that|DT .|. 
He|PRP said|VBD that|IN two|CD divisions|NNS would|MD have|VB to|TO report|VB not|RB ready|JJ for|IN duty|NN ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ not|RB what|WP the|DT joint|JJ chiefs|NNS say|VBP .|. 
But|CC there|EX 's|VBZ no|DT doubt|NN that|IN we|PRP have|VBP to|TO continue|VB building|NN up|RB readiness|NN and|CC military|JJ strength|NN .|. 
And|CC we|PRP have|VBP to|TO also|RB be|VB very|RB cautious|JJ in|IN the|DT way|NN we|PRP use|VBP our|PRP$ military|JJ .|. 

In|IN the|DT non-military|JJ area|NN of|IN influencing|VBG events|NNS around|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, the|DT financial|JJ and|CC economic|JJ are|VBP ,|, the|DT World|NNP Bank|NNP President|NNP Wilfinson|NNP said|VBD recently|RB ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, that|IN U.S.|NNP contributions|NNS to|TO overseas|JJ development|NN assistance|NN is|VBZ lower|JJR now|RB almost|RB than|IN it|PRP has|VBZ ever|RB been|VBN .|. 
Is|VBZ that|IN a|DT problem|NN for|IN you|PRP ?|. 
Do|VBP you|PRP think|VB --|: what|WP is|VBZ your|PRP$ --|: what|WP is|VBZ your|PRP$ idea|NN about|IN what|WP the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS '|POS obligations|NNS are|VBP ?|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP talking|VBG about|IN financial|JJ assistance|NN and|CC that|DT sort|NN of|IN thing|NN to|TO other|JJ countries|NNS ,|, the|DT poor|JJ countries|NNS .|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP mentioned|VBD Third|NNP World|NNP debt|NN .|. 

Sure|RB .|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ a|DT place|NN where|WRB we|PRP can|MD use|VB our|PRP$ generosity|NN to|TO influence|VB in|IN a|DT positive|JJ way|NN ,|, influence|NN nations|NNS .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO have|VB foreign|JJ aid|NN ,|, but|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB we|PRP ought|MD to|TO just|RB have|VB foreign|JJ aid|NN for|IN the|DT sake|NN of|IN foreign|JJ aid|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP foreign|JJ aid|NN needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB used|VBN to|TO encourage|VB markets|NNS and|CC reform|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP a|DT lot|NN of|IN times|NNS we|PRP just|RB spend|VBP aid|NN and|CC say|VB we|PRP feel|VBP better|JJR about|IN it|PRP and|CC it|PRP ends|VBZ up|RP being|VBG spent|VBN the|DT wrong|JJ way|NN ,|, and|CC there|EX 's|VBZ some|DT pretty|RB egregious|JJ examples|NNS recently|RB .|. 
One|CD being|VBG Russia|NNP ,|, where|WRB we|PRP had|VBD IMF|NNP loans|NNS that|WDT ended|VBD up|RB in|IN the|DT pockets|NNS of|IN a|DT lot|NN of|IN powerful|JJ people|NNS and|CC did|VBD n't|RB help|VB the|DT nation|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP the|DT IMF|NNP has|VBZ got|VBN a|DT role|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, but|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB want|VB to|TO see|VB the|DT IMF|NNP out|IN there|RB as|IN a|DT way|NN to|TO say|VB to|TO world|NN bankers|NNS ,|, if|IN you|PRP make|VBP a|DT bad|JJ loan|NN ,|, we|PRP 'll|MD bail|VB you|PRP out|RP .|. 
It|PRP needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB available|JJ for|IN emergency|NN situations|NNS .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD the|DT President|NNP did|VBD the|DT right|JJ thing|NN with|IN Mexico|NNP and|CC was|VBD very|RB strongly|RB supportive|JJ of|IN the|DT administration|NN in|IN Mexico|NNP .|. 
But|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB the|DT IMF|NNP ought|MD to|TO be|VB a|DT stop|NN loss|NN for|IN people|NNS who|WP ought|MD to|TO be|VB able|JJ to|TO evaluate|VB risks|NNS themselves|PRP .|. 
So|IN I|PRP 'll|MD look|VB at|IN every|DT place|NN where|WRB we|PRP 're|VBP investing|VBG money|NN .|. 
I|PRP just|RB want|VBP to|TO make|VB sure|JJ the|DT return|NN is|VBZ good|JJ .|. 

Do|VBP you|PRP think|VB we|PRP 're|VBP meeting|VBG our|PRP$ obligations|NNS properly|RB ?|. 

No|DT ,|, I|PRP would|MD make|VB some|DT changes|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP there|EX need|VBP to|TO be|VB reforms|NNS in|IN the|DT IMF|NNP .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP generally|RB supported|VBN it|PRP ,|, but|CC I|PRP 've|VBP seen|VBN them|PRP make|VBP some|DT calls|VBZ that|IN I|PRP thought|VBD were|VBD highly|RB questionable|JJ .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT general|JJ agreement|NN in|IN many|JJ parts|NNS of|IN the|DT world|NN now|RB that|IN there|EX ought|MD to|TO be|VB changes|NNS in|IN the|DT IMF|NNP .|. 
The|DT World|NNP Bank|NNP I|PRP think|VBP is|VBZ generally|RB doing|VBG a|DT better|JJR job|NN ,|, but|CC I|PRP think|VBP one|CD of|IN the|DT big|JJ issues|NNS here|RB that|WDT does|VBZ n't|RB get|VB nearly|RB enough|JJ attention|NN is|VBZ the|DT issue|NN of|IN corruption|NN .|. 
The|DT governor|NN mentioned|VBD it|PRP earlier|RBR .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP worked|VBN on|IN this|DT issue|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ an|DT enormous|JJ problem|NN and|CC corruption|NN in|IN official|JJ agencies|NNS ,|, like|IN militaries|NNS and|CC police|NN departments|NNS around|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, customs|NNS officials|NNS ,|, that|DT 's|VBZ one|CD of|IN the|DT worst|JJS forms|NNS of|IN it|PRP .|. 
And|CC we|PRP have|VBP got|VBN to|TO again|RB lead|VBN by|IN example|NN and|CC help|VB these|DT other|JJ countries|NNS that|WDT are|VBP trying|VBG to|TO straighten|VB out|RP their|PRP$ situations|NNS find|VBP the|DT tools|NNS in|IN order|NN to|TO do|VB it|PRP .|. 
I|PRP just|RB think|VBP ,|, Jim|NNP ,|, that|IN this|DT is|VBZ an|DT absolutely|RB unique|JJ period|NN in|IN world|NN history|NN .|. 
The|DT world|NN has|VBZ come|VBN together|RB ,|, as|IN I|PRP said|VBD ,|, they|PRP 're|VBP looking|VBG to|TO us|PRP .|. 
And|CC we|PRP have|VBP a|DT fundamental|JJ choice|NN to|TO make|VB .|. 
Are|VBP we|PRP going|VBG to|TO step|VB up|IN to|TO the|DT plate|NN as|IN a|DT nation|NN the|DT way|NN we|PRP did|VBD after|IN World|NNP War|NNP II|NNP ,|, the|DT way|NN that|DT generation|NN of|IN heroes|NNS said|VBD okay|JJ ,|, the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB the|DT leader|NN .|. 
And|CC the|DT world|NN benefitted|JJ tremendously|RB from|IN the|DT courage|NN that|IN they|PRP showed|VBD in|IN those|DT post-war|JJ years|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN in|IN the|DT aftermath|NN of|IN the|DT Cold|NNP War|NNP ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ time|NN for|IN us|PRP to|TO do|VB something|NN very|RB similar|JJ ,|, to|TO step|VB up|IN to|TO the|DT plate|NN ,|, to|TO provide|VB the|DT leadership|NN on|IN the|DT environment|NN ,|, leadership|NN to|TO make|VB sure|JJ the|DT world|NN economy|NN keeps|VBZ moving|VBG in|IN the|DT right|JJ direction|NN .|. 
Again|RB ,|, that|WDT means|VBZ not|RB running|VBG big|JJ deficits|NNS here|RB and|CC not|RB squandering|VBG our|PRP$ surplus|NN .|. 
It|PRP means|VBZ having|VBG intelligent|JJ decisions|NNS that|WDT keep|VBP our|PRP$ prosperity|NN going|NN and|CC shepherds|NNS that|IN economic|JJ strength|NN so|IN that|IN we|PRP can|MD provide|VB that|DT leadership|NN role|NN .|. 

Let|VB me|PRP comment|VB on|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB so|RB sure|JJ the|DT role|NN of|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS is|VBZ to|TO go|VB around|IN the|DT world|NN and|CC say|VB this|DT is|VBZ the|DT way|NN it|PRP 's|VBZ got|VBD to|TO be|VB .|. 
We|PRP can|MD help|VB .|. 
And|CC maybe|RB it|PRP 's|VBZ just|RB our|PRP$ difference|NN in|IN government|NN ,|, the|DT way|NN we|PRP view|VBP government|NN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO empower|VBP the|DT people|NNS .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO help|VB people|NNS help|VB themselves|PRP ,|, not|RB have|VB government|NN tell|VB people|NNS what|WP to|TO do|VB .|. 
I|PRP just|RB do|VBP n't|RB think|VB it|PRP 's|VBZ the|DT role|NN of|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS to|TO walk|VB into|IN a|DT country|NN and|CC say|VB ,|, we|PRP do|VBP it|PRP this|DT way|NN ,|, so|RB should|MD you|PRP .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP can|MD help|VB .|. 
I|PRP know|VBP we|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN to|TO encourage|VB democracy|NN in|IN the|DT marketplaces|NNS .|. 
But|CC take|VB Russia|NNP ,|, for|IN example|NN .|. 
We|PRP went|VBD into|IN Russia|NNP ,|, we|PRP said|VBD here|RB is|VBZ some|DT IMF|NNP money|NN ,|, and|CC it|PRP ended|VBD up|RB in|IN Viktor|NNP Chemomyrdin|NNP 's|POS pocket|NN ,|, and|CC others|NNS ,|, and|CC yet|RB we|PRP played|VBD like|IN there|EX was|VBD reform|NN .|. 
The|DT only|JJ people|NNS that|WDT are|VBP going|VBG to|TO reform|VB Russia|NNP are|VBP Russia|NNP .|. 
They|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO have|VB to|TO make|VB the|DT decision|NN themselves|PRP .|. 
Mr.|NN Putin|NNP is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO have|VB to|TO make|VB the|DT decision|NN as|IN to|TO whether|IN or|CC not|RB he|PRP wants|VBZ to|TO adhere|VB to|TO rule|NN of|IN law|NN and|CC normal|JJ accounting|NN practices|NNS so|IN that|IN if|IN countries|NNS and|CC /|NN or|CC entities|NNS invest|VBP capital|NN ,|, there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT reasonable|JJ rate|NN of|IN return|NN ,|, a|DT way|NN to|TO get|VB the|DT money|NN out|IN of|IN the|DT economy|NN .|. 
But|CC Russia|NNP has|VBZ to|TO make|VB the|DT decision|NN .|. 
We|PRP can|MD work|VB with|IN them|PRP on|IN security|NN matters|NNS ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, but|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ their|PRP$ call|NN to|TO make|VB .|. 
So|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB exactly|RB sure|JJ where|WRB the|DT vice|NN president|NN is|VBZ coming|VBG from|IN ,|, but|CC I|PRP think|VBP one|CD way|NN for|IN us|PRP to|TO end|VB up|RP being|VBG viewed|VBN as|IN the|DT ugly|JJ American|NNP is|VBZ for|IN us|PRP to|TO go|VB around|IN the|DT world|NN saying|VBG ,|, we|PRP do|VBP it|PRP this|DT way|NN ,|, so|RB should|MD you|PRP .|. 
Now|RB ,|, we|PRP trust|VBP freedom|NN .|. 
We|PRP know|VBP freedom|NN is|VBZ a|DT powerful|JJ ,|, powerful|JJ ,|, powerful|JJ force|NN ,|, much|RB bigger|JJR than|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS of|IN America|NNP ,|, as|IN we|PRP saw|VBD recently|RB in|IN the|DT Balkans|NNP .|. 
But|CC maybe|RB I|PRP misunderstand|NN where|WRB you|PRP 're|VBP coming|VBG from|IN ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP ,|, but|CC I|PRP think|VBP the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS must|MD be|VB humble|JJ and|CC must|MD be|VB proud|JJ and|CC confident|JJ of|IN our|PRP$ values|NNS ,|, but|CC humble|JJ in|IN how|WRB we|PRP treat|VBP nations|NNS that|WDT are|VBP figuring|VBG out|IN how|WRB to|TO chart|VB their|PRP$ own|JJ course|NN .|. 

Lets|NNP move|NN on|IN .|. 
No|DT ,|, let|VB 's|POS move|NN on|IN .|. 

Far|NNP be|VB it|PRP from|IN me|PRP to|TO suggest|VB otherwise|RB .|. 

First|LS ,|, a|DT couple|NN of|IN follow-ups|JJ from|IN the|DT vice|NN presidential|JJ debate|NN last|JJ week|NN .|. 
Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, would|MD you|PRP support|VBP or|CC sign|NN ,|, as|IN president|NN ,|, a|DT federal|JJ law|NN banning|VBG racial|JJ profiling|VBG by|IN police|NN and|CC other|JJ authorities|NNS at|IN all|DT levels|NNS of|IN government|NN ?|. 

Yes|UH ,|, I|PRP would|MD .|. 
The|DT only|JJ thing|NN an|DT executive|NN order|NN can|MD accomplish|VB is|VBZ to|TO ban|VB it|PRP in|IN federal|JJ law|NN enforcement|NN agencies|NNS ,|, but|CC I|PRP would|MD also|RB support|VB a|DT law|NN in|IN the|DT Congress|NNP that|WDT would|MD have|VB the|DT effect|NN of|IN doing|VBG the|DT same|JJ thing|NN .|. 
I|PRP just|RB --|: I|PRP think|VBP that|IN racial|JJ profiling|VBG is|VBZ a|DT serious|JJ problem|NN .|. 
I|PRP remember|VBP when|WRB the|DT stories|NNS first|RB came|VBD out|IN about|IN the|DT stops|NNS in|IN New|NNP Jersey|NNP by|IN the|DT highway|NN patrol|NN there|RB .|. 
And|CC I|PRP know|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ been|VBN going|VBG on|IN a|DT long|JJ time|NN .|. 
In|IN some|DT ways|NNS this|DT is|VBZ just|RB a|DT new|JJ label|NN for|IN something|NN that|WDT has|VBZ been|VBN going|VBG on|IN for|IN years|NNS .|. 
But|CC I|PRP have|VBP to|TO confess|NNS that|IN it|PRP was|VBD the|DT first|JJ time|NN that|IN I|PRP really|RB focused|VBD on|IN it|PRP in|IN a|DT new|JJ way|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP was|VBD surprised|VBN at|IN the|DT extent|NN of|IN it|PRP .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP 've|VBP now|RB got|VBN so|RB many|JJ examples|NNS around|IN the|DT country|NN that|IN we|PRP really|RB have|VBP to|TO find|VB ways|NNS to|TO end|VB this|DT .|. 
Imagine|VB what|WP it|PRP --|: what|WP it|PRP is|VBZ like|IN for|IN someone|NN to|TO be|VB singled|VBN out|IN unfairly|RB ,|, unjustly|RB ,|, and|CC feel|VBP the|DT unfair|JJ force|NN of|IN law|NN simply|RB because|IN of|IN race|NN or|CC ethnicity|NN .|. 
Now|RB ,|, that|WDT runs|VBZ counter|RB to|TO what|WP the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS of|IN America|NNP is|VBZ all|DT about|IN at|IN our|PRP$ core|NN .|. 
And|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB an|DT easy|JJ problem|NN to|TO solve|VB .|. 
But|CC if|IN I|PRP am|VBP entrusted|VBN with|IN the|DT presidency|NN ,|, it|PRP will|MD be|VB the|DT first|JJ Civil|NNP Rights|NNP Act|NNP of|IN the|DT 21st|JJ century|NN .|. 

