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Transcript: Wal-Mart CEO Stepping Down after Nine Years
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- January 30, 2009
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RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
01-30-2009
Wal-Mart CEO Stepping Down after Nine Years
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 10:00 -11:00 AM
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
It's Morning Edition from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. And tomorrow, one of the most powerful men in corporate America steps down.
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Mr. H. LEE SCOTT (President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart): When people say, what do you want your legacy to be, I, you know, I started out as assistant manager of the truck fleet. I don't give a lot of thought to legacy.
MONTAGNE: For the last nine years, H. Lee Scott has run the world's biggest retail.
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