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David Gergen: “I think he now has invited us to have a conversation about what it is to have a just war.”

On the recordDecember 9, 2009
I think he now has invited us to have a conversation about what it is to have a just war.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Gergen suggests that Obama's speech opens up a dialogue on the concept of just war.

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