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James Seagrove

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1/23/2017 5:55:51 PM

From: Maurice Winn

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Edit.... No, here it is: <<And so what the work that the landing teams have been doing is going into these agencies and departments and talking about way that we can create greater efficiencies, eliminate duplicity>>

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He did say one word totally wrong though - he meant another similar sounding word.

What word might that be?>>>

Here it is: << Some people are working two, three jobs just to get by. And to see money get wasted in Washington on a job that is duplicative is insulting to the hard work that they do to pay their taxes. >>

I thought he said "duplicitous" but maybe it was duplicative. Whatever it was, I didn't understand at first and had to fill in with the correct word myself.

He meant "duplication".
Here is a transcript of the whole thing. But I note that the transcriber's have put apostrophe's in the wrong place a few times, which of course Spicer did not do as he was speaking, not writing. washingtonpost.com

He also showed good humour throughout.

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