Yeah|UH ,|, I|PRP ca|MD n't|RB imagine|VB what|WP it|PRP would|MD be|VB like|IN to|TO be|VB singled|VBN out|IN because|IN of|IN race|NN and|CC stopped|VBD and|CC harassed|VBD .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ just|RB flat|JJ wrong|NN ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ not|RB what|WP America|NNP is|VBZ all|DT about|IN .|. 
And|CC so|IN we|PRP ought|MD to|TO do|VB everything|NN we|PRP can|MD to|TO end|VB racial|JJ profiling|VBG .|. 
One|CD of|IN my|PRP$ concerns|NNS ,|, though|RB ,|, is|VBZ I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB want|VB to|TO federalize|NN the|DT local|JJ police|NN forces|NNS .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO --|: obviously|RB in|IN the|DT egregious|JJ cases|NNS we|PRP need|VBP to|TO enforce|VB civil|JJ rights|NNS law|NN ,|, but|CC we|PRP need|VBP to|TO make|VB sure|JJ that|IN internal|JJ affairs|NNS decisions|NNS at|IN the|DT local|JJ level|NN do|VBP their|PRP$ job|NN and|CC be|VB given|VBN a|DT chance|NN to|TO do|VB their|PRP$ job|NN .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP in|IN local|JJ control|NN of|IN governments|NNS ,|, and|CC obviously|RB if|IN they|PRP do|VBP n't|RB there|EX needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB a|DT consequence|NN at|IN the|DT federal|JJ level|NN .|. 
But|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ very|RB important|JJ that|IN we|PRP not|RB overstep|NN our|PRP$ bounds|NNS and|CC I|PRP think|VBP most|JJS people|NNS --|: most|JJS police|NN officers|NNS are|VBP good|JJ ,|, dedicated|VBN ,|, honorable|JJ citizens|NNS who|WP are|VBP doing|VBG their|PRP$ job|NN ,|, putting|VBG their|PRP$ lives|NNS at|IN risk|NN who|WP are|VBP n't|RB bigoted|JJ or|CC are|VBP n't|RB prejudiced|VBN .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB they|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB held|VBN guilty|JJ .|. 
But|CC I|PRP do|VBP think|VBP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO find|VB out|IN where|WRB racial|JJ profiling|VBG occurs|VBZ and|CC do|VBP something|NN about|IN it|PRP and|CC say|VB to|TO the|DT local|JJ folks|NNS ,|, get|VB it|PRP done|VBN .|. 
And|CC if|IN you|PRP ca|MD n't|RB ,|, there|EX will|MD be|VB a|DT federal|JJ consequence|NN .|. 

And|CC that|DT could|MD be|VB a|DT federal|JJ law|NN ?|. 

Yeah|UH .|. 

And|CC you|PRP would|MD agree|VB ?|. 

I|PRP would|MD agree|VB .|. 
And|CC I|PRP also|RB agree|VBP that|IN most|JJS police|NN officers|NNS ,|, of|IN course|NN ,|, are|VBP doing|VBG a|DT good|JJ job|NN and|CC hate|VBP this|DT practice|NN also|RB .|. 
I|PRP talked|VBD to|TO an|DT African-|NNP American|JJ police|NN officer|NN in|IN Springfield|NNP ,|, Massachusetts|NNP not|RB long|RB ago|RB who|WP raised|VBD this|DT question|NN and|CC said|VBD that|IN in|IN his|PRP$ opinion|NN one|CD of|IN the|DT biggest|JJS solutions|NNS is|VBZ in|IN the|DT training|NN .|. 
And|CC not|RB only|RB the|DT training|NN in|IN police|NN procedures|NNS ,|, but|CC human|JJ relations|NNS .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN racial|JJ profiling|VBG is|VBZ part|NN of|IN a|DT larger|JJR issue|NN of|IN how|WRB we|PRP deal|VBP with|IN race|NN in|IN America|NNP .|. 
And|CC as|IN for|IN singling|VBG people|NNS out|IN because|IN of|IN race|NN ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, James|NNP Byrd|NNP was|VBD singled|VBN out|IN because|IN of|IN his|PRP$ race|NN in|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
And|CC other|JJ Americans|NNPS have|VBP been|VBN singled|VBN out|IN because|IN of|IN their|PRP$ race|NN or|CC ethnicity|NN .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ why|WRB I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP can|MD embody|VBP our|PRP$ values|NNS by|IN passing|VBG a|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS law|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP these|DT crimes|NNS are|VBP different|JJ .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP they|PRP 're|VBP different|JJ because|IN they|PRP 're|VBP based|VBN on|IN prejudice|NN and|CC hatred|NN ,|, which|WDT gives|VBZ rise|NN to|TO crimes|NNS that|WDT have|VBP not|RB just|RB a|DT single|JJ victim|NN ,|, but|CC they|PRP 're|VBP intended|VBN to|TO stigmatize|NN and|CC dehumanize|NN a|DT whole|JJ group|NN of|IN people|NNS .|. 

You|PRP have|VBP a|DT different|JJ view|NN of|IN that|DT .|. 

No|DT ,|, I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB ,|, really|RB .|. 

On|IN hate|VBP crimes|NNS laws|NNS ?|. 

No.|NN 
We|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN one|CD in|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
And|CC guess|VBP what|WP ?|. 
The|DT three|CD men|NNS who|WP murdered|VBN James|NNP Byrd|NNP ,|, guess|VBP what|WP 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO happen|VB to|TO them|PRP ?|. 
They|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO be|VB put|VBN to|TO death|NN .|. 
A|DT jury|NN found|VBD them|PRP guilty|JJ .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB hard|JJ to|TO punish|VB them|PRP any|DT worse|JJR after|IN they|PRP get|VBP put|VB to|TO death|NN .|. 
And|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ the|DT right|NN cause|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ the|DT right|JJ decision|NN .|. 
Secondly|RB ,|, there|EX is|VBZ other|JJ forms|NNS of|IN racial|JJ profiling|VBG that|WDT goes|VBZ on|IN in|IN America|NNP .|. 
Arab-|NNP Americans|NNPS are|VBP racially|RB profiled|VBN in|IN what|WP is|VBZ called|VBN secret|JJ evidence|NN .|. 
People|NNS are|VBP stopped|VBN ,|, and|CC we|PRP have|VBP to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN that|DT .|. 
My|PRP$ friend|NN ,|, Senator|NNP Spencer|NNP Abraham|NNP of|IN Michigan|NNP ,|, is|VBZ pushing|VBG a|DT law|NN to|TO make|VB sure|JJ that|IN Arab-|NNP Americans|NNPS are|VBP treated|VBN with|IN respect|NN .|. 
So|RB racial|JJ profiling|VBG is|VBZ n't|RB just|RB an|DT issue|NN at|IN local|JJ police|NN forces|NNS .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ an|DT issue|NN throughout|IN our|PRP$ society|NN .|. 
And|CC as|IN we|PRP become|VBP a|DT diverse|JJ society|NN ,|, we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO have|VB to|TO deal|VB with|IN it|PRP more|JJR and|CC more|JJR .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP ,|, though|IN --|: I|PRP believe|VBP ,|, as|RB sure|JJ as|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP sitting|VBG here|RB ,|, that|IN most|JJS Americans|NNPS really|RB care|NN .|. 
They|PRP 're|VBP tolerant|NN people|NNS .|. 
They|PRP 're|VBP good|JJ ,|, tolerant|NN people|NNS .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ the|DT very|RB few|JJ that|WDT create|VBP most|JJS of|IN the|DT crises|NNS ,|, and|CC we|PRP just|RB have|VBP to|TO find|VB them|PRP and|CC deal|NN with|IN them|PRP .|. 

What|WP --|: if|IN you|PRP become|VBP president|NN ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, are|VBP there|EX other|JJ areas|NNS ,|, racial|JJ problem|NN areas|NNS ,|, that|IN you|PRP would|MD deal|VB with|IN as|IN president|NN involving|VBG discrimination|NN ?|. 
Like|IN you|PRP said|VBD ,|, Arab-|NNP Americans|NNPS ,|, but|CC also|RB Hispanics|NNPS ,|, Asians|NNPS ,|, as|RB well|RB as|IN Blacks|NNPS in|IN this|DT country|NN .|. 

Let|VB me|PRP tell|VB you|PRP where|WRB the|DT biggest|JJS discrimination|NN comes|VBZ .|. 
In|IN public|JJ education|NN when|WRB we|PRP just|RB move|VBP children|NNS through|IN the|DT schools|NNS .|. 
My|PRP$ friend|NN ,|, Phyllis|NNP Hunter|NNP ,|, is|VBZ here|RB .|. 
She|PRP had|VBD one|CD of|IN the|DT greatest|JJS lines|NNS of|IN all|DT lines|NNS .|. 
She|PRP said|VBD ,|, reading|NN is|VBZ the|DT new|JJ civil|JJ right|JJ .|. 
She|PRP 's|VBZ right|JJ .|. 
And|CC to|TO make|VB sure|JJ our|PRP$ society|NN is|VBZ as|RB hopeful|JJ as|IN it|PRP possibly|RB can|MD be|VB ,|, every|DT single|JJ child|NN in|IN America|NNP must|MD be|VB educated|VBN .|. 
I|PRP mean|VBP every|DT child|NN .|. 
It|PRP starts|VBZ with|IN making|VBG sure|JJ every|DT child|NN learns|VBZ to|TO read|VB .|. 
K-2|NN diagnostic|JJ testing|NN so|IN we|PRP know|VBP whether|IN or|CC not|RB there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT deficiency|NN .|. 
Curriculum|NNP that|WDT works|VBZ and|CC phonics|NNS needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB an|DT integral|JJ part|NN of|IN our|PRP$ reading|NN curriculum|NN .|. 
Intensive|NNP reading|NN laboratories|NNS ,|, teacher|NN retraining|VBG .|. 
I|PRP mean|VBP ,|, there|EX needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB a|DT wholesale|JJ effort|NN against|IN racial|JJ profiling|VBG ,|, which|WDT is|VBZ illiterate|JJ children|NNS .|. 
We|PRP can|MD do|VB better|JJR in|IN our|PRP$ public|JJ schools|NNS .|. 
We|PRP can|MD close|VB an|DT achievement|NN gap|NN ,|, and|CC it|PRP starts|VBZ with|IN making|VBG sure|JJ we|PRP have|VBP strong|JJ accountability|NN ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
One|CD of|IN the|DT cornerstones|NNS of|IN reform|NN ,|, and|CC good|JJ reform|NN ,|, is|VBZ to|TO measure|VB .|. 
Because|IN when|WRB you|PRP measure|NN you|PRP can|MD ask|VB the|DT question|NN ,|, do|VBP they|PRP know|VBP ?|. 
Is|VBZ anybody|NN being|VBG profiled|VBN ?|. 
Is|VBZ anybody|NN being|VBG discriminated|JJ against|IN ?|. 
It|PRP becomes|VBZ a|DT tool|NN ,|, a|DT corrective|JJ tool|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP believe|VBP the|DT federal|JJ government|NN must|MD say|VB that|IN if|IN you|PRP receive|VBP any|DT money|NN ,|, any|DT money|NN from|IN the|DT federal|JJ government|NN for|IN disadvantaged|JJ children|NNS ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, you|PRP must|MD show|VB us|PRP whether|IN or|CC not|RB the|DT children|NNS are|VBP learning|VBG .|. 
And|CC if|IN they|PRP are|VBP ,|, fine|NN .|. 
And|CC if|IN they|PRP 're|VBP not|RB ,|, there|EX has|VBZ to|TO be|VB a|DT consequence|NN .|. 
And|CC so|RB to|TO make|VB sure|JJ we|PRP end|VBP up|RP getting|VBG rid|JJ of|IN basic|JJ structural|JJ prejudice|NN is|VBZ education|NN .|. 
There|EX is|VBZ nothing|NN more|RBR prejudiced|JJ than|IN not|RB educating|VBG a|DT child|NN .|. 

Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, what|WP would|MD be|VB on|IN your|PRP$ racial|JJ discrimination|NN elimination|NN list|NN as|IN president|NN ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP need|VBP tough|JJ enforcement|NN of|IN the|DT civil|JJ rights|NNS laws|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP still|RB need|VBP affirmative|JJ action|NN .|. 
I|PRP would|MD pass|VB a|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS law|NN ,|, as|IN I|PRP said|VBD ,|, and|CC I|PRP guess|VBP I|PRP had|VBD misunderstood|VBN the|DT governor|NN 's|POS previous|JJ position|NN .|. 
The|DT Byrd|NNP family|NN may|MD have|VB a|DT misunderstanding|VBG of|IN it|PRP in|IN Texas|NNP also|RB .|. 
But|CC I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO shift|VB ,|, if|IN I|PRP could|MD ,|, to|TO the|DT big|JJ issue|NN of|IN education|NN .|. 

Hold|VB on|IN one|CD second|JJ .|. 
What|WP is|VBZ the|DT misunderstanding|VBG ?|. 
Let|VB 's|PRP clear|VB this|DT up|RB .|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP had|VBD thought|VBN that|IN there|EX was|VBD a|DT controversy|NN at|IN the|DT end|NN of|IN the|DT legislative|JJ session|NN where|WRB the|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS law|NN in|IN Texas|NNP was|VBD --|: failed|VBD ,|, and|CC that|IN the|DT Byrd|NNP family|NN ,|, among|IN others|NNS ,|, asked|VBD you|PRP to|TO support|VB it|PRP ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, and|CC it|PRP died|VBD in|IN committee|NN for|IN lack|NN of|IN support|NN .|. 
Am|NNP I|PRP wrong|JJ about|IN that|DT ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, you|PRP do|VBP n't|RB realize|VB we|PRP have|VBP a|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS statute|NN ?|. 
We|PRP do|VBP .|. 
GORE|NNP :|: I|PRP 'm|VBP talking|VBG about|IN the|DT one|CD that|WDT was|VBD proposed|VBN to|TO deal|VB --|: 

No|DT --|: well|RB ,|, what|WP the|DT Vice|NNP President|NNP must|MD not|RB understand|VB is|VBZ we|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN a|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS bill|VBP in|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
And|CC secondly|RB ,|, the|DT people|NNS that|WDT murdered|VBN Mr.|NN Byrd|NNP got|VBD the|DT ultimate|JJ punishment|NN .|. 
The|DT death|NN penalty|NN .|. 

They|PRP were|VBD prosecuted|VBN under|IN the|DT murder|NN laws|NNS ,|, were|VBD they|PRP not|RB ,|, in|IN Texas|NNP ?|. 

In|IN this|DT case|NN when|WRB you|PRP murder|NN somebody|NN it|PRP 's|VBZ hate|NN ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
The|DT crime|NN is|VBZ hate|VBP .|. 
And|CC they|PRP got|VBD the|DT ultimate|JJ punishment|NN .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB exactly|RB sure|JJ how|WRB you|PRP enhance|VB the|DT penalty|NN any|DT more|JJR than|IN the|DT death|NN penalty|NN .|. 
We|PRP happen|VBP to|TO have|VB a|DT statute|NN on|IN the|DT books|NNS that|DT 's|VBZ a|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS statute|NN in|IN Texas|NNP .|. 

May|NNP I|PRP respond|VBP ?|. 

Sure|RB .|. 

I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB want|VB to|TO jump|VB in|IN .|. 
I|PRP may|MD have|VB been|VBN misled|VBN by|IN all|PDT the|DT news|NN reports|NNS about|IN this|DT matter|NN ,|, because|IN the|DT law|NN that|WDT was|VBD proposed|VBN in|IN Texas|NNP that|WDT had|VBD the|DT support|NN of|IN the|DT Byrd|NNP family|NN and|CC a|DT whole|JJ lot|NN of|IN people|NNS in|IN Texas|NNP did|VBD ,|, in|IN fact|NN ,|, die|VB in|IN committee|NN .|. 
There|EX may|MD be|VB some|DT other|JJ statute|NN that|WDT was|VBD already|RB on|IN the|DT books|NNS ,|, but|CC certainly|RB the|DT advocates|NNS of|IN the|DT hate|NN crimes|NNS law|NN felt|VBD that|IN a|DT tough|JJ new|JJ law|NN was|VBD needed|VBN .|. 
And|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ important|JJ ,|, Jim|NNP ,|, not|RB only|RB --|: not|RB just|RB because|IN of|IN Texas|NNP ,|, but|CC because|IN this|DT mirrors|VBZ the|DT national|JJ controversy|NN .|. 
There|EX is|VBZ pending|VBG now|RB in|IN the|DT Congress|NNP a|DT national|JJ hate|NN crimes|NNS law|NN because|IN of|IN James|NNP Byrd|NNP ,|, because|IN of|IN Matthew|NNP Shepard|NNP ,|, who|WP was|VBD crucified|JJ on|IN a|DT split|NN rail|NN fence|NN by|IN bigots|NNS ,|, and|CC because|IN of|IN others|NNS .|. 
And|CC that|DT law|NN has|VBZ died|VBN in|IN committee|NN also|RB because|IN of|IN the|DT same|JJ kind|NN of|IN opposition|NN .|. 

