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When Mr. Letterman asked about the planned Muslim center and mosque two blocks from ground zero, Mr. Bloomberg started by citing the First Amendment.

Stevens started by citing the speeches he often does.

Yong starts by citing the work done at UNLV, noting in particular the finding that underrepresented students experienced the greatest improvement in learning outcomes when transparent teaching methods were used.

When James, the squadron commander, spoke, he started by citing all the forward operating bases in eastern Afghanistan that had been named for SEALs killed in combat.

The caller starts by citing Boris Johnson's quote in today's Sun, saying it is unfair that the RMT are going on strike when only 30% of members voted in the ballot.

He starts by citing what he calls President Obama's "controversial speech last month, admonishing Arab governments to embrace democracy and provide freedom to their populations". Saudi Arabia, he wrote, heard what Obama said and took it "seriously," and he noted, of course, that Obama had not demanded the same rights for Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

kicked off the day by citing the 42,000 pages of documents senators were given hours before the hearing started.

Start with citing the name of the person you intend to seek request from.

He started off by citing a young girl in an African village who'd told him electricity was important to her "not only because I'm not going to have to try and read by the light of a fire and have those fumes literally kill people".

Then they start citing the second amendment.

Turnbull said it was "not right" to claim there was no planning around population levels, citing intergenerational reporting started by the former treasurer Peter Costello, and arguing the level of skilled migration "responds to the demands of the economy".