most produced contemporary playwrights in america, who, i think, is a very talented person with tourette's syndrome. [laughter] but i also feel like i want-- i feel like dissent and controversy is essential to a democracy, so, yes. do i have problems with work that's funded? often. i have problems with most of mainstream culture, and this is what?-- only a ten-hour show-- so we can just go over-- we can just do a lightning strike of them. but i feel like we should have a diversity of opinions out there. and you would not be in favor of government funding popular culture, things that already have market appeal? the n.e.a. was set up to fund work that wasn't going to be necessarily funded by the marketplace and this recognition that there is a lot of culture that isn't going to reach a mass audience and that that's an important part of, you know, our heritage. and, also, it makes-- you know, a lot of popular cultural events are not accessible to working-class poor people, even middle-class. i mean, think about, like-- i would have loved to see the barbra streisand concert, but it was a littl

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. >> is it your understanding that this tanker will be built in f tourette, washington, and what is your message today for those workers? >> we think both companies did a terrific job. boeing was successful, both indicated -- both made strong offerings. >> i would just say that i am pleased with how this has produced an outcome after an exhaustive effort by hundreds of the department's very best people, that we will get about delivering a capability that is long overdue and we will stop talking about it. >> is the airforce going to pursue a strategy to replace the remaining tanker? >> guest. -- yes. >> will you allow for work to begin before the protest. runs out, or will you wait if there are protests to begin work? >> the contract is signed or will be very shortly. we have given offered authorization for that this afternoon. orchid will be able -- work will be able to begin. we are in the process of debriefing the offerers. >> when is the degree in schedule? >> they have to request it. >> for the second and third phase, boeing is not guaranteed those phases? >> that is correct. >> this

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