Given the progress you have cited in recent days on your foreign policy agenda, to what extent do you feel like you have gained political capital with which to take further to the international stage for the rest of this year, to perhaps rejuvenate some initiatives in trouble spots such as the Middle East and elsewhere?

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And I said that if you stand with me and believe in what we can do together, if you do what civil rights groups like the National Action Network have always done, if you put your shoulder to the wheel of history, then we can move this country toward the promise of a better day.

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And that's what you have to do on a day like today.

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So what I would like to do is have him go at the top, for you to address whatever questions you have on the policy issues to him.

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So what I like to do is elect an official and send him to Washington and have all you smart guys figure that out.

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Say you do have to travel with a laptop: what do you gain from packing a tablet like the iPad or an e-reader like the Kindle?

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But I never realized that, you know, because, like, we were just working and we did what we have to do.

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You can see clearly what needs to shift, but it seems like the more you say or do to try to help, the less effect you have.

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