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On the recordSeptember 5, 2006
Donald Rumsfeld has clearly lost the confidence of a lot of Americans. He is pretty unpopular now and I think it's an easy for the Democrats to say, instead of presenting our plan for Iraq, what we're saying is we need new management of this war.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Discussing the political strategy of Democrats regarding Rumsfeld.

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