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David Gergen: Bob Gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this Iranian…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2012
Bob Gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this Iranian problem is the most difficult problem he'd seen in government in over 30 years. The hardest problem to solve. There are no good solutions.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the complexity of the Iranian issue as described by Bob Gates.

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