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>> Sreenivasan: JOINING US NOW

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FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., IS OSITA

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NWANEVU, A REPORTER FOR THE "NEW

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YORKER" WHO COVERS POLITICS AND

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POLICY AND WHO HAS BEEN COVERING

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THE EVENTS AT THE CONSERVATIVE

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POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE.

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WHAT WAS THE BIG THEME THIS

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YEAR?

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>> WELL, THE BIG THEME THIS YEAR

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I THINK WAS BASICALLY SOCIALISM.

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THAT WAS A THROUGHLINE THROUGH

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EVERY MAJOR SPEECH THAT YOU

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HEARD, NOT ONLY FROM PRESIDENT

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TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE,

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BUT ALL OF THE SORT OF "B-LIST"

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SPEAKERS, AS WELL.

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THERE WAS A BIG INTRO VIDEO THAT

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THEY SHOWED MULTIPLE TIMES

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DURING THE CONVENTION THAT

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FEATURED CLIPS OF BERNIE

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SANDERS, ALEXANDRA OCASIO-CORTEZ

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AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC FIGURES WHO

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THEY THINK ARE EMBRACING

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LEFT-WING POLICIES THAT ARE

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GOING TO BE TOO FAR LEFT FOR THE

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ELECTORATE.

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WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OBVIOUSLY

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REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

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>> Sreenivasan: THE REPUBLICANS

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HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AND USING

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SOCIALISM AS A MEANS TO TAR THE

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LEFT WITH FOR A LONG TIME.

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NOW, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

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THAT THEY HAVE EVIDENCE?

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THAT THEY HAVE MEMBERS OF THE

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OTHER PARTY CLAIMING MEMBERSHIP?

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>> WELL, THEY DO HAVE SOME

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CANDIDATES LIKE BERNIE SANDERS,

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OBVIOUSLY, WHO ACTUALLY STARTED

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HIS CAMPAIGN WITH AN EVENT IN

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BROOKLYN TODAY, WHO'S GOING

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AROUND CALLING HIMSELF A

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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST FOR A

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LONG TIME.

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PEOPLE LIKE ALEXANDRA OCASIO-

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CORTEZ.

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I PERSONALLY WOULD BE VERY

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SKEPTICAL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING

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THAT'S GOING TO SEEM NEW AND

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FRESH TO THE ELECTORATE WHO

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HEARD THESE KINDS OF CLAIMS.

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YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT

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THE RECORD OF PRESIDENTIAL

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ELECTIONS, THE PAST THREE, THEY

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CALLED OBAMA "TOO FAR LEFT" IN

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2008.

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DIDN'T WIN.

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THEY CALLED HIM THE SAME IN

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2012.

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THEY DIDN'T WIN.

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BY CONTRAST, TRUMP, WHO DID

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SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME

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CALLING HILARY TOO FAR LEFT,

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ACTUALLY FOCUSED MOST OF HIS

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CAMPAIGN IN CALLING CLINTON

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CORRUPT AND A MEMBER OF SORT OF

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THE POLITICAL ELITE-- IF

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ANYTHING, TOO CLOSE TO THE RICH.

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TODAY, HE TALKED ABOUT THE

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RULING CLASS IN HIS SPEECH TO

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CPAC, AND THAT KIND OF APPROACH

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SET HIM APART FROM OTHER

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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.

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AND HE DID, OBVIOUSLY, WIN THE

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ELECTION.

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SO, IF I WERE TRUMP OR PEOPLE

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ADVISING TRUMP, I'D BE VERY

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SKEPTICAL OF DITCHING THAT KIND

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OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE.

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>> Sreenivasan: THE

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CONSERVATIVES HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT

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TO CELEBRATE.

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I MEAN, THEY CAN LOOK AT THE

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ADMINISTRATION'S RECORD ON

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DEREGULATING THINGS.

