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David Gergen: “This president, you know, is nothing, if not resolute and, let me say, overly stubborn and in denial about the nature of…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2006
This president, you know, is nothing, if not resolute and, let me say, overly stubborn and in denial about the nature of things there.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Critiquing the president's approach to the situation in Iraq.

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