"It's harder to demagogue people, " if you have a personal relationship, Gowdy said.

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Gowdy said he was committed to certain principles and was representing the voters who elected him, not being an obstructionist.

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Soon after, at a Palm Beach party, former Red Sox broadcaster Curt Gowdy asked him why he was selling the team.

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Gowdy and Noem seemed surprised to hear about the White House representative.

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Johnny Gowdy, director at Regen South West, agreed that 200 more onshore turbines was "about right" when he joined me on the Politics Show this week.

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"I didn't know we had one, " Gowdy said.

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But at Wednesday's hearing, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, quoted what he said was an internal e-mail dated the day after the attack in which Assistant Secretary of State Beth Jones told the Libyan ambassador that Islamic group Ansar al-Sharia was responsible for the attack.

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