05/06/2009
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"So I am going to give a legislator's response and then yield to the former Cabinet member."
"the bottom-line conclusion of this report is that we are better defended than we were in 2001 after the anthrax attacks, but really the State of our biodefense is inadequate, and we are unprepared for..."
"That is a great question."
"So, to a certain extent, probably the wrong way to describe it, we backed into the recommendation that the Vice President be the leader of this effort."