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On the recordAugust 28, 2008
I think when people get ready, they'll go and beat up on Barack Obama next week at the Republican convention and we know they will. It's going to sound rather hollow when they say we can't turn national security over to someone who has only been in the senate four years.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the challenges McCain will face in criticizing Obama's experience given his own running mate's lack of foreign policy experience.

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