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On the recordMay 28, 2008
If there is outright lying, and if the country was led into war by outright lying, then, somebody has an obligation to blow the whistle on that.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the moral obligation to expose lies that lead to war.

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