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Good morning.
Bill Devereaux.
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I know who you are.
I was with the 82nd-
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Airborne.
Yeah, I know.
:44:12
I was in the 173rd
at the time.
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God, duty,
honor, country-
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- Remember?
- Mm-hmm.
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Where on Capitol Hill
or Wall Street or Hollywood
:44:19
have you heard anyone utter
one of those phrases
:44:21
in the last 10 years?
:44:22
What brings you
to New York, General?
:44:24
The president's concerned.
:44:26
He's worried that-
Have you met the president?
:44:28
Uh, no, I haven't.
:44:30
I read the newspapers,
though.
:44:31
I know he's concerned
about terrorism.
:44:32
Well, with all due
affection for the man,
:44:35
the president
doesn't know fuck-all
:44:37
about the Mid-east
or terrorism
:44:39
that I don't write
on his cue cards.
:44:40
He is an expert
in covering his own ass,
:44:43
if you catch my meaning.
:44:45
Yes, I do.
:44:46
So I guess you didn't
come up here
:44:49
just for a cup
of coffee, huh?
:44:50
With all due respect,
:44:52
I think were on
the right track.
:44:53
That's exactly
what I told the president.
:44:56
The army's not some big
green police machine.
:44:58
Stick with the men
on the ground
:44:59
is what I advised
the president.
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Well, I appreciate
your support.
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As long as you're sure youre
not chasing your tail here.
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So what can you
tell me
:45:06
about the Sheik
Ahmed Bin Talal?
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Just that he's old news.
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But we received
2 communications
:45:13
from the bombers
to release him.
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We can't release him.
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I know our stated policy
is to never negotiate-
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We can't release him
because we don't have him.
:45:21
We never did.
:45:23
Our latest intel
says that he's dead.
:45:25
The agency
doesn't think so.
:45:26
The CIA didn't know
the Berlin Wall was coming down
:45:28
until bricks started
hitting them in the head.
:45:31
Who's your source?
:45:32
Elise Kraft.
:45:33
A woman will never
understand the Middle East.
:45:37
Just between you and me,
:45:38
Elise Kraft wouldn't know
a sheik from a prophylactic
:45:40
by the same name.
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Well, I, uh, appreciate
the heads up.
:45:46
Hub, we followed up
that tip on-
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Why, Elise,
what a nice surprise.
:45:52
How are you?
:45:53
Hello, General.
:45:54
How nice
to see you again.
:45:56
Please,
don't let me interrupt.
:45:59
Uh, sorry. The tip on
the landlord-it looks solid.