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[Music]  Gingrich: Now look.  I have a long level of experience in something called the Government of the United States.

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Anderson Cooper: Newt Gingrich has been downplaying his past which includes the distinction of being the first House Speaker in history to be reprimanded for ethics violations.

Tom Brokaw (clip from Nightly News): Good evening.  Newt Gingrich, who came to power after all preaching a higher standard in American politics...

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Anderson Cooper: ...now the past, which these days is bubbling back into the present.

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Tom Brokaw: Tonight he has on his own record the judgement of his peers, Democrat and Republican alike...

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Anderson Cooper: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatening to dredge it up...

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Tom Brokaw: By an overwhelming vote they found him guilty of ethics violations...

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Carole Simpson: Today Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich admitted that he violated House rules by giving false information to the Ethics Committee.

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Unidentified Woman: ...disclosure's a reminder that Gingrich was very much a part of that inside Washington crowd.

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Gingrich: Now look.  I have a long level of experience in something called the Government of the United States.

Gingrich (November 7, 1998): I thought it was best for all of us Marianne and I have lots of things to do, and I've already talked to a lot of people today about opportunities to do some more learning and maybe earn a little bit of money.

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