Ms. DANIELLE PLETKA (American Enterprise Institute): The president is still the president, and the likelihood of him saying to any new secretary of defense - you know what, I'm bored with all this stuff, you go in a different direction, let me know how it works out for you - is not very great.

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He is with me wherever I go, and you can bet he is by my side every step of the way as I conquer every continent, 26.2 miles at a time.

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Let me go back to your question and share with you from my perspective.

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Some of you know that I have a military aide that travels with me wherever I go.

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But it's in my heart, and every time I go on the ice I take it with me and say, 'You've got there and now you should enjoy it.

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Howe "always was there, making sure I was doing the right things and motivating me always to do what is right and to go with everything that you have, " Rivera said.

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But what I want to end with is that, you know, to me we need to be careful when we go back and try to say we should do things like the '30s because the '30s sucked.

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