dr. kissinger spoke, memoir has just come out come the 804 pages. i must tell you, dr. kissinger, i find it full of insights. and i want to say to members of the committee, just be careful. do not read it when you're in bad because if you fall asleep and hitch are they, you it. [laughter] so tonight, i will talk a bit about the book about the book of mildew questions and answers. and you can take it anywhere you like to take it. the impetus for this book was really, like many americans, last done or, i witnessed the debt limit to buckle and i witnessed the fact we were still in two wars on the other side of the world and i was aware of the difficulties that the middle-class in this country, not just for a few years, but the media meant come in 2010 was the same as it was in 1996. and for the last 25 years, basically stagnant. and i found last summer people coming up to me, maybe because i've been in the senate politics for a while. and said, do you really think that anything is going to get done? i'm feeling hopeless. and so, i tried to read a book. i'm just a citizen. i

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