David Gergen actually said...

It's not pleasing anybody. It's got a very small number of people in the middle, but I do think it's -- I don't think it's appropriate to call it the true nation-building.

Context

David Gergen critiques the current approach to nation-building in Afghanistan.

12/01/2009

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