On the recordJuly 20, 2008
I think it was -- Barack Obama made the first mistake of his trip in my judgment in releasing a statement in which he said exactly what Maliki had said in those conversations.
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transcripts.cnn.comI think it was -- Barack Obama made the first mistake of his trip in my judgment in releasing a statement in which he said exactly what Maliki had said in those conversations.
Gergen critiques Obama's statement about troop withdrawals, suggesting it undermines the tradition of presidential authority.
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