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David Gergen: “It gives the granular view is much more sobering and distressing than what we had heard before today. I think the…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2019
It gives the granular view is much more sobering and distressing than what we had heard before today. I think the details show you this became a cesspool. Our own State Department became a cesspool.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen comments on the released transcripts, describing the situation within the State Department as troubling.

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