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I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.

Quite frankly, I'm running a campaign on the economy and jobs and economic opportunities for the American people.

I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.

But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.

My politics are: I'm a trustbuster. Very focused. And yeah, I'm pro-efficiency. I want the most economic activity at the lowest price possible. It's good for everybody; it's not red or blue.

I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.

I'm a free-market economist from years and years back, and I've never veered from that.

I'm a very practical, pragmatic capitalist. I was trained at Goldman Sachs. I went to Harvard Business School; I was as hard-nosed a capitalist as you get. I specialized in media, in investing in media companies, and it's a very, very tough environment.

I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.