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Mr. President, Condoleeza Rice is here to see you.

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Good, send her in.

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Yes sir.

(Hangs up. Condi enters.)

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Good morning, Mr. President.

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Oh Condoleeza, nice to see you. What's happening?

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Well, Mr. President, I have the report here about the new leader in China.

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Great, Condi. Lay it on me.

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Mr. President, Hu is the new leader of China.

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Well, that's what I want to know.

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But that's what I'm telling you, Mr. President.

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Well, that's what I'm asking you, Condie. Who is the new leader of China?

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Yes

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I mean the fellow's name.

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Hu.

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The guy in China.

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Hu.

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The new leader of China.

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Hu.

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The Chinaman!

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Hu is leading China, Mr. President.

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Whaddya' asking me for?

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I'm telling you Hu is leading China.

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Well, I'm asking you, Condie. Who is leading China?

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That's the man's name.

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That's who's name?

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Yes.

(Pause.)

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Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?

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Yes, sir.

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Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East.

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That's correct.

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Then who is in China?

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Yes, sir.

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Yassir is in China?

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No, sir.

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Then who is?

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Yes, sir.

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Yassir?

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No, sir.

(Pause. Crumples paper.)

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Condi, you're starting to piss me off now, and it's not 'cause you're black neither. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. So why don't you get me the Secretary General of the United Nations on the phone.

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Kofi Annan?

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No, thanks. And Condi, call me George. Stop with that ebonics crap.

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You want Kofi?

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No.

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You don't want Kofi.

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No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.

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Yes, sir.

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Not Yassir! The guy at the United Nations.

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Kofi?

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Milk! Will you please make that call?

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And call who?

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Well, who is the guy at the U.N?

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No, Hu is the guy in China.

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Will you stay out of China?!

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Yes, sir.

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And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.

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Kofi.

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All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.

(Condi picks up the phone.)

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Hello. Rice, here.

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Rice? Good idea. And get a couple of egg rolls, too, Condi. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get chinese food in the Middle East? I don't know.