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Speaker 1: what could lead us to anything but forceful rejection of

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Speaker 1: Ying Ma joins us ying Ma the author of Chinese

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Speaker 1: Girl in the Ghetto, contributor to Fox News, Washington Examiner,

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Speaker 1: How are you good? Good? Good morning? Do you both

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Speaker 1: great to be back on with you. It's been too long.

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Speaker 1: I know, I know, my gosh. I remember last time

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Speaker 1: News dot com, Washington Examiner, NBC News. Where do you

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Speaker 1: Thanks for going on so much, are strong and Getty