My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
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I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.
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I hope we realize that the people of New Orleans weren't just abandoned during the hurricane. They were abandoned long agoto murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing, to inadequate health care, to a pervasive sense of hopelessness.
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