And|CC you|PRP would|MD support|VB that|DT bill|NN .|. 

Absolutely|RB .|. 

Would|MD you|PRP support|VBP a|DT national|JJ hate|NN crimes|NNS law|NN ?|. 

I|PRP would|MD support|VB the|DT Orrin|NNP Hatch|NNP version|NN of|IN it|PRP ,|, not|RB the|DT Senator|NNP Kennedy|NNP version|NN .|. 
But|CC let|VB me|PRP say|VBP to|TO you|PRP ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP ,|, we|PRP 're|VBP happy|JJ with|IN our|PRP$ laws|NNS on|IN our|PRP$ books|NNS .|. 
That|DT bill|NN did|VBD --|: there|EX was|VBD another|DT bill|NN that|WDT did|VBD die|VB in|IN committee|NN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP want|VBP to|TO repeat|VB ,|, if|IN you|PRP have|VBP a|DT state|NN that|WDT fully|RB supports|VBZ the|DT law|NN like|IN we|PRP do|VBP in|IN Texas|NNP ,|, we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO go|VB after|IN all|DT crime|NN .|. 
And|CC we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO make|VB sure|JJ people|NNS get|VBP punished|VBN for|IN the|DT crime|NN .|. 
And|CC in|IN this|DT case|NN we|PRP ca|MD n't|RB enhance|VB the|DT penalty|NN any|DT more|JJR than|IN putting|VBG those|DT three|CD thugs|NNS to|TO deaths|NNS .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ what|WP 's|VBZ gonna|VBG happen|VBG in|IN the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP .|. 

New|NNP subject|JJ ,|, new|JJ question|NN .|. 
Another|DT vice|NN presidential|JJ debate|NN follow-up|JJ .|. 
Governor|NNP ,|, both|DT Senator|NNP Lieberman|NNP and|CC Secretary|NNP Cheney|NNP said|VBD they|PRP were|VBD sympathetically|RB rethinking|VBG their|PRP$ views|NNS on|IN same|JJ sex|NN relationships|NNS .|. 
What|WP 's|VBZ your|PRP$ position|NN on|IN that|DT ?|. 

I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB for|IN gay|JJ marriage|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP marriage|NN is|VBZ a|DT sacred|JJ institution|NN between|IN a|DT man|NN and|CC a|DT woman|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP appreciated|VBD the|DT way|NN the|DT administration|NN signed|VBD the|DT Defense|NNP of|IN Marriage|NNP Act|NNP .|. 
I|PRP presume|NN the|DT Vice|NNP President|NNP supported|VBD it|PRP when|WRB the|DT President|NNP signed|VBN that|DT bill|NN and|CC supports|VBZ it|PRP now|RB .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP marriage|NN is|VBZ a|DT sacred|JJ institution|NN .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP going|VBG to|TO be|VB respectful|JJ for|IN people|NNS who|WP may|MD disagree|VB with|IN me|PRP .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP had|VBD a|DT record|NN of|IN doing|VBG so|RB in|IN the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN a|DT person|NN that|WDT had|VBD been|VBN called|VBD a|DT uniter|NN ,|, not|RB a|DT divider|NN ,|, because|IN I|PRP accept|VBP other|JJ people|NNS 's|POS points|NNS of|IN view|NN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP feel|VBP strongly|RB that|DT marriage|NN should|MD be|VB between|IN a|DT man|NN and|CC a|DT woman|NN .|. 

Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ?|. 

I|PRP agree|VBP with|IN that|DT ,|, and|CC I|PRP did|VBD support|NN that|DT law|NN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP should|MD find|VB a|DT way|NN to|TO allow|VB some|DT kind|NN of|IN civic|JJ unions|NNS ,|, and|CC I|PRP basically|RB agree|VBP with|IN Dick|NNP Cheney|NNP and|CC Joe|NNP Lieberman|NNP .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP the|DT three|CD of|IN us|PRP have|VBP one|CD view|NN and|CC the|DT Governor|NNP has|VBZ another|DT view|NN .|. 

Is|VBZ that|DT right|NN ?|. 

I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB sure|JJ what|WP kind|NN of|IN view|NN he|PRP 's|VBZ describing|VBG to|TO me|PRP .|. 
I|PRP can|MD just|RB tell|VB you|PRP ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP a|DT person|NN who|WP respects|VBZ other|JJ people|NNS .|. 
I|PRP respect|NN their|PRP$ --|: I|PRP respect|NN --|: on|IN the|DT one|CD hand|NN he|PRP says|VBZ he|PRP agrees|VBZ with|IN me|PRP and|CC then|RB he|PRP says|VBZ he|PRP does|VBZ n't|RB .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB sure|JJ where|WRB he|PRP 's|VBZ coming|VBG from|IN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP will|MD be|VB a|DT tolerant|NN person|NN .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN a|DT tolerant|NN person|NN all|DT my|PRP$ life|NN .|. 
I|PRP just|RB happen|VBP to|TO believe|VB strongly|RB that|DT marriage|NN is|VBZ between|IN a|DT man|NN and|CC a|DT woman|NN .|. 

Do|VBP you|PRP believe|VB in|IN general|JJ terms|NNS that|IN gays|NNS and|CC lesbians|NNS should|MD have|VB the|DT same|JJ rights|NNS as|IN other|JJ Americans|NNPS ?|. 

Yes|UH .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB they|PRP ought|MD to|TO have|VB special|JJ rights|NNS ,|, but|CC I|PRP think|VBP they|PRP ought|MD to|TO have|VB the|DT same|JJ rights|NNS .|. 

Well|RB ,|, there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT law|NN pending|VBG called|VBD the|DT Employment|NNP Non-|NNP Discrimination|NNP Act|NNP .|. 
I|PRP strongly|RB support|VBP it|PRP .|. 
What|WP it|PRP says|VBZ is|VBZ that|IN gays|NNS and|CC lesbians|NNS ca|MD n't|RB be|VB fired|VBN from|IN their|PRP$ job|NN because|IN they|PRP 're|VBP gay|JJ or|CC lesbian|NN .|. 
And|CC it|PRP would|MD be|VB a|DT federal|JJ law|NN preventing|VBG that|DT .|. 
Now|RB ,|, I|PRP wonder|VBP if|IN the|DT --|: it|PRP 's|VBZ been|VBN blocked|VBN by|IN the|DT opponents|NNS in|IN the|DT majority|NN in|IN the|DT Congress|NNP .|. 
I|PRP wonder|NN if|IN the|DT Governor|NNP who|WP lend|VBP his|PRP$ support|NN to|TO that|DT law|NN .|. 

Governor|NNP ?|. 

The|DT question|NN --|: 

Well|RB ,|, but|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT logical|JJ response|NN .|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP have|VBP no|DT idea|NN .|. 
I|PRP mean|VBP ,|, he|PRP can|MD throw|VB out|RP all|DT kinds|NNS --|: I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB know|VB the|DT particulars|NNS of|IN this|DT law|NN .|. 
I|PRP will|MD tell|VB you|PRP I|PRP 'm|VBP the|DT kind|NN of|IN person|NN ,|, I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB hire|VB or|CC fire|VB somebody|NN based|VBN upon|IN their|PRP$ sexual|JJ orientation|NN .|. 
As|IN a|DT matter|NN of|IN fact|NN ,|, I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO take|VB the|DT issue|NN a|DT little|RB further|RB .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB really|RB think|VB it|PRP 's|VBZ any|DT of|IN my|PRP$ --|: you|PRP know|VBP ,|, any|DT of|IN my|PRP$ concerns|NNS what|WP --|: how|WRB you|PRP conduct|VBP your|PRP$ sex|NN life|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|DT 's|VBZ a|DT private|JJ matter|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|DT 's|VBZ the|DT way|NN it|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB .|. 
But|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP going|VBG to|TO be|VB respectful|JJ for|IN people|NNS ,|, I|PRP 'll|MD tolerate|VB people|NNS ,|, and|CC I|PRP support|VBP equal|JJ rights|NNS but|CC not|RB special|JJ rights|NNS for|IN people|NNS .|. 

Special|JJ rights|NNS ,|, how|WRB does|VBZ that|WDT affect|VBP gays|NNS and|CC lesbians|NNS ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, it|PRP would|MD be|VB if|IN they|PRP 're|VBP given|VBN special|JJ protective|JJ status|NN .|. 
That|DT does|VBZ n't|RB mean|VB we|PRP should|MD n't|RB fully|RB enforce|VB laws|NNS and|CC fully|RB protect|VB people|NNS and|CC fully|RB honor|VB people|NNS ,|, which|WDT I|PRP will|MD do|VB as|IN the|DT President|NNP of|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS .|. 

New|NNP subject|JJ ,|, new|JJ question|NN ,|, Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP .|. 
How|WRB do|VBP you|PRP see|VBP the|DT connection|NN between|IN controlling|VBG gun|NN sales|NNS in|IN this|DT country|NN and|CC the|DT incidence|NN of|IN death|NN by|IN accidental|NN or|CC intentional|JJ use|NN of|IN guns|NNS ?|. 

Jim|NNP ,|, I|PRP hope|VBP that|IN we|PRP can|MD come|VB back|RB to|TO the|DT subject|NN of|IN education|NN because|IN the|DT governor|NN made|VBD an|DT extensive|JJ statement|NN on|IN it|PRP and|CC I|PRP have|VBP a|DT very|RB different|JJ view|NN than|IN the|DT one|CD he|PRP expressed|VBD .|. 
But|CC that|IN having|VBG been|VBN said|VBN ,|, I|PRP believe|VBP that|IN --|: well|RB ,|, first|NN of|IN all|DT ,|, let|VB me|PRP say|VBP that|IN the|DT governor|NN and|CC I|PRP agree|VBP on|IN some|DT things|NNS where|WRB this|DT subject|NN is|VBZ concerned|VBN .|. 
I|PRP will|MD not|RB do|VB anything|NN to|TO affect|VB the|DT rights|NNS of|IN hunters|NNS or|CC sportsmen|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN homeowners|NNS have|VBP to|TO be|VB respected|VBN and|CC their|PRP$ right|NN to|TO have|VB a|DT gun|NN if|IN they|PRP wish|VBP to|TO .|. 
The|DT problem|NN I|PRP see|VBP is|VBZ that|IN there|EX are|VBP too|RB many|JJ guns|NNS getting|VBG into|IN the|DT hands|NNS of|IN children|NNS ,|, and|CC criminals|NNS ,|, and|CC people|NNS who|WP ,|, for|IN whatever|WDT reason|VBP ,|, some|DT kind|NN of|IN history|NN of|IN stalking|VBG or|CC domestic|JJ abuse|NN really|RB should|MD not|RB be|VB able|JJ to|TO get|VB guns|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP these|DT assault|NN weapons|NNS are|VBP a|DT problem|NN .|. 
So|IN I|PRP favor|VBP closing|VBG the|DT gun|NN show|NN loophole|NN .|. 
In|IN fact|NN ,|, I|PRP cast|VBD the|DT tie-breaking|JJ vote|NN to|TO close|VB it|PRP ,|, but|CC then|RB the|DT majority|NN in|IN the|DT House|NNP of|IN Representatives|NNPS went|VBD the|DT other|JJ way|NN .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ still|RB pending|VBG .|. 
If|IN we|PRP could|MD get|VB agreement|NN on|IN that|DT ,|, maybe|RB they|PRP could|MD pass|VB that|IN in|IN the|DT final|JJ days|NNS of|IN this|DT Congress|NNP .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO restore|VB the|DT three-day|JJ waiting|NN period|NN under|IN the|DT Brady|NNP Law|NNP .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP should|MD toughen|VB the|DT enforcement|NN of|IN gun|NN laws|NNS so|IN that|IN the|DT ones|NNS that|WDT are|VBP already|RB on|IN the|DT books|NNS can|MD be|VB enforced|VBN much|RB more|RBR effectively|RB .|. 
Some|DT of|IN the|DT restrictions|NNS that|WDT have|VBP been|VBN placed|VBN by|IN the|DT Congress|NNP in|IN the|DT last|JJ couple|NN of|IN years|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP --|: in|IN the|DT last|JJ few|JJ years|NNS I|PRP think|VBP have|VBP been|VBN unfortunate|JJ .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP ought|MD to|TO make|VB all|DT schools|NNS gun|NN free|JJ .|. 
Have|VBP a|DT gun-free|JJ zone|NN around|IN every|DT school|NN in|IN this|DT country|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN measures|NNS like|IN these|DT are|VBP important|JJ .|. 
Child|NN safety|NN trigger|NN locks|NNS on|IN a|DT mandatory|JJ basis|NN ,|, and|CC others|NNS .|. 

Governor|NNP ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, it|PRP starts|VBZ with|IN enforcing|VBG law|NN .|. 
When|WRB you|PRP say|VBP loud|JJ and|CC clear|JJ to|TO somebody|NN if|IN you|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO carry|VB a|DT gun|NN illegally|RB ,|, we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO arrest|VB you|PRP .|. 
If|IN you|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO sell|VB a|DT gun|NN illegally|RB ,|, you|PRP need|VBP to|TO be|VB arrested|VBN .|. 
If|IN you|PRP commit|VBP a|DT crime|NN with|IN a|DT gun|NN ,|, there|EX needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB absolute|JJ certainty|NN in|IN the|DT law|NN .|. 
And|CC that|DT means|VBZ that|IN the|DT local|JJ law|NN enforcement|NN officials|NNS need|VBP help|VB at|IN the|DT federal|JJ level|NN .|. 
Programs|NNS like|IN Project|NNP Exile|NNP where|WRB the|DT federal|JJ government|NN intensifies|NNS arresting|VBG people|NNS who|WP illegally|RB use|NN guns|NNS .|. 
And|CC we|PRP have|VBP n't|RB done|VBN a|DT very|RB good|JJ job|NN of|IN that|DT at|IN the|DT federal|JJ level|NN recently|RB .|. 
And|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP going|VBG to|TO make|VB it|PRP a|DT priority|NN .|. 
Secondly|RB ,|, I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB we|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB selling|VBG guns|NNS to|TO people|NNS who|WP should|MD n't|RB have|VB them|PRP .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ why|WRB I|PRP support|VBP instant|JJ background|NN checks|NNS at|IN gun|NN shows|NNS .|. 
One|CD of|IN the|DT reasons|NNS we|PRP have|VBP an|DT instant|JJ background|NN check|NN is|VBZ so|IN that|IN we|PRP instantly|RB know|VBP whether|IN or|CC not|RB somebody|NN should|MD have|VB a|DT gun|NN or|CC not|RB .|. 
In|IN Texas|NNP I|PRP tried|VBD to|TO do|VB something|NN innovative|JJ .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ a|DT lot|NN of|IN talk|NN about|IN trigger|NN locks|NNS being|VBG on|IN guns|NNS sold|VBN in|IN the|DT future|NN .|. 
I|PRP support|VBP that|DT .|. 
But|CC I|PRP said|VBD if|IN you|PRP want|VBP a|DT trigger|NN lock|NN to|TO make|VB your|PRP$ gun|NN safe|JJ ,|, come|VB and|CC get|VB one|CD for|IN free|JJ .|. 
So|IN we|PRP 're|VBP distributing|VBG in|IN our|PRP$ State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP for|IN free|JJ .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO raise|VB the|DT age|NN at|IN which|WDT a|DT juvenile|JJ can|MD carry|VB a|DT handgun|NN from|IN 18|CD to|TO 21|CD .|. 
I|PRP disagree|VBP with|IN the|DT vice|NN president|NN on|IN this|DT issue|NN .|. 
He|PRP is|VBZ for|IN registration|NN of|IN guns|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP the|DT only|JJ people|NNS that|WDT are|VBP going|VBG to|TO show|VB up|IN to|TO register|VB or|CC get|VB a|DT license|NN --|: I|PRP guess|VBP licensing|NN like|IN a|DT driver|NN 's|POS license|NN for|IN a|DT gun|NN ,|, the|DT only|JJ people|NNS that|WDT are|VBP going|VBG to|TO show|VB up|RP are|VBP law-abiding|JJ citizens|NNS .|. 
The|DT criminal|NN is|VBZ not|RB going|VBG to|TO show|VB up|RP and|CC say|VB hey|UH ,|, give|VB me|PRP my|PRP$ I.D.|NN card|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ the|DT law-abiding|JJ citizens|NNS who|WP will|MD do|VB that|DT .|. 
An|DT I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB that|WDT is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB an|DT effective|JJ tool|NN to|TO make|VB the|DT --|: keep|VB our|PRP$ society|NN safe|JJ .|. 

