English subtitles for clip: File:President Trump Receive a Briefing on Hurricane Harvey with State Leadership.webm

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The President: (inaudible)

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-weve enjoyed working with you even though these are very

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trying times. 

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And I want to thank you. 

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Govenor Abbot: Mr.
President, I want you

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to know the gratitude the
people of the state of

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Texas have for you.

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We're honored to have you
here in the Lone Star State.

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I wish it were not under
these circumstances.

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But we are able to be
where we are today,

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in the aftermath of this
catastrophic storm

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that we faced.

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And it's really been
two storms: It was the

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hurricane that turned into
one of the most immense

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floods ever suffered
by the United States.

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People's lives have been
on the line, and I've been

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able to see firsthand your
care and your compassion

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for the people of Texas.

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I've had the opportunity
-- for those who only get

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to see what happens on the
front lines, you need to

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know what happens
behind the scenes.

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And behind the scenes, the
President has shown both

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care and compassion, and
direction and commitment,

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from the very beginning
when the storm was still

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way out in the ocean.

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You helped Texas get
prepared, providing us

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every resource and tool
that we needed so that we

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could have a plan to
respond to the catastrophe

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that was coming.

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And then after the
hurricane came onshore,

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and after the flooding
began in Houston, we were

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in communication, either
you and I almost every

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day, or you and myself and
your tremendous Cabinet

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members who have bent over
backwards to assist us.

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And then, on our flight
from Corpus Christi to

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Austin, to see his genuine
compassion, as we saw

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videos of what was going
on in Houston, Texas, with

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the rising water and our
fellow Texans suffering,

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the President was
heartbroken about what he

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saw, and he's committed to
ensuring that Texas will

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rebuild -- because
that's the American way.

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We take care
of each other.

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We've seen that with
Texans helping Texans,

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with Americans
helping Americans.

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And, Mr. President, we're
stronger, better, and

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better prepared because of
your leadership from

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the very beginning.

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And I want to thank you.

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(Applause.)

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The President: And I want
to just say hello --

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Elaine Duke is
here someplace.

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Elaine, fantastic job.

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And Brock has
been incredible.

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And from your standpoint,
Nim and the whole group,

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and Steve, who I just met
-- Steve -- and the job

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that they've done
getting along.

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Number one, they like each
other -- very important.

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And number two, they
respect each other.

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And the job that all of
these groups have done

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getting along is -- in
terms of coordination,

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has been really incredible,
and everyone is

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talking about it.

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The sad thing is that
this is long term.

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Nobody has ever seen
anything this long,

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and nobody has ever seen
this much water.

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The wind was pretty
horrific, but the water

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has never been seen like
this to the extent.

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And it's maybe someday
going to disappear.

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We keep waiting.

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We have three of our great
-- four of our great

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congressmen right here,
and we really

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appreciate you being here.

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We're going to be working
with Congress on helping

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out the state of Texas.

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It's going to be a costly
proposition,

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because again, and probably
-- Ted Cruz is here.

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And, Senator, thank you
very much -- Senator Cornyn.

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And we'll be working with
these characters over here --

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(laughter)

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-- and I
think we'll come through

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and really get the
right solution.

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But probably there's never
been anything so expensive

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in our country's history.

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There's never been
anything so historic in

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terms of damage and in
terms of ferocity as what

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we've witnessed
with Harvey.

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Sounds like such an
innocent name, Ben, right?

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But it's not.

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(Laughter.)

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It's not innocent.

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It's not innocent.

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I also want to
thank my people.

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And Ben Carson, as you
know, is here from HUD,

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and Linda is -- Linda
McMahon from Small Business.

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And I say this is not
small business, Linda,

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this is big business.

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When you add it all up,
you're going to be giving

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away many, many millions
of dollars to help people out.

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And Tom Price, as you know
is -- Dr. Tom Price -- you

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have your people
in the field, Tom.

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In fact, you may say
a couple of words.

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And then I'll ask Linda
and I'll ask Ben, and then

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I think we'll get on to
Nim and to Brock and everybody.

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Tom.

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Secretary Price: Sure.

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Thanks, Mr. President.

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As you said, this is a
historic proportions

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storm and flood.

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The challenge that we
have, obviously, is to

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get the resources to the
individuals that are

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stranded right now, make
certain that the evacuees

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have a place to go.

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From an HHS standpoint,
our responsibilities are

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medical and veterinarian
and mortuary.

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There will be
of the above.

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The challenge that we have
in the long term is that

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most individuals who
suffer from these suffer

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from not being able to get
the medical care that they

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need after the -- when
the sun comes out.

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So trying to make certain
that we've got pharmacies

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staffed, make certain that
dialysis units are up,

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make certain that
folks are getting the

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electricity to their
homes so the oxygen

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concentrators are
able to be utilized.

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And then (inaudible)
disease -- making certain

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the folks can get to their
doctor when they are in

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their hometown and get the
treatment that they need.

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But we're staffed
up and ready to go.

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We've got four federal
medical stations that --

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two are up and running
and two on the way.

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And we've another four or
five that are stationed

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after that, depending
on where folks need --

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The President: And
they're big ones.

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Dr. Price: Yeah, yeah.

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We're here for you.

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The President:
Thank you very much.

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Thank you, Tom.

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Linda.

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Administrator McMahon:
Well, SBA has its disaster

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relief office in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area,

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so we have 900 people
there permanently.

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We have 600 available
in the surge.

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There will be -- they're
already coming in.

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I actually did get a note
on the plane from Corpus

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that we made the first
home loan approval

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from this disaster.

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So I was glad that we're
already up and running.

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We will be making home
loans, business loans.

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We'll be making loans for
those folks who have lost

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income, and also the
opportunity to replace

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property and equipment
and inventories.

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So we're up and
ready to go.

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THe President:
Thank you very much.

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And Ben Carson from HUD.

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Secretary Carson: Well,
thank you, Mr. President.

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Thank you for your
leadership, and you,

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Mrs. First Lady, also.

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Currently, everything
that's been done -- it's

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been great working
with everybody.

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And, Governor, you're
one of the people

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that I admire the most.

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(Inaudible.)

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Brock has
done a fantastic job,

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and Elaine.

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Everybody that we've
been working

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has been fantastic.

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And what we've been trying
to do is make sure that we

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go from the phase of
rescue and reaction to the

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phase of recovery and
a smooth transition.

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We're also going to be
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governments in
reallocation of federal

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assets to the
disaster relief.

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We'll be granting
immediate foreclosure relief;

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insurance --
mortgage insurance,

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as well as insurance for
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through the Section 203(k)
program, Section 108 of

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loan guarantees for
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for economic development, and
for a host of things,

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and also disseminating
information,

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which is so critical.

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The masses frequently
become confused.

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We're working very hard
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regulatory burden so that
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really quickly.

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Linda and I will be
working on that to make

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sure that we get what
we need to the people.

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And I want everybody to
know that we're in this

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for the long run, and know that once the water recedes,

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that's where
our work really begins.

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And we're going to be
(inaudible)

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until we finish.

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The President: Thank
you, Ben, very much.

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I appreciate it.

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So, Nim, why don't you
take over along with Brock,

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and we can through
some of the different

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things that we're
going to be doing.

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Male Speaker: Thank you sir, you know, we've been -- (inaudible)