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It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.

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And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable.

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We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

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The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.

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In today's knowledge-based global economy, we're competing head-to-head with China, India and dozens of other countries that are making tremendous strategic investments in education and research. The cold hard fact is that if we don't get more of our own people better educated, we're in a losing fight, a fight that if we shape up, we can still win and win big.

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He was very clear when he decided there were three basic areas where felt there needed to be some change, ... First in the area of legal immigrants, second in the area of food stamps and third to give the governors some more flexibility.

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it won't be necessary to begin with.

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There's every reason to think he'll be on the ticket, ... It's a decision the vice president will make on his own.

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Nobody thought we could balance the federal budget, ... I found that if I just listened hard enough, I could find some common ground.

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I believe in cooperating for the common good.

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I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

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You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses, ... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.

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I am not a politician.

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I applaud the president's choice of Dan Reed as a member of PCAST. He brings a broad range of knowledge and experience to the job and will be a strong voice for North Carolina as the council develops national priorities for research, education and IT development.

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I believe my experience in the private sector and the public sector has truly prepared me to lead North Carolina into the 21st century.

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Any staff who are found to be engaging in such conduct will be fired immediately. In addition, we have make clear to persons outside the White House that we will not tolerate such conduct.

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Up until today, the North Carolina Research Campus has been an audacious idea on the part of David Murdock. Now it will lead to a more prosperous future.

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He added, Nobody is more disappointed in what the president did than I am. ... I'm angry with him. I'm disappointed. I think what he did was just dead wrong. It hurts that he lied to me and he lied to the American people. At the same time, I know that none of us are all good or all bad. There are lots of things he has done as president that I'm proud to be a part of.

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Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

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I can't imagine having another opportunity to have such a positive impact on the lives and livelihood of the people of North Carolina, ... You will never see someone who is more excited to be here than I am.

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will lay a strong foundation for further action.

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