All|DT right|JJ .|. 
So|RB on|IN guns|NNS ,|, somebody|NN wants|VBZ to|TO cast|VB a|DT vote|NN based|VBN on|IN your|PRP$ differences|NNS ,|, where|WRB are|VBP the|DT differences|NNS ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB for|IN registration|NN .|. 
I|PRP am|VBP for|IN licensing|NN by|IN states|NNS of|IN new|JJ handgun|NN purchases|NNS .|. 

What|WP 's|VBZ that|DT mean|NN ?|. 

A|DT photo|NN license|NN I.D.|NN 
like|IN a|DT driver|NN 's|POS license|NN for|IN new|JJ handguns|NNS and|CC ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, the|DT Los|NNP Angeles|NNP --|: 

Excuse|NNP me|PRP ,|, you|PRP would|MD have|VB to|TO get|VB the|DT license|NN --|: a|DT photo|NN I.D.|NN to|TO go|VB in|IN and|CC before|IN you|PRP could|MD buy|VB the|DT gun|NN ?|. 

Correct|NNP .|. 

All|DT right|JJ .|. 
Who|WP would|MD issue|VB the|DT --|: 

The|DT state|NN .|. 
The|DT state|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP states|NNS should|MD do|VB that|DT for|IN new|JJ handguns|NNS ,|, because|IN too|RB many|JJ criminals|NNS are|VBP getting|VBG guns|NNS .|. 
There|EX was|VBD a|DT recent|JJ investigation|NN of|IN the|DT number|NN in|IN Texas|NNP who|WP got|VBD --|: who|WP were|VBD given|VBN concealed|VBN weapons|NNS permits|VBZ in|IN spite|NN of|IN the|DT fact|NN that|IN they|PRP had|VBD records|NNS .|. 
And|CC the|DT "|'' Los|NNP Angeles|NNP Times|NNP "|'' spent|VBD a|DT lot|NN of|IN ink|NN going|VBG into|IN that|DT .|. 
But|CC I|PRP am|VBP not|RB for|IN doing|VBG anything|NN that|WDT would|MD affect|VB hunters|NNS or|CC sportsmen|NNS ,|, rifles|NNS ,|, shotguns|NNS ,|, existing|VBG handguns|NNS .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP think|VBP that|IN sensible|JJ gun|NN safety|NN measures|NNS are|VBP warranted|VBN now|RB .|. 
Look|VB ,|, this|DT is|VBZ the|DT year|NN --|: this|DT is|VBZ in|IN the|DT aftermath|NN of|IN Columbine|NNP ,|, and|CC Paducah|NNP ,|, and|CC all|PDT the|DT places|NNS in|IN our|PRP$ country|NN where|WRB the|DT nation|NN has|VBZ been|VBN shocked|VBN by|IN these|DT weapons|NNS in|IN the|DT hands|NNS of|IN the|DT wrong|JJ people|NNS .|. 
The|DT woman|NN who|WP bought|VBD the|DT guns|NNS for|IN the|DT two|CD boys|NNS who|WP did|VBD that|IN killing|VBG at|IN Columbine|NNP said|VBD that|IN if|IN she|PRP had|VBD had|VBN to|TO give|VB her|PRP$ name|NN and|CC fill|VB out|RP a|DT form|NN there|RB ,|, she|PRP would|MD not|RB have|VB bought|VBN those|DT guns|NNS .|. 
That|DT conceivably|RB could|MD have|VB prevented|VBN that|DT tragedy|NN .|. 

Back|RB to|TO the|DT question|NN about|IN the|DT differences|NNS on|IN gun|NN control|NN .|. 
What|WP are|VBP they|PRP ,|, Governor|NNP ,|, from|IN your|PRP$ point|NN of|IN view|NN ,|, between|IN you|PRP and|CC the|DT Vice|NNP President|NNP ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB for|IN photo|NN licensing|NN .|. 
Let|VB me|PRP say|VBP something|NN about|IN Columbine|NNP .|. 
Listen|VB ,|, we|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN gun|NN laws|NNS .|. 
He|PRP says|VBZ we|PRP ought|MD to|TO have|VB gun-free|JJ schools|NNS .|. 
Everybody|NN believes|VBZ that|DT .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP sure|JJ every|DT state|NN in|IN the|DT union|NN has|VBZ got|VBN them|PRP .|. 
You|PRP ca|MD n't|RB carry|VB a|DT gun|NN into|IN a|DT school|NN .|. 
And|CC there|EX ought|MD to|TO be|VB a|DT consequence|NN when|WRB you|PRP do|VBP carry|VB a|DT gun|NN into|IN a|DT school|NN .|. 
But|CC Columbine|NNP spoke|VBD to|TO a|DT larger|JJR issue|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ really|RB a|DT matter|NN of|IN culture|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT culture|NN that|IN somewhere|RB along|IN the|DT line|NN we|PRP 've|VBP begun|VBN to|TO disrespect|NN life|NN .|. 
Where|WRB a|DT child|NN can|MD walk|VB in|IN and|CC have|VBP their|PRP$ heart|NN turned|VBD dark|JJ as|IN a|DT result|NN of|IN being|VBG on|IN the|DT Internet|NN and|CC walk|VB in|IN and|CC decide|VB to|TO take|VB somebody|NN else|RB 's|POS life|NN ?|. 
So|RB gun|NN laws|NNS are|VBP important|JJ ,|, no|DT question|NN about|IN it|PRP ,|, but|CC so|RB is|VBZ loving|JJ children|NNS ,|, and|CC character|NN education|NN classes|NNS ,|, and|CC faith-based|JJ programs|NNS being|VBG a|DT part|NN of|IN after-school|JJ programs|NNS .|. 
Some|DT desperate|JJ child|NN needs|VBZ to|TO have|VB somebody|NN put|VBD their|PRP$ arm|NN around|IN them|PRP and|CC say|VB ,|, we|PRP love|VBP you|PRP .|. 
So|RB there|EX 's|VBZ a|SYM --|: this|DT is|VBZ a|DT society|NN that|IN --|: of|IN ours|PRP that|DT 's|VBZ got|VBD to|TO do|VB a|DT better|JJR job|NN of|IN teaching|NN children|NNS right|NN from|IN wrong|NN .|. 
And|CC we|PRP can|MD enforce|VB law|NN .|. 
But|CC there|EX seems|VBZ to|TO be|VB a|DT lot|NN of|IN preoccupation|NN on|IN --|: not|RB certainly|RB only|RB in|IN this|DT debate|NN ,|, but|CC just|RB in|IN general|JJ on|IN law|NN .|. 
But|CC there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT larger|JJR law|NN .|. 
Love|NN your|PRP$ neighbor|NN like|IN you|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO be|VB loved|VBN yourself|PRP .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ where|WRB our|PRP$ society|NN must|MD head|VB if|IN we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO be|VB a|DT peaceful|JJ and|CC prosperous|JJ society|NN .|. 

I|PRP also|RB believe|VBP in|IN the|DT Golden|NNP Rule|NNP .|. 
And|CC I|PRP agree|VBP with|IN a|DT lot|NN of|IN the|DT other|JJ things|NNS that|IN the|DT governor|NN has|VBZ said|VBN .|. 
We|PRP do|VBP have|VBP a|DT serious|JJ problem|NN in|IN our|PRP$ culture|NN .|. 
Tipper|NNP and|CC I|PRP have|VBP worked|VBN on|IN the|DT problem|NN of|IN violence|NN in|IN entertainment|NN aimed|VBN at|IN children|NNS .|. 
She|PRP 's|VBZ worked|VBD on|IN it|PRP longer|RBR than|IN I|PRP have|VBP .|. 
But|CC I|PRP feel|VBP very|RB strongly|RB about|IN that|DT .|. 
And|CC if|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP elected|VBN president|NN ,|, I|PRP will|MD do|VB something|NN about|IN that|DT .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP --|: I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP have|VBP to|TO start|VB with|IN better|JJR parenting|NN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB that|IN we|PRP can|MD ignore|VB the|DT role|NN played|VBN by|IN guns|NNS .|. 
I|PRP mean|VBP ,|, the|DT fact|NN is|VBZ that|IN there|EX --|: even|RB though|IN no|DT state|NN wants|VBZ them|PRP ,|, there|EX are|VBP guns|NNS in|IN some|DT schools|NNS .|. 
And|CC the|DT reason|NN it|PRP 's|VBZ so|RB difficult|JJ for|IN schools|NNS to|TO control|VB that|WDT is|VBZ because|IN in|IN recent|JJ years|NNS there|RB has|VBZ been|VBN a|DT flood|NN of|IN cheap|JJ handguns|NNS that|WDT are|VBP so|RB widely|RB available|JJ that|IN kids|NNS are|VBP finding|VBG ways|NNS to|TO get|VB ahold|NN of|IN them|PRP .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN if|IN you|PRP look|VBP at|IN the|DT situation|NN as|IN it|PRP exists|VBZ here|RB in|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS compared|VBD to|TO any|DT other|JJ country|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, it|PRP seems|VBZ to|TO me|PRP pretty|RB obvious|JJ that|IN while|IN we|PRP respect|NN the|DT rights|NNS of|IN hunters|NNS and|CC sportsmen|NNS ,|, we|PRP do|VBP need|VBP some|DT common|JJ sense|NN gun|NN safety|NN steps|NNS to|TO stem|VB this|DT flood|NN of|IN guns|NNS that|WDT are|VBP getting|VBG into|IN the|DT wrong|JJ hands|NNS .|. 

Yeah|UH ,|, no|DT question|NN about|IN that|DT ,|, but|CC there|EX also|RB needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB strong|JJ enforcement|NN of|IN the|DT law|NN .|. 
Some|DT kid|NN who|WP feels|VBZ like|IN --|: does|VBZ n't|RB matter|VB where|WRB the|DT gun|NN comes|VBZ from|IN ,|, it|PRP could|MD be|VB a|DT cheap|JJ gun|NN ,|, expensive|JJ gun|NN .|. 
What|WP matters|NNS is|VBZ something|NN in|IN this|DT person|NN 's|POS head|NN says|VBZ there|EX is|VBZ not|RB going|VBG to|TO be|VB a|DT consequence|NN .|. 
So|RB in|IN my|PRP$ state|NN we|PRP toughen|VB up|RP the|DT juvenile|JJ justice|NN laws|NNS .|. 
We|PRP added|VBD beds|NNS .|. 
We|PRP 're|VBP tough|JJ .|. 
We|PRP believe|VBP in|IN tough|JJ love|NN .|. 
We|PRP say|VBP ,|, if|IN you|PRP get|VBP caught|VBN carrying|VBG a|DT gun|NN ,|, you|PRP 're|VBP automatically|RB detained|VBN .|. 
And|CC that|DT 's|VBZ what|WP needs|VBZ to|TO happen|VB .|. 
We|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN laws|NNS .|. 
If|IN laws|NNS need|VBP to|TO be|VB strengthened|VBN ,|, like|IN instant|JJ background|NN checks|NNS ,|, that|DT 's|VBZ important|JJ .|. 

New|JJ question|NN .|. 
As|IN I|PRP was|VBD saying|VBG .|. 
Both|DT of|IN you|PRP --|: Governor|NNP ,|, both|DT of|IN you|PRP have|VBP talked|VBN much|JJ about|IN Medicare|NNP and|CC health|NN care|NN for|IN seniors|NNS .|. 
What|WP about|IN the|DT more|JJR than|IN 40|CD million|CD younger|JJR Americans|NNPS who|WP do|VBP not|RB have|VB health|NN insurance|NN right|RB now|RB ?|. 
What|WP would|MD you|PRP do|VB about|IN that|DT ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN a|DT plan|NN to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN that|DT .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ to|TO make|NN health|NN care|NN affordable|JJ and|CC available|JJ this|DT way|NN .|. 
First|LS ,|, there|EX 's|VBZ some|DT who|WP should|MD be|VB buying|VBG health|NN care|NN who|WP choose|VBP not|RB to|TO .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ some|DT --|: 

Some|DT of|IN the|DT 40|CD million|CD .|. 

Some|DT of|IN the|DT healthy|JJ folks|NNS ,|, healthy|JJ young|JJ kids|NNS say|VBP I|PRP 'll|MD never|RB get|VB sick|JJ ,|, therefore|RB I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB need|VB health|NN care|NN right|RB now|RB .|. 
For|IN those|DT what|WP I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO do|VB is|VBZ to|TO develop|VB an|DT investment-type|JJ vehicle|NN that|WDT would|MD be|VB an|DT incentive|NN for|IN them|PRP to|TO invest|VB ,|, like|IN medical|JJ savings|NNS accounts|NNS with|IN rollover|NN capacity|NN .|. 
In|IN other|JJ words|NNS ,|, you|PRP say|VBP to|TO a|DT youngster|NN ,|, it|PRP will|MD be|VB in|IN your|PRP$ financial|JJ interest|NN to|TO start|VB saving|VBG for|IN future|JJ illness|NN ,|, but|CC for|IN the|DT working|VBG folks|NNS that|WDT do|VBP want|VBP to|TO have|VB health|NN care|NN that|WDT ca|MD n't|RB afford|VB it|PRP ,|, a|DT couple|NN of|IN things|NNS we|PRP need|VBP to|TO do|VB .|. 
One|CD ,|, we|PRP need|VBP more|JJR community|NN health|NN centers|NNS .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP developed|VBN --|: put|VB out|IN money|NN in|IN my|PRP$ budget|NN to|TO expand|VB community|NN health|NN centers|NNS all|DT around|IN the|DT country|NN .|. 
These|DT are|VBP places|NNS where|WRB people|NNS can|MD get|VB primary|JJ care|NN .|. 
Secondly|RB --|: and|CC they|PRP 're|VBP good|JJ .|. 
They|PRP 're|VBP very|RB important|JJ parts|NNS of|IN the|DT safety|NN net|NN of|IN health|NN care|NN .|. 
Secondly|RB ,|, that|IN you|PRP get|VBP a|DT $2,000|NN rebate|NN from|IN the|DT government|NN if|IN you|PRP 're|VBP a|DT family|NN of|IN $30,000|NN or|CC less|JJR --|: it|PRP scales|NNS down|RB as|IN you|PRP get|VBP higher|JJR --|: that|IN you|PRP can|MD use|VB to|TO purchase|VB health|NN care|NN in|IN the|DT private|JJ markets|NNS .|. 
It|PRP will|MD be|VB a|DT huge|JJ down|RB payment|NN for|IN a|DT pretty|JJ darn|NN good|JJ system|NN .|. 
If|IN you|PRP allow|VBP --|: also|RB allow|VB --|: convince|VB states|NNS to|TO --|: allow|VB states|NNS to|TO allow|VB the|DT mother|NN to|TO match|VB some|DT of|IN the|DT children|NNS 's|POS health|NN insurance|NN money|NN with|IN it|PRP ,|, the|DT pool|NN purchasing|VBG power|NN .|. 
And|CC to|TO make|VB health|NN care|NN more|RBR affordable|JJ ,|, allow|VB business|NN associations|NNS like|IN the|DT National|NNP Federal|NNP of|IN Independent|NNP Business|NNP or|CC the|DT Chamber|NNP of|IN Commerce|NNP or|CC the|DT National|NNP Restaurant|NNP Association|NNP to|TO write|VB association|NN plans|NNS across|IN jurisdictional|JJ lines|NNS so|IN that|IN small|JJ businesses|NNS have|VBP got|VBN the|DT capacity|NN to|TO have|VB national|JJ pooling|VBG to|TO drive|VB the|DT cost|NN of|IN insurance|NN down|RB .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|DT 's|VBZ the|DT very|RB best|JJS way|NN to|TO go|VB .|. 
It|PRP empowers|VBZ people|NNS ,|, it|PRP trusts|VBZ people|NNS ,|, it|PRP makes|VBZ --|: and|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT practical|JJ way|NN to|TO encourage|VB people|NNS to|TO purchase|VB health|NN care|NN insurance|NN .|. 

Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ?|. 

It|PRP 's|VBZ one|CD of|IN my|PRP$ top|JJ priorities|NNS ,|, Jim|NNP ,|, to|TO give|VB every|DT single|JJ child|NN in|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS affordable|JJ health|NN care|NN within|IN the|DT next|JJ four|CD years|NNS .|. 
I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO see|VB eventually|RB in|IN this|DT country|NN some|DT form|NN of|IN universal|JJ health|NN care|NN ,|, but|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB for|IN a|DT government-run|JJ system|NN .|. 
In|IN fact|NN ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP for|IN shrinking|VBG the|DT size|NN of|IN government|NN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP a|DT smaller|JJR and|CC smarter|RBR government|NN .|. 
I|PRP have|VBP been|VBN in|IN charge|NN of|IN this|DT reinventing|VBG government|NN streamlining|VBG project|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ reduced|VBD the|DT size|NN of|IN government|NN by|IN more|JJR than|IN 300,000|CD people|NNS in|IN the|DT last|JJ several|JJ years|NNS .|. 
And|CC the|DT budget|NN plan|NN that|IN I|PRP 've|VBP put|VBN out|RB ,|, according|VBG to|TO the|DT "|'' Los|NNP Angeles|NNP Times|NNP "|'' again|RB ,|, the|DT way|NN these|DT things|NNS are|VBP typically|RB measured|VBN as|IN a|DT percentage|NN of|IN the|DT GDP|NNP ,|, will|MD bring|VB government|NN spending|NN down|IN to|TO the|DT lowest|JJS level|NN in|IN 50|CD years|NNS .|. 
So|IN I|PRP want|VBP to|TO proceed|VB carefully|RB to|TO cover|VB more|JJR people|NNS .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP should|MD start|VB by|IN greatly|RB expanding|VBG the|DT so-called|JJ child|NN health|NN insurance|NN or|CC CHIP|NNP program|NN to|TO give|VB health|NN insurance|NN to|TO every|DT single|JJ child|NN in|IN this|DT country|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ intolerable|JJ that|IN we|PRP have|VBP so|RB many|JJ millions|NNS of|IN children|NNS without|IN any|DT health|NN insurance|NN .|. 
So|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ one|CD of|IN my|PRP$ top|JJ priorities|NNS .|. 
Now|RB ,|, I|PRP know|VBP that|IN we|PRP have|VBP some|DT disagreements|NNS on|IN this|DT .|. 
And|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP sorry|JJ to|TO tell|VB you|PRP that|IN ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, there|EX is|VBZ a|DT record|NN here|RB .|. 
And|CC Texas|NNP ranks|NNS 49th|CD out|IN of|IN the|DT 50|CD states|NNS in|IN health|NN care|NN --|: in|IN children|NNS with|IN health|NN care|NN .|. 
49th|CD for|IN women|NNS with|IN health|NN care|NN ,|, and|CC 50th|JJ for|IN families|NNS with|IN health|NN care|NN .|. 
So|IN it|PRP is|VBZ a|DT priority|NN for|IN me|PRP .|. 
I|PRP guarantee|VBP you|PRP .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB aware|JJ of|IN any|DT program|NN --|: well|RB ,|, I|PRP 'll|MD just|RB leave|VB it|PRP at|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB a|DT top|JJ priority|NN .|. 

Governor|NNP ,|, did|VBD the|DT --|: are|VBP the|DT vice|NN president|NN 's|POS figures|NNS correct|JJ about|IN Texas|NNP ?|. 

First|LS of|IN all|DT ,|, let|VB me|PRP say|VBP he|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB for|IN a|DT government-run|JJ health|NN care|NN system|NN ?|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD that|DT 's|VBZ exactly|RB what|WP he|PRP and|CC Mrs.|NN 
Clinton|NNP and|CC them|PRP fought|VBD for|IN in|IN 1993|CD was|VBD a|DT government-run|JJ health|NN care|NN system|NN .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD fortunately|RB stopped|VBN in|IN its|PRP$ tracks|NNS .|. 
Secondly|RB ,|, we|PRP spend|VBP $4.7|NN billion|CD a|DT year|NN on|IN the|DT uninsured|JJ in|IN the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
Our|PRP$ rate|NN of|IN uninsured|JJ ,|, the|DT percentage|NN of|IN uninsured|JJ in|IN Texas|NNP has|VBZ gone|VBN down|RB ,|, while|IN the|DT percentage|NN of|IN uninsured|JJ in|IN America|NNP has|VBZ gone|VBN up|RP .|. 
Our|PRP$ CHIPS|NNP program|NN got|VBD a|DT late|JJ start|NN because|IN our|PRP$ government|NN meets|VBZ only|RB four|CD months|NNS out|IN of|IN every|DT two|CD years|NNS ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP .|. 
It|PRP may|MD come|VB as|IN a|DT shock|NN for|IN somebody|NN who|WP has|VBZ been|VBN in|IN Washington|NNP for|IN so|RB long|JJ .|. 
But|CC actually|RB limited|JJ government|NN can|MD work|VB in|IN the|DT second|JJ largest|JJS state|NN in|IN the|DT union|NN .|. 
And|CC therefore|RB Congress|NNP passes|VBZ the|DT bill|NN after|IN our|PRP$ session|NN in|IN 1997|CD ended|VBD ,|, we|PRP passed|VBD an|DT enabling|VBG legislation|NN in|IN 1999|CD .|. 
We|PRP 've|VBP signed|VBN up|RB over|IN 110,000|CD children|NNS to|TO the|DT CHIPS|NNP program|NN .|. 
For|IN comparable|JJ states|VBZ our|PRP$ size|NN ,|, we|PRP 're|VBP signing|VBG them|PRP up|RP as|RB fast|RB as|IN any|DT other|JJ state|NN .|. 
You|PRP can|MD quote|VB all|PDT the|DT numbers|NNS you|PRP want|VBP ,|, but|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP telling|VBG you|PRP we|PRP care|VBP about|IN our|PRP$ people|NNS in|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
We|PRP spent|VBD a|DT lot|NN of|IN money|NN to|TO make|VB sure|JJ people|NNS get|VBP health|NN care|NN in|IN the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP ,|, and|CC we|PRP 're|VBP doing|VBG a|DT better|JJR job|NN than|IN they|PRP are|VBP at|IN the|DT national|JJ level|NN for|IN reducing|VBG uninsured|JJ .|. 

Is|VBZ he|PRP right|NN ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB know|VB about|IN all|PDT these|DT percentages|NNS that|IN he|PRP throws|VBZ out|IN ,|, but|CC I|PRP do|VBP know|VB that|IN --|: I|PRP speculate|VBP that|IN the|DT reason|NN why|WRB he|PRP did|VBD n't|RB answer|VB your|PRP$ question|NN directly|RB as|IN to|TO whether|IN my|PRP$ numbers|NNS were|VBD right|NN ,|, the|DT facts|NNS were|VBD right|NN about|IN Texas|NNP ranking|JJ dead|JJ last|NN in|IN families|NNS with|IN health|NN insurance|NN and|CC 49th|CD out|IN of|IN 50|CD for|IN both|DT children|NNS and|CC women|NNS ,|, is|VBZ because|IN those|DT facts|NNS are|VBP correct|JJ .|. 
And|CC as|IN for|IN why|WRB it|PRP happened|VBD ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP no|DT expert|NN on|IN the|DT Texas|NNP procedures|NNS ,|, but|CC what|WP my|PRP$ friends|NNS there|RB tell|VB me|PRP is|VBZ that|IN the|DT governor|NN opposed|VBD a|DT measure|NN put|VBD forward|RB by|IN Democrats|NNPS in|IN the|DT legislature|NN to|TO expand|VB the|DT number|NN of|IN children|NNS that|WDT would|MD be|VB covered|VBN .|. 
And|CC instead|RB directed|VBD the|DT money|NN toward|IN a|DT tax|NN cut|NN ,|, a|DT significant|JJ part|NN of|IN which|WDT went|VBD to|TO wealthy|JJ interests|NNS .|. 
He|PRP declared|VBD the|DT need|NN for|IN a|DT new|JJ tax|NN cut|NN for|IN the|DT oil|NN companies|NNS in|IN Texas|NNP an|DT emergency|NN need|VBP ,|, and|CC so|IN the|DT money|NN was|VBD taken|VBN away|RB from|IN the|DT CHIP|NNP program|NN .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ --|: you|PRP do|VBP n't|RB have|VB to|TO take|VB my|PRP$ word|NN for|IN this|DT .|. 
There|EX is|VBZ now|RB a|DT federal|JJ judge|NN 's|POS opinion|NN about|IN the|DT current|JJ management|NN of|IN this|DT program|NN ordering|VBG the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP to|TO do|VB --|: you|PRP should|MD read|VB that|DT judge|NN 's|POS language|NN about|IN this|DT .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP there|EX are|VBP 1.4|CD million|CD children|NNS in|IN Texas|NNP who|WP do|VBP not|RB have|VB health|NN insurance|NN .|. 
600,000|CD of|IN whom|WP ,|, and|CC maybe|RB some|DT of|IN those|DT have|VBP since|IN gotten|VBN it|PRP ,|, but|CC as|IN of|IN a|DT year|NN ago|RB 600,000|CD of|IN them|PRP were|VBD actually|RB eligible|JJ for|IN it|PRP but|CC they|PRP could|MD n't|RB sign|VB up|RP for|IN it|PRP because|IN of|IN the|DT barriers|NNS that|IN they|PRP had|VBD set|VBN up|RP .|. 

Let|VB 's|PRP let|VB the|DT governor|NN respond|NN to|TO that|DT .|. 
Are|VBP those|DT numbers|NNS correct|JJ ?|. 
Are|VBP his|PRP$ charges|NNS correct|JJ ?|. 

If|IN he|PRP 's|VBZ trying|VBG to|TO allege|VB that|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP a|DT hard-hearted|JJ person|NN and|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB care|VB about|IN children|NNS ,|, he|PRP 's|VBZ absolutely|RB wrong|JJ .|. 
We|PRP 've|VBP spent|VBN $4.7|NN billion|CD a|DT year|NN in|IN the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP for|IN uninsured|JJ people|NNS .|. 
And|CC they|PRP get|VBP health|NN care|NN .|. 
Now|RB ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB the|DT most|RBS efficient|JJ way|NN to|TO get|VB people|NNS health|NN care|NN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP want|VBP to|TO remind|VB you|PRP ,|, the|DT number|NN of|IN uninsured|JJ in|IN America|NNP during|IN their|PRP$ watch|NN has|VBZ increased|VBN .|. 
He|PRP can|MD make|VB any|DT excuse|NN he|PRP wants|VBZ ,|, but|CC the|DT facts|NNS are|VBP that|IN we|PRP 're|VBP reducing|VBG the|DT number|NN of|IN uninsured|JJ percentage|NN of|IN our|PRP$ population|NN .|. 
And|CC as|IN the|DT percentage|NN of|IN the|DT population|NN is|VBZ increasing|VBG nationally|RB ,|, somehow|RB the|DT allegation|NN that|IN we|PRP do|VBP n't|RB care|VB and|CC we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO give|VB money|NN for|IN this|DT interest|NN or|CC that|DT interest|NN and|CC not|RB for|IN children|NNS in|IN the|DT State|NNP of|IN Texas|NNP is|VBZ totally|RB absurd|JJ .|. 
Let|VB me|PRP just|RB tell|VBP you|PRP who|WP the|DT jury|NN is|VBZ .|. 
The|DT people|NNS of|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ only|RB been|VBN one|CD governor|NN ever|RB elected|VBD to|TO back-to-back|JJ four-year|JJ terms|NNS ,|, and|CC that|DT was|VBD me|PRP .|. 
And|CC I|PRP was|VBD able|JJ to|TO do|VB so|RB with|IN a|DT lot|NN of|IN Democrat|NNP votes|NNS ,|, nearly|RB 50|CD %|NN of|IN the|DT Hispanic|JJ vote|NN ,|, about|IN 27|CD %|NN of|IN the|DT African-|NNP American|JJ vote|NN ,|, because|IN people|NNS know|VBP I|PRP 'm|VBP a|DT conservative|JJ person|NN and|CC a|DT compassionate|NN person|NN .|. 
So|IN he|PRP can|MD throw|VB all|PDT the|DT kinds|NNS of|IN numbers|NNS around|IN .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP just|RB telling|VBG you|PRP our|PRP$ state|NN comes|VBZ together|RB to|TO do|VB what|WP is|VBZ right|JJ .|. 
We|PRP come|VBP together|RB both|DT Republicans|NNPS and|CC Democrats|NNPS .|. 

Let|VB me|PRP put|VB that|IN directly|RB to|TO you|PRP ,|, Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP .|. 
The|DT reason|NN you|PRP brought|VBD this|DT up|RB ,|, is|VBZ it|PRP --|: are|VBP you|PRP suggesting|VBG that|IN those|DT numbers|NNS and|CC that|DT record|NN will|MD reflect|VB the|DT way|NN Governor|NNP Bush|NNP will|MD operate|VB in|IN this|DT area|NN of|IN health|NN insurance|NN as|IN president|NN ?|. 

Yes|UH ,|, yes|UH .|. 
But|CC it|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB a|DT statement|NN about|IN his|PRP$ heart|NN .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB claim|VB to|TO know|VB his|PRP$ heart|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP he|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT good|JJ person|NN .|. 
I|PRP make|VBP no|DT allegations|NNS about|IN that|DT .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP him|PRP when|WRB he|PRP says|VBZ that|IN he|PRP has|VBZ a|DT good|JJ heart|NN .|. 
I|PRP know|VBP enough|RB about|IN your|PRP$ story|NN to|TO admire|NN a|DT lot|NN of|IN the|DT things|NNS that|IN you|PRP have|VBP done|VBN as|IN a|DT person|NN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ about|IN his|PRP$ priorities|NNS .|. 
And|CC let|VB me|PRP tell|VB you|PRP exactly|RB why|WRB I|PRP think|VBP that|IN the|DT choice|NN he|PRP made|VBD to|TO give|VB a|DT tax|NN cut|NN for|IN the|DT oil|NN companies|NNS and|CC others|NNS before|IN addressing|VBG this|DT --|: I|PRP mean|VBP ,|, if|IN you|PRP were|VBD the|DT governor|NN of|IN a|DT state|NN that|WDT was|VBD dead|JJ last|NN in|IN health|NN care|NN for|IN families|NNS ,|, and|CC all|DT of|IN a|DT sudden|JJ you|PRP found|VBD yourself|PRP with|IN the|DT biggest|JJS surplus|NN your|PRP$ state|NN had|VBD ever|RB had|VBN in|IN its|PRP$ history|NN ,|, would|MD n't|RB you|PRP want|VB to|TO maybe|RB use|VB some|DT of|IN it|PRP to|TO climb|VB from|IN 50th|JJ to|TO ,|, say|VB ,|, 45|CD or|CC 40|CD or|CC something|NN or|CC maybe|RB better|JJR ?|. 
I|PRP would|MD .|. 
Now|RB ,|, but|CC here|RB is|VBZ why|WRB it|PRP 's|VBZ directly|RB relevant|JJ ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
Because|IN by|IN his|PRP$ own|JJ budget|NN numbers|NNS ,|, his|PRP$ proposals|NNS for|IN spending|NN on|IN tax|NN cuts|NNS for|IN the|DT wealthiest|JJS of|IN the|DT wealthy|JJ are|VBP more|JJR than|IN the|DT new|JJ spending|NN proposals|NNS that|IN he|PRP has|VBZ made|VBN for|IN health|NN care|NN and|CC education|NN and|CC national|JJ defense|NN all|DT combined|VBN .|. 
According|VBG to|TO his|PRP$ own|JJ numbers|NNS .|. 
So|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB a|DT question|NN of|IN his|PRP$ heart|NN ,|, as|RB far|RB as|IN I|PRP know|VBP .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT question|NN of|IN priorities|NNS and|CC values|NNS .|. 
See|VB ,|, you|PRP know|VBP --|: 

Let|VB me|PRP ask|VB --|: 

First|CD of|IN all|DT ,|, that|DT 's|VBZ simply|RB not|RB true|JJ what|WP he|PRP just|RB said|VBD ,|, of|IN course|NN .|. 
And|CC secondly|RB ,|, I|PRP repeat|NN to|TO you|PRP --|: 

What|WP is|VBZ not|RB true|JJ ,|, Governor|NNP ?|. 

