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They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it's a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that.

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  2. I don't know if I would want him as vice president. He and I have the same strengths. But to serve in other capacities? Hell, yeah.

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  3. Except for making my kids sing Hail To The Chief I never think of myself as President.

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