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David Gergen: “This is a very stinging indictment of the administration, and that it confirms some of the critics', you know, strongest…”

On the recordApril 29, 2007
This is a very stinging indictment of the administration, and that it confirms some of the critics', you know, strongest attacks on the administration, namely, that there was a rush to war, without a lot of deliberation in advance.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the implications of George Tenet's statements regarding the administration's actions leading to the Iraq war.

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