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David Gergen: if you really read the response, you find many on the conservative side are unhappy with the speech, because they think…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2006
if you really read the response, you find many on the conservative side are unhappy with the speech, because they think he's going soft on Iran.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen explains the divided reactions to Bush's speech on Iran from both conservatives and liberals.

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