Again, sorry for the late start, but I think we've got to wrap it up right now.

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I've got my kids now, they're my focus and I think I've just grown up.

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"I walked into the office and he got up, smiled, gave me a big hug and he said, 'Now, I'll tell you what, man, that's one of the things I like about you, you say what's on your mind, ' " the vice president recounted.

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But I can tell you that you've got a room full of patriots here. (Applause.) And although I've got to admit that they're a little spiffied up right now -- (laughter) -- their heart and soul, their dedication, their sense of duty is at one with every single one of the folks who are in Kandahar right now.

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"I'm delighted to have got Damian on board and am pleased with the options we now have up top, " Kettering manager Mark Cooper told the club's website.

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Now last year a lot of innocent people got caught up in that, I don't think anyone has any illusions about the motives of the organisers this time round.

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And it's got to be done quickly because I think people have been tolerant but now they're pretty fed up with the industry blaming other people and not taking responsibility themselves.

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They went such a good gallop that I thought he might blow up, but he is much more a man of a horse now and has got much stronger.

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