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Video: Perry Calls Indictment "Badge of Honor" on Fox News

On Fox News on Wednesday, Rick Perry told host Sean Hannity that he's been preparing to run for president since late 2012. "So when I stand on the stage and debate this next time, you're going to see a person who is very, very well prepared," he said.

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During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, former Gov. Rick Perry told host Sean Hannity that he realized how unprepared he was to run for president in 2012.

He started an "intensive program" in late 2012, he said, with domestic policy, foreign policy and monetary policy, "so when I stand on the stage and debate this next time, you're going to see a person who is very, very well prepared and able to talk across the board about the issues that the president of the United States is going to have to deal with as we go into 2017."

Perry had gone on the program to discuss the recent developments on his pending indictments, calling the case "a badge of honor."

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