But just throughout my life here in the States, you know, I saw how just living here is better.

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He went on to co-write hits including My Girl Has Gone, Going to a Go-Go and The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage.

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And I think you saw what Disney just paid for Star Wars .

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But with him gone, I can just tell you that what you just saw is what you get with John.

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And I think you saw an op-ed by Erskine Bowles this morning that makes just that point.

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And that includes, by the way, export promotion not just for large companies but also for medium-size and small companies, because one of the challenges -- I was up in New Hampshire yesterday, and you saw this terrific new company that had just been started up -- it's only got 13, 14 employees at this point.

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