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On the recordDecember 31, 2006
I think he's boxed himself in now over this process. It's been a long drawn out process, too long. He's lost control of the politics of this process and decision making.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen explains how President Bush has lost control over the political dynamics surrounding the Iraq war.

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