David Gergen actually said...

What the president said was, 'No, I'm not going to do that. It's too open ended. The country won't pay a -- spend a trillion dollars in Afghanistan. We're going to have to start pulling the plug.'

Context

David Gergen recounts President Obama's stance on the extent of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

12/01/2009

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