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Speaker 1: It's remarkable and Kate Benningfield gave us a preview of

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Speaker 1: they are ready to bulldoze through. Ivanka Trump hosted an

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Speaker 1: we find any unity tonight at all from President Trump

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Speaker 1: and Joe Biden. I am an eternal optimist and maybe that,

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Speaker 1: just maybe it will come on China. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much to our entire panel, Richard Bowler and Jennifer Nascer,

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Speaker 1: and thank you also to our incredible team for today.

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Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Cerelli, cheap Washington correspondent for Bloomberg TV and Radio.

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