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David Gergen: What the new president wants to do is see if you can stabilize the place and make sure it's not a center of terrorism to…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2008
What the new president wants to do is see if you can stabilize the place and make sure it's not a center of terrorism to threaten us.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Describing the goals for Afghanistan under the new president.

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