The same thing happened on my way here earlier in the week, except the reason finally came out in that instance.

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It just came to my mind that he had behaved in a deeply unpleasant way, and I thought, "Here's just a little bit back, David".

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"My guarantee to you is that FEMA will stay here as long as we are needed to help you in every way possible that we can help you, " he said.

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And in terms of my track record on the economy -- well, here's just a simple way of thinking about it: When I came into office, the U.S. economy had contracted by 9 percent -- the largest contraction since the Great Depression.

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And just I have my own little praise party every morning while I'm getting ready and that way I can walk in here and hopefully have the right light, the right energy to inspire everybody else to go out and do the work we have to do.

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