That|DT we|PRP spent|VBD --|: the|DT top|JJ 1|CD %|NN receive|VB 223|CD as|IN opposed|VBN to|TO 445|CD billion|CD in|IN new|JJ spending|NN .|. 
The|DT top|JJ --|: let|VB 's|POS talk|NN about|IN my|PRP$ tax|NN plan|NN .|. 
The|DT top|JJ 1|CD %|NN will|MD pay|VB one-third|NN of|IN all|PDT the|DT federal|JJ income|NN taxes|NNS .|. 
And|CC in|IN return|NN ,|, get|VB one-fifth|NN of|IN the|DT benefits|NNS ,|, because|IN most|JJS of|IN the|DT tax|NN reductions|NNS go|VBP to|TO the|DT people|NNS at|IN the|DT bottom|JJ end|NN of|IN the|DT economic|JJ ladder|NN .|. 
That|DT stands|VBZ in|IN stark|JJ contrast|NN ,|, by|IN the|DT way|NN ,|, to|TO a|DT man|NN who|WP is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO leave|VB 50|CD million|CD --|: 50|CD million|CD Americans|NNP out|IN of|IN tax|NN relief|NN .|. 
We|PRP just|RB have|VBP a|DT different|JJ point|NN of|IN view|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT totally|RB different|JJ point|NN of|IN view|NN .|. 
He|PRP believes|VBZ only|RB the|DT right|JJ people|NNS ought|MD to|TO get|VB tax|NN relief|NN .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP everybody|NN who|WP pays|VBZ taxes|NNS ought|MD to|TO get|VB tax|NN relief|NN .|. 
Let|VB me|PRP go|VB back|RB to|TO Texas|NNP ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, for|IN a|DT minute|NN .|. 
We|PRP pay|VBP 4.7|CD billion|CD .|. 
I|PRP ca|MD n't|RB emphasize|VB to|TO you|PRP how|WRB much|JJ .|. 
I|PRP signed|VBD a|DT bill|NN that|WDT puts|VBZ CHIPS|NNP in|IN place|NN .|. 
The|DT bill|NN finally|RB came|VBD out|RB at|IN the|DT end|NN of|IN the|DT 1999|CD session|NN .|. 
We|PRP 're|VBP working|VBG hard|JJ to|TO sign|VB up|RP children|NNS .|. 
We|PRP 're|VBP doing|VBG it|PRP faster|RBR than|IN any|DT other|JJ state|NN our|PRP$ size|NN ,|, comparable|JJ state|NN .|. 
We|PRP 're|VBP making|VBG really|RB good|JJ progress|NN .|. 
And|CC our|PRP$ state|NN cares|VBZ a|DT lot|NN about|IN our|PRP$ children|NNS .|. 
My|PRP$ priority|NN is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB the|DT health|NN of|IN our|PRP$ citizens|NNS .|. 
These|DT folks|NNS have|VBP had|VBN eight|CD years|NNS to|TO get|VB something|NN done|VBN in|IN Washington|NNP ,|, D.C.|NN on|IN the|DT uninsured|JJ .|. 
They|PRP have|VBP not|RB done|VBN it|PRP .|. 
They|PRP 've|VBP had|VBN eight|CD years|NNS to|TO get|VB something|NN done|VBN on|IN Medicare|NNP .|. 
And|CC they|PRP have|VBP not|RB got|VBN it|PRP done|VBN .|. 
And|CC my|PRP$ case|NN to|TO the|DT American|JJ people|NNS is|VBZ ,|, if|IN you|PRP 're|VBP happy|JJ with|IN inactivity|NN ,|, stay|VB with|IN the|DT horse|NN .|. 
The|DT horse|NN is|VBZ up|RB there|RB now|RB .|. 
But|CC if|IN you|PRP want|VBP change|NN ,|, you|PRP need|VBP to|TO get|VB somebody|NN that|WDT knows|VBZ how|WRB to|TO bring|VB Republicans|NNPS and|CC Democrats|NNPS together|RB to|TO get|VB positive|JJ things|NNS done|VBN for|IN American|NNP .|. 

New|JJ question|NN ,|, new|JJ subject|NN .|. 
Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, on|IN the|DT environment|NN .|. 
In|IN your|PRP$ 1992|CD book|NN you|PRP said|VBD ,|, quote|NN ,|, "|'' We|PRP must|MD make|VB the|DT rescue|NN of|IN our|PRP$ environment|NN the|DT central|JJ organizing|NN principle|NN for|IN civilization|NN and|CC there|EX must|MD be|VB a|DT wrenching|JJ transformation|NN to|TO save|VB the|DT planet|NN .|. "|'' 
Do|VBP you|PRP still|RB feel|VBP that|DT way|NN ?|. 

I|PRP do|VBP .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN in|IN this|DT 21st|JJ century|NN we|PRP will|MD soon|RB see|VB the|DT consequences|NNS of|IN what|WP 's|VBZ called|VBN global|JJ warming|NN .|. 
There|EX was|VBD a|DT study|NN just|RB a|DT few|JJ weeks|NNS ago|RB suggesting|VBG that|IN in|IN summertime|NN the|DT north|NN polar|JJ ice|NN cap|NN will|MD be|VB completely|RB gone|VBN in|IN 50|CD years|NNS .|. 
Already|RB people|NNS see|VBP the|DT strange|JJ weather|NN conditions|NNS that|IN the|DT old|JJ timers|NNS say|VBP they|PRP 've|VBP never|RB seen|VBN before|IN in|IN their|PRP$ lifetimes|NNS .|. 
And|CC what|WP 's|VBZ happening|VBG is|VBZ the|DT level|NN of|IN pollution|NN is|VBZ increasing|VBG significantly|RB .|. 
Now|RB ,|, here|RB is|VBZ the|DT good|JJ news|NN ,|, Jim|NNP .|. 
If|IN we|PRP take|VBP the|DT leadership|NN role|NN and|CC build|VB the|DT new|JJ technologies|NNS ,|, like|IN the|DT new|JJ kinds|NNS of|IN cars|NNS and|CC trucks|NNS that|IN Detroit|NNP is|VBZ itching|VBG to|TO build|VB ,|, then|RB we|PRP can|MD create|VB millions|NNS of|IN good|JJ new|JJ jobs|NNS by|IN being|VBG first|JJ into|IN the|DT market|NN with|IN these|DT new|JJ kinds|NNS of|IN cars|NNS and|CC trucks|NNS and|CC other|JJ kinds|NNS of|IN technologies|NNS .|. 
You|PRP know|VBP the|DT Japanese|NNPS are|VBP breathing|VBG down|RP our|PRP$ necks|NNS on|IN this|DT .|. 
They|PRP 're|VBP moving|VBG very|RB rapidly|RB because|IN they|PRP know|VBP that|IN it|PRP is|VBZ a|DT fast-growing|JJ world|NN market|NN .|. 
Some|DT of|IN these|DT other|JJ countries|NNS ,|, particularly|RB in|IN the|DT developing|VBG world|NN ,|, their|PRP$ pollution|NN is|VBZ much|RB worse|RBR than|IN anywhere|RB else|RB and|CC their|PRP$ people|NNS want|VBP higher|JJR standards|NNS of|IN living|VBG .|. 
And|CC so|IN they|PRP 're|VBP looking|VBG for|IN ways|NNS to|TO satisfy|VB their|PRP$ desire|NN for|IN a|DT better|JJR life|NN and|CC still|RB reduce|VB pollution|NN at|IN the|DT same|JJ time|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN holding|VBG onto|IN the|DT old|JJ ways|NNS and|CC the|DT old|JJ argument|NN that|IN the|DT environment|NN and|CC the|DT economy|NN are|VBP in|IN conflict|NN is|VBZ really|RB outdated|JJ .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP to|TO be|VB bold|JJ .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP to|TO provide|VB leadership|NN .|. 
Now|RB it|PRP 's|VBZ true|JJ that|IN we|PRP disagree|VBP on|IN this|DT .|. 
The|DT governor|NN said|VBD that|IN he|PRP does|VBZ n't|RB think|VB this|DT problem|NN is|VBZ necessarily|RB caused|VBN by|IN people|NNS .|. 
He|PRP 's|VBZ for|IN letting|VBG the|DT oil|NN companies|NNS into|IN the|DT Arctic|NNP National|NNP Wildlife|NNP Refuge|NNP .|. 
Houston|NNP has|VBZ just|RB become|VBN the|DT smoggiest|NN city|NN in|IN the|DT country|NN .|. 
And|CC Texas|NNP is|VBZ number|NN one|CD in|IN industrial|JJ pollution|NN .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP a|DT very|RB different|JJ outlook|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP 'll|MD tell|VB you|PRP this|DT ,|, I|PRP will|MD fight|VB for|IN a|DT clean|JJ environment|NN in|IN ways|NNS that|WDT strengthen|VBP our|PRP$ economy|NN .|. 

Governor|NNP ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, let|VB me|PRP start|VB with|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
We|PRP are|VBP a|DT big|JJ industrial|JJ state|NN .|. 
We|PRP reduced|VBD our|PRP$ industrial|JJ waste|NN by|IN 11|CD %|NN .|. 
We|PRP cleaned|VBD up|RP more|RBR brown|JJ fields|NNS than|IN any|DT other|JJ administration|NN in|IN my|PRP$ state|NN 's|POS history|NN ,|, 450|CD of|IN them|PRP .|. 
Our|PRP$ water|NN is|VBZ cleaner|JJR now|RB .|. 

Explain|NNP what|WP a|DT brown|JJ field|NN is|VBZ to|TO those|DT who|WP do|VBP n't|RB follow|VB this|DT .|. 

A|DT brown|JJ field|NN is|VBZ an|DT abandoned|VBN industrial|JJ site|NN that|WDT just|RB sits|VBZ idle|JJ in|IN some|DT of|IN our|PRP$ urban|JJ centers|NNS .|. 
And|CC people|NNS are|VBP willing|JJ to|TO invest|VB capital|NN in|IN the|DT brown|JJ fields|NNS do|VBP n't|RB want|VB to|TO do|VB so|RB for|IN fear|NN of|IN lawsuit|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO have|VB federal|JJ liability|NN protection|NN ,|, depending|VBG upon|IN whether|IN or|CC not|RB standards|NNS have|VB been|VBN met|VBN .|. 
The|DT book|NN you|PRP mentioned|VBD that|IN Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP wrote|VBD ,|, he|PRP also|RB called|VBD for|IN taxing|VBG --|: big|JJ energy|NN taxes|NNS in|IN order|NN to|TO clean|VB up|IN the|DT environment|NN .|. 
And|CC now|RB that|IN the|DT energy|NN prices|NNS are|VBP high|JJ ,|, I|PRP guess|VBP he|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB advocating|VBG those|DT big|JJ energy|NN taxes|NNS right|RB now|RB .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO fully|RB fund|VB the|DT Land|NNP and|CC Water|NNP Conservation|NNP Fund|NNP to|TO --|: with|IN half|PDT the|DT money|NN going|VBG to|TO states|NNS so|IN states|VBZ can|MD make|VB the|DT right|JJ decisions|NNS for|IN environmental|JJ quality|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO have|VB clean|VB coal|NN technologies|NNS .|. 
I|PRP propose|VBP $2|NN billion|CD worth|JJ .|. 
By|IN the|DT way|NN ,|, I|PRP just|RB found|VBD out|RP the|DT other|JJ day|NN an|DT interesting|JJ fact|NN ,|, that|IN there|EX is|VBZ a|DT national|JJ petroleum|NN reserve|NN right|NN next|JJ to|TO --|: in|IN Prudhoe|NNP Bay|NNP that|IN your|PRP$ administration|NN opened|VBD up|RP for|IN exploration|NN in|IN that|DT pristine|JJ area|NN .|. 
And|CC it|PRP was|VBD a|DT smart|JJ move|NN because|IN there|EX 's|VBZ gas|NN reserves|NNS up|RB there|RB .|. 
We|PRP need|VBP gas|NN pipelines|NNS to|TO bring|VB the|DT gas|NN down|RB .|. 
Gas|NNP is|VBZ a|DT clean|JJ fuel|NN that|IN we|PRP can|MD burn|VB to|TO --|: we|PRP need|VBP to|TO make|VB sure|JJ that|IN if|IN we|PRP decontrol|NN our|PRP$ plants|NNS that|IN there|EX 's|VBZ mandatory|JJ --|: that|IN the|DT plants|NNS must|MD conform|VB to|TO clean|VB air|NN standards|NNS ,|, the|DT grandfathered|JJ plants|NNS ,|, that|DT 's|VBZ what|WP we|PRP did|VBD in|IN Texas|NNP .|. 
No|DT excuses|NNS .|. 
You|PRP must|MD conform|VB .|. 
In|IN other|JJ words|NNS ,|, there|EX are|VBP practical|JJ things|NNS we|PRP can|MD do|VB .|. 
But|CC it|PRP starts|VBZ with|IN working|VBG in|IN a|DT collaborative|JJ effort|NN with|IN states|NNS and|CC local|JJ folks|NNS .|. 
If|IN you|PRP own|VB the|DT land|NN ,|, every|DT day|NN is|VBZ Earth|NNP Day|NNP .|. 
People|NNS care|VBP a|DT lot|NN about|IN their|PRP$ land|NN and|CC care|NN about|IN their|PRP$ environment|NN .|. 
Not|RB all|DT wisdom|NN is|VBZ in|IN Washington|NNP ,|, D.C.|NN on|IN this|DT issue|NN .|. 

Where|WRB do|VBP you|PRP see|VBP the|DT basic|JJ difference|NN in|IN very|RB simple|JJ terms|NNS in|IN two|CD or|CC three|CD sentences|NNS between|IN you|PRP and|CC the|DT governor|NN on|IN the|DT environment|NN ?|. 
If|IN a|DT voter|NN wants|VBZ to|TO make|VB a|DT choice|NN ,|, what|WP is|VBZ it|PRP ?|. 

I|PRP 'm|VBP really|RB strongly|RB committed|VBN to|TO clean|VB water|NN and|CC clean|VB air|NN ,|, and|CC cleaning|VBG up|RP the|DT new|JJ kinds|NNS of|IN challenges|NNS like|IN global|JJ warming|NN .|. 
He|PRP is|VBZ right|NN that|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB in|IN favor|NN of|IN energy|NN taxes|NNS .|. 
I|PRP am|VBP in|IN favor|NN of|IN tax|NN cuts|NNS to|TO encourage|VB and|CC give|VB incentives|NNS for|IN the|DT quicker|JJR development|NN of|IN these|DT new|JJ kinds|NNS of|IN technologies|NNS .|. 
And|CC let|VB me|PRP say|VBP again|RB ,|, Detroit|NNP is|VBZ rearing|VBG to|TO go|VB on|IN that|DT .|. 
We|PRP differ|VBP on|IN the|DT Arctic|NNP National|NNP Wildlife|NNP Refuge|NNP ,|, as|IN I|PRP have|VBP said|VBN .|. 
We|PRP differ|VBP on|IN whether|IN or|CC not|RB pollution|NN controls|NNS ought|MD to|TO be|VB voluntary|JJ .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB you|PRP can|MD --|: I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB you|PRP can|MD get|VB results|NNS that|WDT way|NN .|. 
We|PRP differ|VBP on|IN the|DT kinds|NNS of|IN appointments|NNS that|IN we|PRP would|MD make|VB .|. 

Would|MD you|PRP say|VB it|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT fundamental|JJ difference|NN ?|. 

I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ a|DT fundamental|JJ difference|NN .|. 
Let|VB me|PRP give|VB you|PRP an|DT example|NN .|. 

Hold|VB on|IN one|CD second|JJ .|. 

