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On the recordJuly 20, 2010
This is one of the kinds of things that Republicans are going to use in the political campaign of 2010 to say, 'That's why we need the House of Representatives back, so we'll have subpoena power and we can actually investigate these things and not leave it to the Obama administration.'
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses how the controversy surrounding the New Black Panther Party will be used by Republicans in the upcoming political campaign.

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