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I Still Think Of Myself As The New Kid.

Particularly When We Are A Country Where Leaders Turn Over Every Few Years And - I Mean, In Russia, Vladimir Putin Has Been In Charge For 17 Years And Counting, Right? That`s A Disadvantage For Us In Terms Of Knowing The Players, Having A Long-term Plan, Right?

Senator [tom] Cotton Has Campaigned On Wanting To Kill Obamacare. He Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act Back In January, But He Now Says, Despite These Marathon All-night Sessions Going On In The House, Republicans Need To Do Better, They Need To Start Over, They Need To Come Up With Something That The Senate Says Will Actually Reduce Prices For Insurance And Keep It Affordable.

Right After Secretary [rex] Tillerson Was Sworn In, Four Of The Top Career Diplomats At The Department Were Told Their Services Were No Longer Needed.

After A Generation Or Two Of Shedding The Deliberate Political Encumbrances To War ... Of Dropping Congress From The Equation Altogether, Of Super-empowering The Presidency With Total War-making Power And With Secret New War-making Resources That Answer To No One But Him, Of Insulating The Public From Not Only The Cost Of War But Sometimes Even The Knowledge That It's Happened - War Making Has Become Almost An Autonomous Function Of The American State. It Never Stops.