Okay|UH ,|, sure|JJ .|. 

We|PRP 've|VBP talked|VBN about|IN supply|NN .|. 
I|PRP just|RB want|VBP to|TO know|VB for|IN somebody|NN --|: we|PRP 're|VBP getting|VBG close|NN to|TO the|DT end|NN of|IN our|PRP$ time|NN here|RB .|. 
If|IN somebody|NN wanted|VBD to|TO vote|VB on|IN the|DT environment|NN ,|, how|WRB would|MD you|PRP draw|VB the|DT differences|NNS ,|, Governor|NNP ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB believe|VB in|IN command|NN and|CC control|NN out|IN of|IN Washington|NNP ,|, D.C.|NN 
I|PRP believe|VBP Washington|NNP ought|MD to|TO set|VB standards|NNS ,|, but|CC again|RB I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO be|VB collaborative|JJ at|IN the|DT local|JJ levels|NNS and|CC I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO work|VB with|IN people|NNS at|IN the|DT local|JJ levels|NNS .|. 
And|CC by|IN the|DT way|NN ,|, I|PRP just|RB want|VBP to|TO make|VB sure|JJ --|: I|PRP ca|MD n't|RB let|VB him|PRP just|RB say|VBP something|NN and|CC not|RB correct|JJ it|PRP .|. 
The|DT electric|JJ decontrol|NN bill|NN that|IN I|PRP fought|VBD for|IN and|CC signed|VBN in|IN Texas|NNP has|VBZ mandatory|JJ emission|NN standards|NNS ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP we|PRP ought|MD to|TO do|VB at|IN the|DT federal|JJ level|NN when|WRB it|PRP comes|VBZ to|TO grandfathered|JJ plants|NNS for|IN utilities|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT difference|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, take|VB --|: when|WRB they|PRP took|VBD 40|CD million|CD acres|NNS of|IN land|NN out|IN of|IN circulation|NN without|IN consulting|VBG local|JJ officials|NNS ,|, I|PRP thought|VBD that|WDT was|VBD --|: 

That|DT was|VBD out|IN in|IN the|DT west|NN ?|. 

Out|IN in|IN the|DT west|NN ,|, yeah|NN .|. 
And|CC so|RB --|: on|IN the|DT logging|VBG issue|NN .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ not|RB the|DT way|NN I|PRP would|MD have|VB done|VBN it|PRP .|. 
Perhaps|RB some|DT of|IN that|DT land|NN needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB set|VBN aside|RB .|. 
But|CC I|PRP certainly|RB would|MD have|VB consulted|VBN with|IN governors|NNS and|CC elected|VBN officials|NNS before|IN I|PRP would|MD have|VB acted|VBN unilaterally|RB .|. 

Would|MD you|PRP believe|VB the|DT federal|JJ government|NN still|RB has|VBZ some|DT new|JJ rules|NNS and|CC new|JJ regulations|NNS and|CC new|JJ laws|NNS to|TO pass|VB in|IN the|DT environmental|JJ area|NN or|CC do|VBP you|PRP think|VBP --|: 

Sure|RB ,|, absolutely|RB ,|, so|RB long|RB as|IN they|PRP 're|VBP based|VBN upon|IN science|NN and|CC they|PRP 're|VBP reasonable|JJ .|. 
So|RB long|RB as|IN people|NNS have|VBP input|NN .|. 

What|WP about|IN global|JJ warming|NN ?|. 

I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ an|DT issue|NN that|IN we|PRP need|VBP to|TO take|VB very|RB seriously|RB .|. 
But|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB we|PRP know|VBP the|DT solution|NN to|TO global|JJ warming|NN yet|RB .|. 
And|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB we|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN all|PDT the|DT facts|NNS before|IN we|PRP make|VBP decisions|NNS .|. 
I|PRP tell|VBP you|PRP one|CD thing|NN I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB going|VBG to|TO do|VB is|VBZ I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB going|VBG to|TO let|VB the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS carry|VBP the|DT burden|NN for|IN cleaning|VBG up|RP the|DT world|NN 's|POS air|NN .|. 
Like|IN Kyoto|NNP Treaty|NNP would|MD have|VB done|VBN .|. 
China|NNP and|CC India|NNP were|VBD exempted|VBN from|IN that|DT treaty|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP we|PRP need|VBP to|TO be|VB more|RBR even-handed|JJ ,|, as|RB evidently|RB 99|CD senators|NNS --|: I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP was|VBD 99|CD senators|NNS supported|VBN that|DT position|NN .|. 

Global|JJ warming|NN ,|, the|DT Senate|NNP did|VBD turn|VB it|PRP down|RB .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP --|: 

99|CD to|TO nothing|NN .|. 

Well|RB ,|, that|DT vote|NN was|VBD n't|RB exactly|RB --|: a|DT lot|NN of|IN the|DT supporters|NNS of|IN the|DT Kyoto|NNP Treaty|NNP actually|RB ended|VBD up|RP voting|NN for|IN that|DT because|IN the|DT way|NN it|PRP was|VBD worded|VBN .|. 
But|CC there|EX 's|VBZ no|DT doubt|NN there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT lot|NN of|IN opposition|NN to|TO it|PRP in|IN the|DT Senate|NNP .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP not|RB for|IN command|NN and|CC control|NN techniques|NNS either|RB .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP for|IN working|VBG with|IN the|DT groups|NNS ,|, not|RB just|RB with|IN industry|NN but|CC also|RB with|IN the|DT citizen|NN groups|NNS and|CC local|JJ communities|NNS to|TO control|VB sprawl|NN in|IN ways|NNS that|IN the|DT local|JJ communities|NNS themselves|PRP come|VBP up|RB with|IN .|. 
But|CC I|PRP disagree|VBP that|IN we|PRP do|VBP n't|RB know|VB the|DT cause|NN of|IN global|JJ warming|NN .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP do|VBP .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ pollution|NN ,|, carbon|NN dioxide|NN ,|, and|CC other|JJ chemicals|NNS that|WDT are|VBP even|RB more|RBR potent|JJ ,|, but|CC in|IN smaller|JJR quantities|NNS ,|, that|WDT cause|VBP this|DT .|. 
Look|VB ,|, the|DT world|NN 's|POS temperature|NN is|VBZ going|VBG up|RP ,|, weather|NN patterns|NNS are|VBP changing|VBG ,|, storms|NNS are|VBP getting|VBG more|RBR violent|JJ and|CC unpredictable|JJ .|. 
What|WP are|VBP we|PRP going|VBG to|TO tell|VB our|PRP$ children|NNS ?|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP a|DT grandfather|NN now|RB .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO be|VB able|JJ to|TO tell|VB my|PRP$ grandson|NN when|WRB I|PRP 'm|VBP in|IN my|PRP$ later|RB years|NNS that|IN I|PRP did|VBD n't|RB turn|VB away|RB from|IN the|DT evidence|NN that|WDT showed|VBD that|IN we|PRP were|VBD doing|VBG some|DT serious|JJ harm|NN .|. 
In|IN my|PRP$ faith|NN tradition|NN ,|, it|PRP is|VBZ --|: it|PRP 's|VBZ written|VBN in|IN the|DT book|NN of|IN Matthew|NNP ,|, "|'' Where|WRB your|PRP$ heart|NN is|VBZ ,|, there|EX is|VBZ your|PRP$ treasure|NN also|RB .|. "|'' 
And|CC I|PRP believe|VBP that|IN --|: that|IN we|PRP ought|MD to|TO recognize|VB the|DT value|NN to|TO our|PRP$ children|NNS and|CC grandchildren|NNS of|IN taking|VBG steps|NNS that|WDT preserve|VB the|DT environment|NN in|IN a|DT way|NN that|WDT 's|VBZ good|JJ for|IN them|PRP .|. 

Yeah|UH ,|, I|PRP agree|VBP .|. 
I|PRP just|RB --|: I|PRP think|VBP there|EX has|VBZ been|VBN --|: some|DT of|IN the|DT scientists|NNS ,|, I|PRP believe|VBP ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP ,|, have|VBP n't|RB they|PRP been|VBN changing|VBG their|PRP$ opinion|NN a|DT little|JJ bit|NN on|IN global|JJ warming|NN ?|. 
A|DT profound|JJ scientist|NN recently|RB made|VBD a|DT different|JJ --|: 

Both|DT of|IN you|PRP have|VBP now|RB violated|VBN --|: excuse|NN me|PRP .|. 
Both|DT of|IN you|PRP have|VBP now|RB violated|VBN your|PRP$ own|JJ rules|NNS .|. 
Hold|VB that|DT thought|VBD .|. 

I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN trying|VBG so|RB hard|JJ not|RB to|TO .|. 

I|PRP know|VBP ,|, I|PRP know|VBP .|. 
But|CC under|IN your|PRP$ alls|NNS rules|NNS you|PRP are|VBP not|RB allowed|VBN to|TO ask|VB each|DT other|JJ a|DT question|NN .|. 
I|PRP let|VBP you|PRP do|VBP it|PRP a|DT moment|NN ago|RB .|. 

Twice|RB .|. 

Now|RB you|PRP just|RB --|: twice|RB ,|, sorry|JJ .|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ an|DT interruption|NN ,|, by|IN the|DT way|NN .|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ an|DT interruption|NN ,|, okay|JJ .|. 
But|CC anyhow|RB ,|, you|PRP just|RB did|VBD it|PRP so|RB now|RB --|: 

I|PRP 'm|VBP sorry|JJ .|. 
I|PRP apologize|VB ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP .|. 

You|PRP are|VBP n't|RB allowed|VBN to|TO do|VB that|DT either|DT ,|, see|VB ?|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP sorry|JJ ,|, go|VB ahead|RB and|CC finish|VB your|PRP$ thought|VBD .|. 
People|NNS care|VBP about|IN these|DT things|NNS I|PRP 've|VBP found|VBN out|RP .|. 

Of|IN course|NN they|PRP care|VBP about|IN them|PRP .|. 
Oh|UH ,|, you|PRP mean|VBP the|DT rules|NNS .|. 

Yeah|UH ,|, right|NN ,|, exactly|RB right|JJ .|. 
Go|VB ahead|RB .|. 

What|WP the|DT heck|NN .|. 
I|PRP --|: of|IN course|NN there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT lot|NN --|: look|VB ,|, global|JJ warming|NN needs|VBZ to|TO be|VB taken|VBN very|RB seriously|RB ,|, and|CC I|PRP take|VBP it|PRP seriously|RB .|. 
But|CC science|NN ,|, there|EX 's|VBZ a|DT lot|NN --|: there|EX 's|VBZ differing|VBG opinions|NNS .|. 
And|CC before|IN we|PRP react|VBP ,|, I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ best|JJS to|TO have|VB the|DT full|JJ accounting|NN ,|, full|JJ understanding|NN of|IN what|WP 's|VBZ taking|VBG place|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP think|VBP to|TO answer|VB your|PRP$ question|NN ,|, I|PRP think|VBP both|DT of|IN us|PRP care|VBP a|DT lot|NN about|IN the|DT environment|NN .|. 
We|PRP may|MD have|VB different|JJ approaches|NNS .|. 
We|PRP may|MD have|VB different|JJ approaches|NNS in|IN terms|NNS of|IN how|WRB we|PRP deal|VBP with|IN local|JJ folks|NNS .|. 
I|PRP just|RB cited|VBD an|DT example|NN of|IN the|DT administration|NN just|RB unilaterally|RB acting|VBG without|IN any|DT input|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP remember|VBP you|PRP gave|VBD a|DT very|RB good|JJ answer|NN to|TO New|NNP Hampshire|NNP about|IN the|DT White|NNP Mountains|NNPS ,|, about|IN how|WRB it|PRP was|VBD important|JJ to|TO keep|VB that|IN collaborative|JJ effort|NN in|IN place|NN .|. 
I|PRP feel|VBP very|RB strongly|RB the|DT same|JJ place|NN .|. 
It|PRP certainly|RB was|VBD n't|RB the|DT attitude|NN that|WDT took|VBD place|NN out|IN west|NN ,|, however|RB .|. 

New|JJ question|NN .|. 
Last|JJ question|NN .|. 
For|IN you|PRP ,|, Governor|NNP .|. 
And|CC this|DT flows|NNS somewhat|RB out|IN of|IN the|DT Boston|NNP debate|NN .|. 
You|PRP ,|, your|PRP$ running|VBG mate|NN ,|, your|PRP$ campaign|NN officials|NNS have|VBP charged|VBN that|IN Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP exaggerates|NNS ,|, embellishes|NNS and|CC stretches|VBZ the|DT facts|NNS ,|, etcetera|NN .|. 
Are|VBP you|PRP --|: do|VBP you|PRP believe|VBP these|DT are|VBP serious|JJ issues|NNS ?|. 
This|DT is|VBZ a|DT serious|JJ issue|NN that|IN the|DT voters|NNS should|MD use|VB in|IN deciding|VBG which|WDT one|CD of|IN you|PRP two|CD men|NNS to|TO vote|VB for|IN on|IN November|NNP 7|CD ?|. 

Well|RB ,|, we|PRP all|DT make|VBP mistakes|NNS .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN known|VBN to|TO mangle|NN a|DT syllable|NN or|CC two|CD myself|PRP ,|, you|PRP know|VBP ,|, if|IN you|PRP know|VBP what|WP I|PRP mean|VBP .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP credibility|NN is|VBZ important|JJ .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB important|JJ for|IN the|DT president|NN to|TO be|VB credible|JJ with|IN Congress|NNP ,|, important|JJ for|IN the|DT president|NN to|TO be|VB credible|JJ with|IN foreign|JJ nations|NNS .|. 
And|CC yes|UH ,|, I|PRP think|VBP it|PRP 's|VBZ something|NN that|IN people|NNS need|VBP to|TO consider|VB .|. 
This|DT is|VBZ n't|RB something|NN new|JJ .|. 
I|PRP read|VBP a|DT report|NN ,|, or|CC a|DT memo|NN ,|, from|IN somebody|NN in|IN his|PRP$ 1988|CD campaign|NN --|: I|PRP forgot|VBD the|DT fellow|NN 's|POS name|NN --|: warning|NN then|RB Senator|NNP Gore|NNP to|TO be|VB careful|JJ about|IN exaggerating|VBG claims|NNS .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD during|IN his|PRP$ debate|NN with|IN Senator|NNP Bradley|NNP saying|VBG he|PRP authored|VBN the|DT EITC|NNP when|WRB it|PRP did|VBD n't|RB happen|VB .|. 
I|PRP mention|VBP the|DT last|JJ debate|NN --|: 

EITC|NNP ?|. 

The|DT Earned|NNP Income|NNP Tax|NNP Credit|NNP ,|, sorry|JJ .|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ all|DT right|JJ .|. 

A|DT lot|NN of|IN initials|NNS from|IN a|DT guy|NN who|WP 's|VBZ not|RB from|IN Washington|NNP ,|, is|VBZ n't|RB it|PRP ?|. 
Anyway|RB ,|, he|PRP co-sponsored|JJ McCain-Feingold|NNP ,|, and|CC yet|RB he|PRP did|VBD n't|RB .|. 
And|CC so|IN I|PRP think|VBP this|DT is|VBZ an|DT issue|NN .|. 
I|PRP found|VBD it|PRP to|TO be|VB an|DT issue|NN in|IN trying|VBG to|TO defend|VB my|PRP$ tax|NN relief|NN package|NN .|. 
I|PRP thought|VBD there|EX was|VBD some|DT exaggerations|NNS about|IN the|DT numbers|NNS .|. 
But|CC the|DT people|NNS are|VBP going|VBG to|TO have|VB to|TO make|VB up|RP their|PRP$ mind|NN on|IN this|DT issue|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP am|VBP going|VBG to|TO continue|VB to|TO defend|VB my|PRP$ record|NN and|CC defend|VB my|PRP$ propositions|NNS against|IN what|WP I|PRP think|VBP are|VBP exaggerations|NNS .|. 
Exaggerations|NNP like|IN ,|, for|IN example|NN ,|, only|RB 5|CD %|NN of|IN seniors|NNS receive|VBP benefits|NNS under|IN my|PRP$ Medicare|NNP reform|NN package|NN .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP he|PRP said|VBD the|DT other|JJ day|NN ,|, and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ simply|RB not|RB the|DT case|NN .|. 
And|CC I|PRP have|VBP every|DT right|NN in|IN the|DT world|NN to|TO defend|VB my|PRP$ record|NN and|CC positions|NNS .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP debates|NNS are|VBP about|IN and|CC that|DT 's|VBZ what|WP campaigns|NNS are|VBP about|IN .|. 

Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ?|. 

I|PRP got|VBD some|DT of|IN the|DT details|NNS wrong|JJ last|JJ week|NN in|IN some|DT of|IN the|DT examples|NNS that|IN I|PRP used|VBD ,|, Jim|NNP ,|, and|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP sorry|JJ about|IN that|DT .|. 
And|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP going|VBG to|TO try|VB to|TO do|VB better|JJR .|. 
One|CD of|IN the|DT reasons|NNS I|PRP regret|VBP it|PRP is|VBZ that|IN getting|VBG a|DT detail|NN wrong|RB interfered|VBD several|JJ times|NNS with|IN the|DT point|NN that|IN I|PRP was|VBD trying|VBG to|TO make|VB .|. 
However|RB many|JJ days|NNS that|IN young|JJ girl|NN in|IN Florida|NNP stood|VBD in|IN her|PRP$ classroom|NN ,|, however|RB long|JJ ,|, even|RB if|IN it|PRP was|VBD only|RB one|CD day|NN ,|, does|VBZ n't|RB change|VB the|DT fact|NN that|IN there|EX are|VBP a|DT lot|NN of|IN overcrowded|JJ classrooms|NNS in|IN America|NNP and|CC we|PRP need|VBP to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN that|DT .|. 
There|EX are|VBP seniors|NNS who|WP pay|VBP more|JJR for|IN their|PRP$ prescriptions|NNS than|IN a|DT lot|NN of|IN other|JJ people|NNS ,|, more|JJR than|IN their|PRP$ pets|NNS ,|, sometimes|RB .|. 
More|RBR sometimes|RB than|IN people|NNS in|IN foreign|JJ countries|NNS .|. 
And|CC we|PRP need|VBP to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN that|DT .|. 
Not|RB with|IN the|DT measure|NN that|WDT leaves|VBZ the|DT majority|NN of|IN them|PRP without|IN any|DT real|JJ basic|JJ help|NN until|IN the|DT next|JJ president|NN 's|POS term|NN of|IN four|CD years|NNS is|VBZ over|IN .|. 
But|CC right|RB away|RB .|. 
And|CC that|DT means|VBZ doing|VBG it|PRP under|IN the|DT Medicare|NNP program|NN .|. 
I|PRP ca|MD n't|RB promise|VB that|IN I|PRP will|MD never|RB get|VB another|DT detail|NN wrong|JJ .|. 
I|PRP can|MD promise|VB you|PRP that|IN I|PRP will|MD try|VB not|RB to|TO ,|, and|CC hard|JJ .|. 
But|CC I|PRP will|MD promise|VB you|PRP this|DT with|IN all|PDT the|DT confidence|NN in|IN my|PRP$ heart|NN and|CC in|IN the|DT world|NN ,|, that|IN I|PRP will|MD do|VB my|PRP$ best|JJS if|IN I|PRP 'm|VBP elected|VBN president|NN ,|, I|PRP 'll|MD work|VB my|PRP$ heart|NN out|IN to|TO get|VB the|DT big|JJ things|NNS right|NN for|IN the|DT American|JJ people|NNS .|. 

Does|VBZ that|WDT resolve|NN the|DT issue|NN ,|, Governor|NNP ?|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ going|VBG to|TO be|VB up|RP to|TO the|DT people|NNS ,|, is|VBZ n't|RB it|PRP ?|. 

Does|VBZ it|PRP resolve|VB it|PRP for|IN you|PRP ?|. 

Depends|NNP on|IN what|WP he|PRP says|VBZ in|IN the|DT future|NN in|IN the|DT campaign|NN .|. 

Your|PRP$ folks|NNS are|VBP saying|VBG some|DT awful|JJ things|NNS .|. 

I|PRP hope|VBP they|PRP 're|VBP not|RB awful|JJ things|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP they|PRP may|MD be|VB using|VBG the|DT man|NN 's|POS own|JJ words|NNS .|. 

Well|RB ,|, what|WP I|PRP mean|VBP is|VBZ calling|VBG him|PRP a|DT serial|NN exaggerator|NN --|: 

I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB believe|VB I|PRP 've|VBP used|VBN those|DT words|NNS .|. 

No|DT ,|, but|CC your|PRP$ campaign|NN ads|NNS .|. 

Maybe|RB they|PRP have|VBP .|. 

And|CC your|PRP$ campaign|NN officials|NNS have|VBP .|. 
And|CC your|PRP$ campaign|NN officials|NNS ,|, Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP ,|, are|VBP now|RB calling|VBG the|DT governor|NN a|DT bumbler|NN .|. 

Wait|VB a|DT minute|NN .|. 

I|PRP mean|VBP ,|, my|PRP$ point|NN is|VBZ ,|, should|MD this|DT --|: is|VBZ this|DT --|: 

I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB use|VB language|NN like|IN that|DT and|CC I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB think|VB that|IN we|PRP should|MD .|. 

It|PRP 's|VBZ in|IN your|PRP$ commercial|JJ .|. 

I|PRP understand|VBP .|. 
The|DT --|: I|PRP have|VBP n't|RB seen|VBN that|IN ,|, in|IN my|PRP$ commercials|NNS ?|. 

You|PRP have|VBP n't|RB seen|VBN the|DT commercial|NN ?|. 

Your|PRP$ --|: 

I|PRP think|VBP that|IN what|WP --|: I|PRP think|VBP the|DT point|NN of|IN that|DT is|VBZ that|DT anybody|NN would|MD have|VB a|DT hard|JJ time|NN trying|VBG to|TO make|VB a|DT tax|NN cut|NN plan|NN that|WDT is|VBZ so|RB large|JJ ,|, that|WDT would|MD put|VB us|PRP into|IN such|JJ big|JJ deficits|NNS ,|, that|WDT gives|VBZ almost|RB half|PDT the|DT benefits|NNS to|TO the|DT wealthiest|JJS of|IN the|DT wealthy|JJ .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP anybody|NN would|MD have|VB a|DT hard|JJ time|NN explaining|VBG that|IN clearly|RB in|IN a|DT way|NN that|WDT makes|VBZ sense|NN to|TO the|DT average|JJ person|NN .|. 

That|DT 's|VBZ the|DT kind|NN of|IN exaggeration|NN I|PRP was|VBD just|RB talking|VBG about|IN .|. 

Well|RB ,|, I|PRP was|VBD n't|RB the|DT one|CD having|VBG trouble|NN explaining|VBG it|PRP .|. 

Gentlemen|NNP ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ time|NN to|TO go|VB to|TO the|DT closing|NN statements|NNS .|. 
And|CC Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, you|PRP have|VBP two|CD minutes|NNS .|. 

Jim|NNP ,|, one|CD of|IN the|DT issues|NNS that|IN I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO close|VB with|IN in|IN my|PRP$ statement|NN is|VBZ education|NN ,|, because|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ an|DT example|NN of|IN the|DT overall|JJ approach|NN that|IN I|PRP think|VBP is|VBZ important|JJ .|. 
This|DT race|NN is|VBZ about|IN values|NNS ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ about|IN change|NN ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ about|IN giving|VBG choices|NNS to|TO the|DT American|JJ people|NNS .|. 
And|CC education|NN is|VBZ my|PRP$ number|NN one|CD priority|NN ,|, because|IN I|PRP think|VBP that|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ the|DT most|RBS important|JJ big|JJ major|JJ change|NN that|IN we|PRP can|MD bring|VB in|IN our|PRP$ country|NN .|. 
I|PRP agree|VBP with|IN Governor|NNP Bush|NNP that|IN we|PRP should|MD have|VB new|JJ accountability|NN ,|, testing|NN of|IN students|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP should|MD require|VB states|NNS to|TO test|VB all|DT students|NNS ,|, test|NN schools|NNS and|CC school|NN districts|NNS ,|, and|CC I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP should|MD go|VB further|JJ and|CC require|VB teacher|NN testing|NN for|IN new|JJ teachers|NNS also|RB .|. 
The|DT difference|NN is|VBZ that|IN while|IN my|PRP$ plan|NN starts|VBZ with|IN new|JJ accountability|NN and|CC maintains|VBZ local|JJ control|NN ,|, it|PRP does|VBZ n't|RB stop|VB there|RB .|. 
Because|IN I|PRP want|VBP to|TO give|VB new|JJ choices|NNS to|TO parents|NNS .|. 
To|TO send|VB their|PRP$ kids|NNS to|TO college|NN with|IN a|DT $10,000|NN tax|NN deduction|NN for|IN college|NN tuition|NN per|IN child|NN per|IN year|NN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO reduce|VB the|DT size|NN of|IN the|DT classrooms|NNS in|IN this|DT country|NN .|. 
For|IN one|CD basic|JJ reason|NN ,|, so|IN that|IN students|NNS can|MD get|VB more|RBR one-on-one|JJ time|NN with|IN teachers|NNS .|. 
And|CC the|DT way|NN to|TO do|VB that|DT is|VBZ first|JJ to|TO recruit|VB more|JJR teachers|NNS .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP a|DT plan|NN in|IN my|PRP$ budget|NN to|TO recruit|VB 100,000|CD new|JJ ,|, highly|RB qualified|VBN teachers|NNS and|CC to|TO help|VB local|JJ school|NN districts|NNS build|VBP new|JJ schools|NNS .|. 
I|PRP think|VBP that|IN we|PRP have|VBP to|TO put|VB more|JJR emphasis|NN on|IN early|JJ learning|NN and|CC pre-school|JJ .|. 
Now|RB ,|, here|RB is|VBZ how|WRB that|WDT connects|VBZ with|IN all|PDT the|DT rest|NN of|IN what|WP we|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN talking|VBG about|IN .|. 
If|IN you|PRP have|VBP --|: if|IN you|PRP squander|NN the|DT surplus|NN on|IN a|DT huge|JJ tax|NN cut|NN that|WDT goes|VBZ mostly|RB to|TO those|DT at|IN the|DT top|NN ,|, then|RB you|PRP ca|MD n't|RB make|VB education|NN the|DT top|JJ priority|NN .|. 
If|IN the|DT tax|NN cut|NN is|VBZ your|PRP$ number|NN one|CD ,|, two|CD ,|, three|CD and|CC four|CD priority|NN ,|, you|PRP ca|MD n't|RB do|VB education|NN .|. 
You|PRP ca|MD n't|RB do|VB both|DT .|. 
You|PRP have|VBP to|TO choose|VB .|. 
I|PRP choose|VBP education|NN and|CC health|NN care|NN ,|, the|DT environment|NN and|CC retirement|NN security|NN ,|, and|CC I|PRP ask|VBP for|IN your|PRP$ support|NN .|. 

Governor|NNP Bush|NNP ,|, two|CD minutes|NNS .|. 

Jim|NNP ,|, thank|VB you|PRP very|RB much|RB .|. 
Mr.|NN Vice|NNP President|NNP ,|, thank|VB you|PRP very|RB much|RB ,|, and|CC I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO thank|VB the|DT folks|NNS here|RB at|IN Wake|NNP Forest|NNP ,|, and|CC I|PRP want|VBP to|TO thank|VB you|PRP all|DT for|IN listening|VBG .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP running|VBG to|TO get|VB some|DT things|NNS done|VBN for|IN America|NNP .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ too|RB many|JJ issues|NNS left|VBD unresolved|JJ .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ been|VBN too|RB much|JJ finger|NN pointing|VBG and|CC too|RB much|JJ name|NN calling|VBG in|IN Washington|NNP ,|, D.C.|NN 
I|PRP would|MD like|VB to|TO unite|VB this|DT country|NN to|TO get|VB an|DT agenda|NN done|VBN that|WDT will|MD speak|VB to|TO the|DT hopes|NNS and|CC aspirations|NNS of|IN the|DT future|NN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO have|VB an|DT education|NN system|NN that|WDT sets|VBZ high|JJ standards|NNS ,|, local|JJ control|NN of|IN schools|NNS and|CC strong|JJ accountability|NN .|. 
No|DT child|NN should|MD be|VB left|VBN behind|IN in|IN America|NNP .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO make|VB sure|JJ we|PRP rebuild|VB our|PRP$ military|JJ to|TO keep|VB the|DT peace|NN .|. 
I|PRP worry|VBP about|IN morale|NN in|IN today|NN 's|POS military|NN .|. 
The|DT warning|NN signs|NNS are|VBP clear|JJ .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ time|NN to|TO have|VB a|DT new|JJ commander|NN in|IN chief|JJ who|WP will|MD rebuild|VB the|DT military|NN ,|, pay|VB our|PRP$ men|NNS and|CC women|NNS more|JJR ,|, make|VB sure|JJ they|PRP 're|VBP housed|VBN better|JJR and|CC have|VBP a|DT focused|JJ mission|NN for|IN our|PRP$ military|JJ .|. 
Once|RB and|CC for|IN all|DT ,|, I|PRP want|VBP to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN Medicare|NNP .|. 
This|DT issue|NN has|VBZ been|VBN too|RB long|RB on|IN the|DT table|NN because|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ been|VBN a|DT political|JJ issue|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ time|NN to|TO bring|VB folks|NNS together|RB to|TO say|VB that|IN all|DT seniors|NNS will|MD get|VB prescription|NN drug|NN coverage|NN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO do|VB something|NN about|IN Social|NNP Security|NNP .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ an|DT important|JJ priority|NN ,|, because|IN now|RB is|VBZ the|DT time|NN to|TO act|VB and|CC we|PRP 're|VBP going|VBG to|TO say|VB to|TO our|PRP$ seniors|NNS ,|, our|PRP$ promises|NNS we|PRP 've|VBP made|VBN to|TO you|PRP will|MD be|VB promises|VBZ kept|VBN .|. 
But|CC younger|JJR workers|NNS ,|, in|IN order|NN to|TO make|VB sure|JJ the|DT system|NN exists|VBZ tomorrow|NN ,|, younger|JJR workers|NNS ought|MD to|TO be|VB able|JJ to|TO take|VB some|DT of|IN your|PRP$ own|JJ money|NN and|CC invest|VB it|PRP in|IN safe|JJ securities|NNS to|TO get|VB a|DT better|JJR rate|NN of|IN return|NN on|IN that|DT money|NN .|. 
And|CC finally|RB ,|, I|PRP do|VBP believe|VBP in|IN tax|NN relief|NN .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP we|PRP can|MD set|VB our|PRP$ priorities|NNS .|. 
I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB believe|VB ,|, like|IN the|DT vice|NN president|NN does|VBZ ,|, in|IN huge|JJ government|NN .|. 
I|PRP believe|VBP in|IN limited|JJ government|NN .|. 
By|IN having|VBG a|DT limited|JJ government|NN and|CC a|DT focused|JJ government|NN ,|, we|PRP can|MD send|VB some|DT of|IN the|DT money|NN back|RB to|TO the|DT people|NNS who|WP pay|VBP the|DT bills|NNS .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP to|TO have|VB tax|NN relief|NN for|IN all|DT people|NNS who|WP pay|VBP the|DT bills|NNS in|IN America|NNP ,|, because|IN I|PRP think|VBP you|PRP can|MD spend|VB your|PRP$ money|NN more|RBR wisely|RB than|IN the|DT federal|JJ government|NN can|MD .|. 
Thank|VB you|PRP for|IN listening|VBG .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP asking|VBG for|IN your|PRP$ vote|NN ,|, and|CC God|NNP bless|VB .|. 

And|CC we|PRP will|MD return|VB next|IN Tuesday|NNP night|NN ,|, October|NNP 17th|JJ ,|, from|IN Washington|NNP University|NNP in|IN St.|NN Louis|NNP for|IN the|DT third|JJ and|CC final|JJ debate|NN .|. 
Thank|VB you|PRP ,|, Vice|NNP President|NNP Gore|NNP ,|, Governor|NNP Bush|NNP .|. 
See|VB you|PRP next|JJ week|NN .|. 
For|IN now|RB ,|, from|IN Winston-|NNP Salem|NNP ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP Jim|NNP Lehrer|NNP ,|, thank|VB you|PRP and|CC good|JJ night|NN .|. 