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THEY CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE

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SUCCESSFUL NOMINATION OF TWO

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SUPREME COURT JUSTICES NOW THAT

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THINK A LOT MORE LIKE THEM THAN

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THE PREVIOUS APPOINTEES.

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>> I THINK THAT'S TRUE.

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OBVIOUSLY, THE TAX CUTS, AS

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WELL.

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THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT

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DURING THE CONFERENCE.

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THERE ARE THINGS THEY CAN TICK

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OFF.

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I THINK THE REAL QUESTION NOW

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IS, WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN

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CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, HOW MANY

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MORE VICTORIES ARE THERE GOING

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TO BE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION?

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SO, IT WILL BE REALLY

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INTERESTING TO SEE HOW TRUMP

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CONTINUES TO TRY TO STOKE

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HIS BASE AND THE ABSENCE OF REAL

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VICTORIES HE CAN DELIVER THEM.

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OBVIOUSLY, HE'S TRYING TO DO

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THAT WITH THE NATIONAL

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EMERGENCY HE DECLARED OVER THE

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WALL.

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WE'LL SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY PANS

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OUT INTO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING

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TO GET SECTIONS OF THAT WALL

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REALLY BUILT.

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BUT HE'S REALLY GOING TO

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STRUGGLE TO DELIVER NOT ONLY

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CAMPAIGN PROMISES BUT SORT OF ON

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THE MOOD THAT HE TRIED TO

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CULTIVATE HERE AT CPAC.

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I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS

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THAT'S GOING TO BE CENTRAL IS,

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AGAIN, THIS IDEA THAT THERE IS

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A RISING TIDE OF SOCIALISM ON

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THE LEFT THAT CONSERVATIVES HAVE

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TO SORT OF BAND TOGETHER AND

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COMBAT.

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THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A MORE

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COMBATIVE MOOD, AND MAYBE THAT

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SORT OF TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF

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TRUMP TO ACTUALLY DELIVERS

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THINGS.

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>> Sreenivasan: FINALLY, I

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WANT TO ASK, YOU SPENT SEVERAL

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DAYS THERE TALKING TO YOUNG

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PEOPLE, YOUNG CONSERVATIVES.

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WHAT'S YOUR SENSE?

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IS THERE A NEWFOUND ENERGY

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BECAUSE OF TRUMP?

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DO THEY... ARE THEY MORE

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OPTIMISTIC OF THEIR OWN FUTURES?

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>> WELL, I THINK THERE IS A LOT

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OF ENERGY BECAUSE OF TRUMP.

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I THINK THAT HE SEEMS LIKE A

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DIFFERENT KIND OF REPUBLICAN

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POLITICIAN TO YOUNGER

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CONSERVATIVES, CAMPUS

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CONSERVATIVES, SOMEBODY WHO'S

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WILLING TO POKE LIBERALS IN THE

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EYE.

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AND THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG

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CONSERVATIVES WHO REALLY ENJOY

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THAT.

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ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING

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PRESENCES, I THINK, AT THE

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CONFERENCE THIS YEAR WAS A GROUP

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FOUNDED IN 2012, THAT'S EXPLODED

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OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

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AND THEIR AGENDA IS BASICALLY

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SORT OF RIBBING LIBERALS ON

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CAMPUS IN A WAY THAT IS FRANKLY

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QUITE SIMILAR TO THE KIND OF

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JOUSTING THAT TRUMP DOES

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POLITICAL STAGE.

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CHARLIE KIRK IS THE GROUP'S

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FOUNDER.

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HE HAD A BIG, BIG SPEAKING SLOT

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AT CPAC THIS YEAR, AS DID

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CANDICE OWENS, THEIR

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COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.

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AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF

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INTEREST IN THAT GROUP.

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AND IT, YOU KNOW... IT WAS GIVEN

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A LOT OF SPACE, AND CERTAINLY A

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LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JOINING.

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>> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT,

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OSITA NWANEVU, A REPORTER FOR

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THE "NEW YORKER."

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THANKS SO MUCH.

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>> THANK YOU.