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Clips from Madam Secretary - South China Sea (S03E03)

"coral reef."
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"Like many such atolls,"
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"this reef is being developed"
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"by the Chinese military."
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"And by "developed," I mean demolished."
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"You can see the construction"
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"To build airstrips and radar stations,"
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"and pave over it with concrete,"
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"destroying it forever."
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""Who cares about a little speck"
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"in the middle of a faraway sea?""
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"provide one tenth of all the seafood on Earth,"
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"providing food for millions of people."
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"(engine rumbling)"
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"What will happen when that food is gone?"
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"(sirens wailing)"
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"We're here because someone needs to act"
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"before it's too late."
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"We're hoping you'll see this and that someone will be you."
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"They're here. Let's go."
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"_"
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"BECCA: Do we have it?"
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"Wait, guys, do we have it?!"
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"- We're good. - BECCA: Let's get the hell out of here."
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"Becca."
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"HENRY: I just can't believe you didn't mention"
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"Ray Merchant to the FBI, that's all."
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"I didn't think it was relevant."
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"Elizabeth, someone is stalking"
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"our family. How could a former student"
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"who is obsessed with you not be relevant?"
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"Oh, he wanted you to be a lot more than that."
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"Okay."
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"Admittedly, Ray got a little weird."
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"- A lit... - And don't say,"
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""Oh, he got a lot more than that.""
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"- Well, he did. - Yeah, okay."
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"He did."
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"and the school dealt with it,"
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"and we haven't heard anything from him since."
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"You do remember I used to do this kind of stuff for the CIA."
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"Can you get your corner, please?"
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"No, I will not, and I don't appreciate"
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"how glib you're being about this right now."
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"That's your excuse for not helping."
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"Okay."
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"That... was a little glib."
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"What did he say to you when you turned him down?"
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"He said he wanted to hurt himself and me."
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"Okay, but you of all people, you know how wound up"
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"Exactly."
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"Do you really think that a brilliant young guy"
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"with a screw loose couldn't have pulled off some of the stuff"
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"- that's been happening? - I don't know where Ray Merchant is now,"
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"but I doubt an interview with the FBI"
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"would be very good for his mental health."
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"That's not my problem."
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"The safety of our family is my problem."
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"- A problem I caused. - I... That's not what I meant."
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"Yeah, but that's the truth of it, right?"
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"Someone's threatening our kids, and it's my fault."
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"in you, more than I do."
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"Hezbollah, ISIS, the Sinaloa Cartel."
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"Any one of them would happily murder"
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"our family if it would further their agenda."
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"So, you know, that's fun to live with."
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"Listen to me."
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"It's just that, a lot of times,"
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"stalkers have a personal relationship"
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"with their victims."
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"I had a bad feeling about this kid then,"
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"and I still have it now."
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"(sighs) Fine."
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"Y-You want to talk to the FBI, you can talk to the FBI."
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"On one condition."
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"Name it."
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"I'm sorry, but glib is the only way I can deal right now."
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"Oh, man, that's the worst job in the whole house."
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"...and Nadine is wondering how China's taking"
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"- of the activists from Ocean Relief Foundation - Thanks."
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"will impact your trip to Vietnam."
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"You mean the Great Catfish Summit?"
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"It's a $360 million industry in the U.S."
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"Which is one of the last impediments"
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"to full normalization between our countries."
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"I know why I'm going, Blake."
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"How's your Uncle Fred the catfish farmer, by the way?"
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"E-mailing voluminously, ma'am."
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"(sighs)"
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"Ooh. In answer to, uh, Nadine's question,"
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"I see no reason"
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"why the Ocean Relief situation"
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"would impact my trip at this point."
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"and putting together a statement."
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"Ooh, speaking of statements, have the Chinese made one yet?"
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"Not as yet, no."
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"Hmm. Well, that's something."
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"The South China Sea is one of the most dangerous flash points"
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"on this planet."
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"What the hell were those kids doing out there?"
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"Which they're not wrong about."
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"Okay, so, for the briefing, China's building these bases"
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"to assert its claim that it owns the whole sea because why?"
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"- Oil and gas. - Shipping lanes."
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"Fishing's pretty good, too."
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"You guys, 11 billion proven barrels of oil"
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"underneath the SCS. That's what China wants."
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"What are we even talking about?"
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"Maybe they want control of the $5 trillion worth of cargo"
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"that passes through it each year."
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"$1.2 trillion of which touches U.S. ports, because,"
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"you know, we buy everything from China now."
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"Okay, you want to play Fun with Numbers? Here."
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"A population of 1.3 billion with one of the world's"
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"largest fisheries in its backyard."
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"- All I'm saying. - Oh, and don't forget to note"
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"not just with the U.S. but with all"
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"of China's neighbors on the sea."
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"It's a real powder keg."
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"God, what the hell were those kids doing out there?"
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