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On the recordOctober 17, 2018
I do think there's a new element here, Anderson, since we last visited this question, and that is that President Trump has introduced the notion of sending troops to the border, U.S. troops.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses President Trump's proposal to send U.S. troops to the border in response to a caravan of migrants.

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