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to Carlyle's Asia board for another two years.
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As unassuming as it seems, uh, to, uh, to,
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to know that George H.W. Bush
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was meeting with the bin Laden family
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while Osama was a wanted terrorist, um,
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well before September 11th,
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it's very discomforting for Americans
:33:24
to know that.
:33:25
George H.W. Bush is a man
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who has obviously incredible reach
:33:30
into the White House.
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Um, he receives daily CIA briefings,
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which is the right of any ex-President,
:33:37
but very few ex-Presidents actually exercise
:33:40
that right -- uh, he does.
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And I think in a very real way
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they are benefiting from the confusion
:33:46
that arises when George H.W.
:33:48
Bush visits Saudi Arabia on behalf of Carlyle
:33:50
and meets with the royal family
:33:53
and meets with the bin Laden family.
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Is he representing the United States of America
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or is he representing an investment firm
:34:02
in the United States of America,
:34:04
or is he representing both?
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This company's about money.
:34:06
It's not about conspiracies
:34:07
to run the world or engineer political maneuvering,
:34:12
things like that;
:34:13
it's about making money
:34:14
and it's about making a lot of money.
:34:16
And they have done very well.
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I want you on the record on this question.
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In the White House view
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there is no ethical conflict
:34:27
in former President Bush
:34:30
and former Secretary of State Jim Baker
:34:32
using their contacts with world leaders
:34:35
to represent one of the most well-known
:34:37
military arms dealers, the Carlyle Group?
:34:41
The President has full faith
:34:43
that his family will conform
:34:45
with all proper ethics laws,
:34:47
all ethics laws,
:34:48
and will act properly in their conduct.
:34:50
Okay, so let's say one group of people,
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like the American people,
:34:54
pay you $400,000 a year to be President
:34:56
of the United States.
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But then another group of people invest in you,