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David Gergen: Only 20 percent of the people in the country right now support putting more troops in there.

On the recordNovember 7, 2006
Only 20 percent of the people in the country right now support putting more troops in there.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Gergen notes the public's lack of support for increasing troop levels in Iraq.

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