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On the recordAugust 17, 2010
Most Americans think it is not. But I think we are better off than we were, say, three or four years ago, before Chet (ph) Crocker went there and we got a new strategy, we got the surge. I think this is a milestone tonight and that, John, a lot of military families and their parents are extremely pleased that we're not sending more troops there to fight. And I think the president deserves, you know, a salute for saying we're going to get out of there, and he has now done that.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen reflects on public opinion regarding the Iraq war and praises the president for the troop withdrawal.

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