Gates said he'd be prepared to forgive the arresting officer "if he told the truth" about what the director of Harvard's W.E.

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Gates said he'd be prepared to forgive the arresting officer "if he told the truth" about what the scholar called "fabrications" in the police report.

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"And if it was an exam, I'd be prepared to accept that I had done badly, but coursework, which has been seen by teachers, is different, " she said.

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But I'll tell you this: As president, if it took American forces to some degree to coalesce the African Union, I'd be prepared to do it, because we could never allow another Rwanda.

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But before you can pass anything important and controversial, you'd better be prepared to put 60 votes on the board.

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Half of them feel that if they identified a target for acquisition, they'd be better prepared to act quickly now, vs. only 36% a year ago.

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We'd better be prepared.

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We wanted to get everything prepared because I was getting so big I didn't think I'd be able to do much in the later months.

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