Now we've still got a long way to go and within four years I want to have more police employed in this country than ever before and we've got the money to do it, but you will find, I think, in the next ten days the first evidence that we are in fact getting there, that we are recruiting extra numbers.

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If the American people feel strongly about these issues and they push hard, and they reward or don't reward members of Congress with their votes, if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election, and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then I think you'll see behavior in Congress change.

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