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On the recordNovember 29, 2005
The speech was like the Sherlock Holmes dog that didn't bark. It didn't say a lot of new things. He did not lay out an aggressive or bold new plan for Iraq.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen comments on the lack of new information or strategy in President Bush's speech.

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